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• F 6/14    Introductions: Music Histories (Music as History/Music as Idea)

WEEK 1

• M 6/17   Origins of the Classical Style: Opera and Symphony in Italy
• Reading:
• GP Chapter 13 [Chapter 12 recommended]
• WT 60, 63, 78, 88
• Listening:
• Pergolesi, La serva padrona, "Ah quanto mi sta male/Son imbroliato io" (NAWM 85; CD 7:1-6)
• Hasse, Cleofide: Act II, Sc. 9, "Digli ch'io son fedele" (NAWM 86; CD 7:7-11)
• [Recommended: G.B. Sammartini, Symphony in F Major, No. 32, I: Presto (NAWM 90; CD 7:24-26)]
• G.B. Sammartini, Symphony in G Major, J-C 39, I-IV [ Score and recording on Personal Reserve CD-ROM "Week 1"]
• T 6/18     Music at Court I: Music and Ideas at the Court of Frederick II ("The Great")
• Reading:
• WT 1, 4, 73, 75, 76, 77,79, 80, 84
• Listening:
• C. P. E. Bach, Sonata in A Major, H. 186, Wq. 55/4, II: Poco adagio (NAWM 91; CD 7:27-28)
• [Recommended: Johann Stamitz: Sinfonia a 8 in E-flat Major, I (NAWM 92; CD 7:29-33)]
• C. P. E. Bach, Sinfonia in E-flat Major, Wq. 179, I-III [ Score and recording on Personal Reserve CD-ROM "Week 1"]
• W 6/19    Music at Court II: Haydn at Eszterhàzà
• Reading:
• GP: 465-85
• WT: 81
• Listening:
• Haydn, Symphony No. 6 ("Le Matin"), I , II , III , IV [ Score and recording on Personal Reserve CD-ROM "Week 1"]
• [Recommended: Haydn, Symphony No. 56 in C Major, I: Allegro di molto (NAWM 94, CD 7: 47-53)]
• R 6/20     Opera: Extravagance and Moderation
• Reading:
• GP: [Review 430-47], 485-509
• WT: 61, 62, 63, 74, 82
• Listening:
• Pergolesi, La serva padrona, "Ah quanto mi sta male/Son imbroliato io" (NAWM 85, CD 7:1-6)
• Hasse, Cleofide: Act II, Sc. 9, "Digli ch'io son fedele" (NAWM 86, CD 7:7-11)
• Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice: Act II, Sc. 1 , excerpt (NAWM 88; CD 7:17-21)
• Mozart, Don Giovanni, Act I, scene 5, "Ah, chi mi dice mai" and "Madamina! Il catalogo è questo" (NAWM 100; CD 8:28-32)
• F 6/21      A Public Concert in Vienna: An Evening with W. A. Mozart
• Reading:
• WT: 85, 86
• Listening
• J. C. Bach, Concerto for Harpsichord or Piano and Strings, Op. 7, No. 5: I (NAWM 93; CD 7:34-46)
• W. A. Mozart, Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488, I (NAWM 99; CD 8:12-27)

 
 
 

WEEK 2

• M 6/24    Music in the Chamber
• Reading:
• GP: [Review 476-85, 493-98]
• WT: 95
• Listening:
• [Review NAWM 91]
• Haydn, String Quartet Op. 33, no. 2, I , II , III , IV [ Score and Recording on Personal Reserve CD-ROM "Week 2"]
• [Recommended: Haydn, Trio in f-sharp minor for Piano with Violin and Cello, Op. 73, no. 3, I ( Score and Recording: Personal Reserve CD-ROM "Week 2")]
• T 6/25    Haydn in London and Vienna
• Reading:
• GP: 468-84
• WT: 87
• Listening:
• Haydn, Symphony 92, I-IV [ Score on Open Reserve; Recording: Personal Reserve CD-ROM "Week 2"]
• [Recommended: Haydn, Die Schöpfung ["The Creation"], Nos. 1 and 2 (Score: m.s. M2000.H41 S2; Recording: CD .H416 D2.1-40)]
• [Recommended: Symphony No. 104 in D major, "London," IV (NAWM 96; CD 7:58-68)]
• W 6/26   Beethoven
• Reading:
• GP: Chapter 15
• WT: 89-94
• Listening:
• Piano Sonata, Op. 13, III (NAMW 101; CD 8:33-42)
• Symphony no. 3 in E-flat Major, I (NAWM 103; CD 8:52-66)
• String Quartet in C-sharp Minor, op. 131, I and II (NAWM 104; CD 8:67-70)
• Symphony No. 9 in D minor, “Choral," Op. 125, IV (Score: M1001 .B4 no. 9 1996; Recording: CD .B414 G1-14) [Recommended: I , II , III ]
• R 6/27    Music and the Romantic
• Reading:
• GP: Chapter 16
• WT: 103, 104, 109, 110
• Listening:
• [Recommended: W. A. Mozart, Symphony no. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, I-IV ( Score : M1001 .M9 B7; Recording: Personal Reserve CD "Week 2")]
• Schubert, "Gretchen am Spinnrade" (NAWM 111; CD 9:25-29)
• Chopin, Variations on "La ci darem la mano," Op. 2 for Piano and Orchestra ( Score : TBA; Recording: Personal Reserve CD-ROM "Week 2")
• [Recommended: Mendelssohn, Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 85, No. 4 and Op. 67, No. 4 (NAWM 106; CD 9:7-11)]
• F 6/28    QUIZ 1 / Life in Biedermeier Vienna: Schubert in Public and Private
• Reading:
• GP: 574-5, 593-96, 599
• WT: 97
• Listening:
• Schubert, Die Winterreise, No. 5: "Der Lindenbaum" (NAWM 112; CD 9:30-33)
• [Recommended: Schubert, Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667 ("The Trout"), I-V (Score: TBA; Recording: Personal Reserve CD "Week 2")]
• Schubert, Sehnsucht, D. 656 ( Score ; Recording: Personal Reserve CD "Week 2")
• Schubert, Gesang der Geister über den Wassern ( Score ; Recording: Personal Reserve CD "Week 2")

WEEK 3

• M 7/1    Music and Spectacle I: Opera in Italy
• Reading:
• GP: 603-08, 614-18
• WT: 96, 100, 118
• Listening:
• Rossini, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act I, scene 2, "Una voce poco fa" (NAWM 117: CD 9:43-46)
• Bellini , Norma, Act I, scene 4, "Casta diva" (NAWM 118; CD 10:1-6)
• Verdi , La traviata, Act III, scena and duet (NAWM 119; CD 10:7-10)
• T 7/2     Music and Spectacle II: Opera in Paris
• Reading:
• GP: 608-14
• Listening:
• Meyerbeer, Les Huguenots, Act II, sc. 1 ( Libretto ; Plot Synopsis ; Score: M1503.M61 H8 K3; Recording: "Week 3, CD 1 tr. 1")
• W 7/3    At Home/On Stage: Solo and Ensemble Music in the 19th-Century
• Reading:
• GP: 571-598
• WT: 98, 103-06
• Listening:
• Field, Nocturne in A Major, No. 8 (NAWM 108; CD 9:18)
• Chopin, Nocturne in Eb Major, Op. 9, No. 2 (NAWM 109; CD 9:19)
• Liszt , Trois études de concert, No. 3, "Un sospiro" (NAWM 110; CD 9:20-24)
• Robert Schumann, Dichterliebe, Nos. 1 and 7 (NAWM 113; CD 9:34-35)
• Clara Schumann, "Geheimes Flüstern hier und dort," Op. 23, No. 3 (NAWM 114; CD 9:36)
• Robert Schumann, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 54 in a minor, I (Score: M1010 .S4 op. 54 P4 [miniature score]; Recording: Personal Reserve CD "Week 3, CD 1 tr. 2")
• R 7/4      NO CLASS!!!
• F 7/5      19th Century Symphony I: Unfinished Symphonies(?)
• Reading:
• GP: 545-66
• Listening:
• Schubert, Symphony 7 (Old no. 8), "The Unfinished," I-II (Score: TBA; Recording: Personal Reserve CD "Week 3, CD 1 trs. 3-4")
• Schumann, Symphony 4 (2), I , II , III , IV (Score: M1001 .S39 no. 4, E8 [miniature score; NB: this score is for the 1850 edition, but the recording is the 1841 version]; Recording: CD .S3924 Ge.7; also Personal Reserve "Week 3, CD 2 trs. 1-4)

WEEK 4

• M 7/8     19th-Century Symphony II: Italian Journeys
• Reading:
• WT: 101-02
• Listening:
• Berlioz, Harold in Italy, I , II , III , IV (Score: M1014 .B51 op. 16; Recording: CD .B515 G1.2-13)
• Mendelssohn, Symphony 4 ("Italian"), I , II , III , IV (Score: M4.M53 R5; Recording: CD .M537 G1.4-20)
• T 7/9      Views of the Past--Visions of the Futures?
• Reading:
• [Review WT: 110]
• Listening:
• Brahms, Sextet No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 18, I , II , III , IV (Score: M652 .B81 op. 18 [miniature score]; Recording: AJG1768)
• W 7/10  Music and the Divine
• Brahms, Die Deutches Requiem, I , II (Score: M2010 .B81 op. 45 1987; Recording: Personal Reserve CD "Week 4")
• Bruckner, Locus iste (Score: M2082.B78 C6; Recording: Personal Reserve CD "Week 4")
• Bruckner, Os justi (Score: M2082.B78 C6; Recording: Personal Reserve CD "Week 4")
• [Recommended: Bruckner, Virga Jesse (NAWM 115; CD 9:37)]
• R 7/11    Song and Symphony in the Fin-de-siècle Vienna: Wolf and Mahler
• Reading:
• GP: 631-44
• WT: 116-17
• Listening:
• Wolf, "Kennst du das Land?" (NAWM 122; CD 10:31-38)
• Mahler, Kindertotenlieder, No. 1: "Nun will die Sonn' so hell aufgehen" (NAWM 123; CD 10:39-40)
• Mahler, Das Lied von der Erde, I (Score: M1613.M21 L45; Recording: CD .M214 D.1-33)
• F 7/12    Summary and Review

WEEK 5

• M 7/15    EXAM 1, Part 1
• T 7/16     EXAM 1, Part 2 [LAST DAY TO DROP A COURSE WITH AUTOMATIC GRADE OF "W"]
• W 7/17    German Opera I: Myth and Magic
• Reading:
• GP: 618-21
• Listening:
• Carl Maria von Weber, Der Freischütz Act II, Finale, Wolf's Glen scene (CD 10:10-20)
• R 7/18     German Opera II: Wagner and the Idea of Gesamtkunstwerk
• Reading:
• GP: 621-28
• WT: 108
• Listening:
• Wagner, Tristan und Isolde, Act I, scene 5 (excerpt) (NAWM 121; CD 10:22-30)
• Wagner, Die Walkyre, Act III, scene 3: "Loge, hor! Lausche hieher!" (Score: TBA; Recording: CD .W134 A.42-16)
• F 7/19     Music in the United States in the Nineteenth Century
• Reading:
• GP: 741-48
• WT: 111

WEEK 6

Supplemental Recording Track List (Week 6)

• M 7/22    -isms I: Paris--Fin de Siècle
• Reading:
• GP: 660-70
• WT: 122, 137
• Listening:
• Fauré, Messe de Requiem, Op. 48 (Original Version, 1893), Introit and Kyrie , Sanctus , Pie Jesu , Agnus dei , In paradisum ( Score : M2010 .F26 R4 1994; Recording: CD .F2652 D5.1-29)
• Debussy, Nocturnes, I : "Nuages" (NAWM 128; CD 11: 11-16)
• Debussy, L'Après Midi d'un Faune ( Score ; Recording: CD .D289 G.1-5)
• Satie, Trois morceaux en forme de poire pour piano à 4 mains , (Score: TBA; Recording: CD .S2533 K1.3-2)
• Modest Musorgsky, Bez solnsta, No. 3: "Okonchen prazdnyi" (NAWM 125; CD 11:1-2)
• T 7/23    -isms II: Nationalism, Folklorism and Politics in Eastern European Music
• Reading:
• GP: 644-60, 679-89
• WT: 112-15, 119-20, 131-32
• Listening:
• [Recommended: Alexander Skryabin, Vers la flamme , (NAWM 126; CD 11:3-5)]
• Bartók, Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celeste , III (NAWM 130; CD 11:23-28)
• Shostakovich, Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Act IV, Final scene (Excerpt) (NAWM 131; CD 11:29-32)
• W 7/24   -isms III: Music, Dreams, Madness
• Reading:
• GP: [Review 631-44]
• WT: 125, 140
• Listening:
• Schönberg, Erwartung , Op. 17 [ Libretto ; Score: M1503.S37 E7 U7; Recording: CD .S365 Ge.6]
• Schönberg, Pierrot Lunaire, 1-7 [(Recommended: 1-21) Texts ; Score: M1625.S36 P6; Recording: Personal Reserve CD "Week 6"]
• Berg, Wozzeck, Act III, scene 3 (NAWM 137; CD 11:53-55)
• Ravel, La Valse (Score: TBA; Recording: CD .R252 G.7)
• R 7/25    -isms IV: The Raw and the Cooked
• Reading:
• GP: 699-710
• WT: 129, 134-36
• Listening:
• Stravinsky, Le Sacre du printemps, "Danse des adolescents" (NAWM 134; CD 11:41-44)
• Stravinksy, Symphony of Psalms, I and II (Score: M2020 .S91 S98; Recording: Frontlog CD 4741867)
• Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin, Menuet (NAWM 129; CD 11:17-22)
• F 7/26     -isms V: Music at the "Verein"
• Reading:
• GP: 713-25
• WT: 126-28, 141
• Listening:
• Schönberg, Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31, Theme and Var. VI (NAWM 136; CD 11:51-2)
• Webern, Symphonie, Op. 21, I (NAWM 138; CD 11:56-60)
• Webern, Six Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op. 9, I , II , III , IV , V , VI ( Score : M452.W37 op.9; Recording: CAW5329)

WEEK 7

• M 7/29     QUIZ 2 / Ives and the American Art Music Tradition
• Beach, Quartet for Piano and Strings in F# minor, III. Allegro agitato (NAWM 140, CD 12:6-10)
• Ives, "They Are There!" (CD 12:11-13)
• Ives, Three Places in New England, II: "Putnam's Camp" (Score: M1003 .I95 T5; Recording: CD .I95 Ge-1)
• Copland, Appalachian Spring, "The Gift to be Simple" (NAWM 143; CD 12:17-24)
• T 7/30     The Blues Tradition
• Reading:
• TBA
• Listening:
• Robert Johnson, Sweet Home Chicago
• Robert Johnson, Crossroad Blues
• Big Mama Thornton, Hound Dog
• Elvis Presley, Hound Dog
• Conlon Nancarrow, Blues
• W 7/31     An Experiment in Modern Music: An Evening at Aeolian Hall
• Reading:
• TBA
• Listening:
• The Original Dixieland Jazz Band, Livery Stable Blues
• George Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue
  
• R 8/1    Popular Song and Tradition: Tin Pan Alley, Musical Theater, and Jazz Standards
• Reading:
• TBA
• Listening:
• Foster, Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair
• Kern, Ol' Man River (from Showboat)
  
• Gershwin, I Got Rhythm (from Girl Crazy)
• Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Ko-Ko
• Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Cotton Tail
• Dizzy Gillespie All Star Quintette, Shaw 'Nuff
• Charlie Parker's Re-Boppers, Koko
  
• F 8/2    Strange Fruit: Race, Gender and Politics in Jazz
• Reading:
• TBA
• Listening
• Allan and Holiday, Strange Fruit

WEEK 8

• M 8/5   Dogma and Experiment
• Reading:
• TBA
• Listening:
• Babbitt, Philomel (Section I) (NAWM 147; CD 12:37-41)
• Cage, 4'33" (Score: TBA; Recording: CD ZF.L114)
• T 8/6    Collage: Music and the Postmodern
• Reading: TBA
• Listening:
• Berio, Sinfonia, III (Score: M1001 .B474 S5 1968 oversize; Recording: CD .B511 Ge-2)
• Pärt, I Am the True Vine (Score: TBA; Recording: CAS3325)
• W 8/7   Summary and Review
• R 8/8    EXAM 2, Part 1
• F 8/9    EXAM 2, Part 2

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