Music Appreciation

Reading:
Forney and Machlis, Part One, The Materials of Music, pages 2-67
The Materials of Music and Musical Instruments and Ensembles
• Listening Guide 1, Pages 60-63
• Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

Reading:

• Forney and Machlis, Part Two, Medieval and Renaissance Music, pages 68-103

• Listening Guide 2, Page 79
• Hildegard of Bingen: Alleluia, O virga mediatrix
• Listening Guide 3, Page 81
• Notre Dame School: Gaude Maria virgo
• Listening Guide 4, Page 84
• Anonymous: Sumer is icumen in
• Listening Guide 5, Page 86
• Machaut: Puis qu'en oubli
• Listening Guide 6, page 91
• Josquin: Ave Maria. . .virgo serena
• Listening Guide 7, page 94 - 95
• Palestrina: Pope Marcellus Mass, Gloria
• Listening Guide 8, page 98
• Arcedelt: Il bianco e dolce cigno
• Listening Guide 9, page 100
• Farmer: Fair Phyllis
• Listening Guide 10, page 101
• Susato: Three Dances
• Listening Activity. page 102

Reading:
Forney and Machlis, part three, The Baroque Era, pages. 104-147

Reading:

Forney and Machlis, part four,
Eighteenth-Century Classicism, pp. 148-201

The Eighteenth-Century or Will the "Real" Classical Composers please stand up?
• Listening Guide 19, pages 165-166
• Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 76, No. 3
• Listening Guide 20, pages 168-169
• Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik
• Listening Guide 21, page 173
• Haydn: Symphony No. 100 in G major
• Listening Guide 22, pages 176-179
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
• Listening Guide 23, pages 184-185
• Mozart: Piano Concerto in G major, K. 453
• Listening Guide 24, pages 187-188
• Beethoven: Piano sonata in C-sharp monir, Op. 27, No. 2
• Listening Guide 25, pages 193-197
• Mozart: Don Giovanni, Act I, Scene 2

The Mid-Term
• October 12, 2011. Squires Recital Salon, Regular Class Time

  The Mid-Term Exam covers all class material up to this point. There will be multiple choice questions taken from class lectures, assigned readings, listening portion, and the quizzes
  Please bring a pencil.
  No computers, PDAs, cell phones, iPods, or other electronic devices will be permitted.

  
  So THIS is Romanticism?
  
  Reading:
  Forney and Machlis, part five, The Nineteenth Century, pp. 202-281
  
  The Music
  
  Listening Guide 26, pages 214-215
  • Schubert: Erlkonig
  • Listening Guide 27, page 218
  • Robery Schumann: In The lovely month of May
  • Listening Guide 28, pages 223-224
  • Chopin: Mazurka in B-flat minor, Op. 24, No. 4
  • Listening Guide 29, page 226
  • Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel: September: At the River
  • Listening Guide 30, page 229
  • Foster: Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair
  • Listening Guide 31, pages 233-234
  • Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
  • Listening Guide 32, pages 238-239
  • Smetana: The Moldau
  • Listening Guide 33, pages 241-242
  • Grieg: Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1
  • Listening Guide 34, page 248
  • Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major
  • Listening Guide 35, pages 255-259
  • Verdi: Rigoletto, Act III
  • Listening Guide 36, pages 263-265
  • Wagner: Die Walkure, Act III
  • Listening Guide 37, pages 270-271
  • Vertdi: Requiem, Libera me
  • Listening Guide 38, pages 273-274
  • Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
  • Listening Guide 39, pages 277-278
  • Puccini: "Un bel di" from Madame Butterfly

The 20th Century and More
Reading:

Forney and Machlis, part six, Impressionism and the Early Twentieth Century, pp. 282-339

The Music
Listening Guide 40, page 292
• Debussy: Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun"
• Listening Guide 41, pages 303-305
• Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, Part I
• Listening Guide 42, pages 307-308
• Schoenberg: Pierrot lunaire, No. 18
• Listening Guide 43, pages 310-311
• Berg: Wozzeck, Act III
• Listening Guide 44, pages 315-316
• Bartok: Interrupted Intermezzo, from Concerto for Orchestra
• Listening Guide 45, pages 319-320
• Orff: O fortuna, from Carmina Burana
• Listening Guide 46, pages 324-325
• Ives: Country Band March
• Listening Guide 47, pages 328-329
• Still: Suite for Violin and Piano
• Listening Guide 48, pages 331-332
• Copland: Appalachian Spring
• Listening Guide 49, pages 335-336
• Revueltas: Homage to Federico Garcia Lorca

Still More to Come
Reading:

Forney and Machlis, part eight, World War II and Beyond, pp. 384-428
The Music
• Listening Guide 56, page 394
• Crumb: Caballito negro
• Listening Guide 57, page 398
• Cage: Sonata V
• Listening Guide 58, pages 403-404
• Sheng: China Dreams, Prelude
• Listening Guide 59, pages 415-416
• Higdon: blue cathedral
• Listening Guide 60, pages 418-419
• Corigliano: Prelude, from Mr. Tambourine Man
• Listening Guide 61, pages 422-423
• Part: Cantate Domino canticum novum
• Listening Guide 62, pages 426-427
• Adams: Doctor Atomic

 

Final Exam
The Final Exam will be held on
Friday, December 9, 2011 at 7:45-9:45 A.M.
in Squires Recital Salon

The Final Exam will consist of multiple choice questions taken from
class lectures, assigned readings, listening portion, and the quizzes
Please bring a pencil.
No computers, PDAs, cell phones, iPods, or other electronic devices will be permitted.