| WWU Music 104 | Fall 2009 |
| The Art of Listening to Music | Dr. John Friesen |
| Tues./Thurs. 10:30-11:50 am PAC155 | Office: PAC 137 |
| 3 Credits- HUM: | Phone 650 7379 |
| 09/24 | Introduction to the Art of Listening- Classical
Music in Perspective.
See Study Guide for important terms |
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| 9/29 | Sound, Pitch, Dynamics, Tone Color, Voices and Instruments, Rhythm | |
| 10/1 | Melody, Harmony, Key, Texture
Form, Intro to the Musical Style Periods- See Study Guide for important terms |
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| 10/6 | Music of the Middle Ages Chant, Organum, The Mass, Hildegard Von Bingen | |
| 10/8 | Quiz 1 The Elements of Music; Music of the Middle Ages | |
| 10/13 | Music of the Renaissance and Music of the Baroque Period- IntroMusic of the Baroque Period The Music of Bach (Brandenurg Concerto #2, etc.) The Suite (Yo-Yo Ma-DVD) and/or Goldberg Variations (Gould-DVD)Kamien Chap. 3 | |
| 10/15 | The Baroque Concerto (Vivaldi- Winter Concerto) The Baroque Fugue (Bach- Little Fugue in G minor) | |
| 10/20 | Baroque Choral Music: (Cantata #140 Wachet Auf 1V, V11)
Oratorio (Handel- Messiah, Halleluja Chorus)
Review for Quiz 2 |
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| 10/22 | Quiz 2-Music of the Renaissance; Music of the Baroque Period
(Online Quiz for Renaissance and Baroque due today also) |
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| 10/27 | Music of the Classical Period The Classical Period, The Classical Symph., The Minuet - DVD- Amadeus | |
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10/29 |
Minuet and Rondo Form (Haydn- Symph. 102) The Classical Concerto (Mozart- Piano Concerto in A) |
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| 11/3 | Classical Opera- Mozart's Marriage of Figaro
The Music of Beethoven |
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| 11/5 | Music of the Romantic Period The Art Song- Schubert- Erlking- Chopin- Mazurka | |
| 11/10 | Quiz 3 Music of the Classical Period and beginning of Romantic Period | |
| 11/12 | Romantic Program Symphony- Berlioz Syphonie Fantastique etc., Romantic Symphony- The Music of Brahms, (Symph. #4) | |
| 11/17 | Dvorak (String Quartet) The Music of Wagner (Valkyrie) Romantic Opera- Verdi: La Traviata | |
| 11/19 | **No Class due to Choir Festival*** However- May do a Concert Review of a minimum of 2 choirs (total 40 min) performing in the concert hall during this time. *NOTE: Under no circumstances may you enter or exit in the middle of a choir's performance/clinic | |
| 11/24 | 20th Century Music- Overview + Debussy (Impressionism), Schoenberg (Expressionism) | |
| 12/1 | Both Concert Reviews Due- Nationalism- Copland- Rodeo, "Hoe-Down, Primativism (Stravinsky The Rite of Spring, Part 1) Minimalism (Glass- Knee Play) Review for Quiz 4 | |
| 12/3 | Quiz 4 Music of the Romantic (Romantic Part 2) and 20th Cent. Style Periods |