Music Appreciation, 27A

Larry Ferrara

Syllabus

Lecture 1: Introduction to the course, objectives, listening comparisons.

Lecture 2: Rhythm, Meter, Tempo, Syncopation

Reading: K5 pp 10-14

Assigned/Classroom listening

Recorded Examples, supplemental CD 1

Lecture 3: Melody, Scale, Modality (major & minor), Key, Melody, Tune, Motive Theme, Conjunct ,Disjunct

Reading: K5, pp 14-19, 25-25

Classroom listening

Recorded Examples, supplemental CD 1

Lecture 4: Timbre, Instrumental Genres

Reading: K5 pp, 36-45

Assigned/Classroom listening: supplemental CD 2

Benjamin Britten A Young Persons Guide to

the Orchestra

Serge Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf

Lecture 5: Dynamics, Tempo, Timbre, and Musical Instruments (cont’d)

Reading: K5 pp 7-8, p. 14, 36-45

Assigned/Classroom listening:

Recorded Examples, supplemental CD 2

Lecture 6: Texture: Monophony, Polyphony, Homophony,

Reading: K5.pp 28-30

Classroom listening

Recorded Examples, supplemental CD 1

Lecture 7: Harmony, Consonance, Dissonance, Musical Form

Reading: Reading: K5.pp. 2-7, 46-49

Classroom listening

Recorded Examples, supplemental CD 1

Lecture 8: Review Chapter 1-4: K5.pp 6-53

Test: Test 1 on the elements of music

Lecture 9: The Middle Ages, Gregorian Chant, Organi (organum), The Troubadour

Reading: K5 pp 56-59

Assigned /Classroom listening: supplemental CD 3

GREGORIAN CHANT

Hildegard of Bingen, Columba Aspexit,

Gegorian Chant, Ave Maris Stella

ORGANI (organum)

Leonin, Organum on Alleluia Passcha Nostrum

TROUBADOUR SONG

Benart de Ventadorn, La Dousa Votz

ESTAMPIE

Anonymous ,Sixth Estampie Royal

Lecture 10: The Renaissance, the Mass, Review of the Middle Ages, (Medieval Film)

Reading: K5 pp 73-85

Assigned/Classroom listening: supplemental CD 3

RENAISSANCE MASS

Josquin Desprez, Pange Lingua Mass

Lecture 11: The Renaissance, the Madrigal, Instrumental Dance Music, Lute Music

Reading: K5 pp 85-89

Assigned/Classroom listening: supplemental CD 3

MADRIGAL

Thomas Weelkes, Madrigal As Vesta Was from Latmos Hill Descending

INSTRUMENTAL DANCE MUSIC

William Byrd, Monsiers Alman

LUTE SOLO

John Dowland, Fantasia No. 7

Francesco DaMilano, Fantasia

Lecture 12: Transition from the Renaissance to the Baroque

Reading: K5. pp 92-107, 112-127

Assigned /Classroom listening: supplemental CD 3

BAROQUE OPERA

Henry Purcell, Dido and Aeneas Act III

Lecture 13: The Baroque, Orchestral Music, the Concerto the Concerto Grosso

Reading: K5. pp 128-131

Assigned /Classroom listening: supplemental CD 3

CONCERTO GROSSO

Johann Sebastian Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, first movement,

Lecture 14: Chamber Music, Ground Bass (passacaglia), Variation Form, Basso Continuo

Reading: K5, pp.132-137

Assigned /Classroom listening: supplemental CD 3

GROUND BASS

Johann Pachelbel, Canon in D

Johann Sebastian Bach, Passacaglia in C minor,

TRIO SONATA

Antonio Vivaldi, Variations on "La Folia"

Lecture 15: Fugue

Reading: K5 pp 139-142

Assigned/Classroom listening: supplemental CD 3

FUGUE

Johann Sebastian Bach, Fugue No. 2 in C minor

from the Well Tempered Clavier Book 1

George Frederic Handel, Fugue from Concerto Grosso in Bb

Op. 6, No 7, first movement

Lecture 16: Baroque Vocal Music, Opera, Oratorio, Cantata or Passion, the Dance Suite

Reading: K5 pp 143-163

Assigned/Classroom listening: supplemental CD 3

OPERA

George Frederic Handel, Giulio Cesare, Act III, Scene 4, Recitative and Aria

ORATORIO

George Frederic Handel,Messiah, Hallelujah Chorus

Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata No. 140, Wachet auf

ruft uns die Stimme

DANCE SUITE

Johann Sebastian Bach, Orchestral Suite No. 3

CANTATA

Johann Sebastian Bach, Sleepers Awake form cantata 140,

Lecture 17: Review. Chapters 5-10: K5.pp 56-163

Test: Test 2 on Middle Ages, Renaissance and Baroque music

Lecture 18 Blues and Jazz, Country Blues, Chicago Blues, Contemporary Blues, Ragtime, Dixieland, Swing, Bebop, Cool Jazz, Free Jazz, Fusion and Contemporary Jazz

Reading: K5, pp. 384-406, 410-417

Popular contemporary music genres will be discussed and individual projects will be formulated. Each person will research a piece of music reflecting a genre, group, artist, composer or song. Using that piece of music the student will then answer appropriate musical questions regarding the chosen work. The paper should be three pages long, excluding lyrics page, and will be due within a two-week period.

Lecture 19: The Classical Period, Transition from the Baroque

Reading: K5 pp 164-177

Assigned/Classroom listening: supplemental CD 4

Lecture 20: Cadence, Theme and Variations, The Symphony

Reading: K5 p 25. pp. 175-178, 186-189

Assigned/Classroom listening: supplemental CD 4

VARIATION FORM

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Variations on Piano, Ah, Vois Dirai-je Maman

Lecture 21: Minuet and Trio Form, Rondo Form

Reading: K5 pp 190-196

Assigned/Classroom listening: supplemental CD 4

MINUET AND TRIO FORM

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K 550, third movement,Minuet and Trio

RONDO FORM

Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 88 in G major, fourth movement,

Ludwig Van Beethoven, Rondo from Sonata for Piano in G major, Op. 49, No. 2,

Lecture 22: Sonata Form

Reading: K5 pp 179-185

Assigned/Classroom listening: supplemental CD 4

SONATA FORM

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K 550, first movement

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K 550, fourth movement

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Sonata in C major, K545 first movement

Lecture 23: The Orchestra, The Conductor, Classical Genres

Reading: K5 pp. 172-173, 42-43

Assigned/Classroom listening: supplemental CD 4

Film on conducting

Lecture 24: Classical Opera

Reading: K5, pp 206-211

Assigned/Classroom listening: supplemental CD 4

OPERA

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Don Giovanni, K527

Aria, Recitative, Duet from Act 1, Scene 3, and Act 2, Finale.

Due Date: Class and research papers due.

Test: Test 3 on Blues and Jazz, the conductor, and the Classical Period

Lecture 25: Beethoven

Reading: K5, pp 223-234

Assigned/Classroom listening: supplemental CD 5

Ludwig Van Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 in C minor tape set

Early, Middle and Late period styles,

Lecture 26: Romantic Era, Romantic Miniatures, Nocturne, Etude

Reading: K5, pp 235-253, 261-264

Assigned/Classroom listening: supplemental CD 5

NOCTURNE

Frederic Chopin, Nocturne in F# major, Op. 15, No. 2.

ETUDE

Franz Liszt, Transcendental Etude

Lecture 27: Program Music, Program Symphony, Concert Overture,

Reading: K5, pp 265-270

Assigned/Classroom listening: supplemental CD 5

PROGRAM SYMPHONY

Hector Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique

Piotr Tchaikovsky, Overture-Fantasy, Romeo and Juliet,

Lecture 28: Romantic Vocal Music

Reading: K5. pp 271-279

Assigned/Classroom listening supplemental CD 5

LIED

Franz Schubert, Erlkönig

ROMANTIC OPERA

Giuseppe Verdi, Aida, Tomb Scene from Act IV Scene II

Giacomo Puccini, Nessun Dorma from Turandot, "Un bel di," Aria from Act II of Madama Butterfly

Lecture 29: Nationalism, Exoticism, Late Romanticism

Reading: K5 pp 279-307

NATIONALISM

Butterfly Lovers, Chen Gang, Programmatic Violin Concerto

Lecture 30: The Twentieth Century, Impressionism, Serialism, Expressionism,

Reading: K5, pp 313-343

Assigned/Classroom listening: supplemental CD 6

IMPRESSIONISM

Claude Debussy, Clouds, from Three Nocturnes

CONTEMPORARY PROGRAM SYMPHONY

Igor Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring, Part 1

EXPRESSIONISM

Arnold Schonenberg, Pierre Lunaire

Lecture 31: Review for Test 4: Chapters 11-20, Reading: K5 pp 164-351

Lecture 32: Review for Final Listening Identification. Final Listening Review CD

Test 4: Test 4 on Beethoven, Romantic and 20^th Century Music, 10-11 Section: Monday, May. 16

Test 4 on Beethoven, Romantic and 20^th Century Music, 11-12 Section: Monday, May. 16

Final: Final Listening Identification of genres covering the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic and 20^th Century

Final Listening Identification test, 10-11 Section: Wednesday, May 18, 2004

Final Listening Identification test, 11-12 Section: Wednesday, May 18, 2004

Optional test retrieval To retrieve your tests and papers with the scores and grades, please come to class on the following dates: (Optional attendance).

Paper return, 10-11 Section: Wednesday, May 20, 2004, 9-10 AM

Paper return, 11-12 Section: Tuesday, May 24, 2004, 9-10 AM