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Music 501: History and literature of music I Fall, 2007
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Instructor: Daniel Beller-McKenna |
Classroom: M223
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Course Description
Music 501 is the first half of a full year introduction
to the history of notated music in Europe and the Americas. This first
semester will cover the earliest notated music in the Western tradition
(9th-10th centuries) through the mid-eighteenth century, ending with Bach and
Handel. These years saw the development of style characteristics that define
the so-called "Art" music of Europe as distinct from that of other
cultures and from other strata of European culture. The goals of the course
are to familiarize students with the styles of Western Music up to c. 1750 and
the cultural/historical circumstances that influenced those styles.
The course will center on a selection of musical works that students will
learn through listening and score study. Class time will frequently be used to
explore other issues and facets of these works and the culture that produced
them. Possible in-class activities may include close analytical scrutiny of
scores, prepared performances of relevant works, small-group discussion, etc.
Because much of what is in the textbook will not be covered directly in class,
it is the student's responsibility to keep up with the reading and to ask
questions in class or on line about that material if it is not entirely clear.
Requirements
1. Reading and listening from the required materials for the entire semester is listed on the “Course Overview” on the Blackboard course website. Students are expected to have done the reading posted there in preparation for that day. Listening for the entire week should be prepared by Tuesday’s class.
2. Punctual attendance is required at all lectures.
3. There will be weekly listening identification quizzes starting the second week of the semester. Quizzes will include listening identification based on the assigned reading for the current week and one or two questions on the reading for that week. You will be required to name the piece and the composer as listed in the overview. Your lowest three grades will be dropped, including zeros earned for missing a quiz. There will be no quiz make-ups for any reason whatsoever.
4. There will be three exams including the final (Thurs., Dec. 20, 1-3). The exams will include objective, score analysis, and essay questions. If you must miss an exam for a medical or other emergency, notify me as far ahead of the exam day as possible. If you miss an exam you will take an extra cumulative exam near the end of the semester (in addition to the final exam) . There will be no other make-up exams given in this course. If you miss an exam without notifying me ahead of time you will receive an F for that exam: there will be no exceptions to this rule.
1. 4 short writing assignments
2. An 8-10 Page term paper
Grading
Students' grades will be determined according to the following distribution:
Quizzes 15%
Written assignments 20%
Term Paper 15%
Exams (3) 50% (15+15+20)
Required Texts
Students are required to purchase a textbook and an anthology for this course and should bring each to every class period. Both are available at the Durham Book Exchange.
Hanning, Concise History of Western Music
Burkholder, Norton Anthology of Western Music, 5th ed. (vol. 1)
CDs to accompany the anthology are not required but are available for purchase on line. CD copies of all required listening (that from the anthology and that beyond the anthology) will also be on reserve in the library. Nearly all of the listening for the course can be done on line for free through the Naxos Classical library. See this users guide for instructions
“Blackboard” Website
Nearly all of the information for this course will be available on the class web site through the “Blackboard” program. Many required scores and recordings (beyond those in the required anthology) also will be available on the Blackboard course website. Also, scheduling changes and important messages concerning the class will be distributed there. In order to get a blackboard account, students must first have a UNH e-mail account. Those students who do not already have an account should go to the CIS help desk in the MUB to open an e-mail account as soon as possible. I will be happy to assist anyone who needs help in this regard.
All students may gain access to the course website on their own computer, on one of the many computer clusters on campus, or on the various computers around Dimond library (in addition to those at the cluster there