50:700:202:40 INTRODUCTION
TO MUSIC
FALL 2003 Julianne
Baird
Tuesday Evening 6:00 pm - 8:40 pm
Fine Arts Building Room 215
Email: jbaird@camden.rutgers.edu
Telephone: 856-225-6210
Office hours: Tuesday 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm REQUIRED
FIELD TRIP, TEXT and CDs:
OBJECTIVES: The
primary goal of this course will be to give the student an understanding
of the development of Western Music from the Middle Ages to the late twentieth
century. Understanding the major trends in Western music as well as its
function in society, and examination of the parallels with other fine arts
is a further goal.
The
focus of the course will be the study of musical literature. Major works
from all instrumental and vocal genres will be studied from historical,
theoretical, and social perspectives. The course will place a high degree
of emphasis on listening, and there will be one comprehensive listening
examination in the course of the class.
GRADING:
A
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= |
100% |
- |
92% |
B+ |
= |
91% |
- |
88% |
B |
= |
87% |
- |
82% |
C+ |
= |
81% |
- |
78% |
C |
= |
77% |
- |
70% |
D |
= |
69% |
- |
60% |
F |
= |
59% |
- |
0% |
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
1.
Visit to the Opera
MANDATORY ATTENDANCE at
the October 21st Opera
Company of Philadelphia
at the ACADEMY OF MUSIC performance of the opera Il
Trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi. Presentation
of ticket stub and a ONE PAGE description of the opera is required to
get credit for attendance.
Lab
Fee: $ 22.00 payable by September 9th.
(Covers ticket to the Opera - Transportation is NOT provided)
2.
Class
Attendance
Regular
class attendance is also mandatory. Three
missed classes lower
your letter grade.
3. Exams
-
There
will be approximately 5-6 take-home tests given during
the semester with multiple choice, True/False, or ID questions worth
50-100 points per test. These tests will be available on the web,
accessibly on this syllabus by clicking on the hyperlink.
-
A
few in-class multiple-choice quizzes covering material
presented in the films will be given.
- One
listening test (1/2 of the final exam) will also figure
in your grade. The examples for the listening test will be drawn from
the CDs accompanying the text. Play these CDs on while you are studying
and become as familiar with them as you can. (See Listening
Exam Information).
Extra Credit Option
If the student
desires to bring up his/her grade, s/he may do so by attending a
classical music concert *
and by submitting a WELL WRITTEN two-page "Musical Review"
which reflects Cliff Laman's rules and procedures in HOW
TO WRITE A MUSICAL REVIEW. Two accepted Musical Reviews can
bring up the grade by one grade level (i.e., B+ --> A).
*
You
may choose any of the FREE Wednesday Concerts on the Camden Campus
Location: Mallery Room: Time 12 noon-1:00
October 8, William
Carr, pianist
October 15th Seraphim String Quartet
October 22nd "Unseam'd Shakespeare" - Dr. Baird and Richard
Store, Lute
October 29th Rieko Aizawa, piano--Sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven
November 5 Mark Kramer--jazz piano, bass and drums
November 12 11:40- 2:20 Madrigal Festival
November 12 NOON--Music of G.F. Handel Philomel Baroque and Arco Argento
November 19 Seraphim Quartet
NO
INCOMPLETES WILL BE GIVEN!
TENTATIVE
COURSE SCHEDULE
Tuesday,
September 2 |
Class Introductions
Read Pages 1-57 and fill out Take Home Test: "Elements
of Music"
To print the test, click the icon of your choice
or
Films from "Exploring the World of Music" Rhythm/ Melody/
Harmony/ Timbre
Click
here for Study Guide 1 |
September
9 |
Take
Home Test: "Elements
of Music" due
Read pages 62-88, Middle Ages and Renaissance
Films: Medieval Instruments and Hildegard von Bingen: Ordo
Virtutem
Due:
$ 22.00 for Opera ticket
(October 21st Opera
Company of Philadelphia
at the ACADEMY OF MUSIC performance of the opera
Il Trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi.) |
September
16 |
Renaissance,
cont'd / First
Secular Music / Luther and the Reformation
Renaissance Dances / Elizbethan Golden Age
Take Home Test: "Medieval
and Renaissance"
To print the test, click the icon of your choice
or
Click
here for Study Guide 2
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September
23 |
Take
Home Test: "Medieval and Renaissance"
due
Transition
to the Baroque
Read pages 88-142
Films:
“Monteverdi in Mantua,” “Orfeo,” Poppea," and “Venice and the
Gabrielis” |
September
30 |
Purcell
and Vivaldi
Films:
Purcell: “England My England,” “Venice and Vivaldi”
Concerto Grosso Form/Ground Bass Forms/ Continuo/ History of Ospedale
della Pieta |
October
7 |
World
of Opera
Films: Monteverdi
and Mantua/ DrottningholmTheater/ Handel and the Royal Academy of
Music
Castrati/ Purcell; Dido and Aeneas/ |
Wednesday,
October 8
|
William
Carr, pianist--- FREE Wednesday Concerts
for Extra Credit-Plus Concert Report
Location: Rutgers-Camden - Fine Arts Building, Mallery Room
Time: 12 noon - 1:00pm |
October
14 |
Lecture
on Verdi's Il Trovatore in preparation
for Oct 21st Attendance to OCP performance |
Wednesday,
October 15
|
Seraphim
String Quartet--- FREE Wednesday Concerts
for Extra Credit-Plus Concert Report
Location: Rutgers-Camden - Fine Arts Building, Mallery Room
Time: 12 noon - 1:00pm |
Tuesday,
October 21
7:00 pm
at the
Academy of Music
in
Philadelphia, PA
Guiseppe Verdi's
Il Trovatore
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This
class is replaced by attendance at
Il
Trovatore in Philadelphia
Attendance
is REQUIRED!
Transportation is PATCO
High Speed Line or Private Carpool
(Note: The last stop of the PATCO Speedline brings you directly
to the West side of the Academy of Music in Philadelphia.
See map: 15th-16th
and Locust Streets)
EARLY STARTING TIME: 7:30
pm ----- You should be there
by 7:00 pm
-- If you are late OCP does not permit late entrance
to the theatre until after the FIRST ACT! |
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Wednesday,
October 22
|
"Unseam'd
Shakespeare" - Dr. Baird and Richard Store, Lute
FREE Wednesday Concerts for Extra Credit-Plus
Concert Report
Location: Rutgers-Camden - Fine Arts Building, Mallery Room
Time: 12 noon - 1:00pm
Take
Home Test: " Baroque Era"
To
print the test, click the icon of your choice
or
|
October
28 |
Take
Home Test: "Baroque Era" due
Baroque Era
Read pages 92-142
Films: Johann
Sebastian Bach: A Documentary Biography - Bach Masterpieces to Order
Fugue/ Brandenburg/Orchestral Suites/ Cantata
Click
here for Study Guide 3
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Wednesday,
October 29
|
Rieko
Aizawa, piano--Sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven
FREE Wednesday Concerts for Extra Credit-Plus
Concert Report
Location: Rutgers-Camden - Fine Arts Building, Mallery Room
Time: 12 noon - 1:00pm |
November
4 |
Classical
Era
Read pages 142-201
Celebrating Haydn/ Haydn and the Esterhazy’s/ sonata form/ variation
form/Minuet and Trio, Rondo Symphony, Opera, and Concerto Forms.
Click
here for Study Guide 4
|
Wednesday,
November 5
|
Mark
Kramer--jazz piano, bass and drums
FREE Wednesday Concerts for Extra Credit-Plus
Concert Report
Location: Rutgers-Camden - Fine Arts Building, Mallery Room
Time: 12 noon - 1:00pm |
November
11 |
Beethoven
and Mozart
Films: Mozart - “Dropping
the Patron, ” "Amadeus"
Beethoven - “Composer as Hero,” and “Beethoven and the Age of Revolution”
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Wednesday,
November 12th
Rutgers-Camden
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FREE
WEDNESDAY CONCERT @ 11:40 am - 2:20 pm at
the Walter Gordon Theater
Madrigal
Festival at the Rutgers- Camden
(with video files)
FREE Wednesday concerts on Campus for Extra Credit
Plus Concert Report /
Music of G.F. Handel/ Dr. Julianne Baird, soprano, Philomel Baroque
and Arco Argento (Rutgers Camden Student String Group)
view and listen to Dr. Baird's performance:
Too Hot to Handel
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November
18 |
Films:
Schubert: The Young Romantic
“ Peter Ustinov’s Mendelssohn” “Brahms” and “Chopin”
Read pages 202-277
In Class Quiz |
Wednesday,
November 19
|
Seraphim
String Quartet
FREE Wednesday Concerts for Extra Credit-Plus
Concert Report
Location: Rutgers-Camden - Fine Arts Building, Mallery Room
Time: 12 noon - 1:00pm |
Tuesday,
November 25
|
Thanksgiving Recess |
December
2 |
Take
Home Test: " Classical Period"
To print the test, click the icon of your choice
or
Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, Symphonic Poem/ Exoticism/ Nationalism/ Verismo
/ Program Music/ Berlioz/ Smetana Verdi, Wagner Puccini, |
December
9 |
Take
Home Test "Classical
Period" due
Films: “Spring Symphony” Biography of Clara Schumann/
Puccini La Boheme.
In Class Quiz |
Monday,
December 15 |
Review
for Listening Exam 6 pm - 7:00 pm |
Tuesday,
December 16
|
Final
Examination
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Cumulative Final and Listening Exam |
Professor
Cliff Leaman’s Guidelines for writing a review of a Musical Event
When writing
a review of a musical event, always remember that this is a subjective,
personal opinion which may be agreed with or not by the reader.
Your opinion of what happened is the most important aspect of the
review. As a part of the review, however, you need to keep in mind
that your readers may not have been at the concert. Because of this
you will need to mention certain basic information as a part of
the review.
1. Who plays
-- Mention the performers by name if there are less than 6-8, and
mention the type of group which is playing. If they have some professional
name (ie. The Greenville Symphony Orchestra, The Canadian Brass,
etc.) be sure to include this name as well. Most reviews also include
a mention of the date, time, and place of the performance. If there
is a large group playing such as an orchestra, mention only those
performers who have important solos within the pieces and the conductor.
Always comment
on the overall quality of the performance including specific examples
of what you heard.
2. What was
performed -- List each piece performed and discuss it from the standpoint
of both the quality of the piece itself and the quality of the performance.
Include all of the vital information needed to identify exactly
what piece was performed.
Usually the
manner in which it is listed in the program will suffice. DO NOT,
however, list the entire program as the opening of your review.
List each work and discuss it immediately. Be sure to list any changes
to the program or encores played.
3. Include
background information -- Some background information can help the
reader to understand the program better, but do not go overboard
on this aspect. Any background information should be brief and should
not take up more than 10 percent of the total paper.
4. Tell the
reader whether or not you liked the concert. This is the single
most important aspect of a review. Was the program worth hearing?
Did you like the pieces chosen, the performance, both, or neither?
Please explain as specifically as possible what you did or did not
like about the performance. This is the most subjective area of
the review and should be the bulk of what you say. You may be critical,
but try not to get personal. DO NOT use the word "boring."
5. Refer to
performers by full name the first time, and thereafter by last name
only. Do not personalize your relationship by referring to Dr. Billy
Taylor as "Billy," even if you know him quite well. It should be
Dr. Billy Taylor the first time, and "Dr. Taylor" or "Taylor" from
that point on.
You may keep
notes during the performance, but take in only a small note pad,
or write your impressions on the program. It is not appropriate
to discuss what you are hearing with anyone during the concert.
You may discuss your impressions with your friends afterward, but
write your own review. Also, do not enter or leave the auditorium
at any time during a performance except in cases of emergency. In
all cases you should try to enter or leave during a silence between
movements or at the end of a piece. Most of all, have fun and enjoy
the concert. |
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Listening
Exam Information
Pieces to be
Included on the Listening Final: Please List Genre or Form (sonata,
oratorio, cantata symphony, etude etc) the name of piece and name
of the composer for each example. Nota bene. They will be played
in random order –not chronological and you will have to identify
the piece within the first 2-3 minutes of the piece..
Hildegard von
Bingen: O Successores
Guillaume de
Machaut “Notre Dame Mass” (mass)
Josquin Desprez
“Ave Maria” (motet)
Weelkes, As
Vesta Was Descending (madrigal)
Henry Purcell,
"When I am Laid in Earth" from Dido and Aeneas (opera
aria over a gound bass)
Johann Sebastian
Bach. Cantata #140 “Wachet Auf, Ruft uns die Stimme” 4th Movement
(Cantata genre)
Johann Sebastian
Bach. Brandenburg Concerto #5 in D major (Concerto Grosso)
George Frideric
Handel “Messiah” --Hallelujah Chorus (Oratorio)
Antonio Vivaldi
“Spring” from “Four Seasons” (Concerto)
Franz Joseph
Haydn, “Symphony #94 in G major” (The Surprise Symphony) 2nd movements
(variation form)
Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart Don Giovanni (Selections from Act 1) (opera)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony # 40 in G minor (symphony/sonata
form)
Ludwig van
Beethoven. “Symphony #5 in C minor”. Movement One (symphony/sonata
form)
Ludwig van
Beethoven. String Quartet in c minor. (Mvt 4) (rondo form)
Franz Schubert:
“Der Erlkonig” (The Erlking) (lied)
Clara Schumann
“Romance” in G minor (Romance for violin and piano)
Frederic Chopin
“Revolutionary Etude in c minor” (Etude)
Hector Berlioz
“Symphonie Fantastique” “March to the Scaffold (mvt 4) (programmatic
symphony)
Bedrich Smetana.
“The Moldau” (symphonic poem)
Giacomo Puccini
“La Boheme” (selections from act 1) (Opera-verismo)
Extra
Credit may be obtained by attendance at any of the FREE Wednesday
concerts on Campus
Location: Mallery Room: Time 12 noon-1:00
October 8, William Carr, pianist
October 15th Seraphim String Quartet
October 22nd "Unseam'd Shakespeare" - Dr. Baird and Richard
Store, Lute
October 29th Rieko Aizawa, piano--Sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven
November 5 Mark Kramer--jazz piano, bass and drums
November 12 11:40- 2:20 Madrigal Festival
November 12 NOON--Music of G.F. Handel Philomel Baroque and Arco Argento
November 19 Seraphim Quartet |
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November 24, 2003
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