Class #1: Course introduction, musical meaning, elements of music
Lecture notes: 01 intro
In-class writing: 01 in-class writing
Handout, online participation overview: Online participation overview – Spring 2018
Class #2: Melody, texture, and dynamics
Lecture notes: 02 – melody texture
- Bobby McFerrin demonstrating melody and listener expectations, available here
- Example of pizzicato, Béla Bartók, String Quartet No. 4, IV. Allegro pizzicato (1928), available here
Handout, in-class reading (Bosker, Cork Dork): Bosker – Cork Dork intro
Handout, Course Intro Essay prompt: https://drjonesmusic.me/course-intro-essay-spring-2018/
Class #3: Rhythm and harmony
Lecture notes: 03 rhythm harmony
Video, harmony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln5O1LuItrs
Class #4: The Baroque style and problematizing music history
Lecture notes: 04 Baroque
Handout, in-class reading (Philippe Rameau, An Account of Dancing at Versailles): rameau-an-account-at-versailles
Handout, student writing about seasons from Class #3: 04 seasons follow-up
Class #5: Introduction to musical analysis 1: Form
Lecture notes: 05 form, opera
In-class reading, analysis example: http://www.alicehjones.com/thoughts/pop-music-romance-and-the-male-ego
Handout, Course Intro Essay general feedback and final draft instructions: CIE general feedback
Music played in class:
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, “Trepak” from The Nutcracker (1892):
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91), Die Zauberflöte, K.620 (1791), “Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpVV9jShEzU
- Georges Bizet (1838-75), Carmen (1875), “L’amour est un oiseau rebelle”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2snTkaD64U
- Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), Rigoletto (1851), “La donna è mobile”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCFEk6Y8TmM
- Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, Show Boat (1927), “Ol’ Man River”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh9WayN7R-s
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Don Giovanni, K.527 (1787): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp11bweiOA8
- The other pieces played in class are examples of pop music and are readily available on YouTube, Spotify, Pandora, etc:
- Jackson 5, “I Want you Back” (1969)
- Carly Rae Jepsen, “Call Me Maybe” (2012)
- Journey, “Any Way You Want It” (1981)
- Murphy Lee, “What the Hook Gon’ Be” (2003)
Class #6 : Introduction to musical analysis 2: Lieder and Franz Schubert
Lecture notes: 06 analysis 2 schubert
Walk-through of the process of analysis: https://drjonesmusic.me/march-7-makeup-lesson/
Texts of pieces played in class:
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
- Franz Schubert, Gretchen am Spinnrade (1814)
Class #7: Richard Wagner
Lecture notes: 07 wagner
Handout, midterm self-check: 07 self check-in
Handout, Wagner’s writings: 07 Wagner writings – spring 2018
Handout, Liebestod text and translation: 07 Liebestod text – spring 2018
Music played in class:
- Richard Wagner, Prelude to Lohengrin, Act III (1850)
- Wagner, “Liebestod” from Tristan und Isolde (1865)
Class #8: The Enlightenment and the string quartet (Tuesday class only)
Lecture notes: 08 enlightenment str qt
Handout, Enlightenment readings: 08 enlightenment texts
Handout, Johann Sebastian Bach’s contract with the town of Leipzig: bach-duties-in-leipzig
In-class reading, string quartets: 08 string quartet reading
Music played in class:
- Johann Sebastian Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, BWV 1047: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HSRIDtwsfM
- J.S. Bach, Fugue No. 2 in C minor, The Well-Tempered Clavier
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Sonata in C Major, I. Allegro, K.545
- Joseph Haydn, String Quartet Op. 76, No. 3, “The Emperor,” I. Allegro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHJolteDIzc&t=140s
- Joseph Haydn, String Quartet Op. 33 No. 2 “The Joke,” IV. Presto
Class #9: The symphony
Lecture notes: 09 symphonies1
Handout, a composer’s view of the symphony: Puts 2013 Why Write Symphonies_ _ Deceptive Cadence _ NPR
In-class reading, auditioning for an orchestra: dorris-the-audition
Music played in class:
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Sonata in C Major, K. 545, I. Allegro:
- Mozart, Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201, I. Allegro moderato
- Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major “Eroica,” I. Allegro con brio
- Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 in C minor, I. Allegro con brio
- Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 3 in F Major, I. Allegro
- Brahms, Symphony No. 3 in F Major, II. Andante
- 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
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Louise Farrenc, Symphony No. 3 in G minor, IV. Finale: Allegro
Video played in class, minuet dancing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yurw5Cf4HY
Class #10: Unwritten music
Lecture notes: 10 Unwritten music
Handout, what’s the point of taking Mu 101 (according to you!): 10 why music appreciation follow up
Handout, texts and translations of all music played in class: 10 Unwritten Music texts, 11 Early in the Mornin
Handout, SBP general feedback: SBP feedback – spring 2018
Music played in class:
- “Bebi, notsa” (Creek lullaby): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x3wafd5Pt0
- “A la nana” (Sephardic lullaby): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpzkF3BkbbY
- “Sea Lion Woman” (children’s song): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIa8kzM9uAQ
- “See-line woman” (Nina Simone): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVEbzdN_7n0
- “Shortenin’ Bread” (children’s song): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcbvKm-r2d0
- “No more, my Lord” (prison work song): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doXTeZ1BggI
- “Rosie” (prison work song): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmMyPVLqyzE
- “Early in the mornin'” (prison work song): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsiYfk5RV_Q
- “Billy in the Lowground” (old time fiddle playing): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMiA4kjXoxY
- “Se cella umidosa” (tenores singing from Sardinia):
- Robert Johnson, Cross Roads Blues, take 1:
Class #11: Music and violence
Lecture notes: 11 violence
In-class reading, Alex Ross, “When Music Is Violence”: Ross – When Music Is Violence – The New Yorker
Handout, music to be played in class: 11 violence handout
Handout, Course Response Essay prompt: https://drjonesmusic.me/course-response-essay-spring-2018/
Music played in class:
- Charles Ives (1874-1954), Piano Sonata No. 2 “Concord, Mass., 1840-60”, III. Alcotts (1919, rev. 1947): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYmC0Z6x7KQ
- Kryzstof Penderecki, Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima (1960): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp3BlFZWJNA
- Laura Kaminsky, Vukovar Trio (1999): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtZ3aGM89R8
Class #12: Impressionism and Expressionism
Lecture notes: 12 impressionism expressionism
Handout, Arnold Schoenberg Pierrot Lunaire text and translation: 12 pierrot texts
In-class project, creating an opera: 12 in class writing – creative opera
Music played in class:
- Claude Debussy, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (1894):
- Debusy, La mer (1905)
- I. From dawn to noon on the sea:
- II. Play of the waves:
- Maurice Ravel, Daphnis et Chloe (1912):
- 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
Class #13: Minimalism
Lecture notes: 13 minimalism
Handout, texts (Lucier, Rzewski): 13 minimalism texts
Music played in class:
- Johannes Brahms, String Quartet in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2 (1873)
- Philip Glass, String Quartet No. 2 “Company”, I. (1983)
- Philip Glass, String Quartet No. 5, III. (1991)
- Anton Webern, String Quartet, Op. 28 (1937-38)
- Alvin Lucier, I Am Sitting in a Room: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAxHlLK3Oyk
- Meredith Monk interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R36Vh37-OQ4
- 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