1710f Music History: Introduction - University of Western Ontario

ScheduleDAY TOPIC / READING LISTENSeptemberF 7IntroductionM 10 Who Cares if You Write about Music?Weiss and Taruskin, 1: “Orpheus and the Magical Properties ofMusic,” 1-2.W&T, 3: “Plato’s Musical Idealism,” 5-8.Bach, Cello Suite No. 1 in G major,BWV 1007, Prelude.Part I: Elements of MusicW 12F 14M 17W 19F 21*TutorialM 24W 26F 28OctoberM 1*Assignment1 DueW 3F 5*TutorialM 8W 10F 12M 15*Assignment2 DueW 17Pitch and MelodyWright, Listening to Music, 21-24.Scruton, The Aesthetics of Music, 16-22.Introduction to the Music Library(Visit from Lisa Philpott, Librarian, DWFOM)Rhythm and TimbreWright, 14-21, 41-42, 52.Scruton, 22-32, 77-78.TextureWright, 53-55, 66.W&T, 36: “The Counter Reformation,” 113-14.Tutorial 1: Writing about Music(attend with outline of writing assignment 1)Mode and Harmony IWright, 24-33.Scruton, 239-47.Mode and Harmony IIW&T, 2: “Pythagoras and the Numerical Properties,” 2-5.Form and Programme IWright, 55-57.Form and Programme IIWright, 59-60, 208-09.Form and Programme IIIShakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, scene iv.Part II: Genres of MusicTutorial 2: GenreDubrow, Genre, 1-14.W&T, 81: “A Sidetrip into Aesthetics,” 249-51 [Adam Smith]Thanksgiving(no class)SongEdward T. Cone, “Words into Music”OperaAllan Kozinn, “Nixon in China,” New Grove Online.Sacred MusicW&T, 24: “The Testimony of St. Augustine,” 24-27.Preparing for a Music History Exam(no reading)Mozart, Idomeneo, “Padre, germani,addio!”Esatcio, FrenergyPalestrina, Missa brevis, CredoMahler, Symphony No. 2, “Urlicht”Haydn, Op. 33, no. 2 (“The Joke”),fourth mvt.Mozart, Symphony in G minor, K550, first mvt.Berlioz, Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17,seventh mvt., “La Reine Mab.”Dmitri Shostakovich, Piano ConcertoNo. 2 in F, Op. 102, second mvt.Schubert, Der ErlkönigAdams, Nixon in China, “News has akind of mystery”J.S. Bach, Matthäus-Passion, No. 1,“Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mirklagen.”