M527

History of the Concerto

Summer 2004

Prof. Massimo Ossi

Course Schedule:

Week 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

LISTENING TEST 1, REPERTORY AND SAMPLE QUESTION

Part 1: Baroque

1) Introduction: The genre, its origins, and its characteristics; Concerto grosso

Listening: Corelli, concertos Op 6 no. 1 (http://www.music.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/var/access?ACP4182)

2) Handel

Listening: Concertos Op 6 no. 5 (http://www.music.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/var/access?AKT9658)

3) Solo concerto: Torelli, Vivaldi (1)

Listening: Torelli, Concerto a quattro in forma Pastorale per il Santo Natale, Op. 8 no. 6, "Christmas Concerto" http://www.music.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/var/access?AEF1730

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Week 2

4) Vivaldi (2)

Reading: Everett, The Four Seasons, chapters 1, 4, 6

Listening: Il Cimento dell’armonia e dell’invenzione, op. 8, only the Four Seasons (http://www.music.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/var/access?AEV1084); Bach, Transcriptions of Vivaldi (http://www.music.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/var/access?ACM6875 and for BWV 1065, based on Op. 3 no. 10, see http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/var/access?ACD3641; Vivaldi's original in Op. 3 can be found here)

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5) Bach

Reading: Boyd, The Brandenburg Concertos, chapters 3, 5, 6

Listening (Please note—only the Brandenburg concertos and the Italian concerto are required):

Violin concertos (http://www.music.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/var/access?ACM0302)

Brandenburg concertos (http://www.music.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/var/access?AEC5490)

Italian concerto (http://www.music.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/var/access?ABF4908)

Harpsichord concertos (http://www.music.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/var/access?ABN2193)

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Part 2: Classical

6) Emergence of the classical concerto; Mozart (1)

Listening: CPE Bach, Keyboard concerto, wq 23 (http://www.music.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/var/access?ACP7507)

JC Bach Concerto in E-flat major op. 7 no. 5 (no listening available on Variations)

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Week 3

7) Mozart (2)

Reading: Grayson, Piano Concertos #20 and 21; Lawson, Clarinet Concerto

Listening: Piano concertos nos. 20 and 21 (Bilson, complete: http://www.music.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/var/access?AGU0637)

Violin concertos (http://www.music.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/var/access?ABM7903)

Clarinet concerto (http://www.music.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/var/access?ALR4142)

8) Mozart (3)

9) Listening Test 1 (Wednesday)

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Week 4

10) Beethoven

Reading: Stowell, Beethoven: Violin Concerto, chapters 1, 2, 5-7

Listening: Piano concertos (Tan: http://www.music.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/var/access?AGS8508)

Violin concerto (VARIATIONS Sound Recording ags9216)

11-12) Beethoven--first take-home test; due Wednesday 21 July

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Part 3: Romantic

Week 5

13) Virtuoso concerto

Listening: Viotti, Violin concerto no. 22 in A minor (http://www.music.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/var/access?bhs1037)

14) Chopin

Reading: Rink, Chopin, Piano Concertos, 1, 4 (sections on no. 2 only), 5, Appendix 1

Listening: Chopin, Piano concerto #2 in f minor (http://www.music.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/var/access?CAB2083); together with Rossini, Otello, cd 2 track 13, Act 3: “Assisa a’ piè d’un salce”

Hummel, Piano concerto in A minor, op. 85 (VARIATIONS Sound Recording abe7477)

15) First Take Home Test Due

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Week 6

16) Mendelssohn; Liszt

Listening: Liszt, Piano concerto #1 in Eb major

Mendelssohn, Violin concerto op. 64

17) Schumann and Brahms

Listening: Schumann, Piano concerto

Brahms, Piano concerto in d minor op. 15

Brahms, Violin concerto in D major op. 77

18) Listening test 2 (Wednesday)