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

The Evolution of Style in Western Music

COURSE SCHEDULE for Week 12 [11/12-16]

Monday 11/12

  • The Enlightenment and the Classical Style
  • Contrasting careers: Haydn & Mozart (p. 281)
  • Classical symphonic format: the 4-movement plan
    • Haydn Symphony #92
    • Beethoven "Eroica" (the push toward Romanticism)
  • Rondo form
    • Beethoven "Pathetique" sonata (third movement)

Wednesday 11/14

  • "Eroica" continued
  • Rondo form, cont.
    • Haydn String Quartet Op. 33 #2 (rondo movement: Presto)

Thursday 11/8

  • Opera buffa
    • Mozart: Don Giovanni

Friday 11/9

  • TEST ON THE CLASSICAL STYLE + BEETHOVEN