BMCC 2001 (TTh)

August 28, 2018

Lecture notes: 01 intro 2001

Handout, online discussions: Online participation overview – BMCC Fall 2018

August 30, 2018

Lecture notes: 02 texture stereotypes 2001

Handout, soundscape journal: Soundscape journal 2001 TTh

Pieces played in class that are not readily accessible online:

• Anonymous, Kyrie eleison  
• Philip Glass, Einstein on the Beach, “Knee-Play 1” (1975) 
• Orlando di Lasso, Kyrie eleison from Missa Bell’ Amfitrit, altera (1610) 
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Duets for Flute and Oboe, “Der Volgelfanger bin ich ja” (1791) 
• Franz Schubert, Die Forelle (1817) 

 

September 4, 2018

Lecture notes: 03 texture careers – TTh

Handout, historical aesthetics/stereotypes: 03 stereotypes followup

 

September 6, 2018

Lecture notes: 04 careers 02 – TTh

Handout, texts and translations of music played in class: 04 texts

Music played in class:

• “Bebi, notsa” (Creek lullaby): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x3wafd5Pt0
• “Shortenin’ Bread” (children’s song): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcbvKm-r2d0
• “Early in the mornin’” (prison work song): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsiYfk5RV_Q

End quiz music: Louise Farrenc (1806-75), Symphony No. 3 in G minor, Op. 36, IV. Finale: Allegro (1847): 

 

September 13, 2018

Lecture notes: 05 Baroque dance and rhythm intro – TTh

Music played in class:

• Anonymous, Kyrie eleison  
• Anonymous, “Entre Av’e Eva” from Cantiga de Santa Maria 

Videos played in class:

• Pavane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVBlFUb0g60&t=3s
• Galliard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lDCxv3Hv2g&t=10s
• Courante: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFM3RHt128o
• Gavotte: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9b6ldKKqu0

 

September 20, 2018

Lecture notes: 06 Baroque dance and history – TTh

Handout, an account of dancing at Versailles (Philippe Rameau): rameau-an-account-at-versailles – cropped

Music played in class (all other pieces are readily available online):

• Dave Brubeck Quartet, Unsquare Dance 
• Edvard Grieg, Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46, IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xktTwsiVb_w
• “Kinka”

 

September 25, 2018

Lecture notes: 07 form – TTh

Handout, questions about music: 07 questions followup

Music played in class: Frédéric François Chopin (1810-1849), Mazurka Op. 17 No. 2 in E minor (1833) 

 

September 27, 2018

Lecture notes: 08 analysis 1 – TTh

Handout, in-class reading (Bianca Bosker, Cork Dork): Bosker – Cork Dork intro

In-class essay: https://drjonesmusic.me/analysis-1/ 

 

October 2, 2018

Lecture notes: 09 symphony – TTh

Music played in class:

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Sonata in C Major, K. 545, I. Allegro:  
• Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 in C minor, I. Allegro con brio 
• Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 in C minor (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msolhqi-PC0&t=130s
• Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904), Symphony No. 9 in E minor, “From the New World,” Op. 95 IV. Allegro con fuoco: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlMPh3AtBZY
• Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 46 in B Major, III. Menuet 
• Video, minuet dancing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yurw5Cf4HY

 

October 4, 2018

Lecture notes: 10 performance art – TTh

Handout, Articles Roundtable #1 assignment description: Articles roundtable 1 – BMCC

Music/videos played in class:

• Video, harmony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln5O1LuItrs
• Meredith Monk interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R36Vh37-OQ4 
• Claude Debussy, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (1894) 
• Niccolò Paganini, Moto perpetuo, Op. 11 (1835) 
• Example of pizzicato, Béla Bartók, String Quartet No. 4, IV. Allegro pizzicato  (1928), available here

 

October 9, 2018

Articles for the articles roundtable:

• Delistraty 2014 – Beauty-Happiness Connection
• Ross – Why do we hate modern classical music

 

October 11, 2018

Lecture notes: 12 religion Europe – TTh

Handout, texts and translations: 12 religious texts

Music played in class:

• Anonymous, Kyrie eleison 
• Pérotin, Viderunt omnes 
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Jesu, rex admirabilis 
• Martin Luther, Ein’ feste Burg ist unser Gott https://youtu.be/z_1mGdHVBNg

 

October 16, 2018

Lecture notes: 13 Religous 2 – TTh

Handouts:

• Text and translation: 13 adhan text
• Midterm review: Midterm review

Music played in class:

• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1524-95), Pope Marcellus Mass, Kyrie (1567) 
• Shakuhachi: 
• Church bells: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Efeo1N7ZOY
• Adhan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaEzj5eRmjc

 

October 23, 2018

Lecture notes: 15 careers – TTh

Handouts:

• Johann Sebastian Bach, contract: bach-duties-in-leipzig
• Ludwig van Beethoven, Heiligenstadt Testament: Beethoven – Heiligenstadt Testament
• Clara Schumann touring and concerts: Clara’s final concert
  Clara’s performances of Robert’s pieces

Music played in class:

• Julius Eastman, Gay Guerrilla  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6ZqIbS9T_E
• Julius Eastman, The Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhrTlm7whGs

 

October 25, 2018

Handout, concert response essay: Concert Essay prompt – BMCC Fall 2018

 

October 30, 2018

Lecture notes: 16 Schubert TTh

Handout, concert response essay: Concert Essay prompt – BMCC Fall 2018

Music played in class:

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91), Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201, I. Allegro moderato (1774)   
• Johannes Brahms (1833-97), Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90, I. Allegro (1883)
• Franz Schubert, Der Erlkönig (1815)
  • Performed by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XP5RP6OEJI
  • Performed by Jessye Norman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8noeFpdfWcQ

 

November 1, 2018

Lecture notes: 17 wagner

Handout, writings of Richard Wagner: 17 Wagner writings

Handout, text and translation: 17 Liebestod text

Music played in class:

• Richard Wagner, Prelude to Lohengrin

• Wagner, “Liebestod” from Tristan und Isolde

November 6, 2018

Reading for the articles roundtable:

• Wang 2016 – Classical Music_ a Norm of _Common_ Culture Embedded in Cultural Consumption and Cultural Diversity
• Williams 2007 _Tha Realness__ In Search of Hip-Hop Authenticity

November 13, 2018

Lecture notes: 

Handout, text of Alvin Lucier’s I Am Sitting in a Room

Music played in class: 

• A chronological survey of the opening chords of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnhlQUBsd6g
• John Cage, Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0-y8oNDLgU
• Philip Glass, String Quartet No. 2 “Company”: 

• Alvin Lucier, I Am Sitting in a Room: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAxHlLK3Oyk
• Steve Reich, Clapping Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1y_oWgIkgE
• Steve Reich, Drumming, part I: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2swfLur5WQ

November 10, 2018

Lecture notes

In-class final project, available here

November 20, 2018

Lecture notes

Handout (vocal etiquette)

Music played in class:

• Henry Purcell, Dido and Aeneas, “Come Away, Fellow Sailors”: https://videopress.com/v/c57htxDo 

• Purcell, Dido and Aeneas, “When I Am Laid in Earth”: 
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeB4cpRq16M

November 27, 2018

Lecture notes

Handout, good study habits

Music played in class:

• Florence Price, Violin Concerto No. 2 (1952): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2hyjUzgwg8 
• Antonio Vivaldi, “Spring” Concerto from The Four Seasons (1725): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsKBLYmwo5U
• Johann Sebastian Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 (c. 1731): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HSRIDtwsfM
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466 (1785): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM8CFR01KwQ
• Edward Elgar, Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 (1919): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPhkZW_jwc0

In-class final project, available here

December 4, 2018

Analysis 2 (in-class essay), available here

December 6, 2018

Lecture notes

Music played in class:

Claude Debussy, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (1894): 

Debussy, La mer (1905)

• I. From dawn to noon on the sea: 

Maurice Ravel, Daphnis et Chloe (1912):