Literature and Styles in Music I

Class Syllabus

 

Week I  Sept. 5

A. Introduction

B. Music in Antiquity; Greek music theory (BGP: 4-23)  Class transparencies

C. Philosophy and music in the early Christian Church (BGP: 24-31) Class transparencies

D. Gregorian Chant & the Roman Liturgy (BGP: 31-41; 50-70) Class transparencies, Part 1, Class transparencies, Part 2

Week II Sept. 11

A. Medieval music theory and performance practices (BGP: 41-49) ;  Class transparencies

B. Secular monody and the minstrel traditionClass transparencies; instrumental music (BGP: 71-86) Class transparencies

C. Polyphony in the 13th century: types of organum (BGP: 87-94) Class transparencies

D. The rhythmic modes (BGP: 95-96)

E.  Ear-training Quiz No. 1

Week III Sept. 18

A. Music of the Notre Dame School: Leonin and Perotin; development of the motet, conductus, cantilena and hocket styles; English Polyphony (BGP: 96-115) Class transparencies, Part 1, Class transparencies, Part 2  Writing Emphasis Assignment Due.

B. The Ars Nova in France: Machaut; the isorhythmic motet (BGP:116-135) Class transparencies

C. Common Practice theory: Introduction to seventh chords; the dominant seventh chord (Steinke: Chapter 1; assignments due on Monday)

D. Italian Trecento music: madrigal, caccia, ballata; the works of Landini; French music in the late 14th century (BGP: 135-41)Class transparencies

E.  Ear-training Quiz No. 2

Week IV Sept. 25

A. Analysis: Machaut: "De bon espoir- Pusque le douce rousee- Speravi" (Burkhart) Steinke Assignments due.

B. Fourteenth century Musica Ficta and notation; instrumental music (BGP: 141-45)Class transparencies

C. Transition to the Renaissance; Music in England: Dunstable (BGP: 167-75) Class transparencies

D. The Burgundian School: Dufay and Binchois; Burgundian chansons, motets and masses (BGP: 175-89) Class transparencies

E.  Ear-training Quiz No. 3

Week V Oct. 2

A. Analysis: "Communio" from Dufay's Missa Sancti Jacobi (Burkhart)

B. History-Theory Exam No. 1

C. The Renaissance: art, literature and society; general musical style; the Northern (Netherlands) composers: Ockeghem & Busnoys; musical performance (BGP: 146-66) Class transparencies

D. Josquin Des Prez: sacred and secular works. (BGP: 202-09) Class transparencies

E.  Sightsinging Exam No. 1

Week VI Oct. 9

A. Listening Exam No. 1

B. Contemporaries of Josquin Des Prez  (BGP: 198-202)

C. Analysis: Des Prez, "Absolon Fili Mi" 

D. Franco-Flemish Composers: 1520-50 (BGP: 224-26)  Class transparencies

E.  Ear-training Quiz No. 4

Week VII Oct. 16

A. Rise of national styles (BGP: 240-44, 255-58) Class transparencies

B. The madrigal and related forms (BGP: 244-55)

C. English madrigal and lute songs (BGP: 258-63) Class transparencies

D. The rise of instrumental music (BGP: 264-81) Class transparencies

E.  Ear-training Quiz No. 5

WEEK VIII Oct. 23

A. Music of the Reformation (BGP: 210-24) Class transparencies

B. Music of the Counter-Reformation: Palestrina (BGP: 226-32) Class transparencies

C. Analysis: Palestrina's Missa Aeterna Christi Munera, Sanctus and Benedictus (Burkhart)

D. Contemporaries of Palestrina: Lasso, Byrd, Victoria, Gesualdo (BGP: 233-39)

E.  Ear-training Quiz No. 6

WEEK IX Oct. 30

A. Analysis: works by Lasso and Gesualdo (Burkhart)

B. Introduction to Renaissance counterpoint: melodic and rhythmic style

C.-D. Renaissance counterpoint continued: voice-leading and dissonance treatment; fundamentals of two-part composition 

E.  Ear-training Quiz No. 7 

Week X Nov. 6

A.  Renaissance Counterpoint Continued.  (Begin setting of two-part Sanctus)

B. Common practice theory: Nondominant Seventh Chords, Steinke, Chapter 2 (Steinke Assignments due Thursday)

C. The Venetian polychoral style (BGP: 281-85) Class transparencies

D. Transition to the Baroque Era  (Steinke assignments due)

E.  Sightsinging Exam No. 2

Week XI Nov. 13

A.  Listening Exam No. 2

B. Characteristics of the early Baroque: the Affections; Basso Continuo; Monteverdi's first and second practices (BGP: 286-306) Class transparencies

C.  History-Theory Exam No. 2

D. Early Baroque opera antecedents; the Florentine Camerata (BGP: 307-16) Class transparencies

E.  Ear-training Quiz No. 8

Week XII Nov. 20

A.-B. Monteverdi's L'Orfeo and other early operas (BGP: 316-27)

C. Early Baroque vocal chamber music; the concertato style (BGP: 328-32) Class transparencies  (Sanctus compositions due)

Thanksgiving

Week XIII  Nov. 27

A. Early Baroque Church music (BGP: 332-43) Class transparencies

B.  Instrumental music in the early Baroque:  ricercare, fantasia, canzona, sonata, variations (BGP: 344-52)

C. Instrumental music in the early Baroque: dance music; lute and keyboard music, improvisation  Class transparencies  

D. Opera in Italy, France, Germany, England and Spain (BGP: 353-65; 374-76; 379-81; 384-86; 400-03) Class transparencies

E.  Ear-training Quiz No. 9

Week XIV Dec. 4

A. Middle Baroque Vocal Chamber music in Italy, France, Germany, England & Spain (BGP: 365-66; 376; 387-411, 403 )

B. Common Practice theory: altered nonharmonic tones and secondary dominants (Steinke, Chapter 3; assignments due Monday of week XV.)

C.. Analysis: Excerpt from Purcell's Dido and Aeneas (Burkhart)  Steinke assignment due.

D. Church music and oratorio in the mature Baroque (BGP: 366; 381; 390-91; 404-05) Class transparencies

E.  Sightsinging No. 3

Week XV  Dec. 11

A. The mature Baroque: Keyboard music (BGP: 367-72; 382; 405-412) Class transparencies 

B. Ensemble music: solo and trio sonatas (BGP: 391-97; 410-11 ); Analysis of Corelli Trio Sonata (Burkhart)

C. Orchestral music: the orchestral suite, orchestral concerto, concerto grosso and solo concerto (BGP: 397-400)

D.  Theory Review

E.  Final Listening Exam

Final History-Theory Exam will be on Dec. 18, from 8:00-10:00 in SA 351. The exam will be cumulative in regard to theory and history, although the essay questions will cover only the last 5 week unit.

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