Fall 2002
Week 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
Important Dates:
Listening tests on 4 October and 8 November
Midterm on 25 October (see the Essays to be prepared)
Final Exam 20 December
***Early final exam date:
Research Paper:
Bibliography due on 11 October
Topic Proposal due 18 October
Draft due 22 November
Final Version due 13 December
Claudio Monteverdi,
Orfeo
Grout: 11-86
Reading: Whenham, Orfeo, chs. 1, 2, 4, 8, 9; Radice, Opera in Context, ch. 1
Other materials: see link below
List of early opera and other theatrical productions with musicAdditional listening: Lamento d'Arianna; Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda; Lamento della Ninfa
Monteverdi, L’Incoronazione
di Poppea
Grout: 87-126
Reading: Fenlon and Miller, The Song of the Soul, chs. 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8
Jean-Baptiste Lully, Atys
Reading: Opera in Context, ch. 2
George Frederick Handel, Ariodante
Grout: 154-257
Reading: Dean, Handel’s Operas, 1704-1726, and Handel and
the Opera Seria; Opera in Context, ch. 4
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Le
Nozze di Figaro
Grout: 258-344
Reading: Carter, Figaro; Opera in Context, ch. 5
Friday: Listening test 1 (through Week 4)
Mozart, Die
Zauberflöte
Grout: 258-344**
Reading: Branscombe, Die Zauberflöte, chs. 2, 3, 6, 8
Friday: Research bibliographies are due
Gioacchino Rossini, Otello
Grout: 405-409
Friday: Topic proposals are due
Richard Wagner, Das
Rheingold
Grout: 434-491
Reading: Millington, Wagner, chs. 5 and 16; Stein, Richard Wagner and the Synthesis of the Arts; Opera in Context, ch. 9
Week 9 (please note: we will not meet on Friday, 1 November)
Georges Bizet, Carmen
Grout: 347-401; 492-508
Reading: Dean, Bizet; McClary, Carmen, chs. 1-5
Giuseppe Verdi, Otello
Grout: 402-433
Reading: Hepokoski, Otello, chs. 1-3, 5, 7; Opera in Context, ch. 8
Friday: Listening test 2 (through Week 9)
Giacomo Puccini,
Boheme
Grout: 508-516
Reading: Opera in Context, ch. 10
Claude Debussy, Pelleas
et Melisande
Grout: 597-645
Reading: Nichols and Langham Smith, Pelleas et Melisande, chs.
1-5
Tuesday: Research project drafts due
Week 13 (Thanksgiving Recess: Wednesday, 27 November, through Sunday, 1 December)
Alban Berg, Wozzeck
Grout: 645-691
Reading: Jarman, Wozzeck, chs. 1-7
Monday and Wednesday: continue Berg, Wozzeck
Igor Stravinsky, The
Rake’s Progress
Grout: 645-691
Reading: Griffiths, The Rake’s Progress, chs. 1, 2, 4, 6-8
Monday: continue Stravinsky, The Rake's Progress
Friday 13 December: Final version of the research papers due
Benjamin Britten, Death in Venice
Grout: 692-728
Reading: Mitchell, Death in Venice
Final exam: Friday, 20 December, 12:30-2:30 pm.
***Early final exam date:
Final Essays
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