August 28, 2018
Lecture notes: 01 intro and soundscape
Handout, in-class reading (Bosker, Cork Dork): Bosker – Cork Dork intro
Handout, soundscape journal: Soundscape journal QCC
Handout, online participation overview: Online participation overview – Fall 2018
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: 02 texture careers
Handout, credit/no credit grading policy: 02 grading system
Handout, historical aesthetics/stereotypes: 02 stereotypes followup
Handout, texts and translations of music played in class: 02 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 25, 2018
Lecture notes: 03 Baroque dance, rhythm
In-class essay: https://drjonesmusic.me/course-intro-essay-2/
Handout, an account of dancing at Versailles (Philippe Rameau): rameau-an-account-at-versailles – cropped
Pieces played in class that are not readily accessible online:
- Anonymous, Kyrie eleison
- Anonymous, “Entre Av’e Eva” from Cantiga de Santa Maria
- Dave Brubeck Quartet, Unsquare Dance
- “Kinka”
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
October 2, 2018
Lecture notes: 04 form ballet
Handout, questions about music: 04 questions followup
Music played in class: Frédéric François Chopin (1810-1849), Mazurka Op. 17 No. 2 in E minor (1833)
October 9, 2018
Lecture notes: 05 non dance
Handout, articles roundtable assignment description: Articles roundtable 1 – QCC
Music/videos 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
- 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 16, 2018
Lecture notes: 06 religion Europe
Handouts:
- Texts and translations: 06 religious texts
- Analysis 1 final draft: Analysis 1 final draft and general feedback
- Analysis 1 peer critique: Analysis 1 critique
Articles for the articles roundtable:
Music played in class:
Anonymous, Kyrie eleison
Pérotin, Viderunt omnes
Pérotin, Viderunt omnes
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Jesu, rex admirabilis
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Jesu, rex admirabilis
October 23, 2018
Lecture notes: 07 Religous 213 Religous 2 – MW
Handout, text and translation: 13 adhan text
Music played in class:
- Martin Luther, Ein’ feste Burg ist unser Gott https://youtu.be/z_1mGdHVBNg
- 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
Group project handouts are available here: https://drjonesmusic.me/qcc-group-project-and-sbp-music-criticism/
October 30, 2018
Lecture notes: 08 Artusi
Handout, Artusi’s criticism of Monteverdi: 14 Artusi
Music played in class: Claudio Monteverdi, “Si, ch’io vorrei morire” (1603)
November 6, 2018
Lecture notes: 09 careers and presentations
Handout, Student Blog Post prompt and rubric: Music criticism – SBP prompt
Music played in class:
- Johann Sebastian Bach, Fugue No. 2 in C minor from The Well-Tempered Clavier
- Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata No. 1 in F minor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6YTd9z8PQM
- Clara Schumann, Romance No. 11 in E-flat minor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOuCBoz34Ro
- Julius Eastman, Gay Guerrilla https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6ZqIbS9T_E
November 13, 2018
Lecture notes:
Handout, writings of Richard Wagner, including text and translation
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
- Richard Wagner, Prelude to Lohengrin
- Richard Wagner, “Liebestod” from Tristan und Isolde
November 20, 2018
Lecture notes
Handout, text of Alvin Lucier’s I Am Sitting in a Room
Articles 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
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 27, 2018
Lecture notes
Handout, good study habits
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 - W. A. Mozart, Don Giovanni: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzU99Mt79Xg
December 4, 2018
Lecture notes
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
Analysis 2 (in-class essay), available here