Detailed Course Outline: An Introduction and Overview

MUSIC HISTORY:
AN INTRODUCTION
AND OVERVIEW
Detailed Course Outline

Middle Ages
Introduction to the Middle Ages
• Overview of music in the Middle Ages
• Roman Catholic Church and music
• Notation
• Texture
• Modes
• Rhythm
• Melodic range
• Sacred versus secular music, a cappella versus instrumental music
Gregorian
• Introduction
• Learning goals
• Gregorian chant
• Musical vocabulary
• Listening guide:
Haec dies chant
• Genre summary
Organum
• Introduction
• Learning goals
• Organum
• Organum (2)
Haec dies (Organum)
• Genre summary
Motet
• Introduction
• Learning goals
• Motet
O mitissima/Virgo/Haec dies
• Genre summary
Chanson
• Introduction
• Learning goals
• Chanson
• Composer:
Moniot d’Arras
Ce fut en mai
• Genre summary
Dance Music
• Introduction
• Learning goals
• Dance music
“Royal Estampie No. 4” from Chansonnier du Roy
• Genre summary
Mass
• Introduction
• Learning goals
• Mass
Kyrie from Messe de Nostre Dame
• Composer:
Guillaume de Machaut
• Genre summary
Renaissance
Introduction to the Renaissance Era

• Introduction
• Learning goals
• Elements of musical style in the Renaissance (1)
• Elements of musical style in the Renaissance (2)
• Selected Renaissance composers
• Summary
Motet
• Introduction
• Learning goals
• Motet
Ave Maria . . . virgo serena
• Composer:
Josquin des Prez
• Genre summary
Mass
• Introduction
• Learning goals
• Mass (1)
• Mass (2)
Gloria from Missa Papae Marcelli
• Composer:
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
• Genre summary
Madrigal
• Introduction
• Learning goals
• Madrigal
Moro, lasso, al mio duolo
My Bonnie Lass She Smileth
• Composer:
Carlo Gesualdo
Thomas Morley
• Genre summary
Keyboard
• Introduction
• Learning Goals
• Keyboard music
The Carman’s Whistle
• Composer:
William Byrd
• Genre summary
Baroque
Introduction to the Baroque Era

• Introduction
• Learning goals
• The “Affections”
• Terraced dynamics
• Figured bass and basso continuo
• Rameau’s concept of harmony
• Major‑minor system, harmonic backbone of the era
• Fortspinnung
• A note on tempo
• Important treatises
• Concerto and suite
• Opera and monody
• Summary
Opera
• Introduction
• Learning goals
• Opera
• About L’Orfeo
“Tu se’ morta” (Orfeo’s recitative)
“Ahi, caso acerbo” (chorus)
• About Dido and Aeneas
“Thy hand, Belinda” (recitative) from “Dido’s Lament”
“When I Am Laid in Earth” (aria) from “Dido’s Lament”
“With Drooping Wings” (chorus)
• About Giulio Cesare In Egitto
“V’adoro pupille” (Cleopatra’s aria)
• Composer:
Claudio Monteverdi
Henry Purcell
George Frideric Handel
• Genre summary
Cantata
• Introduction
• Learning goals
• Cantata
• Cantata No. 80, Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott
Movement I (choral fugue)
Movement II (duet for soprano and bass)
Movement V (chorale for unison chorus)
Movement VIII (harmonized chorale)
• Composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach
• Genre summary
Concerto grosso
• Introduction
• Learning goals
• Concerto grosso
• About the Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047
Movement I
• Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
• Genre summary
Suite
• Introduction
• Suite
• Learning goals
• About Nouvelle suites de pièces de clavecin
La poule
• Composer:
Rameau
• About Water Music
Movement II (Hornpipe)
• Composer:
Handel
• Genre summary
Classical
Introduction to the Classical Era

• Introduction
• Learning goals
• Importance of form
• Music of the Classical era
• Summary
Symphony
• Introduction
• Learning goals
• Symphony
• Symphony No. 104 in D Major (“London”)
Movement I
• Genre summary
Oratorio
• Introduction
• Learning goals
• Oratorio
• The Creation
No. 12, “And God said: Let there be light” (Uriel’s Recitative)
No. 13, “In splendor bright” (Uriel’s Recitative)
No. 14, “The Heavens Are Telling the Glory of God” (Chorus and Trio: Gabriel, Uriel, Raphael)
• Composer:
Haydn
• Genre summary
Concerto
• Introduction
• Learning goals
• Concerto
• Piano Concerto in G Major, K 453
Movement I
• Genre summary
Opera
• Introduction
• Learning goals
• Opera
• The Marriage of Figaro
Overture
“Non so più” (Cherubino’s Aria)
“Ah! Son perduto” (Recitativo secco: Susanna, Count, Basilio)
“Cosa sento!” (Terzetto: Count, Basilio, Susanna)
• Composer:
Mozart
• Genre summary
Sonata
• Introduction
• Learning goals
• Sonata
• Piano Sonata in C Minor, op. 13 (“Pathétique”)
Movement I
Movement II
Movement III
• Genre summary
Chamber music
• Introduction
• Learning goals
• Chamber music
• String Quartet in C sharp Minor, op. 131.
Movement I
• Composer:
Beethoven
• Genre summary

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Detailed Course Outline

Introduction to the Renaissance Era

Introduction to the Baroque Era

Introduction to the Classical Era

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