MUSC 4325
Fall 2007
Course
Outline (subject to change):
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August 28: Kirby: pp.
15-33. Introduction to course.
Early English Keyboard Music.
August 30:
Silbiger: pp. 36-62. English Keyboard Music, continued. Frescobaldi.
Variation techniques. Contrapuntal and other genres.
September 4:
Silbiger: pp.
281-292; 183-190. Frescobaldi, Froberger. The Suite.
September 6: Kirby: pp.
33-35. Silbiger: pp. 196-201,
204-207, 214-217. Dances. Suites. Sonatas in the
late 17th Century (France and Germany). Louis Couperin, D'Anglebert,
Kuhnau.
September 11 Kirby: pp.
35-52. Marshall: pp. 68-123. Bach I
September 13:
Bach: Well-Tempered
Clavier. Examine WTC Web site at http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~tas3/wtc.html
September 18:
Bach: Suites
September 20:
Bach: Italian Concerto, Goldberg Variations
September 25: Read
Kirby: pp. 53-76. (Marshall: pp.
1-17, 124-153.) The Harpsichord. Couperin,
Rameau, Scarlatti.
September 27:
In-class quiz on everything covered so far this semester.
Study class notes, repertoire recommended on web pages, handouts, in
class listening.
October 2:
Kirby: pp.
76-85. Marshall: pp. 191-229. C.
P. E. Bach: The True Art; Sonatas,
Fantasies
October 4: Kirby: pp.
85-91. Marshall: pp. 257-269. J.
C. Bach: Sonatas, Concerti
October 9:
Kirby: pp. 93-100. (Marshall: pp. 270-307.
Rosenblum:
pp. 31-54.) Haydn Sonatas
through 1789 or so.
October 11:
Kirby: pp.
100-109. Marshall: pp. 308-320.
Mozart I
October 16: Marshall: pp. 320-349; Rosenblum: pp. 362-392. Mozart II
October 18: Read
Rosen:
185-263. Mozart III (Chamber Music and Concerti); MIDTERM GIVEN OUT
October 23:
Marshall: pp.
350-393. Mozart IV (Chamber Music and Concerti);
October 25:
Mozart V, Later Haydn. More on Chamber Music and Concerti, look at
Haydn Sonatas 50 and 52 and Variations in F minor. (See assignments for
October 23 and October
30) MIDTERM DUE
October 30:
Marshall: pp.
296-307; Rosen: 351-365. Late Haydn: Sonatas
and
Piano Trios. Midterms due.
November 1:
Kirby: pp. 109-136. Marshall: pp. 394-424.
Beethoven I: The Early Virtuoso (op. 1-16). Paper Topics due.
November 6:
Rosenblum: pp.
144-189. Beethoven II: Through op. 47. Preliminary
Bibliography
for Papers
due.
November 8:
Rosen: 396-404.
Beethoven III: Op. 53-90.
November 13:
Todd: 55-96
(worthwhile!). Beethoven IV: op. 101, 109, 110
November 15:
Rosen: 404-434.
Beethoven V: Op. 106
November 27:
Rosen: 435-448.
Beethoven VI: Op. 111, 121
November 29:
Kirby: pp.
137-156. Schubert I
December 4:
Todd: pp. 97-145
(optional) Schubert II
December 6:
Schubert III:
Character Pieces and Chamber music
December 11: Review
December 13: Review. Term Papers Due.
December 17:
Monday: Final Exam Time TBA