Topics in Music History: The Western World • FAMH-455E • Fall, 2008 • Davenport

Class Schedule

All reading assignments are identified as either:

1. Text (T): Burkholder/Grout/Palisca, A History of Western music

2. Scores (NAWM): Norton Anthology of Western Music vol 1: Ancient to Baroque

3. Scores (NAWM): Norton Anthology of Western Music vol 2: Classical to Twentieth Century

Week/Date Topic/Musical Example Chapter Pages CD/Track #

September Part I: The Ancient & Medieval Worlds

1 Tue. 2 Introduction to class

The Earliest Music T1 2-10

Music in Greece and Rome T1 10-23

Epitaph of Seikilos NAWM1 1-3 1/1

Euripides: Orestes NAWM2 4-6 1/2

Thurs. 4 Music in the Early Christian Church T2 24-33

Development of Notation T2 34-41

Kyrie NAWM3 7-8, 11-12 1/8-11

Gradual: Viderunt omnes NAWM3 14-15 1/13-14

2 Tue. 9 Roman Liturgy and Chant T3 50-57

Chants of the Ordinary T3 64-65

Kyrie NAWM3 11-12 1/8-11

Gloria NAWM3 12-14 1/12

Credo NAWM3 17-20 1/18

Sanctus NAWM3 22-23 1/20

Agnus Dei NAWM3 23-24 1/21

Thurs. 11 Movie Screening (Library Tour)

3 Tue. 16 Secular Music T4 71-76

Troubadour and Trouvère Song T4 76-83

Can vei la lauzeta mover NAWM8 39-42 1/36

A chanter NAWM9 43-45 1/37

Robins m’aime NAWM10 46-47 1/38

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Palästinalied NAWM11 48-50 1/39

Cantiga 159: Non sofre Santa Maria NAWM12 51-54 1/40

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Medieval Instruments T4 83-86

La quarte estampie royal NAWM13 55-57 1/41-47

Thurs. 18 Choose Research Paper Topics Today

Polyphony through the 13 Century

Early Organum T5 87-94

Organa from Musica enchiriadis NAWM14 58-60 1/48-50

Alleluia Justus ut palma NAWM15 61-62 1/51-52

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Aquitanian Polyphony T5 92-94

Jubilemus, exultemus NAWM16 63-66 1/53-56

Notre Dame Polyphony T5 94-111

Perotin: Viderunt Omnes NAWM19 79-94 2/1-12

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Motets on tenor Dominus NAWM21 98-108 2/14-17

English Polyphony T5 111-115

Sumer is icumen in NAWM23 116-120 2/21

4 Mon. 22 Concert Review #1: Music Faculty Recital/Berkeley Church 7:30pm

Tue. 23 French Music in the 14th Century

Ars Nova in France T6 116-126

Philippe de Vitry: In arboris NAWM24 121-126 2/22-27

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Guillaume de Machaut T6 126-132

La Messe de Nostre Dame, mass: Kyrie NAWM25 127-132 2/28-34

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Rose, liz, printemps, verdure MAWM26 133-136 2/35-38

14^th Century Music in Performance T6 141-145

Thurs. 25 Concert Review #1 Due Today

Part Two: The Renaissance T7 146-166

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England in the 15^th Century T8 167-175

Alleluia: A newë work NAWM31 156-158 2/49-51

5 Tue. 30 Preliminary Bibliography (Research Papers) Due Today

Franco-Flemish Composers, 1450-1520 T9 190-192, 202-209

Des Prez: Ave Maria… virgo serena NAWM39 198-206 3/2-8

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Des Prez: Missa Pange Lingua: Kyrie NAWM40 207-216 3/9-11

October

Thurs. 2 Sacred Music in the Era of the Reformation T10 210-213, 227-232

Palestrina Pope Marcellus Mass: NAWM45 242-258 3/27-35

Credo and Agnus Dei I

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Spain and the New World T10 233-235

Victoria: O magnum mysterium: Kyrie NAWM46 259-266 3/36-42

The Legacy of Sixteenth-Century sacred Music T10 238-239

6 Tue. 7 Madrigal & Secular Song in then 16th Century T11 240-263

Juan Del Encina: Oy comamos y bebamos NAWM48 273-275 3/46

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Arcadelt: Il bianco e dolce cigno NAWM50 279-282 3/54-55

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Luca Marenzio: Sol e pensoso NAWM52 289-301 3/59-64

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Thurs. 9 Detailed Outline of Research Papers Due Today

Claudin De Sermisy: Tant que vivray NAWM54 308-311 3/68-69

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Claude Le Jeune: Revecy venir du printans NAWM55 312-319 3/71-78

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John Dowland: Flow, my tears NAWM58 339-343 4/1-3

7 Tue. 14 The Rise of Instrumental Music T12 264-285

Attaingnant: Dances from Danseries a4 parties NAWM59 344-348 4/4-6

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Gabrieli: Canzon septimi toni a 8 NAWM62 361-373 4/15-22

Thurs. 16 Part Three: The Seventeenth Century T13 288-306

The Invention of Opera T14 307-319

Monteverdi: L’Orfeo: Excerpt from Act II NAWM66 397-420 4/34-41

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The English Baroque T16 372-378

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas: Conclusion NAWM79 537-544 5/39-542

8 Tue. 21 No Class (Midterm Break)

Thurs. 23 Midterm Exam

9 Tue. 28 Italy and Germany in the Late 17^th Century T17 384-385, 391-413

Corelli: Trio Sonata, Op. 3, No. 2 NAWM83 573-581 6/1-5

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Buxtehude: Praeludium in E Major, BuxWV 141 NAWM84 582-584 6/6-12

Thurs. 30 Part Four: The Eighteenth Century T18 416-437

Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

in A Minor, Op. 3, No. 6 NAWM85 587-619 6/13-30

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German Composers in the Late Baroque T19 428-457, 470-471

Bach: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV62 NAWM90 658-683 6/50-64

November

10 Tue. 4 Draft of Research Papers Due Today

Instrumental Music: Sonata, Symphony

and Concerto at Midcentury T21 506-514

Orchestral Music T21 519-524

Classic Music in the Late Eighteenth Century T22 525-546

Haydn: Symphony No. 92 in G Major NAWM104 111-175 7/51-77

Thurs. 6 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart T22 546-565

Mozart: Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488 NAWM106 184-217 8/6-23

11 Tue. 11 Part Five: The Nineteenth Century T23 568-594

Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C Minor, Op. 13 NAWM108 241-247 8/29-35

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Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat Major NAWM109 248-289 8/36-56

Thurs. 13 The Romantic Generation: Song & Piano Music T24 595-605

Fryderyk Chopin T24 621-625

Chopin: Nocturne in D-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 2 NAWM118 340-347 8/89-91

The Romantic Legacy T24 629-630

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Russia T27 701-707

Musorgsky: Boris Godunov: Coronation Scene NAWM130 627-667 10/6-11

Fri. 14 Concert Review #2: Aldo Ragone Faculty Recital

12 Tue. 18 Concert Review #2 Due Today

Late Romanticism in Germany and Austria T28 714-726

Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E Minor NAWM132 689-722 10/18-24

Thurs. 20 Part Six: The Twentieth Century T30 758-764

Claude Debussy T30 780-785

Debussy: Nocturnes: No. 1, Nuages (Clouds) NAWM138 789-807 10/59-66

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Modernism and the Classical Tradition T31 801-814

Schoenberg: Pierrot lunaire, Op. 21: Excerpts NAWM141 827-836 11/1-7

13 Tue. 25 Béla Bartok T31 829-837

Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion & Celeste NAWM147 948-978 11/36-41

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Charles Ives T31 837-843

Ives: General William Booth… NAWM148 979-990 11/42-48

Thurs. 27 Thanksgiving Break NO CLASSES

December

14 Tue. 2 Between the World Wars: Classical Tradition T33 865-867

The Soviet Union T33 876-880

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, Op. 47 NAWM154 1058-1091 11/66-73

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The Americas T33 880-892

Copland: Appalachian Spring, Excerpt NAWM157 1149-1188 11/86-95

Thurs. 4 Postwar Crosscurrents T34 893-896

New Sounds and Textures T34 922-924

Crumb: Black Angels NAWM163 1257-1262 12/26-27

Electronic Music T34 925-928

Babbitt: Philomel: Section I NAWM164 1263-1281 12/28-32

15 Tue. 9 Final Draft/Research Papers Due Today

The End of the Millennium T35 941-956

Adams: Phrygian Gates: Excerpt NAWM168 1343-1360 12/50-59

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The New Accessibility T35 956-958

Pärt: Seven Magnificat Antiphons: Excerpts NAWM170 1412-1418 12/65-67

The New Millenium T35 965

Thurs. 11 Last Day of Class

Paper Presentations Today

16 Thurs. 18 Final Exam (10:10am)

Finish Paper Presentations