Fall 2005
Professor Massimo Ossi
Course Schedule
Final Exam: 12:30-2:30 p.m., Fri., December 16
Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Week 7, Week 8. Week 9, Week 10, Week 11, Week 12, Week 13, Week 14, Week 15
Please note: the NAWM numbers given below under "Listening" refer to the numbering in Volume 1 of the score anthology (5th edition). They are NOT track numbers!
August
29 Introduction; Plainchant: origins and context
Reading: Burkholder et al, chapter 2
Listening: NAWM 3
31 Plainchant: liturgical context
Reading: Burkholder et al, chapter 2
Listening: NAWM 3
September
2 Plainchant: forms
Reading: Burkholder et al, chapter 3
Listening: NAWM 3, 4
5 Plainchant: late developments
Reading: Burkholder et al, chapter 3
Listening: NAWM 5-7
7 Medieval secular music (Quiz 1--click for information)
Reading: Burkholder et al, chapter 4
Listening: NAWM 8-13
9 Early polyphony, 1
Reading: Burkholder et al, chapter 5
Listening: NAWM 14-19
12 Early polyphony, 2
Reading: Burkholder et al, chapter 5
Listening: NAWM 20-23
14 The fourteenth century, 1 (France)
Reading: Burkholder et al, chapter 6
Listening: NAWM 24-26
16 The fourteenth century, 2 (France)
Reading: Burkholder et al, chapter 6
Listening: NAWM 24-26
19 The fourteenth century, 3 (Italy)
Reading: Burkholder et al, chapter 6
Listening: NAWM 28-30
21 The fourteenth century, 4 (Italy) (Quiz 2--click for information)
Reading: Burkholder et al, chapter 6
Listening: NAWM 27, 28-30
23 Middle Ages: Review
26 Test 1 (click here for information)
28 The Renaissance: introduction
Reading: Burkholder et al, chapter 7, chapter 1, pp. 10-23
Listening: NAWM 1, 2
30 The fifteenth century: overview
Reading: Burkholder et al, chapter 8
Listening: NAWM 31-36
October
3 Secular music in the 15th century: the chanson
Reading: Burkholder et al, chapter 9
Listening: NAWM 33, 34, 36a, 38, 41
5 The Mass in the 15th century (1)
Reading: Burkholder et al, chapter 8
Listening: NAWM 35, 36
7 The Mass in the 15th century (2) (Quiz 3)
Reading: Burkholder et al, chapter 9
Listening: NAWM 37
10 The Mass in the 15th century (3)
Reading: Burkholder et al, chapter 9
Listening: NAWM 39, 40
12 Sacred music in the 16th century (1): the Reformation
Reading: Burkholder et al, chapter 10
Listening: NAWM 42-44
14 Sacred music in the 16th century (2): the Counter-reformation
Reading: Burkholder et al, chapter 10
Listening: NAWM 45-47
17 Secular music in the 16th century (1): the Italian madrigal
Reading: Burkholder et al, chapter 11
Listening: NAWM 48-53
19 Secular music in the 16th century (2): the French chanson, the English madrigal (Quiz 4)
Reading: Burkholder et al, chapter 11
Listening: NAWM 54-58
21 Instrumental genres in the 16th century
Reading: Burkholder et al, chapter 12
Listening: NAWM 59-62
24 Renaissance: Review
26 Class does not meet
28 Class does not meet
31 Test 2 (click here for information)
November
2 Transitions around 1600; Baroque: introduction
Reading: Burkholder et al, chapter 13
Listening: NAWM 63, 64
4 Theater and music in the late 16th and early 17th centuries
Reading: Burkholder et al, chapter 14
Listening: NAWM 65-66
7 Opera in mid-17th century (1): Italy
Reading: Burkholder et al, chapter 15, 328-332
Listening: NAWM 67-69
9 Opera in the second half of the 17th century (2): France (Quiz 5)
Reading: Burkholder et al, chapter 16, 359-366
Listening: NAWM 77
11 Opera in the late 17th and early 18th centuries: Italy
Reading: Burkholder et al, chapter 18, 419-423
Listening: NAWM 82
14 Opera in the 18th century: Italy and England (1)
Reading: Burkholder et al, chapter 19, 458-464
Listening: NAWM 79, 91
16 Opera in the 18th century (2): France
Reading: Burkholder et al, chapter 18, 435-437
Listening: NAWM 80, 81, 87
18 Instrumental music in the 17th century
Reading: Burkholder et al, chapters 15 and 17
Listening: NAWM 74-76, 78, 83, 86
21 Instrumental music in the 18th century: Vivaldi (Quiz 5, retake--Meet in Auditorium, Merrill Hall)
Reading: Burkholder et al, chapter 18
Listening: NAWM 85
23-27 Thanksgiving Break
28 Instrumental music in the 18th century: Bach
Reading: Burkholder et al, chapter 19
Listening: Bach, Brandenburg Concertos and Concerto for 4 Harpsichords BWV 1065, based on Vivaldi, op. 3/10
30 Sacred music in the late 16th and early 17th century (Quiz 6--Meet in Auditorium, Merrill Hall)
Reading: Burkholder et al, chapter 15
Listening: NAWM 70, 71; Giovanni Gabrieli, motet, In Ecclesiis
December
2 Sacred music in the 17th century: Germany
Reading: Burkholder et al, chapter 15
Listening: NAWM 72, 73, 84, 88, 89
5 Sacred music in the 17th century: Bach (1)
Reading: Burkholder et al, chapter 19
Listening: NAWM 90
7 Sacred music in the 18th century: Bach (2)
Reading: Burkholder et al, chapter 19
Listening: NAWM 92; Bach, St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244
9 Baroque: review
Final Exam--Session 1: 9:30-11:30, friday 9 december
--session 2: 12:30-2:30 p.m., Friday 16 December