Music 30 – Introduction to Music Literature and Listening

3 Units,  Room 305,  MWF,  11:00-11:50 A.M.

Joel Jacklich,  Professor of Music;           http://faculty.imperial.cc.ca.us/users/music/

Office: 305-B,  Office Hours: MTWThF 10:00-10:50

(also “by appointment” as posted on office door)      

Phone: (760) 355-6287 (Office), 352-8791 (Home)

E-mail: joel.jacklich@imperial.edu   (Because I receive over 200 e-mails a day from discussion groups to which I belong, I use the “delete” key a lot, to ensure YOUR e-mail will be read, write “IVC Music 30” and nothing else in subject line.)

Text:       Kamien, Roger.  MUSIC: An Appreciation.  4th Brief Edition.  McGraw-Hill: New York, 2001.  (Shrink-wrapped with CDs).

Students should read the text and listen to the included CDs for each lesson BEFORE coming to class to discuss those same lessons.  There will be a question and answer period to start each class covering the assigned text lesson for clarification of problem areas.  For each hour of scheduled class time per week, the student should expect an additional two hours of reading and listening per week (3 hrs in class + 6 hrs. reading and listening assignments = 9 hours total).

GRADING:          

                One LIVE Classical music concert some time during the semester (Free public concerts will be posted and announced.  Those students with schedule conflicts will make arrangements with the instructor for an alternate Classical music listening experience)                                                                                           100 pts

                Additional LIVE Classical music concerts for Extra Credit (One page written review required) up to a maximum of 25 pts per concert review, up to 100 pts maximum for all extra credit.              25 pts ea. (up to 4 times) Extra Credit

Attendance                                                                                            100 pts                

Tests*:   Elements of Music                                                                               100 pts             F, 9/5

Middle Ages and Renaissance                                                          100 pts             F, 9/19

                Baroque                                                                                                 100 pts             F/ 10/3

                Classical                                                                                                100 pts             F, 10/24

                Romantic                                                                                               100 pts             F, 11/14

                Twentieth Century                                                                              100 pts             W, 12/10

                FINAL (Cumulative)                                                                            200 pts             M, 12/15, 11 AM

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                                                                                               1,000 pts (up to 1,100 w/Ex.Cred.)

*Tests must be taken at the scheduled times.  Accommodations will be made for school-sanctioned activities (e.g., field trips and members of IVC sports teams at scheduled sporting events).  Illness must be documented by a doctor's note, and death in the immediate family by a funeral notice.  Missed tests may not be made up without instructor approval PRIOR to the original test date.

Semester grades will be based on a strict percentage of possible points:

90-100% = A             (900-1,000 pts)

                                80-89% = B                (800-899 pts)

                                70-79% = C                (700-799 pts)

                                60-61% = D                (600-699 pts)

                                  0-59% = F                  (0-599 pts)

Accommodations: Any student with a documented disability who needs to arrange reasonable accommodations must contact the instructor and Disabled Student Programs and Services (DSPS) at the beginning of the semester.  (SDP&S Office, 2117 Health Sciences Bldg., Phone: (760) 355-6312)

Course Content:

The Elements of Music

Pitch (highness and lowness of sound/fast and slow frequency of vibration),

Dynamics (Loudness and softness)

Tone Color (Timbre)

Performing Media (Orchestra, Band, Dance Band [Big Band, Jazz Band], Piano Trio, String Quartet, WW Quintet, etc.)

Voices:  Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, Alto, Tenor Baritone, Bass, Countertenor, Castrato

Instruments: Woodwinds:  Flute and Piccolo, Oboe and English Horn, Clarinet Family, Bassoon and Contrabassoon, Saxophone family

                     Brass: French Horn, Trumpet and Cornet, Trombone, (Baritone Horn/Euphonium), Tuba/Sousaphone

                      Strings: Violin, Viola, Violoncello, String Bass, Harp, Guitar

                       Percussion: Pitched: Timpani, Chimes, Bells, /Marimba, Celeste, etc.

                                           Unpitched: Snare Drum, Bass Drum, Cymbals, Gong. Wood Block, Whistle, etc.

                        Keyboards: Piano, Harpsichord, Clavichord, Organ

                        Electronic: Synthesizers, M.I.D.I. capable instruments, Tape, etc.

Rhythm: Beat, Meter, Accent and Syncopation, Tempo

Notation: Notating Pitch, Rhythm, Silence (rests), the Score

Melody

Harmony: Consonance and Dissonance, the Triad, Broken Chords (Arpeggios)

Key (Tonality): Major Scale, Minor Scale, Key Signatures, Chromatic Scale, Modes, Modulation, Tonic Key, Dominant Key

Musical Texture: Monophonic, Heterophonic, Polyphonic, Homophonic, Changes of texture

Musical Form: Motive, Phrase, Cadence, One-Part Form, Binary Form, Ternary Form, Compound Binary Form (March), Compound Ternary Form (Minuet and Trio), Sonata Allegro Form, Baroque Rondo Form, Five-Part Rondo, Seven Part Rondo (Sonata Rondo/Rondo Sonata), Arch Form, Free Form

M usical Style

Middle Ages and Renaissance:  Gregorian Chant, Church Modes, Development of Polyphony--Organum, Secular Music of the Middle Ages: Instrumental (e.g., Estampie), Vocal (Troubadour, Trouvčre, Minnesinger), School of Notre Dame—Measured Rhythm; Ars Nova; Word Painting, the Motet, the Mass, the Italian Madrigal, the English Madrigal, Instrumental Music; Composers: Leonin, Perotin, Philippe de Vitry, Guillaume de Machaut, Guillaume Dufay, Josquin Desprez, Palestrina, Weelkes, Morley, Andrea Gabrieli.  

The Baroque Period:  Unity of Mood, Driving Dance Rhythm, Spun-out Melody, Terraced Dynamics, Beginning of Homophony, Chords and the Basso Continuo (Figured Bass and Figured Bass Realization), Virtuosity and Improvisation, the Baroque Orchestra, Baroque Forms: Concerto Grosso (Concertino, Ripieno, Tutti) and Ritornello Forms, Fugue (Subject, Answer, Exposition, Episode, Rectus, Inversion, Retrograde, Retro. & Inv., Stretto, Augmentation, Diminution), Elements of Opera: Recitative, Aria, Ensemble, Chorus, Instrumental Interludes, Overture (Italian and French), Monteverdi, Sonata da Chiesa, Sonata da Camera, Trio Sonata, Baroque Suite, Tempered Tuning, Chaconne, Passacaglia, Basso Ostinato, Ground Bass, J.S. Chorale, Chorale Prelude, Cantata, Oratorio.  Composers: Monteverdi, Purcell, Vivaldi, Corelli, Bach, Handel.

Classical Period:  Contrast of Mood, Balanced Symmetrical Phrases, Dance Rhythms, Folk-like Melodies, Reserve and Restraint, Classical Forms: Sonata Cycle, Sonata Allegro Form, Repeated Exposition, Double Exposition, Development, Recapitulation, Cadenza, Concerto, Theme and Variations, Minuet and Trio, Rondo, Classical Symphony, the Classical Orchestra, Classical Concerto, Chamber Music, the String Quartet, Development of the Piano, Opera, Seria, Opera Buffa, Singspiel.  Composers: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven.

Romantic Period:  Individuality of Style, Expressive Aims and Subjects, Nationalism and Exoticism, Program Music vs. Absolute Music, Expressive Tone Color, Expanded Harmony, Expanded Range of Dynamics, Pitch, and Tempo Rubato, Form--from the Miniature to the Monumental, the Art Song (Lied), Tempo Rubato, Program Symphony, Symphonic Poem (Tone Poem), Opera, Music Drama.  Composers: Schubert, Robert and Clara Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Berlioz, Smetana, Dvorak, Grieg, Sibelius, the “Russian Five”, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Verdi, Puccini, Wagner.

Twentieth Century:  Impressionism, Post-Romanticism, Neoclassicism, Expressionism, Music since 1950: Serialism, Chance Music, Minimalism, Musical Quotation, Return to Tonality, Electronic Music, Mixed Media, Jazz, Musical Theater, Rock.  Composers: Debussy, Ravel, R. Strauss, G. Mahler, Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Berg, Webern, Bartok, Kodaly, Ives, Gershwin, Copland, Hindemith, Bernstein, Webber, Williams.