MUSIC 115- Survey of Music

Instructor: Dr. Steven Errante

	web:	www.uncw.edu/music/errantes
	e-mail:	errantes@uncw.edu
	phone:	962-3399
	office:	CA 1024
	hours:	immediately following class daily

Attendance: no attendance records are kept, but note policy below on missed quizzes or exams

Texts: The Enjoyment of Music, Tenth Edition Shorter, Machlis and Forney (with Student Resource DVD and 4-CD set of The Norton Recordings). The DVD has Electronic Listening Guide Software which enhances the listening experience

Exams are indicated on the syllabus, but quizzes may be given with no prior announcement. Exams and quizzes will cover material covered in class and listening assignments made outside of class and cannot be made up unless there is an extreme personal emergency.

Class participation is a vital part of this course. The response to music is often a subjective one, so that diversity of opinion is encouraged as long as everyone maintains an open mind to unfamiliar types of music.

Grading: final grade is based on quiz and exam grades

Examination: June 17, 8 a.m.

GOALS OF THE COURSE

Exposure to a variety of musical types (primarily Western classical), with an emphasis on better listening and understanding. You will need to listen enough to the assigned works to be able to identify them on a "drop the needle" basis and also be able to comment on the most important characteristics of each. The main style periods will be surveyed first, and then musical examples will be presented in different genres. Memorization will be required of the starting and ending dates of each period and to which period each composer belongs.

SCHEDULE (page references are to The Enjoyment of Music, 10th Ed. Shorter)

Thu., May 15	The Elements of Music  pp. 2 - 35
Mon., May 19	Instruments, Voices, Ensembles   pp. 36 - 65
Tue., May 20	Style Periods in Western Music p. 66,   p.85,   p. 116,   p. 176,   p. 230,   p. 340,   p. 414 LG 3 Notre Dame school of organum, LG 7 Palestrina: Pope Marcellus Mass, LG 17 Mouret: Rondeau, LG 19 Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik (First Movement), LG 27 Chopin: Polonaise, LG 52 Cage: Sonata V
Wed., May 21	(Style periods, continued)
Thu., May 22	The Dance LG 8 Susato: Three Dances, LG 16 Handel: Water Music (Alla hornpipe), LG 19 Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Minuet), LG 27 Chopin: Polonaise, LG 49 Bernstein: Mambo from West Side Story
Mon., May 26	MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY, no class
Tue., May 27	EXAM. 1 The Song LG 4 Raimbaut de Vaqueiras: Kalenda maya, LG 11 Purcell: Dido's Lament, LG 14 Handel:   "Rejoice greatly" from Messiah, LG 26 Schumann: "In the lovely month of May", LG 41 Schönberg: Pierrot Lunaire, LG 60 Larsen: Sonnets from the Portuguese
Wed., May 28	Music of the Spirit LG 2 Hildegard: Alleluia, LG 6 Josquin: Ave Maria, Bach: Mass in b minor, LG 33 Brahms: A German Requiem (fourth movement), LG 58 Pärt: Cantate Dominum canticum novum
Thu., May 29	(Music of the Spirit, continued)
Mon., June 2	Program Music LG 15 Vivaldi: The Four Seasons- "Spring," LG 23 Beethoven: "Moonlight" Sonata (first movement), LG 25 Schubert: Erlking, LG 30 Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique (March to the Scaffold) , LG 31 Smetana: Moldau, LG 39 Debussy: Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun," LG 43 Copland: Billy the Kid
Tue., June 3	(Program Music, continued)
Wed., June 4	EXAM. 2 Vocal Ensembles and Choruses LG 10 Farmer: Fair Phyllis, LG 14 Handel: "Hallelujah Chorus" from Messiah, LG 35 Verdi: Quartet from Rigoletto, LG 49 Bernstein: "Tonight" Ensemble from West Side Story
Thu., June 5	Music with Structure LG 18 Bach: Contrapunctus I, LG 19 Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik, LG 21 Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Mon., June 9	(Music with Structure, continued)
Tue., June 10	(Music with Structure, continued)
Wed., June 11	EXAM. 3 Music and Drama LG 24 Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro, LG 36 Wagner: "The Ride of the Valkyries" from Die Walküre, LG 56 Williams: Raiders March, LG 37 Puccini: "Un bel di” from Madama Butterfly
Thu., June 12	(Music and Drama, continued)
Mon., June 16	Review Classical Music in Wilmington
Tue., June 17	FINAL EXAMINATION

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