CRN #14491--Spring Semester 2009--Prof. John R. Howell
COURSE CALENDAR
This page is updated for Spring 2009.
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COURSE CALENDAR
This page is updated for Spring 2009.
Contents:
Introductory
Unit (Based on class material
and lectures, not the text)
Mon Jan
19
Martin Luther King Day: NO CLASS
Tues Jan
20
Classes begin; last day to withdraw from Spring
Semester w/o penalty.
Wed Jan 21--First
Day of Class
Orientation to the study of Music History
Basics of Modern Music: Tonality and Harmony
Last day to withdraw from school at no cost (?)
Fri Jan 23
Basics of Modern Musical: Form, Instruments and Ensembles
Note that around 500 high school musicians will be on campus for Honor Band,
weather permitting, and this class may be cancelled if they are using the Recital
Salon. Note also that their concert on Sunday at 3pm in Burruss Auditorium qualifies
for your required Concert Review, if you want to get an early start on it. So
does the concert tonight at 7:30 in Burruss Auditorium with the Tech Wind Ensemble
playing for the Honor Band members.
Mon Jan 26
Continuation: Instruments and Ensembles
Last day to Add classes; last day to add or drop Audit option by 5 pm.
Wed Jan
28
Reading: Chapter 18 (pp. 327-338 through "Scarlatti's Music")
Listening: Chapter 18
Email instructor
choosing one of the three Grading Option before 23:59:59 tonight, and be sure
to have signed up for your Concert Review Due Date(s) by 5 p.m. or one will
be assigned to you at random.
Thu Jan 29
Introductory Unit Quiz (Extra
credit for all; up to 3% added to Final Grade)
Covering material from 1st week's lectures, Preliminary Unit study guide.
To be completed on Blackboard before 23:55
Fri Jan 30
Terms Quiz 1 completed before 23:55 on Blackboard
(Chapter 18; for Options 2 & 3)
Reading: Chapter 18 (pp. 338-345 through "Music in America"
Listening: Chapter 18
Mon Feb 2
Listening Quiz 1 completed before 23:55
on Blackboard (Chapter 18; for Options 2 & 3)
Reading: Chapter 18 (pp. 346 "Vocal Music"-end)
Listening: Chapter 18
Deadline for submission of Pre-Review assignment by
email before 23:59:59 (Extra credit for all; 2% added to Final Grade)
Wed Feb 4
Quiz on the "Rules" web page completed before
23:55 on Blackboard (Extra credit for all; up to 3% added to Final Grade)
Reading: Chapter 19 (pp. 359-369 through "Gluck's Reform Operas")
Listening: Chapter 19
Fri Feb 6
Terms Quiz 2 completed before 23:55 on Blackboard
(Chapter 19; for Options 2 & 3)
Reading: Chapter 19 (pp. 369 "Haydn" through 379)
Listening: Chapter 19
Mon Feb 9
Listening Quiz 2 completed before 23:55
on Blackboard (Chapter 19; for Options 2 & 3)
Reading: Chapter 19 (pp. 379-end)
Listening: Chapter 19
Wed Feb 11
Unit Quiz 1 (In class, on Chapters
18-19; Required for everyone)
No lecture following Unit Quizzes
You may change your Grading Option after receiving
your score on Unit Quiz 1 by emailing the instructor before 23:59:59 on Wed
Feb 18; that decision will be final.
Fri Feb 13
Reading: Chapter 20 (pp.
399-407 through "Beethoven's Music in General")
Listening: Chapter 20
Mon Feb 16
No Class Today--Music
Department Auditions (subject to change)
Wed Feb 18
Reading: Chapter 20 (pp. 407 "Style Periods"-411 through "Variations")
Listening: Chapter 20
Deadline for Research Paper 1 on the Enlightenment.
Fri
Feb 20
Terms Quiz 3 completed before 23:55 on Blackboard
(Chapter 20; for Options 2 & 3)
Reading: Chapter 20 (pp. 412 "Chamber Music" through 421 "Symphonies")
Listening: Chapter 20
Sun Feb 22
Concert: Virginia Tech Early Music Ensemble, 8 pm,
Recital Salon
Mon Feb 23
Listening Quiz 3 completed before 23:55
on Blackboard (Chapter 20; for Options 2 & 3)
Reading: (pp. 421 "Works for Solo …" -end)
Listening: Chapter 20
Tue Feb 24
First Due Date for Concert Reviews
Wed Feb 25
Reading: Chapter 21 (pp. 425 - 438 through "Lesser composers ...")
Listening: Chapter 21
Fri Feb 27
Terms Quiz 4 completed before 23:55 on Blackboard
(Chapter 21; for Options 2 & 3)
Reading: Chapter 21 (438 "Lieder" - end)
Listening: Chapter 21
Mon Mar 2
Listening Quiz 4 completed before 23:55
on Blackboard (Chapter 21; for Options 2 & 3)
Reading: None; Based on handout material and lecture, not the text
Listening: Chapter 21
Last day to drop classes or change A-F option to P/F
Tue Mar 3
Second Due Date for Concert Reviews
Wed Mar 4
Unit 2 Quiz (Chapters 20-21)
Fri Mar 6
CLASS WILL MEET--Spring bread starts after
the last class today!
Reading: Chapter 22
(pp. 455 through 477 "Denmark")
Listening: Chapter 22
Deadline for Romanticism Paper
Mon
Mar 16
Reading: Chapter 22 (pp. 477 "France" through 487 "Minor Composers")
Listening: Chapter 22
Tue Mar 17
Third Due Date for Concert Reviews
Wed Mar 18
Terms Quiz 5 completed before 23:55 on Blackboard
(Chapter 22; for Options 2 & 3)
Reading: Chapter 22 (pp. 487 "Music in Italy" - end)
Listening: Chapter 22
Fri Mar 20
Listening
Quiz 5 completed before
23:55 on Blackboard (Chapter 22; for Options 2 & 3)
Reading: Chapter 23 (pp. 496 through 507 "His Music"
Listening: Chapter 23
Mon Mar 23
Terms
Quiz 6 completed before 23:55 on Blackboard (Chapter 23; for Options
2 & 3)
Reading: Chapter 23 (pp. 507 "Liszt" through 515 "His Music")
Listening: Chapter 23
Last
day to change P/F option to A-F or to resign without grade penalty
Tue Mar 24
Fourth Due Date for Concert Reviews
Wed Mar 25
Listening Quiz 6 completed before 23:55
on Blackboard (Chapter 23; for Options 2 & 3)
Reading: Chapter 23 (pp. 515 "Brahms" - end)
Additional material in lecture, not in the text
Listening: Chapter 23
Fri Mar 27
Unit
3 Quiz (Chapters 22-23)
Mon Mar 30
Reading: Chapter 24 (pp. 526-537 through "Other Russian Composers")
Listening: Chapter 24
Tue Mar 31
Fifth Due Date for Concert Reviews
Wed Apr 1
Terms Quiz 7 completed before 23:55 on Blackboard
(Chapter 24; for Options 2 & 3)
Reading: Chapter 24 (pp. 537 "Czechoslovakia" - end)
Listening: Chapter 24
Fri Apr 3
Listening Quiz 7 completed before 23:55
on Blackboard (Chapter 24, Examples 163-164; for Options 2 & 3)
Reading: Chapter 25 (pp. 548 through 560 "Minor composers")
Listening: Chapter 24
Mon Apr 6
Terms Quiz 8 completed before 23:55 on Blackboard
(Chapter 25; for Options 2 & 3)
Reading: Chapter 25 (pp. 560 "Verismo" through 570 "Satie")
Listening: Chapter 25
Tue Apr 7
Sixth Due Date for Concert Reviews
Wed Apr 8
Listening
Quiz 8 completed before
23:55 on Blackboard (Chapter 25, Examples 166, 168-172; for Options 2 &
3)
Reading: Chapter 25 (pp. 570 "Les Six" - end)
Listening: Chapter 25
Fri Apr 10
Unit 4 Quiz (Chapters 24-25)
Mon Apr 13
Reading: Chapter 26 (pp. 581 through 592 through "Britten")
Listening: Chapter 26
Deadline for papers on nationalism in society
Tue Apr 14
Seventh Due Date for Concert Reviews
Wed Apr 15
Reading: Chapter 26 (pp. 592 "Russia" through 605 through "Spain")
Listening: Chapter 26
Fri Apr 17
Terms Quiz 9 completed before 23:55 on Blackboard
(Chapter 26; for Options 2 & 3)
Reading: Chapter 26 (pp. 605 "Neo-Classicism" through 613 "Stravinski")
Listening: Chapter 26
Mon Apr 20
Listening Quiz 9 completed before 23:55
on Blackboard (Chapter 26; for Options 2 & 3)
Reading: Chapter 26 (pp. 613 "Nadia" - end, plus additional material in handout
& lecture)
Listening: Chapter 26
Tue Apr 21
Eighth and Final Due Date for Concert Reviews
Wed Apr 22
Reading: Chapter 27 (623 through 637 "Boulez")
Listening: Chapter 27
Deadline for papers on the comparison of Serialism
and Neo-Classicism
Fri Apr 24
Reading: Chapter 27 (pp. 638 "Germany" through 648 "Berio")
Listening: Chapter 27
Sun
Apr 26
Early Music Ensemble concert, 8 pm, Recital
Salon
Mon Apr 27
Terms Quiz 10 completed before 23:55 on
Blackboard (Chapter 27; for Options 2 & 3)
Reading: Chapter 27 (pp. 648 "Composers …" - end)
Listening: Chapter 27
Wed Apr 29
Listening Quiz 10 completed before 23:55
on Blackboard (Chapter 27; for Options 2 & 3)
Reading: None; based on class handout and lecture, not the text
Listening: Chapter 27
Fri
May 1
No
regular Class unless needed for catch up. Last day to apply for Course Withdrawal,
if you are qualified to do so. (Note:
Anyone who objects to taking Unit Quiz 5 on Monday of the last week of classes
may take it today during class time instead, in the Recital Salon, but must
email me with that request before 5 pm Thursday. In other words, you have your
choice between 2 dates for Unit Quiz 5, so there will be no Makeup Session.
This is subject to change.)
Mon May 4
Unit 5 Quiz (Chapters 26-27)
Wed May 6
Review for final exam
Sun
May 10
No-hassle
Alternate
Final Exam Time: 11:00
am-1:00 pm, Recital Salon (Final Exam Essays Allowed--Time
Subject to Change)
Wed May
13
Scheduled Final Exam Time: 10:05
am-12:05 pm, Recital Salon (No Final Exam Essays
Permitted! )