Fall 2019 lecture notes – QCC

Day 1: Welcome, listening through another person’s ears (T Aug 27 / Th Aug 29)

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Music played in class

Piece played before class: Aaron Copland, Appalachian Spring (1944)

Pieces played in class that are readily available online:

• Ke$ha, “We R Who We R” (2010)
• The Weeknd, “The Hills” (2015)
• Simon and Garfunkel, “Scarborough Fair” (1966)
• Lil Wayne and Drake, “Right Above It” (2015)

Anonymous, Kyrie eleison (c. 500 AD)

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)

Philip Glass, Einstein on the Beach, “Knee-Play 1” (1975)

Day 2: Musical portraits I; The writing portfolio; Intro to musical elements I (texture, melody) (T Sep 3 / Th Sep 12)

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Video played in class (Melody and expectations — sing along!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne6tB2KiZuk

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Music played in class

Piece played before class: Igor Stravinsky, “Gavotte” from Pulcinella (1920): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNJUVjd4mQU

Ahmet Kuşgöz & Ensemble, Hasan ‘im

Day 3: Thinking like a musicologist I: the Medieval and Renaissance periods (T Sep 10 / Th Sep 19)

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Music played in class

Piece played before class: Josquin des Prez, Absalom, fili mi (1513): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2MuqpcfuM4

Day 4: Thinking like a musicologist II: Baroque (T Sep 17 / Th Sep 26)

The music played before class was Antonio Vivaldi, The Four Seasons Violin Concerto “Autumn”

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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
• Musical stereotypes interview (from Twitter): https://twitter.com/adam22/status/1173289165271654400

Day 5: Form (T Sep 24 / Th Oct 3)

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Day 6: Thinking like a musicologist III: Classical (T Oct 15 / Th Oct 10)

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Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 in c minor, I. Allegro con brio – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msolhqi-PC0&t=140s

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, String Quartet Op. 76, No. 3, “The Emperor,” I. Allegro (exposition) (1796-97) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHJolteDIzc

Day 7: Thinking like a musicologist IV: Intro to musical analysis (T Oct 22 / Th Oct 17)

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Music played in class

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

Day 8: Midterm and Writing Portfolio Revisited (T Oct 29 / Th Oct 24)

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Writing Portfolio examples, available here

Day 9: Musical careers I, Opera I: the Baroque and Classical periods (T Nov 5 / Th Oct 31)

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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
• 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

Day 10: Music criticism and Opera II: Romantic period (T Nov 12 / Th Nov 7)

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Day 11: Classical music of the 20th century I: Impressionism and Expressionism (T Nov 19 / Th Nov 14)

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Music played in class

Arnold Schoenberg, Pierrot lunaire (1912)

• Movements 1 and 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_6JCGB2kxI
• Movement 18: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhwy3mk5jhY

Day 12: Classical music of the 20th century II: Musical careers II and looking to the future (T Nov 26 / Th Nov 21)

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Current topics in music links:

• Copyright
• Online streaming
• International politics
• “Tradition”
• Race and racism
• Gender
• Sexual harassment

Music played in class

Johann Sebastian Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 (c. 1731): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HSRIDtwsfM

Day 13: Classical music of the 20th century III: Minimalism (T Dec 3 / Th Dec 5)

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14-minimalism-texts

MUSIC PLAYED IN CLASS

• John Cage, Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano, No. 5: 
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maIwkKEWiPs
• 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
• Frederic Rzewski, Coming Together: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDSwxZVxtjs

Day 14: Experimentation and Virtuosity (T Dec 10 / Th Dec 12)

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Music played in class

Barbara Strozzi, “Che si può fare” Op. 8 (1664): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F458aC_FUM

Joseph Boulogne, Symphony in G Major, Op. 11 No. 1, I. Allegro (1779) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83es41aUkos

Nadia Boulanger, Vers la vie nouvelle (1918): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqnELfXTAe8