MU218 Listening for Style and Structure
Cal Poly Pomona Winter 2018
medieval music notation
Syllabus:
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Pearson REVEL student registration instructions:
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Concert Report Guidelines:
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Listening Guide Group Project Instructions:
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Class Topics, Readings, Listening, and Vocabulary
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INTRODUCTION: THE ELEMENTS OF MUSIC Textbook readings: pgs. 1-40 listenings: an example of monophonic texture an example of homophonic texture an example of polyphonic texture an example of heterophonic texture 32-bar song form examples: It Don't Mean A Thing by Duke Ellington Modified 32-bar song form example: Send In the Clowns by Stephen Sondheim (6-6-9-8 measures) 12-bar blues examples: The Thrill is Gone by B.B.King Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry Phrase analysis: Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Harold Arlen form and phrase analysis: De Ushuaia a la Quiaca from "The Motorcycle Diaries" by Gustavo Santaolalla _____________________________________________________ PART I: MEDIEVAL MUSIC Textbook readings: pgs. 16-46, 52-53 medieval Estampie Gregorian Chant: Alleliua (Caro Mea) (in Revel ebook) Hildegard von Bingen: Play of Virtues excerpt (in Revel ebook) Hildegard von Bingen: O Successores a chant organum music of Perotin F. Landini: "Behold, Spring" (in Revel ebook) G. de Mauchet: "No More Than One Man Could Count the Stars" (in Revel ebook) World music connections: Native American: Eagle Dance (in Revel ebook) _____________________________________________________ PART II: RENAISSANCE MUSIC Textbook readings: pgs. 54-58, 65-70, 78-84 John Dowland "Flow My Tears" lute ayre John Dowland, a Galliard for solo lute consort music of the Renaissance court Thomas Weelkes: "As Vesta was Descending". A six-voice madrigal Thomas Weelkes: "Since Robin Hood" (in Revel ebook). A three-voice madrigal Carlo Gesualdo madrigal Giovanni da Palestrina: Kyrie from the "Pope Marcellus Mass" A movement from a mass Giovanni da Palestrina: O Magnum Mysterium 6-voice motet (SSAATB) Josquin Desprez: Ave Maria. a four-voice motet TEST NO. 1 (Introduction, Medieval, Renaissance) WEDNESDAY WEEK 4 _______________________________________________________ PART III: BAROQUE MUSIC Textbook readings: pgs. 85-97, 118-159 C. Monteverdi: "Orpheus" selection from Act II (in Revel ebook) Henry Purcell: Dido's Lament aria, from the opera "Dido and Aeneas" A Vivaldi: "Spring" 1st movement from the Four Seasons (with structural analysis) A. Vivaldi "Summer" 3rd movement, from "The Four Seasons" (with score) A. Vivaldi: "Winter" 1st movement, from "The Four Seasons" (in Revel ebook) J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 in F major, finale (inRevel ebook) J.S. Bach: Brandenberg Concerto no. 5 J.S. Bach: Little Fugue in G minor, organ (also in Revel ebook) J.S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in d minor, organ J.S. Bach: Prelude from Suite No. 1 for unaccompanied cello J.S. Bach: Bourree from Lute Suite BWV 996 A. Corelli: Trio Sonata in D major, OP. 3, No. 2 G.F. Handel: Hallelujah chorus from The Messiah short video about the da capo aria form (ABA) World music connections: Music of the Mbuti pygmies "Marriage Celebration Song" (in Revel ebook) ____________________________________________________ PART IV: CLASSICAL ERA MUSIC Textbook readings: pas 160-217, 225-226 F. Haydn: String Quartet in C major, Op. 76, no. 3, second mvmt. (in Revel ebook) (an example of theme and variations form) W.A. Mozart: Variations on "Ah, vous dirai-je maman" (an example of theme and variations form) J. Haydn: Symphony No. 102, third and fourth mvts. (in Revel ebook) (examples of minuet and trio and rondo forms) L.v. Beethoven: String Quartet Op. 18, No. 4, 4th mvt. (an example of rondo form) L.v. Beethoven: 5th Symphony, 1st mvt. (in Revel ebook) W.A. Mozart: Symphony no. 40, 1st mvt. (in Revel ebook) (an example of sonata form) W.A. Mozart: Piano Concerto in A major, 1st mvt. (in Revel ebook) (an example of double-exposition concerto form) W.A. Mozart: Requiem Mass excerpt: Lacrimosa W.A. Mozart: "Queen of the Night" aria from "The Magic Flute" Scenes from "Amadeus" #1, #2, #3 TEST NO. 2 (Baroque, Classical) MONDAY WEEK 8 _________________________________________________________ PART V: THE 19TH CENTURY Textbook readings: pgs. 227-248, 255-260, 272-278, 286-310, 320-328 L.v Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata L.v. Beethoven: 9th Symphony 4th mvt. F. Schubert: Erlkonig (in Revel ebook) N. Paganini: Caprice No. 24 for solo violin F. Chopin: Mazurka in B-flat Major, Op. 7, no. 1 (in Revel ebook) Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture excerpt G. Verdi: "La Donne e Mobile" from Rigoletto R. Wagner: The Valkyrie, Act III "Wotan's Farewell" (in Revel ebook) R. Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries R. Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra Dies Irae theme as it is used in the opening of the Stanley Kubrick film "The Shining" and in the 5th mvt. of H. Berlioz's Symphony Fantistique World music connections: Master musicians of the Ikuta-ru (LTT. pg 178) Japanese Gagaku music (traditional court music of Japan) _____________________________________________________________ PART VI: SINCE 1900 Textbook readings: pgs. 329-368, 426-462 C. Debussy: Clair de Lune C. Debussy: Prelude to an Afternoon of a Faun A. Schoenberg: 4th String Quartet A. Schoenberg: excerpt from Pierrot Lunaire I. Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring excerpt (LTT pg. 364) I. Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring complete, in graphic notation John Cage: Sonata II from Sonatas and Interludes for prepared piano (LTT pg. 455) John Cage: 4'33" K. Pendereski: Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima Philip Glass: "Knee Play 1" from Einstein on the Beach (LTT pg. 460-461) P. Glass: Koyaanisqatsi excerpt TEST NO. 3 (19th/20th/21st Century) FRIDAY WEEK 10 |
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Vocabulary: homophonic/monophonic/polyphonic/heterophonic syncopation and accent tempo meter musical phrase cadence intervals chord major/minor keys tonic/dominant motive conjunct/disjunct melodic motion Forms (popular song forms): 32-bar song form (AABA) (and modified AABA) verse-chorus form 12-bar blues ___________________________________ Vocabulary: Dionysian/Apollonian meta-context minstrel & troubadour/trouvere Estampie Gregorian chant/plainchant neume church modes organum (parallel and free) drone the Ars Nova cantus firmus technique Composers: Hildegard von Bingen Leonin and Perotin Francesco Landini Guillaume de Mauchet ____________________________________ Vocabulary: counterpoint imitative counterpoint elision/elided cadence homorhythmic word painting consort Renaissance dances (Gavotte, Pavane, Galliard) chanson, air (ayre), aria, cancion Forms: strophic form through-composed Musical Genres: lute ayre madrigal mass motet Composers: John Dowland Giovanni da Palestrina Josquin Desprez Thomas Weelkes ____________________________________ Vocabulary: chamber music movement tutti concertino recitative and aria libretto basso continuo ornamentation ground bass cadenza hocket Musical Genres: concerto & concerto grosso suite prelude toccata trio sonata and solo sonata oratorio opera Forms: ritornello fugue binary form ternary form (da capo aria) Composers: Claudio Monteverdi Antonio Vivaldi Johann Sebastian Bach Georg Fredrich Handel Arcangelo Corelli ______________________________________ Vocabulary: pre-classical/galant/rococo style symphony string quartet sonata antecedent/consequent phrases requiem mass opera seria/opera buffo Forms: sonata-allegro form minuet and trio form rondo form theme and variations form double exposition concerto form Composers: Franz Joseph Haydn Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ludwig van Beethoven _________________________________________ Vocabulary: programmatic music nationalism leitmotif character piece rubato mazurka, caprice, nocturne Gesamtkunstwerk Dies Irae theme Musical Genres: lied (German art song) song cycle programmatic symphony Composers: Ludwig van Beethoven Franz Schubert Hector Berlioz Pyotr Tchaikovsky Frederic Chopin Giuseppe Verdi Richard Wagner ___________________________________________ Vocabulary: impressionism expressionism symbolist poetry modernism post-modernism chromaticism atonality sprechstimme 12-tone (dodecaphonic) polychord avante garde prepared piano graphic score aleatoric minimalism irregular rhythms and meters Composers: Claude Debussy Igor Stravinsky Arnold Schoenberg John Cage Philip Glass |
