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

The Evolution of Style in Western Music

COURSE SCHEDULE for Week 11 [11/5-9]


Monday 11/5

  • TEST: The Baroque Era

Wednesday 11/7

  • Departure from the Baroque (p. 257)
    • The tonal system and Rameau
    • Scarlatti's binary form essercizi ("sonatas") for harpsichord

Thursday 11/8

  • The Enlightenment and the Classical Style
  • Contrasting careers: Haydn & Mozart (p. 281)
  • Departure & Return, Key areas, Themes: the beginnings of SONATA FORM
    • C.P.E. Bach and the Empfindsamer Stil (#99 Sonata, H. 186, Wq. 55/4)
    • Symphonies by Sammartini and Stamitz (#s 100, 101 in NAWM)
    • JC Bach Concerto (#102, p. 84)
    • Mozart piano sonata

Friday 11/9

  • SONATA FORM, continued:
    • the string quartet (Haydn)
    • Mozart Concerto, K. 488 (compare to JC Bach concerto!)
    • Beethoven's "Pathetique" Sonata, Op. 13
  • Opera
    • Mozart: Don Giovanni