Dr. Marianne R. Pfau Fall
2009
Camino
173B, x4101, m
T/Th
1:15-2:30, W 1:30-4:00pm
or
by appointment
|
MUS 130-01 Music in Society T/Th 2:30-3:50pm Camino 153 |
In this course, we will
examine the changing styles of classical music and their shifting meaning in
society from the Middle Ages to the Present.
Primary emphasis is on listening and understanding the audio examples
from the CD’s as evolving cultural expressions throughout the ages. There will also be live concert visits , CD reviews, and textbook
reading.
Part I: students will learn
to listen to the musical elements that are common to all classical music, and
develop a sense of how musical style is forged from these elements. Part II: We
will survey the six style periods of Western music history, discuss
representative composers and their works, and find out what contemporary
philosophers, writers, visual artists, theorists, teachers, and composers
themselves had to say about the music of their times in order to ascertain the
meaning music had in its respective society.
MATERIALS
Text/CDs: Craig Wright, Listening to Music, 5th ed. Thomson * Schirmer (2009);
with
accompanying CD Set
Review
CD: ♫ Telemann: Der getreue
♫
J.M. Muller: 12 Sonates pour un Hautbois
de concert…,
♫
Sebastian Bodinus. 6 Trios for Two
Hautbois and BC,
All CDs
available at the USD bookstore
Live
Concerts: Organ Recital, Oct 9, 8pm, Founders Chapel;
Two
more classical concerts of your choice, on or off campus (www.sandiego.edu/music).
REQUIREMENTS (subject to change)
How to study for this class: As a study routine for this course, it is best to do
the assigned readings/listenings once before each class so that you can
participate actively in discussions, and to do your in-depth reviewing of the
same material right again after class, or the next day. Delays in listening and
reading will make the listening portion of the course much more difficult than
it is designed to be.
Concerts (5%
each): For credit for this class, you need to attend 3 classical concerts
during the semester. The organ concert in October, listed above, is mandatory. The other two you may select from the USD Concert Calendar Fall 2009, or visit off-campus concert (for listings, see
www.reader.com)
USD concerts are $6 to $10 with
USD student ID, and are available at the door 15 minutes prior to each concert. Make sure to sign the Attendance Stub at the
end of each concert, and hand it to the usher. I will receive the stub as proof
of your attendance from the usher.
CD-Review (15%) You may choose one of the three CDs
listed above for your review. The review entails your own 2-page (double
spaced) description of the music (you may choose 5 tracks), based on your listening. The task is to apply the terms and musical/historical
concepts you learned in class to your selections. Each CD has a booklet with a
description of the music and style. To
read this will be helpful for your own listening description.
CD
Review due on Dec 3 (no class) by email:
Please
name you document: your last name.02.CDrev.doc
Ex:
“pfau.01.CDrev.doc”
and
send to mpfau@sandiego.edu
Exams (20%
each): All exams involve listening, identification of the musical works, terms
and definitions. No make-up exams will
be given. If you miss an exam for any reason but a documented medical
emergency, you loose the points. Late
work will earn only partial credit.
Participation (10%): More than 3 absences from class will result
in a final grade lower than an A. Your
active participation is encouraged. The
more you listen to the assigned materials outside class (every day), and the
more familiar you become with the classical sound, the better you will be able
to contribute to the class.
3 Exams 20% each 60% 100-93 = A, 92-90 = A-
3 Concert Attendances5% each 15% 89‑87
= B+, 86‑83 = B, 82‑80 = B‑
1
CD review 15% 79‑77
= C+, 76‑73 = C, 72‑70 = C‑
(Telemann, Muller or Bodinus) 69-67 = D+, 66-63 =
D, 62-60 = D-
Participation 10% below 59 = F
Total 100%
Course Preview
Each day we will discuss a
number of classical works from your book
and CD-set. You will find listening guides for them all in your book. These we
will use in class, so please bring your book to every class session.
Please come to class by
having listened once on your own to the works listed for each lecture. After every
class session, plan to listen to each piece repeatedly until you know each one
well and can identify it by its sound (c. 5-8 times for each piece).
It is best to make yourself a
list of all pieces, adding them as we discuss them in class. Then use this list to learn your pieces each
week. This will be a good way to prepare
for your exams.
SCHEDULE
(subject to
change, per announcement in class)
Part I: Listening
and the Musical Vocabulary
Weeks 1-3: Sept. 3-17
ch. 1-6
Week 4: Sept. 24
First Exam on ch. 1-6
Part II: Composers and Works in Western Music History
Week 5: Sept. 29 and Oct 1
Early Style Periods in Music History, ch. 7,
Later
Style Periods, ch. 7
Week 6: Oct 6 and 8
Medieval
Music, ch. 8
Renaissance
Music, ch. 9
Baroque
organ music
First
concert: Oct. 9, 8pm, Founders Chapel (Organ Recital)
Week
7: Oct 13 and 15
Early and Mid Baroque Music, ch. 10, 11, 12
Late
Baroque Music, ch. 13, 14
Week 8: Oct. 20 and 22
Review of Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Music
Mid-term
Exam on ch. 7-14
Week
9: Oct 27 and 29
Classical Style, Composers, Forms, ch. 15, 16
Classical Forms and
Genres, ch. 17
Week 10: Nov 3 and 5
Classical Forms and
Genres, ch. 18, 19
Classical Forms and
Genres, ch. 20
Week
11: Nov 10 and 12
The Bridge to Romanticism: Beethoven, ch. 21
Review of Classical Forms and Genres
Week 12: Nov 17 and 19
Exam on ch. 15-22
Romanticism, ch. 22
Week 13: Nov 24
The
Early Romantics, ch. 23-25
Week
14: Dec 1 (class at 10:45-12:05) and Dec 3 (no class)
Romantic Opera, ch. 26
CD Review due on Dec 3 by email:
Please
name you document: your last name.02.CDrev.doc
Ex:
“pfau.01.CDrev.doc”
and
send to mpfau@sandiego.edu
Week
15: Dec 8 and 10 (class at 10:45-12:05 on Dec 10)
Final: Dec 17, 11-1pm, on Romantic and Twentieth Century Music History, ch. 22-29