Music 344 Course Schedule

Spring 2001

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Unit I: Classicism	Unit II: Romanticism	Unit III: 20th Century
The Symphony— Evolution of a New Genre	Paris— The Legacy of Napoleon	1908-1914— Seven Pivotal Years
Vienna— Musical Crossroads of Europe	Spectacle— Music for a Large Audience	Between the Wars— Neo-Classicism vs. Twelve-Tone
Beethoven— Portrait of a Great Man	Wagner— Portrait of a (Self-Proclaimed) Genius	Music of the 1950s— A Decade in Ferment
		Music of the 1960s and Beyond

Classicism I: The Symphony—Evolution of a New Genre

M Jan 29	Introduction; Pre-Classical Symphony	Listen to DWMA 121-123 Read Ch 18: 327-45; Ch 19: 361-62
W Jan 31	Haydn Symphonies	Listen to DWMA 131 & RESERVE Read Ch 19: 361-62, 369-79
F Feb 2	Mozart and the Piano Concerto	Worksheet 1 & Three Paper Topics Due Listen to DWMA 126-127 Read Ch 18: 338-39; Ch 19: 362-64, 391-92

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Classicism II: Vienna—Musical Crossroads of Europe

M Feb 5	Vienna & Empire: Pre-Classical Opera	Listen to DWMA 124 & 128-129 Read Ch 18: 346-51, 352-54, 356-58; Ch 19: 359-61, 366-69, 397-98
W Feb 7	Mozart and Amadeus	Quiz No. 1 Listen to RESERVE Read Ch 19: 379-83, 384, 393-94
F Feb 9	Mozart Operas	Listen to DWMA 132-133 & RESERVE Read Ch 19: 383-87
M Feb 12	Concert Life in Vienna	Listen to DWMA 130, 134, 139, 146 Read Ch 19: 361-66, 387-93; Ch 20: 402-03; Ch 21: 444-46
W Feb 14	Schubert’s Vienna	Worksheet 2 & 1st Bibliography Due Listen to DWMA 144-145 & 147 Read Ch 18: 354-55; Ch 21: 438-47

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Classicism III: Beethoven—Portrait of a Great Man

F Feb 16	Beethoven: First Period (to 1802)	Listen to RESERVE Read Ch 20: 399-401, 403-08, 409-11
M Feb 19	Beethoven: Second Period (1802-1814)	Quiz No. 2 Listen to DWMA 140 &142 Read Ch 20: 408, 415-23
W Feb 21	Beethoven: Third Period (1815-1827)	Worksheet 3—Listening Part 2 Due Listen to DWMA 141 & Voyager CD Companion Read Ch 20: 408-09, 412-15, 423-24
F Feb 23	Reading Day (EC Jazz Fest)	Worksheet 3 & Final Paper Topic Due

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Romanticism I: Paris—The Legacy of Napoleon

M Feb 26	The Rise of the Virtuoso	Listen to DWMA 139, 149-151, 154 & 162-163 Read Ch 22: 455-58, 459-64, 473-74, 487-88, 492-93; Ch 23: 507-11
W Feb 28	Exam on Unit I (see essay)
F Mar 2	Querelle des Bouffons to Grand Opera	Listen to DWMA 125, 148, 157 & 159 Read Ch 18: 351-52; Ch 20: 399-400; Ch 21: 425-33, 447-52, 453-54; Ch 22: 458-59, 477-81, 488-90, 494-95
M Mar 5	Berlioz and the Paris Opera	Worksheet 4 & Final Bibliography Due Listen to DWMA 157-158 & RESERVE Read Ch 22: 469, 482-87

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Romanticism II: Spectacle—Music for a Large Audience

W Mar 7	Grand Opera: Verdi & Mussorgsky	Listen to DWMA 161, 167 & RESERVE Read Ch 23: 502-07; Ch 24: 526-37
F Mar 9	Sacred Works: Mendelssohn & Brahms	Quiz No. 3 Listen to DWMA 152, 165-166 & Brahms CD-ROM Read Ch 22: 458-59, 464-71; Ch 23: 515-24
M Mar 12	Liszt & the Symphonic Poem	Worksheet 5 & Paper Outline Due Listen to DWMA 162-163 & RESERVE Read Ch 23: 507-11

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Romanticism III: Wagner—Portrait of a (Self-Proclaimed) Genius

W Mar 14	Influences and Contemporaries	Quiz No. 4 (new time!) Listen to DWMA 143, 153-156 & 164 Read Ch 21: 433-38; Ch 22: 471-77; Ch 23: 511-24
F Mar 16	The Composer Finds His Voice	Listen to DWMA 160 & RESERVE Read Ch 23: 496-500
Mar 17 -Mar 25	Spring Break
M Mar 26	Opera as Drama	Listen to DWMA 160 & RESERVE Read Ch 23: 496-502, 524-25
W Mar 28	Wagner’s Legacy: Post-Romanticism	Worksheet 6 Due Listen to DWMA 169-170, RESERVE, & Voyager CD Companion Read Ch 25: 553-60
F Mar 30	Exam on Unit II (see essay)

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20th Century I: 1908-1914—Seven Pivotal Years

M Apr 2	Impressionism: Debussy & Ravel	Listen to DWMA 171-173 & RESERVE Read Ch 25: 548, 561-71; Ch 26: 605-07
W Apr 4	Stravinsky and The Rite of Spring	Listen to DWMA 182 & Voyager CD Companion Read Ch 24: 526-27, 534-37; Ch 26: 610-11
F Apr 6	Expressionism: Second Vienna School	Listen to DWMA 178, 180 & RESERVE Read Ch 26: 595-601
M Apr 9	American Experimentalism: Ives Music 236 & 344 Lecture/recital with Mark Harbold & Kevin Olson	Worksheet 7 Due Listen to DWMA 175-176 & RESERVE Read Ch 24: 546; Ch 25: 572-78, 579-80

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20th Century II: Between the Wars—Neo-Classicism vs. Twelve-Tone

M Apr 23	Stravinsky and Balanchine	Worksheet 8 Due Listen to DWMA 183 & RESERVE Read Ch 26: 609-13
W Apr 25	The Twelve-Tone Method Evolves	Quiz No. 5 Listen to DWMA 179, 181 & RESERVE Read Ch 26: 595-604
F Apr 27	Neo-Classical Offshoots: Bartók & Copland	Listen to DWMA 177, 184, & RESERVE Read Ch 26: 581-88, 613-18, 619-22

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20th Century III: Music of the 1950s—A Decade in Ferment

M Apr 30	Early Jazz, Gershwin, Swing, Bebop, Cool, & Hard Bop	First Draft of Paper Due Listen to RESERVE Read Ch 25: 578-79; Ch 26: 616-17; Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz liner notes
W May 2	Serialism, Early Electronic Music, & Sound Mass	Quiz No. 6 Listen to DWMA 185-187, 189 & RESERVE Read Ch 27: 623-37, 638-43, 649-52
F May 4	John Cage & Chance Music	Listen to RESERVE Read Ch 27: 643-47

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20th Century IV: Music of the 1960s and Beyond

M May 7	The 60s Avant Garde	Revised Draft of Paper Due Listen to DWMA 188 & RESERVE Read Ch 27: 644-46, 647-48
W May 9	50s R&B & Rock’n’roll, Moog Synthesis, & 60s Jazz & Rock	Listen to RESERVE Read Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz liner notes
F May 11	Minimalism, the MIDI Revolution, &Jazz Fusion	Worksheet 9 Due Listen to DWMA 190-191, RESERVE, & Voyager CD Companion Read Ch 27: 628-29, 653-60
M May 14	Final Draft of Paper Due (4:00 pm)
W May 16	Music 343-01 Final Exam (8:00-10:00 am) (see essay)
F May 18	Music 343-02 Final Exam (1:00-3:00 pm) (see essay)

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