Spring 2016
12-2-2015

MUSI 1306W – MUSIC APPRECIATIONTentative Class Calendar Spring 2016

WEEK / DATES / SUGGESTED SCHEDULE
Read textbook sections and listen to selections discussed in textbook. / QUIZZES/POSTS
(Due Wednesday) / ASSIGNMENTS
(Due Sunday)
Week 1 / Jan 19-24 /
  1. Welcome
  2. Syllabus
  3. Self-Intro
  4. Register at Connect Kamien
  5. Song or Dance? Pitch
  6. Note Names
  7. Beat, Tempo, and Rhythmic Symbols
  8. Nonwestern Music
  9. Ompeh
  10. Maru-Bihag
/ By Sun., Jan. 24 –
  1. P1-Post self-introduction (1).
  2. A2- Complete your WIKI page. (By Friday, decide who will complete which pages on non-western music. By Sunday, complete your page.)

Week 2 / Jan 25 - 31 /
  1. Complete your WIKI pages.
  2. Watch Lectures on Medieval Chant and on Renaissance Music (EC – post another chant or another Renaissance madrigal or Renaissance motet)
  3. Alleluia
  4. As Vesta Was Descending
/ By Wed., 1/27
  1. Q1-Syllabus Quiz
/ By Sun., Jan. 31 –
  1. A2-Complete Team WIKI pages

Week 3 / Feb 1 - 7 /
  1. Write a 300-500 word Essay on Nonwestern Music. Proof Nonwestern Music essay before submitting and check my comments on your submitted comparison WS. Have tutoring center review it twice for 5 extra points!
  2. Baroque (EC – post another Baroque composer or composition)
  3. Handel: Hallelujah
  4. Vivaldi: Spring
/
By Wed., 2/3
  1. Q2-Nonwestern Music
  2. Q3-Medieval Chant & Renaissance Madrigal
  3. Q4-Team Peer Evaluation for WIKI pages
  4. A3A-Submit NW comparison WS.

Week 4 / Feb 8-14 /
  1. Watch Lectures on Classical and Romantic Music (EC – post a composition by a different Classical composer or a different Romantic composer)
  2. Classical - Beethoven 5th Symphony, Mvt. 1
  3. Romantic
  1. Chopin: Nocturne
  2. Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
/ By Wed. 2/10
  1. A3B –Nonwestern Essay
  2. Q4 on Baroque Music
  3. Q5-Listening Quiz 1

Week 5 / Feb 15-21 /
  1. Impressionism - Debussy: Prelude
  2. Stravinsky: Rite of Spring
  3. Whitacre: Lux
  4. Armstrong: Jazz
/ By Wed. 2/17
  1. Q6 on Classical and Romantic Era

Week 6 / Feb. 22-28 /
  1. Take the Pretest for Exam I several times to prepare for
    Midterm Exam
  2. Take Midterm Exam between
    Feb. 25 and Mar. 3
/ By Wed. 2/24
  1. Q7-Quiz on Contemporary Styles
  2. Q8-Listening Quiz 2
/ Concert Report 1 is due by midnight, Tuesday Feb. 23
Study for Midterm Exam
Week 7 / Feb 29-Mar 6 /
  1. Take the Pretest for Exam I several times to prepare for
    Exam 1.
  2. Take Midterm Exam between
    Feb. 25 and Mar. 3
/ By Wed. 3/2 / Concert Report 1 is due by midnight, Tuesday,Mar. 1
Midterm Exam due Mar. 3
Week 8 / Mar 7-11 / Vocal Music through the Ages
  1. Josquin DesPrez – Ave Maria
  2. Dowland – Lute Song
  3. Schubert – Erlkőnig
  4. Schoenberg – Mondestrunken
    Opera
  1. Baroque Opera
  2. Monteverdi – Tu se Morta
  3. Purcell – Dido’s Lament
/ By Wed., 3/9
Mar. 12-19 / SPRING VACATION
Week 9 / Mar. 21-27 /
  1. Classical Opera– Mozart: Don Giovanni
  2. Romantic Opera –
  3. Puccini: La Boheme
  4. Wagner: Die Walkűre
  5. Contemporary Opera – Glass: Einstein at the Beach
/ By Wed., 3/23
Week 10 / Mar. 28-
Apr. 3 / Concertos
  1. Baroque Concerto Grosso and Concerto
  2. Bach – Concerto Grosso in D, Mvt 1
  3. Vivaldi – Spring Concerto, all mvts
  4. Mozart – Piano Concerto, Mvt 1
    Double exposition form
/ By Wed., 3/30
Quizzes 2:
Q10 – Solo Songs, Motet, Madrigal
Q11 – Opera Arias and Choruses
Week 11 / Apr. 4 - 10 / Concertos
  1. Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto, Mvt. 1
  2. Zwilich – Concerto Grosso 1985, Mvt 1
/ By Wed., 4/6
Quizzes 2:
Q 12 – Concerto and Concerto Grosso
Week 12 / Apr. 11-17 / Instrumental Music
  1. Bach Bourrée
  2. Mozart Symphony #40, Mvt 1
  3. Haydn Surprise, Mvt 2
  4. Beethoven String Quartet, Mvt 4
/ By Wed., 4/13 / Concert Report 2is due by midnight, Tuesday, Apr. 12
Week 13 / Apr. 18-24 / Classical
  • Beethoven – 5th Symphony – all mvts
Romantic
  1. Smetana Moldau
    Symphonic Poem
  2. Dvorak – New World Symphony, Mvt 1
/ By Wed., 4/20
Quizzes 2:
Q13 –Baroque and Classical Orchestral
Forms
Q14 – Romantic Orchestra Music
Week 14 / Apr. 25-May 1 / Part VI: 20th Century
  1. Schoenberg – A Survivor from Warsaw
  2. Varèse – Poèmeélectronique
  3. Ginastera – Estancia Suite – Malambo
/ By Wed., 4/27 –
Quizzes 2:
Q15 – Expressionism and Serialism
Q16 – Electronic Music & 20th Century
Nationalism
Week 15 / May 2-5 /
  1. REVIEW for final exam
  2. Take the PRETEST for the final exam.
/ Concert Report 3is due by midnight, Tuesday,May 3
Week 16 / May 6-11 / Take FINAL EXAMin TESTING CENTER