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1 Course MUSI Understanding Music Professor Lori Gerard Term Fall 2015 Meetings TTh 2:30 3:45 p.m. AH Professor s Contact Information Office Phone Other Phone Office Location JO Address lag091020@utdallas.edu Office Hours MW 10:00 11:00, TTh TBD Other Information None General Core Area 050 Creative Arts Description: Courses in this category focus on the appreciation and analysis of creative artifacts and works of the human imagination. Courses involve the synthesis and interpretation of artistic expression and enable critical, creative, and innovative communication about works of art. Objectives: Critical Thinking (CT) to include creative thinking, innovation, inquiry, and analysis, evaluation, and synthesis of information Communication (COM)-to include effective development, interpretation, and expression of ideas through written, oral, and visual communication Teamwork (TW)-to include the ability to consider different points of view and to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal Social Responsibility (SR)-to include intercultural competence, knowledge of civic responsibility, and the ability to engage effectively in regional, national, and global communities General Course Information Pre-requisites, Corequisites, & other restrictions Course Description Learning Outcomes None. Just bring an open mind. An introduction to the elements and basic forms of Western art music, with a particular emphasis on active listening. Methods of analytical and aesthetic appreciation will be applied to musical examples, with corollaries in literature, history, theater, and the visual arts. Students will: CT: critique music performances based on objective reasons, rather than mere gut reaction. COM: identify and verbally articulate, in terms of the elements of music, what they are hearing in a piece of Western art music. TW: within a small group, throw a mini listening party, where they will introduce each other to a piece of music, listen to it

2 together, and discuss the piece using proper musical vocabulary. SR: locate and attend live Classical music performances within the local and/or regional community Required Texts & Materials Suggested Texts, Readings, & Materials Textbook Kristine Forney, Andrew Dell Antonio, and Joseph Machlis. The Enjoyment of Music, 12 th edition (W.W. Norton) Materials A set of headphones or earbuds. An 1/8 th inch male to female extension cable. TBD Assignments & Academic Calendar [Topics, Reading Assignments, Due Dates, Exam Dates] Due dates All assignments and reviews are due by 11:59 p.m. Listening Assignment 1: Thursday, Sept. 10 Listening Assignment 2: Thursday, Sept. 24 Concert Review 1: Thursday, Oct. 22 Listening Assignment 3: Thursday, Nov. 5 Concert Review 2: Thursday, Nov. 19 Listening Party Assignment: Tuesday, Dec. 8 Unit Week Dates Chapter Listening Guides 1. Materials of Music 1 8/25 Syllabus, Intro 8/27 1:Melody 2 9/1 9/3 3 9/8 9/10 4 9/15 9/17 5 9/22 9/24 1: Melody 2: Rhythm and Meter 3: Harmony 4: Organization of Musical Sounds No Class Labor Day 4: Organization of Musical Sounds 5: Texture 5: Texture 6: Form 6: Form 7: Expression & 8: Music and Words 9: Voices and

3 2. Music in Sacred Places 3: Music for Stage and Screen 6 9/29 10/1 Instrument Families & 10: Instruments 10: Instruments 11: Ensembles 11: Ensembles 12: Style and Function 7 10/6 Midterm Exam 7 10/8 13: Voice and Worship 14: Layering Lines 17: Remember Me 18: Glory Be 8 10/13 22: Musical Sermons 23: Textures of Worship 24: Independent Study 10/15 35: Mourning a Hero 48: Accepting Death 50: Jubilees and Jubilation 9 10/20 54: Still Sacred 68: Icons in Sound 21: Performing Grief 34: Making It Real 9 10/22 44: Multimedia Hits 45: Total Art 10 10/27 46: Poetry in Motion 47: Exotic Allure 53: Calculated 10/29 Shock 55: War is Hell 58: Folk Opera? 63: Staged Sentiment 11 11/3 67: Underscoring Meaning 69: Reality Shows Britten: Young Person s Guide to the Orchestra Hildegard: Alleluia Notre Dame School: Gaude Maria virgo Josquin: Ave Maria Palestrina: Pope Marcellus Mass Bach: Wachet auf Handel: Messiah Billings: David s Lamentation Mozart: Requiem Fauré: Requiem Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Boulanger: Psalm 24 Tavener: A Hymn to the Mo ther of God Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Mozart: Don Giovanni Verdi: Rigoletto Wagner: Die Walküre Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Puccini: Madame Butterfl y Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring Berg: Wozzeck Gershwin: Porgy and Bess Bernstein: West Side Story Williams: Imperial March Adams: Doctor Atomic Machaut: Ma fi n est mon commencement Arcadelt: Il bianco e dolce cigno

4 4: Music Among Friends 15: Symbols and Puzzles 16: Singing in Friendship 11 11/5 19: Instrumental Movements 27: Process as Meaning 28: Musical Conversations Farmer: Fair PhyllisSusato: Three Dances Bach: Contrapunctus I Haydn: Emperor Quartet 5: Music in Public Places 12 11/10 11/12 30: Expanding the Conversation 32: Personalizing the Conversation 36: Musical Reading 37: Marketing Music 38: Dancing at the Keyboard 52: Anything Goes 13 11/17 62: New Sound Palettes 64: Less Is More 25: Grace and Grandeur 13 11/19 26: Sounding Spring 29: The Ultimate Instrument 31: Conversation with a Leader 33: Disrupting the Conversation Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata Schubert: Erlkönig Schumann: In the Lovely Month of May Foster: Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair Chopin: Mazurka in B- flat minor Schoenberg: Pierrot lunaire Cage: Sonatas and Interludes Crumb: Caballito negro Reich, Electric Counterpoint, III Handel: Water Music Vivaldi: The Seasons Haydn: Symphony No. 100 (Military) Mozart: Piano Concerto in G, K. 453 Beethoven: Symphony No /23 Thanksgiving 11/27 Break No class 15 12/1 43: Absolutely Classic 49: Mythical Impressions 66: Neo- Romantic Evocations 6. Music and Identity 15 12/3 42: Sounding a Nation 40: Piano Triumphant Brahms: Symphony No. 3 Debussy: Prelude to The After noon of a Faun Higdon: blue cathedral Grieg: Peer Gynt Gottschalk: The Banjo Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique

5 41: Personal Soundtracks 16 12/8 57: Modern America 59: Sounds American 60: Also American 61: Classic Rethinking Still: Suite for Violin and Piano Ives: Country Band March Copland: Appalachian Spring Revueltas: Homage to Federico García Lorca Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra Final Exam: Course Policies Grading (credit) Criteria Make-up Exams Extra Credit Late Work Class Participation: 5% Listening Assignment 1: 10% Listening Assignment 2: 10% Listening Assignment 3: 10% Concert Review 1: 10% Concert Review 2: 10% Listening Party: 15% Midterm: 15% Final: 15% Grading Scale: A A B B B C C C D Make-up exams are given only for students who have made a prior arrangement with the instructor, or for those who bring a doctor's note due to illness. 10 InQuizitives for an increase of a grade level. Assignments and Concert Reviews are due on the assigned Due Date. Late assignments and Concert Reviews will be accepted up to one week after the due date, but your grade will be reduced for being late. Assignments that are more than one week late will not be accepted and will receive a grade of "F", unless you have obtained prior approval of the instructor. This grading policy is in fairness to those students who submit their work on time. If there are extenuating circumstances that preclude your submitting an assignment on time (such as a serious illness or a death in the family, for example), contact the instructor before the due date so we can discuss your circumstance and see if a special accommodation can be made in your case. If you notify the instructor of your dilemma after the assignment due date, it will be considered a late assignment and will be graded accordingly.

6 Special Assignments Class Attendance Classroom Citizenship Comet Creed UT Dallas Syllabus Policies and Procedures None You are permitted three absences (excused or unexcused) from class. Each absence above three will result in one point being deducted from your final grade. If you have three or less absences at the end of the semester, your final percentage grade will be increased to the next grade level: e.g., if you have no absences, a final grade of C+ will be upgraded one level to a B-, B to B+, etc. The use of laptops and/or tablets/ipads in the classroom setting can hinder instruction and learning, not only for the student using the device but also for other students in the class. However, I do understand that some of you may be more comfortable and accustomed to taking notes on a computer. If this is the case, please come and speak to me outside of class. Only students who have spoken with me and have been granted permission will be allowed to use a laptop or tablet in class. All written work and class discussion for this course must employ genderneutral, nonsexist language, and rhetorical constructions. Such practice is part of a classroom environment according full respect and opportunity to all participants by all others. This creed was voted on by the UT Dallas student body in It is a standard that Comets choose to live by and encourage others to do the same: As a Comet, I pledge honesty, integrity, and service in all that I do. The information contained in the following link constitutes the University s policies and procedures segment of the course syllabus. Please go to for these policies. The descriptions and timelines contained in this syllabus are subject to change at the discretion of the Professor.

ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY SYLLABUS FOR MUSI 1306 MUSIC APPRECIATION

ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY SYLLABUS FOR MUSI 1306 MUSIC APPRECIATION Semester Hours Credit: 3 Susan Reynolds, Instructor Office Hours: 4:00-5:00 s.reynolds@goldisd.net 325-451-0232 (3:30pm-9:00pm) I. INTRODUCTION