THE ENJOYMENT OF MUSIC T&TH 9:00 AM to 10:15AM Office: PAC - M129 Phone: OFFICE HOURS: TBA or by appointment

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1 MUL 2010 FALL/2010 Mr. Roy Pickering THE ENJOYMENT OF MUSIC T&TH 9:00 AM to 10:15AM Office: PAC - M129 rpickeri@mail.ucf.edu Phone: OFFICE HOURS: TBA or by appointment REQUIRED: Kamien, Roger - Music: An Appreciation TENTH Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc., Santron forms UCF Pink Compact Disks to Accompany Music: An Appreciation. These contain all of the assigned listening. COURSE OBJECTIVES: Through this course each student may (a) Become acquainted with the elements common to most music (b) Become acquainted with a variety of musical styles (c) Become familiar with some major composers and a number of important masterpieces. (d) Become aware of the need to listen differently to each type of music (e) Develop techniques for creative listening. FORMAT: (a) Regularly scheduled class sessions: listening to music, viewing some examples from the In Time and Man & Music Video Series and lectures. Students should bring the textbook to each class so we can make use of the listening outlines found there. (b) Class attendance is your responsibility! Students are in all cases responsible for anything and everything said in class - including changes in assignments, exams, as this syllabus is subject to change. In addition, it should be noted that approximately one-third of the questions on each examination may be taken from the lectures. (c) Listening to live performances of music is highly recommended. Students should become aware of the many options in the central Florida area. NO book or lecture can deal adequately with the subject of music. One must become accustomed to listening creatively to music in order to enjoy it more. EXAMINATIONS: Online learning center contains many materials to assist students studying for examinations. Four (4) multiple choice exams will be given with questions based on the text and class sessions. Those that concern the assigned listing will be answered after an excerpt from one of the assigned pieces is played. IN MOST CASES YOU WILL BE ASKED TO IDENTIFY THE COMPOSER AND TITLE OF EACH LISTENING EXCERPT. YOU MAY ALSO BE ASKED ONE OR MORE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS WHICH WILL CONCERN ONE ASPECT OF THE PIECE SUCH AS THE FOLLOWING: FORM, TEXTURE, STYLE, TYPE OF COMPOSITION, IDENTIFICATION OF AN INSTRUMENT OR INSTRUMENTS, ETC. MAKE-UP EXAMS WILL NOT BE GIVEN EXCEPT IN UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES. If an examination is missed for any reason, however legitimate, it will be recorded as a 0. Exceptions to 1

2 this policy include: (1) sustained illness requiring absence from all classes or (2) death in the immediate family within five calendar days of a scheduled examination. PICKERING MISCELLANEOUS: 1. Everyone must bring to each examination his or her ID with photograph. 2. No extra credit will be accepted in the course for any reason. 3. Students who expect difficulty in attending scheduled examinations are advised to withdraw from the class at this time and schedule it at a later date when they can meet these requirements. ASSIGNED LISTENING LIST KAMIEN CD COMPOSER AND TITLE CHAPTER NUMBER EXAMINATION #1: PART I *Wagner: Lohengrin, Prelude to Act III *Chopin: Prelude in C Minor for Piano, Op. 28, No *Stravinsky: Firebird Suite, Scene *Duke Ellington: C-Jam Blues I *Benjamin Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 (1946) *John Philip Sousa: The Stars and Stripes Forever *George Gershwin: I Got Rhythm *Dave Brubeck: Unsquare Dance *Harold Arlen: Over the Rainbow I *Chopin: Prelude in E Minor, Op. 28, No. 4 I *Bizet: L'Arlésienne, Suite No. 2, "Farandole" I *Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, "Dance of the Reedpipes" *Bach: Bouree from Suite in E minor for Lute EXAMINATION #2 PART IV & V IV *Bach: Brandenburg Concerto #5 in D Major, 1st movement IV *J.S. Bach: Organ Fugue in G Minor ("The Little") IV *Monteverdi: Orfeo, Act III, "Tu sei morta" IV *Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, "Dido's Lament" IV *Corelli: Trio Sonata in A Minor, Op. 3 No. 10, Movement I IV *Vivaldi: La Primavera, 1 st, 2 nd, & 3 rd Movements IV *Bach : Prelude in C Minor & Fugue in C Minor IV *Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, III: Air IV: Bouree V: Gigue IV *Bach: Cantata #140, "Wachet auf," movements 1, 4, & 7 IV *Handel: Messiah: French Overture, Comfort Ye My People, "Every Valley Shall Be Exalted, For Unto Us A Child is Born, and the "Hallelujah Chorus". V *Mozart: Symphony #40 in G Minor, K550, 1 st Movement V *Mozart: Symphony #40 in G Minor, K. 550, 4th movement V *Haydn: Symphony #94 in G Major, "Surprise," 2nd movement V *Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525, 3rd movement V *Beethoven: String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18, #4, 4th movement V *Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in Eb Major, 3 rd Movement V *Mozart: Don Giovanni, Act I, "Introduction," "Catalogue Aria," & Duet V *Mozart: Piano Concerto #23 in A Major, K 488 Movement #1 V *Mozart: Dies Irae from Requiem in D Minor, K626 V *Beethoven: Sonata in C Minor, Op. 13 Pathetique 1, 2, 3 2

3 V *Beethoven: Symphony #5 in C Minor, Movements 1, 2, 3, and 4 PICKERING EXAMINATION #3: PART VI VI *Schubert: "The Erlking" *Schubert: Piano Quintet in A Major, D.667, Trout, Movement IV VI *Schumann: Carnival: Chiarina, Chopin, Estrella, Reconnaissance VI *Clara Wieck Schumann: Romance in Eb Minor, Op. 11 #1 VI *Chopin: Nocturne in E Flat Major, Op. 9, No *Chopin: Etude in C Minor, Op. 10, #12, "Revolutionary" VI *Liszt: Transcendental Etude No. 10 in F Minor VI *Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E Minor, Movement I VI *Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, movement 4 & 5 VI *Mussorgsky-Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition Great Gate of Kiev VI *Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet VI *Smetana: The Moldau VI *Antonin Dvorak: Symphony #9 in E minor movement #1 VI *Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F Major, movement *Brahms: How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place, Mvt. IV of German Requiem VI *Verdi: La Donna eʼ mobile and Quartet from Rigoletto VI *Puccini: La Bohéme, Act I, excerpt VI *Wagner: Die Wakure Act 1, Love scene, Conclusion VI *Mahler: Ging heutʼ Morgen uberʼs Feld EXAMINATION #4 PART VII VII *Debussy: Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" VII *Ravel: Bolero VII *Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, Part I: "Introduction," "Omens of Spring," Dance of the Youths and Maidens," "Ritual of Abduction," Part II: Sacrificial Dance *Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms Mvt. I VII *Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire *Schoenberg: A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46 VII *Berg: Wozzeck, Act III, scenes 4 and 5 VII *Webern: Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 10, Third Piece VII *Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra, movement 1 & 2 VII *Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Movement 2 VII *Ives: Putnamʼs Camp, Redding, Connecticut VII *Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue VII *William Grant Still: Afro-American Symphony movement 3 VII *Copland: Appalachian Spring, Theme and Variations on "Simple Gifts" VII *Ginastera: Estancia Suite, Op. 8a - Malambo IX *Bernstein: Tonight Ensemble from West Side Story VII *Cage: Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: Sonata 2 VII *Varèse: Poéme Electronique VII *Crumb: Ancient Voices of Children, From Where Do You Come, My Love, My Child VII *Zwilich: Concerto Grosso, movement 1 VII *Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine 3

4 * = The text includes a Listening Outline for these works. SCHEDULE OF TOPICS MUL 2010 FALL/2010 PROFESSOR PICKERING DATE CHAPTERS TOPIC 8/24/2010 Syllabus Distribution and Introduction to Classical Music I.1 Sound: Pitch, Dynamics, and Tone Color 8/26 I.2 Performing Media: Voices and Instruments 8/31 I.3-5 Rhythm; Music Notation; Melody 9/2 I.6-9 Harmony; Key; Musical Texture 9/7 I.9-11 Musical Form; Performance ; Style 9/9 EXAMINATION ON ELEMENTS OF MUSIC 9/14 IV. 1-3 &10-11 Baroque Music; Music in Baroque Society; Concerto Grosso; Vivaldi 9/16 IV. 4, 9, & 13 Fugue; Sonata; & Suite 9/21 IV Bach; Church Cantata 9/23 IV /5-8 Oratorio; Handel; Opera Chapters 9/28 V. 1-7 Classical Style; Sonata Form; Theme & Variations; Minuet; Rondo 9/30 V.8-10 Concerto; Chamber Music; Haydn 10/5 V.11 Mozart 10/7 V.12 Beethoven 10/12 EXAMINATION ON BAROQUE AND CLASSICAL MUSIC 10/14 VI. 1-6 Romantic Music: Art Songs; Schubert; Schumann 10/15 LAST DAY FOR WITHDRAWAL 10/21 VI. 7-9 Chopin; Liszt; Mendelssohn 10/26 VI Program Music; Berlioz; Nationalism; Smetana; Dvorak 10/28 VI.12-13, 16, 20 Mussorgsky; Tchaikovsky; Brahms; Mahler 11/2 VI Verdi; Puccini; Wagner 11/4 EXAMINATION ON ROMANTIC MUSIC 11/09 VII th Century Musical Styles; Society; Impressionism; Debussy, Ravel1 11/11 HOLIDAY - VETERANS DAY 11/16 VII. 6-9 Neoclassicism: Stravinsky; Expressionism; Schoenberg 11/18 VII Berg; Webern; Bartok; Shostakovich 11/23 VII Ives; Gershwin; Still 11/25-27 THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY 11/30 VII & IX. 2- Copland; Bernstein; Musical Styles since

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