European Music
Literature • FAMH-452 • Spring, 2008/Davenport
Class Schedule
All
reading assignments are identified as either:
1. Kerman/Tomlinson, Listen (K) or
2.
Jonathan Bellman, A Short Guide to
Writing About Music (B)
Date Topic Chapter Pages
January Unit I: Fundamentals
1 Tue. 15 Introduction
to class
Music,
Sound and Time K1 6-9
Thurs. 17 Rhythm &
Pitch
2 Tue. 22 The
Structures of Music K3 24-45
Thurs. 24 Musical Form
& Musical Style K4
46-54
Unit
II: Early Music
3 Tue. 29 The
Middle Ages K5 54-72
Thurs. 31 The Middle Ages
(cont'd)
Writing About Music... B2 21-32
Choose
Research Paper Topics Today
February
4
Tue. 5 The Middle Ages (cont'd)
Thurs. 7 Finish
Middle Ages (bring your instruments
today!)
Review/Quiz
#1
...Effective Essay B5 69-82
Research
in Music B6 83-104
5 Tue. 12 Lecture/Demonstration by Grand
Canonical Ensemble
Class
will be held in the
Wed. 13 Required
Concert Attendance: “Grand Canonical
Ensemble”
Thurs. 14 Quiz #1 K1-5
Start The Renaissance K6 73-91
6 Tue. 19 Music in the Renaissance (cont'd)
Research Paper Bibliography Due Today
Concert
Review #1 (“Grand Canonical Ensemble”) Due Today
Thurs. 21 The
Renaissance (cont’d)
7 Mon. 25 Required
Concert Attendance: Music Faculty Recital
Tue. 26 Renaissance Musical Instruments
Thurs. 28 The
Early Baroque K7 92-110
Style in Writing B8 131-15
Concert
Analysis Report #1 (“Music Faculty Recital”) Due Today
March
8 March 1-9 Spring Break (No Classes)
9 Tue. 11 The
Late Baroque K8 111-127
Wed.
12 Required
Concert Attendance: Faculty Violin Recital:
Thurs. 13 Baroque
Instrumental Music K9 128-148
The Final Manuscript B9 153-170
10 Tue. 18 Finish
Baroque Instrumental Music
Start
Baroque Vocal Music K10 149-163
Thurs. 20 Finish
Baroque Vocal Music
Review
Midterm Exam
11 Tue. 25 Midterm Exam: K6-10
Unit III: the Eighteenth Century
Wed. 25 Required
Concert Attendance: Faculty Voice Recital: Barbara & John Wollan
Thurs. 27 Start
Prelude: Music and the Enlightenment K11 164-177
The
Symphony K12 178-196
Research Papers Due for Peer Review Members
April
12 Tue. 1 The Symphony (cont’d)
Concert Analysis Report #2 (Faculty Voice
Recital) Due Today
Wed. 2 Required
Concert Attendance: “Music Student Showcase”
Thurs. 3 Other
Classical Genres K13 197-211
Peer Edits of Research Papers Due Today
Unit IV: The Nineteenth Century 221-222
13 Tue. 7 Beethoven K14 223-234
Review
Quiz #2
Thurs. 10 Quiz
#2 K11-14
Start
Music After Beethoven: Romanticism K15 235-248
14 Tue. 15 The Early Romantics K16 249
Schumann,
Chopin, Berlioz K16 254-270
Final Draft/Research Paper Due Today
Thurs. 17 Romantic
Opera K17 271-273
Wagner
and “Music Drama” K17 279-287
The
Late Romantics K18 288-307
Chaikovsky,
Musorgsky, Mahler
Fri. 18 Required
Concert Attendance: Faculty Piano Recital:
Unit V: The Twentieth Century 313-314
15 Tue. 22 Prelude: Music and Modernism K19 315-328
The
Twentieth Century: Early Modernism K20 329-351
Debussy,
Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Ives
Concert Review #2 (Faculty Piano Recital)
Due Today
Tue.
22 Required
Concert Attendance: Collegium Musicum
Thurs. 24 Alternatives
to Modernism K21 352
Aaron
Copland 362-365
The
Late Twentieth Century K22 366-383
Extra
Credit Scrapbook Journals Due Today
Review/Final
Exam