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MUSIC APPRECIATION
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Introduction
to the course, objectives |
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Lecture 1
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Rhythm,
Meter, Tempo, Syncopation
Reading: K5 pp 10-14
Listening: Recorded Examples on Supplemental CD 1
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Lecture 2 |
Melody,
Scale, Modality (major & minor), Pitch, Dynamics
Reading: K5 p 9, pp 14-19, 24-25, 31, 7-8
Listening: Recorded Examples on Supplemental CD1 |
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Lecture 3 |
Timbre,
Musical Instruments
Reading: K5 pp, 36-45
Listening: Recorded Examples on Supplemental CD 1 & 2
Benjamin
Britten, A Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra
Serge Prokofiev, Peter and the Wolf
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Lecture 4
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Musical
Instruments continued
Reading:
K5.pp 36-45
Listening: Recorded Examples on
Supplemental CD 1 & 2 |
Lecture
4
continued |
Texture,
Harmony and Form
Reading:
K5.pp 28-30, 46-49
Listening: Recorded Examples on Supplemental CD 1 & 2 |
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Lecture
5 |
The
Middle Ages
Reading:
K5 pp 56-59
Listening: supplemental CD3
GREGORIAN CHANT
Hildegard of Bingen, Columba Aspexit
Gegorian Chant, Ave Maris Stella
ORGANUM
Leonin, Organum on Alleluia Passcha Nostrum
MOTET
Guillaume de Machaut, Quant en Moy
ESTAMPIE
Anonymous, Sixth Estampie Royal
TROUBADOUR SONG
Benart de Ventadorn, La Dousa Votzt |
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Lecture 6 |
The
Renaissance
Reading:
K5 pp 73-85, 85-89
Listening: suppl. CD3
MASS
Josquin Desprez, Pange Lingua Mass
MADRIGAL
Thomas Weelkes, Madrigal As Vesta Was
from Latmos Hill Descending |
Lecture
6 continued |
INSTRUMENTAL DANCE MUSIC
William Byrd, Monsiers Alman
LUTE SOLO
Anonymous, "Kemps Jig"
John Dowland, Fantasia No. 7
Francesco DaMilano, Fantasia |
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Lecture
7 |
The
Baroque
Reading:
K5.pp 92-107, K5.pp 112-131
Listening: suppl. CD3
BAROQUE OPERA
Henry Purcell, Dido and Aeneas Act III
CONCERTO GROSSO
Johann Sebastian Bach, Brandenburg Concerto
No. 5
GROUND
BASS
Johann Pachelbel, Canon in D
Johann Sebastian Bach, Passacaglia in
C minor
DANCE SUITE
Johann Sebastian Bach, Orchestral Suite
No. 3 |
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Lecture
8 |
Fugue
Reading:
K5 pp 139-142
Listening: suppl. CD3
Johann Sebastian Bach, Fugue No. 2 in
C minor
from the Well Tempered Clavier Book 1
George Frederic Handel, Concerto Grosso
in Bb Op. 6, No 7,
first movement
Baroque
Vocal Music
Reading: K5 pp 143-163
OPERA
George Frederic Handel, Rodelinda, Tirannia,
Recitative and Aria
ORATORIO
George Frederic Handel, Messiah, Hallelujah
Chorus
CANTATA
Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata No. 140,
Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme |
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Lecture
10 |
The
Classical Period, Cadence
Reading:
K5 pp 164-177
Listening: suppl.
CD4
VARIATION FORM
Reading: p21, pp167-168, 169-210
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Variations on Piano,
Ah, Vois Dirai-je Maman
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Lecture 11 |
MINUET
AND TRIO FORM
Reading: K5 pp 190-196
Listening: suppl.
CD4
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony No.
40 in G minor, K 550
RONDO FORM
Reading: K5 pp 190-196
Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 88 in G major
Ludwig Van Beethoven, Rondo from Sonata
for Piano in G major, Op. 49, No. 2,
Sonata
Form
Reading: K5 pp 179-185
SONATA FORM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony No.
40 in G minor, K 550
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Sonata
in C major, K545 |
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Lecture 12 |
The
Conductor, The Orchestra, Classical Genres
Reading: K5 pp 172-173, 42-43
Listening: suppl.
CD4
Classical
Opera
Reading: K5, pp 206-211
OPERA
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Don Giovanni,
K527
Aria, Recitative, Duet from Act 1, Scene 3, and Act 2, Finale |
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Lecture 13 |
Beethoven
Listening: suppl.
CD5
Reading:
K5, pp 223-224
Ludwig Van Beethoven, Symphony No. 5
in C minor
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Lecture 14
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Romantic
Era, Romantic Miniatures
Reading:
K5, pp 235-253, 261-270
Listening: suppl. CD 5 & 6
LIED
Franz Schubert, Erlkönig
NOCTURNE
Frederic Chopin, Nocturne in F# major,
Op. 15, No. 2
ETUDE
Franz Liszt, Transcendental Etude
Program
Music
Reading:
K5, pp 265-270
PROGRAM SYMPHONY
Hector Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique
CONCERT OVERTURE
Piotr Tchaikovsky, Overture-Fantasy,
Romeo and Juliet
Romantic Opera
Reading: K5.pp 271-279
ROMANTIC OPERA
Giuseppe Verdi, Aida, Tomb Scene
from Act IV Scene II
Giacomo Puccini, "Un bel di,"
Aria from Act II of Madama Butterfly
Nationalism,
Exoticism
Reading: K5 pp 279-307
Modest Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition
The
Twentieth Century, Serialism
Reading: K5, pp 313-343
IMPRESSIONISM
Claude Debussy, Clouds, from Three
Nocturnes
CONTEMPORARY PROGRAM SYMPHONY
Igor Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring
EXPRESSIONISM |
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Lecture 15 |
Blues and Jazz
Reading:
K5, pp 384-406, 410-417
Listening: suppl.
CD 7
COUNTRY BLUES
Robert Johnson, Crossroads
CHICAGO BLUES
Muddy Waters,
Hoochie Coochie Man
CONTEMPORARY BLUES
Jimi Hendrix,
Red House
RAGTIME
Scott Joplin,
Maple Leaf Rag
DIXIELAND
The Original Dixieland Band, Tiger Rag
LOUIS ARMSTRONG
Louis Armstrong, West End Blues
SWING
Duke Ellington,
It Don't Mean a Thing
BEBOP
Charlie Parker,
Quintet Mohawk
COOL JAZZ
Miles Davis,
Flamenco Sketches
Diana Krall, Music and Dance
MODERN JAZZ
Ornette Coleman,
Free Jazz
FUSION
Weather Report, Palladium |
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