Score: Agnus Dei from "Black Angels" for amplified string quartet. Composed by George Crumb.
Syllabus:
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Week 1: Introduction Review, Modal mixture, Neapolitan 6th chords
modally borrowed chords (Kostka chp. 21) using b3, b6, b7
tonicization using secondary dominants/secondary diminished 7th chords (Kostka chpts. 16-17) chain of V/V, deceptive resolutions of secondary dominant chords
modulation (Kostka chpts. 18-19) types: common chord (pivot), using secondary dom./dim. 7th, common tone, direct modulation, sequential modulation.
Neapolitan 6th chord (Kostka chp. 21)
Homework #1: N6, modal borrowing, secondary dominant, modulation worksheet. Due Wednesday of week 2
modally borrowed chords (Kostka chp. 21) using b3, b6, b7
tonicization using secondary dominants/secondary diminished 7th chords (Kostka chpts. 16-17) chain of V/V, deceptive resolutions of secondary dominant chords
modulation (Kostka chpts. 18-19) types: common chord (pivot), using secondary dom./dim. 7th, common tone, direct modulation, sequential modulation.
Neapolitan 6th chord (Kostka chp. 21)
Homework #1: N6, modal borrowing, secondary dominant, modulation worksheet. Due Wednesday of week 2
Week 2: Augmented 6th chords
Kostka: chapter 22. Augmented 6th chords
Homework #2: analysis of Beethoven Violin Sonata excerpt and Schubert Moment Musical excerpt. Due Wednesday of Week 3
Kostka: chapter 22. Augmented 6th chords
Homework #2: analysis of Beethoven Violin Sonata excerpt and Schubert Moment Musical excerpt. Due Wednesday of Week 3
)Week 3: Augmented 6th chords (continued), Enharmonic Spellings and Enharmonic Modulations
Kostka: chapter 23
Homework #3: Enharmonic Reinterpretation worksheet. Due Wednesday week 4.
Kostka: chapter 23
Homework #3: Enharmonic Reinterpretation worksheet. Due Wednesday week 4.
Weeks 4-5: Common-tone fully diminished 7th chord, Mediant relationships. Mediant chains
Kostka: Chapter 24 (pgs, 417-423. cto7 chord)
Chapter 25 (pgs. 430-438 chromatic mediants and mediant chains)
Homework #4: Mediant worksheet and Star Wars cue composition. Due Wednesday of week 5.
MIDTERM: WEDNESDAY OF WEEK 6
Kostka: Chapter 24 (pgs, 417-423. cto7 chord)
Chapter 25 (pgs. 430-438 chromatic mediants and mediant chains)
Homework #4: Mediant worksheet and Star Wars cue composition. Due Wednesday of week 5.
MIDTERM: WEDNESDAY OF WEEK 6
Week 6: Review for Midterm
no homework due
no homework due
Weeks 7/8: The musical language of Debussy and Impressionism. Modes, pentatonic, synthetic scales. Extended tertian harmony. Secundal, quartal and quintal harmonies.
Kosta: Chapter 26, pgs. 452-480
Homework #5: musical analysis of Debussy's "Girl with the Flaxen Hair". Due Wednesday week 8.
Kosta: Chapter 26, pgs. 452-480
Homework #5: musical analysis of Debussy's "Girl with the Flaxen Hair". Due Wednesday week 8.
Weeks 8/9: The musical language of Stravinsky and modernism.
Reading: Kostka: Chp. 26, pgs. 481-490, rhythm
Homework #6: Debussy piano style composition. Due Wednesday Week 9.
Reading: Kostka: Chp. 26, pgs. 481-490, rhythm
Homework #6: Debussy piano style composition. Due Wednesday Week 9.
Week 10: Schoenberg and 12-tone serialism, Review
analyzing 12-tone music
row analysis
12-tone matrix construction
Reading: Kostka chp. 27, pages 505-515 (12-tone serialism)
Homework #7 (extra credit--to replace lowest homework grade): Stravinsky style composition. Due at the final.
analyzing 12-tone music
row analysis
12-tone matrix construction
Reading: Kostka chp. 27, pages 505-515 (12-tone serialism)
Homework #7 (extra credit--to replace lowest homework grade): Stravinsky style composition. Due at the final.
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