Syllabus FALL 2007
MUSC 2100
 Department of Performing Arts
Millsaps College | Jackson, MS

The Evolution of Style in Western Music

STUDY GUIDE FOR TEST #4: Friday 11/16
Readings in Seaton

TERMS TO KNOW | WORKS TO KNOW | SEATON READING

Chapter 16:

  • 257-61: DEPARTURE FROM THE BAROQUE; DEVELOPMENT OF THE TONAL SYSTEM; IDEA OF THE GALANT (particularly Scarlatti)
  • 263-top of 266: EMPFINDSAMER STIL (CPE Bach, Keyboard Instruments)
  • 268-72: DEVELOPMENTS IN INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC (Stamitz's orchestra, Mannheim rocket, Mannheim steamroller)

Chapter 17:

  • 275-79: THE ENLIGHTENMENT; THE CLASSIC OUTLOOK
  • 281-top of 285: Haydn and Mozart
  • 288-top of 292: INSTRUMENTAL GENRES (symphony, string quartet, keyboard sonata, concerto)
  • 292-297: All of the material relevant to Sonata Form, + The Basics of Sonata Form

Chapter 18:

  • 301-303: THE POSITION OF HAYDN AND MOZART
  • 303-305: The string quartet
  • 305-306: The symphony
  • 306-307: The concerto (apply to Mozart concerto K. 488 in NAWM)=
  • 309-311: Mozart's opera collaborations with Lorenzo da Ponte, including a brief mention of Mozart's Don Giovanni on 310
  • 313-317: Beethoven

Chapter 19:

  • 337: on Beethoven's "late" period, which includes the string quartet Op. 131 we looked at.