Introduction to Music Syllabus

50:700:202: INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC

Fall 2006 Dr. Julianne Baird
http://juliannebaird.camden.rutgers.edu/

Tuesday Evening 6:00 pm - 8:40 pm
Fine Arts Building Room 215

Email: jbaird@camden.rutgers.edu

Office hours: Tuesday 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm

TEXT and CDs:

Kamien, Roger. Music: An Appreciation. (5th brief edition) McGraw Hill N. Y. N.Y.2004, and
4-CD Brief Set for use with Music: An Appreciation Required)

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 (100 points) as a part of the final exam

GRADING:

A	=	100%	-	92%
B+	=	91%	-	88%
B	=	87%	-	82%
C+	=	81%	-	78%
C	=	77%	-	70%
D	=	69%	-	60%
F	=	59%	-	0%

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

1. Class Attendance

Regular class attendance is mandatory. Only ONE missed class is allowed. Further absences lower your letter grade by one increment, for example (B+ to B) for EACH missed class.

2. Exams

There will be two TAKE HOME tests –“Elements of Music” (100 points) an additional TAKE HOME TEST “Medieval and Renaissance” (100 points)
IN CLASS TEST on Baroque (100 points).
The final exam will consist of Classical and Romantic ERAS plus questions drawn from the rest of the semester’s work (elements of music, Med, Ren and Baroque.) (200 points) PLUS THE LISTENING EXAM (100 points)
At least one (possibly two) in-class multiple-choice quizzes covering material presented in the films will be given. (20-40 points)

The listening test will be given as part of the Final: (100 points of the 300 total which comprise the final exam) The student must identify the Name of the Piece, the Name of the Composer and the Genre of the piece. All pieces are 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).

TOTAL POINTS POSSIBLE: 740-760

Extra Credit Option

If the student desires to bring up his/her grade, ONE INCREMENT (eg. C+ to C) s/he may do so by attending two classical music concerts * and by submitting WELL WRITTEN two-page "Musical Reviews" which reflects Cliff Leaman's rules and procedures in HOW TO WRITE A MUSICAL REVIEW. TWO accepted and well written Musical Reviews can result in a raise in the Final grade for the class.

You may choose any of the FREE Wednesday Concerts on the Camden Campus
Location: Mallery Room: Time 12 noon-1:00

TENTATIVE COURSE SCHEDULE

Tuesday, Sep 5	Class Introductions: Syllabus Read Pages 1-59 To print the Take Home tests, click the icon of your choice or Films from "Exploring the World of Music" Rhythm/ Melody/ Harmony
September 12	Read pages 60-91, Middle Ages and Renaissance Films: Medieval Instruments and Hildegard von Bingen: Ordo Virtutem First Secular Music / Luther and the Reformation Renaissance Dances / The Elizabethan Golden Age
September 19	Take Home Test DUE: " Elements of Music" 100 points or Transition to the Baroque Read pages 92-149 *Films:* “Monteverdi in Mantua,” “Orfeo,” Poppea," and “Venice and the Gabrielis”
September 26	Purcell and Vivaldi *Films:* Purcell Castrati/ Purcell; Dido and Aeneas Venice and Vivaldi” Concerto Grosso Form/Ground Bass Forms/ Continuo/ History of Ospedale della Pieta
September 27	FREE Wednesday Concerts You can review TWO for Extra Credit-Minimum 2 typed pages via Cliff Leaman’s Suggestions Location: Rutgers-Camden - Fine Arts Building, Mallery Room Time: 12 noon - 1:00pm
October 3	Take Home Test DUE: Medieval and Renaissance 100pts or World of Opera Films: Monteverdi and Mantua/ DrottningholmTheater/ Handel and the Royal Academy of Music
October 4	FREE Wednesday Concerts You can review TWO for Extra Credit -Minimum 2 typed pages via Cliff Leaman’s Suggestions Location: Rutgers-Camden - Fine Arts Building, Mallery Room Time: 12 noon - 1:00pm
October 10	BACH FILMS “Johann Sebastian Bach: A Documentary Biography – “Bach: Masterpieces to Order" CLASS FILM-RELATED QUIZ (HOUR 1) REVIEW FOR BAROQUE TEST (HOUR. 2)
October 11	FREE Wednesday Concerts You can review TWO for Extra Credit-Minimum 2 typed pages via Cliff Leaman’s Suggestions Location: Rutgers-Camden - Fine Arts Building, Mallery Room Time: 12 noon - 1:00pm
October 17	Fugue/ Brandenburg/Orchestral Suites/ Cantata *In Class Quiz—20 points* In Class Exam: Baroque—100 POINTS
October 18	FREE Wednesday Concerts You can review TWO for Extra Credit-Minimum 2 typed pages via Cliff Leaman’s Suggestions Location: Rutgers-Camden - Fine Arts Building, Mallery Room Time: 12 noon - 1:00pm
October 25	Classical Era Films: Mozart -"Amadeus" Read pages 156-207 Beethoven and Mozart Celebrating Haydn/ Haydn and the Esterhazy’s/ sonata form/ variation form/Minuet and Trio, Rondo Symphony, Opera, and Concerto Forms. Films: Mozart - “Dropping the Patron, ” Beethoven - “Composer as Hero,” and “Beethoven and the Age of Revolution
October 31	Review for Classical Era Exam. Attn. This is closed-book and in-class
November 1	FREE Wednesday Concerts You can review TWO for Extra Credit-Minimum 2 typed pages via Cliff Leaman’s Suggestions Location: Rutgers-Camden - Fine Arts Building, Mallery Room Time: 12 noon - 1:00pm
November 7	Classical Era Exam - In Class
November 8	FREE Wednesday Concerts You can review TWO for Extra Credit-Minimum 2 typed pages via Cliff Leaman’s Suggestions Location: Rutgers-Camden - Fine Arts Building, Mallery Room Time: 12 noon - 1:00pm
November 14	No Class Meeting
November 15	FREE Wednesday Concerts You can review TWO for Extra Credit-Minimum 2 typed pages via Cliff Leaman’s Suggestions Location: Rutgers-Camden - Fine Arts Building, Mallery Room Time: 12 noon - 1:00pm
November 21	Thanksgiving Break
November 28	Films: Schubert: The Young Romantic “ Peter Ustinov’s Mendelssohn” “Brahms” Read pages 215-283 - Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Dvorak, Symphonic Poem
November 29	FREE Wednesday Concerts You can review TWO for Extra Credit-Minimum 2 typed pages via Cliff Leaman’s Suggestions Location: Rutgers-Camden - Fine Arts Building, Mallery Room Time: 12 noon - 1:00pm
December 5	Romantic Era: Exoticism/ Nationalism/ Verismo Program Music/ Berlioz Richard Wagner Films: "Spring Symphony" Biography of Clara Schumann/ Puccini La Boheme Read 291-318
Wednesday, December 6	FREE Wednesday Concerts: “Presentation of Purcell's Miniature Opera: Dido and Aeneas ” Location: Rutgers-Camden - Fine Arts Building, Mallery Room Time: 12 noon - 1:00pm
December 12	(last class) Debussy, Stravinsky Aaron Copland, George Gershwin Taafe Zwillich Read 365-380
Wednesday, December 13	FREE Wednesday Concerts: “Presentation of Purcell's Miniature Opera: Dido and Aeneas ” Location: Rutgers-Camden - Fine Arts Building, Mallery Room Time: 12 noon - 1:00pm
Tuesday, Dec 19 6-9 p.m.	Final Examination (300 points) Classical Period through Romantic= 200 Points Listening Exam 100 points Classical “Study Test” or " “Romantic Era"Study Test” or

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

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.

Last updated August 27, 2006