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 130-02 Music in Society T/Th 10:45-12:05 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.02.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.02.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 22, 11-1pm, on Romantic and Twentieth Century Music History, ch. 22-29