Below are Power Point slides, class notes, and anything else used in class during the first unit of the term.

January 29, 2016

Class discussion notes from January 29, 2016: 01 class discussion notes – what is music

Power Point from January 29, 2016: 01 intro melody – jan 29, 2016

Pieces played in class January 29, 2106:

  • Franz von Suppé, Poet and Peasant Overture (1846)
  • Michael Jackson, Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin‘ (1982)
  • Anonymous, Kyrie eleison (no date, but Medieval period)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525, I. Allegro (1787)

February 5, 2016

Power Point from February 5, 2016: 02 elements – feb 5, 2016

Pieces played in class February 5, 2016:

  • John Cage, Suite for Toy Piano (1948)
  • The Weeknd, The Hills (2010)
  • Antonin Dvorak, Slavonic Dances Op. 46 No. 2 in C minor (1878)
  • Ray Lamontagne, You Are the Best Thing (2008)
  • Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 100 “Military,” II. Allegretto (1794)
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff, Prelude Op. 3, No. 2 in C# minor (1892)
  • Henry Purcell, Dido and Aeneas, “When I am laid in earth” (1689)
  • George Friedrich Handel, Messiah, “Hallelujah Chorus” (1741)
  • Beatriz de Dia, A chantar m’er de so qu’eu no volria (12th century)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 5, I. Allegro (1807-1807)
  • Samuel Barber, Adagio for Strings (1938)
  • Aaron Copland, Fanfare for the Common Man (1942)
  • The Beatles, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (1967)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525, III. Menuetto (1787)
  • The Village People, Y.M.C.A. (1978)
  • Michael Jackson, Beat It (1983)
  • Jimi Hendrix, Hey Joe (1966)
  • Band of Horses, I Go to the Barn because I Like the (2006)
  • Glenn Miller, Sing Sing Sing (1936)
  • Dave Brubeck Quartet, Unsquare Dance (1961)
  • Ewe people of Ghana, Kinka
  • Robert Muczynski, Duos for Flute and Clarinet, Op. 24 (1973)

 

February 9, 2016

Power Point from February 9, 2016: 03 form – feb 9, 2016

Pieces played in class February 9, 2016:

  • Edward Elgar, Cello Concerto Op. 85, I. Adagio–Moderato (1919)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker, Trepak (1892)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K.550 I. Molto allegro (1788)
  • Gustav Holst, The Planets, Op. 32, I. Mars, The Bringer of War (1914)

Remember to participate in Online Class Discussion #1 (February 10-17) and to submit your required weekly reading questions on the reading assigned for class on February 19!

 

February 19, 2016

Power Point from February 19, 2016: 04 musical meaning – feb 19, 2016

Class discussion note from February 19, 2016: 04 class discussion notes – performer comparison

Pieces played in class February 19, 2016:

  • Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90, I. Allegro con brio (1883)
  • Drake, Hotline Bling
  • Destiny’s Child, Say My Name
  • Sick Puppies, Say My Name
  • Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 8 in F Major, I. Allegro vivace con brio (1811-12)
  • Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 100 “Military,” II. Allegretto (1793)