SYLLABUS FOR MUSIC FROM 1750 TO 1850

Fall 2013

 

MUS 353-01 MR 8:30-9:50 AM

MUS 353-02 MR 10:00-11:20 AM

 

ROGER W. MCKINNNEY

PROFESSOR OF CLARINET AND MUSIC HISTORY

 

COURSE GOALS

This course is an historical overview of musical development from the time of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven through that of Schumann, Chopin, Mendelssohn and Berlioz. There will be a strong emphasis on style, structure and musical genre. Composers of both major and minor significance in this era will also be examined. A strong music listening routine in class as well as outside assignments with special attention to the use of scores is of vital importance.

 

COURSE OUTLINE

Grades for the course will be based on the following:

 

1. Class participation:           15% 

2. Semester paper:               10% 

3. Three exams (25% each): 75%

 

    Exam dates will be announced after the work is finished for each composer group.

    Each exam will consist of:

           a) Music identification questions in the form of a listening part.

           b) Objective style questions as well as essay form.

 

4. A research paper of an approved topic, having the weight of 15% of the final grade. The research topic (written on a 3 X 5 card) must be approved by me before you begin the paper.  The topic is due on September 23, 2013.  The grade for the paper will be judged by the following criteria:

            a) Spelling

            b) Grammar

            c) Footnoting

            d) Bibliography

 

FOOTNOTES, A TITLE PAGE AND BIBLIOGRAPHY PAGE ARE MANDATORY.

 Manuals by William Campbell or Kate Turabian are preferred. Papers should be at least 10 pages in length and include a titled cover-page. Please read and refer to an appropriate manual for the proper format.  The research topic (written on a 3x5 card) must be approved before you begin your work.  RESEARCH INFORMATION SHOULD BE COMPREHENSIVE AND TAKEN FROM IMPORTANT SOURCES IN THE FIELD OF YOUR TOPIC.  VOLUMES LISTED IN THE 'BOOK LIST' MAY ALSO BE USED.  COMPUTER GENERATED CONTENT INFORMATION IS UNACCEPTABLE, AND IF USED WILL GENRATE A FAILING GRADE FOR THE PROJECT.

NOTE: To receive a passing grade for the course, all students must submit a final paper.  It must conform to the above guidelines and submitted on the last day of class.  There will be no extensions to this time frame.

5. Class participation means being prepared to lead constructive discussions on the topics at hand. Failure to participate can result in a significant reduction in the class participation grade. 

6. Course work covered in lectures and assignments. 

7. Periodic quizzes and/or take-home exams on assigned reading and related topics. 

8. Listening assignments.

 

Class attendance in this course is of vital importance to assimilate the complexity of the material, making it imperative for each student to be present in class for every meeting.

Absence from class is absence from class participation, and might result in the reduction of the class participation grade. Students who believe they are entitled to an excused absence for religious observances, medical reasons, or family emergencies are REQUIRED to contact me before the missed class session, provide appropriate documentation.

 

All exams will be graded with the following point values:

     A =  93-100     C =    73-76

     A- = 90-92       C- =  70-72

     B+ = 87-89       D+ = 67-69

     B =   83-86       D =   60-66

     B- =  80-82       F =   59-

     C+ = 77-79

\NOTE: It would be well when planning your academic schedule to include a minimum of three hours per week (depending on individual skills) devoted to listening to the assigned music in the listening room at the West Library. Without a routine of listening (preferably with score) to the assigned pieces, retention of musical content will be very difficult, if not impossible.  If the foregoing statement does not meet your needs, please use on a regular basis IMSLP (International Music Score Library Project).

 

RECORDING ON RESERVE

All music listed in the syllabus will be on reserve in the listening room of West Library.

 

LISTENING ASSIGNMENTS   (SEE BELOW)

RESERVE BOOK LIST

Anderson, Emily - Letters of Beethoven (3 vols.)

Anderson Emily - Letters of Mozart and His Family (2 vols)

Blume, Friedrich - Classic and Romantic Music

Braunbeherns, Volkmar - Mozart in Vienna 1781-1791

Dart, Thurston = The Interpretation of Music

Einstein, Alfred - Mozart

Geiringer Karl - Haydn: A Creative Life

Wignall, Harrison J. - In Mozart's Footsteps

Heartz, Daniel - Haydn, Mozart and the Viennese School

Jahn, Otto - Mozart (3 vols.)

Landon, H. C. Robbins - Haydn: Chronicle and Works (5 vols.)

Landon, H. C. Robbins - Haydn: His Life and Music

Landon, H. C. Robbins and Mitchell, Donald - The Mozart Companion

Landon, H. C. Robbins - The Mozart Compendium

Landon, H. C. Robbins - The Mozart Essays

Landon, H. C. Robbins - Mozart: The Golden Years 1781-1791

Landon, H. C. Robbins - 1791: Mozart's Last Year

Merek, George - Beethoven

Newman, William S. - The Sonata in the Classical Era

Solomon, Maynard - Beethoven

Solomon, Maynard - Mozart

Thayer, Alexander Wheelock (Forbes ed.) - Life of Beethoven (2 vols.)

Ulrich, Homer - Chamber Music

Strunk, Oliver - Source Readings in Music History

Grout, Donald - A History of Western Music

Einstein, Alfred - Music in the Romantic Era

Newman, William S. - The Sonata since Beethoven

Ulrich, Homer - Symphonic Music

Newman, Ernest - Stories of the Great Operas

 

REFERENCE WORKS

 

New Groove Dictionary of Music and Musicians

Hoboken - Thematische Verzeichnis (Haydn)

Köchel - Thematische Verzeichnis (Mozart)

Kinsky - Thematische Verzeichnis (Beethoven)

Apel, Willi - Harvard Dictionary of Music

Randel, Don Michael,ed. - The New Harvard Dictionary of Music

Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians

 

BELOW IS THE SEQUENTIAL ORDER OF THE COMPOSERS STUDIED

There are three exams for the semester:

       Exam #1 - Haydn and Mozart

       Exam #2 - Beethoven, Schubert and Mendelssohn  

       Exam #3 - Schumann, Chopin and Berlioz - during exam week

Exam dates follow the complete of composer units and are approximations.

NAME BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS LISTENING ASSIGNMENTS MUSIC FROM OTHER LANDS
JOSEPH HAYDN
  1732-1809

  • Early Training.

  • Haydn at Esterhaza.

  • His journeys to London for the "Salomon Concerts."

  • Symphony in G Major No. 94 “Surprise” (1791)

  • String Quartet No. 77 in C Major Op. 76 No. 3 “Emperor” (1797)

  • Japanese Musical Drama - the Kabuki Theater.

  • Composer James Hewitt, music to the Battle of Trenton.

    • William Billings - "New England Psalm Singer."
W. A. MOZART
1756-1791

  • The Great Western Tour 1763-1766.

  • The move to Vienna.

  • The final years of consummate artistry.

  • Symphony No. 41 in C Major K. 551 "Jupiter" (1788)

  •  Piano Concerto No. 26 in D Major K. 537 "Coronation" (1788)

  • Don Giovanni K 527

    •    Act I - Scene 5 #4 – “Madamina, il catalogo”

       Act I - Scene 9 #7 – “La ci darem la mano”

       Act I - Scene 16 #12 – “Batti, batti, o bel

                                                Masetto”

  • Music of Indonesia: The Balinese

  • Orchestra pieces for Gamelan.

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

1770-1827

  • His move to Vienna in 1792.

  • Personal traits.

  • The Heiligenstadt Document 1802.

  • His nephew Karl, and the final period of contrapuntal works.

  • Symphony No. 6 in F Major Op. 68 "Pastoral" (1808)

  • Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor Op 31 No. 2 (1802)

  • Song Cycle - "An die ferne Geliebte Op. 98Gegenliebe WoO 118

  • Choral Fantasy Op 80)

  • India's Tradition: The Raga.

FRANZ SCHUBERT

1797-1828

  • Early life in the "Convict."

  • His growing "Circle" of artists.

  • The struggle with alcohol and venereal disease.

  • Lieder: "Der Erlkönig" D. 328 "Die Forelle" D. 550 Quintet in A Major "Die Forelle" D. 667

  • Symphony #9 in C Major "The Great" D. 944

  • Music from Africa - Music and the Supernatural: the Mbuti pigmies

  • "A Molimo Song."

FELIX MENDELSSOHN

1809-1847

  • The child prodigy.

  • Early success with incidental music.

  • Religion and money used wisely

  • Wagnerian criticism.

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream" Op.61                 - Scherzo

  • "Hebrides" Overture Op. 26

  • Chinese Program Music: "The Drunken Fisherman for Qin."

ROBERT

SCHUMANN

1810-1856

  • Early melancholy and personality problems.

  • Legal difficulties over Clara Wieck

  • Brahms as a student.

  • Struggles with mental health.

  • Death in Endenich.

  • "Carnival" Op. 9

  • Piano Concerto in A Minor Op. 54

  • Symphony #4 in D Minor Op. 120

  • Native American Song - Plains Style:

  • The Grass Dance Song.

FREDERICK CHOPIN

1810-1849

  • Early years in Paris.

  • The years with Georges Sand -

  • Majorca.

  • Last years - London.

  •  Etudes

        Op. 10 #1 C Major

        Op. 10 #5 Gb Major “Black Key”

        Op. 25 #1 Ab Major “Harp”

        Op. 25 #9 Gb Major “Butterfly”

  • Ballad No. 1 in G Minor Op. 23

 
HECTOR BERLIOZ
1803-1869

  • Early years as a medical student.

  • Inspiration for the "Program Symphony"

  • Music journalism as a means of support.

  • Overture to “Les Francs Juges”

    Requiem Op. 5

  • "Symphonie Fantastique" Op. 14 

  • Requiem Op. 5

  • Navajo Song: "Kadnikiniya"

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

1. Style

2. Websites

3. Mozart Chronology

 

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