MUSC 3122: Classic & Romantic Music

Week 1 (W/T= Weiss/Taruskin)

Jan. 16 (M) NO CLASS [MLK Day]
Jan. 17 (T) Prelude to Part IV: THE CLASSICAL ERA
Jan. 18 (W) Chapt. 11: The Art of the Natural W/T 73, 80, 83
Jan. 20 (F) Chapt. 11, cont. [Monn, Scarlatti, Stamitz] W/T 74-77 (treatise excerpts)

Week 2

Jan. 23 (M) Chapt. 11, cont. [J.C. Bach, C.P.E. Bach] W/T 84
Jan. 24*(T) Chapt. 12: Instrumental Music of the Classical Era
Jan. 25 (W) Chapt. 12, cont. [Haydn quartet, symphony ] W/T 85-88

Friday, 1/27: Browse Report #1 due
*REQUIRED CONCERT: Die Schöne Müllerin
Thomas Gregg (tenor) and Rachel Heard (fortepiano)
Tue., 1/24 @ 7:30 -- St. Philips Episcopal Church

Week 3

Jan. 30 (M) Chapt. 12, cont. [Mozart "Concerto" after JC Bach, Haydn quartet]
Jan. 31 (T) Chapt. 12, cont. [Haydn quartet, symphony, Mozart concerto]
Feb. 1 (W) TEST #1, Chapters 11 and 12 / with LISTENING TEST

*REQUIRED CONCERT: MSO Chamber II [Mozart]
Sat., 2/4 @ 7:30 pm - Belhaven College

Week 4

Feb. 6 (M) Required: Heritage lecture on the Baroque (AC 215)
Feb. 7 (T) Chapt. 13: Vocal Music in the Classical Era
Feb. 8 (W) Chapt. 13, cont. [Pergolesi, Gluck operas] W/T 78, 82

Friday, 2/10: Browse Report #2 due

Feb. 13 (M) Chapt. 13, cont. [Don Giovanni, Requiem]
Feb. 14 (T) TEST #2, Chapter 13
Feb. 15 (W) Prelude to Part V and Chapter 14: The Age of the Tone Poet W/T 90

Topic Proposal due Friday 2/17

Week 6

Feb. 20 (M) Chapt. 14, cont.
Feb. 21 (T) Chapt. 15: Orchestral Music, 1800-1850 [Eroica] W/T 89, 91-94
Feb. 22 (W) Chapt. 15, cont. [Berlioz, Beethoven, Mendelssohn] W/T 101, 102, 107

Friday, 2/25: Browse Report #3 due
*REQUIRED CONCERT: Tatiana Mitchko Tessman, piano
Sun., 2/26 @ 3:00 pm - ACRH [$5]

Week 7

Feb. 27* (M) Chapt. 15, cont. *Annotated bibliography due
Feb. 28 (T) TEST #3, Chapters 14 and 15
Mar. 1 (W) Chapt. 16: Piano Music, Chamber Music, Song ["Waldstein," Op. 130]

*Annotated bibliography due Mon., 2/27
midterm grades due 3/3

Week 8

Mar. 6(M) Chapt. 16, cont. [lied: Schubert, Schumann, Wolf, Mussorgsky] W/T 114
Mar. 7 (T) Chapt. 16, cont. [Chopin pieces, Schumann Carnaval] W/T 106, 103
Mar. 8 (W) Chapt. 17: Dramatic and Sacred Music [Barber of Seville] W/T 96

Research Project outline draft due Friday 3/10

Spring Break March 11-19

Week 9

Mar. 20 (M) Chapt. 17, cont. [Verdi's Rigoletto, Liszt's paraphrase] W/T 118, 104
Mar. 21 (T) Chapt. 18: Orchestral Music, 1850-1900 [J. Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Liszt]
Mar. 22 (W) Chapt. 18, cont. [Brahms, Mahler, R. Strauss] W/T 108-110, 115-121

Mar. 27 (M) Chapt. 18: Orchestral Music, 1850-1900 [J. Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Liszt]
Mar. 28 (T) Chapt. 18, cont. [Brahms, Mahler, R. Strauss] W/T 108-110, 115-121
Mar. 29 (W) TEST #4, Chapts. 16-18 / COMPREHENSIVE LISTENING: Ch. 11-18

MUSC 3132: Contemporary Music