MUS 302L / EUS 307M MWF 11-11:50am MRH 2.608 Introduction to Western Music Fall 2016 Instructor: Bethany McLemore Email: mclemorebeth@gmail.com Follow me on Twitter! @Bethany302L Skype ID: mclemorebeth Office: MBE 3.412 Office Hours: MWF 9:30-10:30am Teaching Assistant: Yu Ye Email: kongpola@gmail.com Course Description: MUS 302L is a course designed to introduce students to musical styles in the Euro-American ( Western ) art music tradition between the Middle Ages and the present day. Our discussions, assignments, and other course activities will follow three main discussion threads: (1) what meaning(s) does music convey, (2) how does music convey meaning, and (3) what contextspecific roles does music play? I hope that throughout this course you will develop an awareness and appreciation of the vital role that music has played and continues to play in society as a whole, as well as in people s individual lives, and that you learn to consider music critically in several dimensions beyond its probably apparent role of entertainment. Since this course is intended for non-music-major students, previous experience with musical performance, including the ability to read notated music, is not required or expected. Course Objectives: The main objective of the course is to help you develop two main skills, which may prove valuable in other courses and life in general: (1) critical thinking and (2) critical listening. For the purposes of this course, this means that I will challenge you to question taken-for-granted assumptions and arguments about music by engaging with various types of media and literature. I will also encourage you to make connections between the concepts and music we study in class and other music and contexts through various assignments and activities. I will measure your development of critical thinking and critical listening by your ability to do the following: 1. Identify and describe style traits and technical aspects of a piece of music (such as melody, rhythm, harmony, texture, instrumentation, etc.) 2. Articulate relationships between a piece of music and its historical, functional, and cultural/social context(s). 3. Formulate informed opinions about the role of Western art music in/as culture, based on specific evidence, experience, examples, including primary and secondary sources, as well as musical examples. 4. Apply concepts from the course to other examples of music in/as culture.
Introduction to Western Music (McLemore) Syllabus - page 2 All assignments and activities in this course relate to these four objectives. Required Materials: 1. Textbook: Kristine Forney, Andrew Dell Antonio, and Joseph Machlis, The Enjoyment of Music (12th Edition, Shorter Version) New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2015. (ISBN-978-0-393-93638-4) This text is available at the University Co-op (new paperback with access code), or online (paperback, loose leaf, or ebook.) Listening examples and interactive listening guides will be entirely online at https://digital.wwnorton.com/enjmusic12s. Any and all technical support questions should be addressed to http://support.wwnorton.com 2. Top Hat: You must purchase a subscription to Top Hat, a Student Response System. Go to: tophat.com/register/student/ to register and purchase your subscription. (See additional Top Hat Quick Start Guide posted on Canvas). 3. Internet access: You must have access to Canvas (https://utexas.instructure.com /courses/1177576), Norton Study Space and InQuizitive, and Top Hat on a regular basis both in and outside of class to receive announcements, access audio tracks, view course documents and assignments, and submit much of your work. Grading Breakdown: Lecture: Attendance (Top Hat)..... 10% Participation (Top Hat). 20% Discussion Section: Attendance & Participation...... 10% Presentation & Review Facilitation..... 10% Quizzes & Exams: InQuizitive....... 10% Midterm 15% Final Exam.. 25% Grading Scale: Your final grade for this class will be calculated according to the following scale: A = 94-100 C = 74-76 A- = 90-93 C- = 70-73 B+ = 87-89 D+ = 67-69 B = 84-86 D = 64-66 B- = 80-83 D- = 60-63 C+ = 77-79 F = 0-60
Introduction to Western Music (McLemore) Syllabus - page 3 Assignment Detail Lecture Attendance (10% of Final Grade) Policy: Attendance will be taken for each lecture through Top Hat. Students are required to attend lecture. Each student will be given FIVE free absences (excused and unexcused). This means that your attendance grade will not be penalized for missing lecture up to five times. You do not need to email me or your TA about these absences in order for them to be excused. However, you will not receive full participation points for days you are absent, so students are advised to try to avoid absences. For every absence exceeding these five freebies, a percentage will be deducted from your attendance grade. Unexcused tardiness will also negatively affect your grade. Arriving 5-20 minutes late will result in a partial deduction from your grade. If you arrive to class more than 20 minutes late, you will receive an absence. **You must have Top Hat open and ready by 11:05am. I will not allow extra time for attendance or during questions for students who aren t prepared. Lecture Participation (20% of Final Grade) Participation during lecture will be graded based on: 1. Submission & Correctness of Answers to Top Hat Questions: You will be asked at several points during every class session to submit a response to a question using Top Hat on a personal device: a computer, ipad, phone, etc. Participation points will be awarded based on participation and correctness. Questions will relate to your reading assignment for the day and/or to previous lectures. a. You should bring your device with Top Hat access to every class session. If you opt to use Top Hat through a browser or the app, you must have Top Hat open and ready by 11:05am. I will not allow extra time for attendance or during questions for students who aren t prepared. 2. Periodic short in-class written assignments and other in-class activities: I will occasionally ask you to write a short response to a discussion question via Top Hat, or ask you to engage in a short in-class activity. 3. Observing proper classroom etiquette. (See Classroom Etiquette on p. 5) **Participation will be graded on a curve, which will be calculated at the end of the semester. Discussion Section Attendance & Participation (10% of Final Grade) Weekly discussion sections are a crucial element of the course. You have ONE free absence from discussion section, after which your grade will be penalized for each absence. During your weekly session with your Teaching Assistant, you will be given activities and assignments designed to enhance your understanding of textbook and lecture materials, and to best prepare you for your midterm and final exam. Discussion section attendance and participation will be graded at the discretion of your Teaching Assistant. Discussion Section Meeting Place/Time by Unique Number
Introduction to Western Music (McLemore) Syllabus - page 4 21170 & 36190 Tuesday 5pm, MRH 2.610 21180 & 36180 Tuesday 6pm, MRH 2.610 21175 & 36175 Thursday 5pm, MRH 2.610 21185 & 36185 Thursday 6pm, MRH 2.610 Discussion Section Group Work: Style Period Presentation & Review Session Facilitation (10% of Final Grade) Each student will be assigned a group corresponding to a historical musical style period. Each group will give a presentation outlining the major style characteristics, genres, composers, and historical figures and events for their assigned period, and present musical examples not provided in the textbook. Then during lab in Weeks 14 and 15, each group will lead a review session for their style period in preparation for the final. A more detailed outline for both the presentation and review facilitation will be provided on Canvas. Norton InQuizitive (10%) Online access to InQuizitive is provided with the purchase of a new copy of the textbook or ebook. Each week, you are required to complete at least ONE InQuizitive Chapter Quiz and ONE InQuizitive Listening Guide. So by the end of the semester, you should have completed 14 chapter quizzes and 14 ilgs total. You are, of course, welcome to complete as many of these assignments as you want, but I will only take the top 14 scores of each. There are many of these assignments you can choose from each week; see the assignment schedule on pp. 7-9 for a list of weekly options. Midterm 15% of Final Grade I will play four unknown musical examples exemplifying style periods studied over the course of the semester. In a series of multiple choice and short answer questions, you will be asked to demonstrate knowledge learned about aesthetic and historical movements within the history of Western Music. Review sessions will take place in discussion section during Weeks 5-7. Midterm Re-take Discussions If you receive below a 50 on your Midterm, after reviewing your returned test, you must make an appointment with your TA or professor in order to re-take your exam. This re-take will simply consist of a casual discussion with your TA or professor about the questions you missed, ensuring your understanding of the information. On the other hand, if you receive a 50 or above on your Midterm, you may schedule a re-take discussion to make up points if you wish, but it is not required. Re-take discussions may add up to 30% of your lost points back to your test grade. For example, if you make a 70, and your re-take discussion is excellent, you can receive up to 10 points added to your test score, to receive an 80. Final Exam- 25% of Final Grade The Final will take place on Friday, Dec. 9, 2-5pm. I will play six unknown musical examples exemplifying style periods studied over the course of the semester. In a series of multiple choice and short answer questions, you will be asked to demonstrate knowledge learned about aesthetic and historical movements within the history of Western Music. Review sessions will take place in lab during Weeks 12, 13, and 15, and during lecture on Dec. 5.
Introduction to Western Music (McLemore) Syllabus - page 5 EXTRA CREDIT: The Rules 1.Your instructor will ONLY look at extra credit if ALL assignments up until that point are completed. In other words, if you have any 0 s in the gradebook, you must first complete that assignment before anything extra can be counted. 2.If all required assignments are completed, there is only one way you can gain extra credit, through Concert Attendance. i. You may earn extra credit through attending concerts in the Western Art tradition, and observing proper concert etiquette. I will provide information about concert etiquette, and a few links to concert calendars via Canvas, and I will recommend a few in particular during the course of the semester. But you are welcome to find your own concert outside of this list, as long as they are within the Western Art Tradition. If you are unsure if a certain concert counts as Western Art Music, check with your instructor or TA prior to attending the concert. To prove your attendance, you must turn in your program with: 1) your name, 2) the length of the concert, and 3) the assignment to which you would like the points applied (see next bullet for options). Submit the program to your instructor, or, in the case there are no programs available, take a selfie with the stage in the background BEFORE or AFTER the performance and submit the photo along with the required information via email to mclemorebeth@gmail.com. ii. Points earned may be applied to any of the following assignments (you must select one): Lecture Participation, Presentation & Review Facilitation, or InQuizitive. 3.There is a limit on how much extra credit each student can earn. You can only attend three concerts for extra credit (one for each possible benefitted assignment, or if you d rather the points all go to one, you may do that as well.) Classroom etiquette Laptop use: You may use your laptop computer and/or other personal device to take notes and to participate in Top Hat activities during lecture. Do not use your device for any other purpose. It distracts you and your peers. Your TA will be monitoring computer use from the back of the lecture hall, and if you do not abide by these rules you may lose participation points. Punctuality: Arrive to class on time and stay for the full duration of the class. Tardiness and/or leaving early will result in loss of participation points (see attendance policy, below). Inform the instructor if you have a legitimate situation that prevents you from arriving on time or staying for the full duration of class. Respect: Be courteous with your peers, instructor, and teaching assistants. We will occasionally discuss sensitive issues in class and in small groups. Respect people who
Introduction to Western Music (McLemore) Syllabus - page 6 disagree or challenge your point of view, so that everyone may feel free to express their thoughts.
Introduction to Western Music (McLemore) Syllabus - page 7 Guidelines for Students with Disabilities Any student with a documented disability who requires academic accommodations should contact Services for Students with Disabilities at 471-6259 (voice) or 232-2937 (Video Phone) or http://www.utexas.edu/diversity/ddce/ssd as soon as possible to request an official letter outlining authorized accommodations for the professor and TA. Policy on Scholastic Dishonesty Students who violate University rules on scholastic dishonesty including collaborating on any assignments that are not specified as collaborative, or plagiarizing by copying from any outside source without proper attribution are subject to disciplinary penalties, including the possibility of failure in the course and/or dismissal from the University. Since such dishonesty harms the individual, all students, and the integrity of the University, policies on scholastic dishonesty will be strictly enforced. In most instances of scholastic dishonesty, the recommended penalty will be failure of the course. For further information please visit the Student Judicial Services Web site: http://deanofstudents.utexas.edu/sjs Religious Holy Days By UT Austin policy, you must notify the professor of your pending absence at least fourteen days prior to the date of observance of a religious holy day. If you must miss a class, an examination, a work assignment, or a project in order to observe a religious holy day, you will be given the opportunity to complete the missed work within a reasonable time after the absence. SURE Walk SURE Walk is a student-run volunteer group that provides pedestrian escorts to the university community on school nights to students, staff, and faculty. Monday-Thursday, 10pm 2am, Phone: 512-232-9255. Behavior Concerns Advice Line (BCAL) If you are worried about someone who is acting differently, you may use the Behavior Concerns Advice Line to discuss by phone your concerns about another individual s behavior. Call 512-232-5050 or visit http://www.utexas.edu/safety/bcal. UT has numerous other resources for students to provide assistance and support for your learning: Sanger Learning and Career Center: http://www.utexas.edu/ugs/slc Counseling and Mental Health Center: http://cmhc.utexas.edu Center for Strategic Advising and Career Counseling: http://www.utexas.edu/ugs/csacc Student Emergency Services: http://deanofstudents.utexas.edu/emergency
Introduction to Western Music (McLemore) Syllabus - page 8 Course Schedule (Subject to Change and Adjustment) All readings must be completed BEFORE the assigned class day. All Assignments are due at the START of class. Slides from each lecture will be posted on Canvas after lecture. Date Topic Read: Listen: 8/24 Introduction & Class Overview 8/26 Music Fundamentals: Pitch, Contour, Melody, & Musical Time LAB **NO LABS 8/29 Fundamentals: Scales, Harmony, Texture 8/31 Fundamentals: Form, Tempo, Dynamics, Music & Words 9/2 Fundamentals: Musical Style; Music as Commodity and Social Activity; Middle Ages: Chant LAB Week 1: Introductions & Fundamentals Prelude 1, Ch. 1, 2 Available Assignments (complete at least ONE chapter quiz and ONE ilg per week) NI Chapter Quizzes: 1, 2 Week 2: Fundamentals, Cont. & The Middle Ages Ch. 3, 4, 5 NI Chapter Quizzes: 3, 4, 5 Due: Registration for Top Hat Ch. 6, 7, 8 NI Chapter Quizzes: 6, 7, 8 Ch. 12, Prelude 2, Ch. 13 Introductions, Technology Demos, & Tech Scavenger Hunt Week 3: Medieval, cont. & Renaissance Sacred Song 9/5 LABOR DAY HOLIDAY!! 9/7 MA: Notre Dame Polyphony & The Ars Nova Ch. 14, Ch. 15 LG 2 NI Chapter Quizzes: 12, 13 ilg: 2 Due: Acknowledgment Form LG 3, LG 4 NI Chapter Quizzes: 14, 15 ilg: 3, 4 9/9 Ren: Motet & Mass Ch. 17, Ch. 18 LG 7, LG 8 NI Chapter Quizzes: 17, 18 ilg: 7, 8 LAB Fundamentals Review: Covering Covers Week 4: Medieval & Renaissance Secular Music; Intro to Baroque Era 9/12 Fundamentals: Instruments & Ch. 9, 10 NI Chapter Quizzes: 9, 10 Ensembles; Fundamentals Review 9/14 MA & Ren: Secular Song and Instrumental Dance Music Ch. 16, 19 LG 5, LG 6, LG 9 NI Chapter Quizzes: 16, 19 ilg: 5, 6, 9 9/16 Baroque: Intro & Italian Sacred Music Prelude 3, Ch. 20 LG 10 NI Chapter Quiz: 20 ilg: 10 LAB Group 1 Presentations; Middle Ages & Renaissance Wrap-up Week 5: The Drama of the Baroque 9/19 Baroque: The Invention of Opera Ch. 21 LG 11 NI Chapter Quizzes: 21 ilg: 11 9/21 Baroque: Lutheran Cantata & English Oratorio Ch. 22, Ch. 23 LG 12, LG 13 NI Chapter Quizzes: 22, 23 ilg: 12, 13 9/23 Baroque Instrumental Music: Dance Suite, Fugue, & Concerto Ch. 25, Ch. 26, Ch. 27 LG 15, 16, 17 NI Chapter Quizzes: 25, 26, 27 ilg: 15, 16, 17 LAB Group 2 Presentations; Baroque Wrap-up; Intro. To Midterm Studying ( Visualizing Musical Styles ) Week 6: Finishing Baroque, onto the Classical Era 9/26 Baroque: North American Sacred Tradition; Classical: Intro. Ch. 24; Prelude 4 LG 14 NI Chapter Quizzes: 24 ilg: 14
Introduction to Western Music (McLemore) Syllabus - page 9 9/28 Classical: Chamber Music Ch. 28, Ch. 30, Ch. 32 LG 18, LG 20, LG 22 NI Chapter Quizzes: 28, 30, 32 ilg: 18, 20, 22 9/30 Classical: Symphony & Concerto Ch. 29, Ch. 31 LG 19, LG 21 NI Chapter Quizzes: 29, 31 ilg: 19, 21 LAB Midterm Practice & Review Week 7: Mozart, Beethoven, and the Genius Myth 10/3 Classical: Mozart Opera & His Requiem Ch. 34 LG 24 NI Chapter Quizzes: 34 ilg: 24 10/5 Classical: Creating the Beethoven Myth: Beethoven s Life, Periodization, and Symphonies Ch. 32 LG 22 NI Chapter Quizzes: 32 ilg: 22 10/7 Classical: Deconstructing the Beethoven Myth and Understanding the Beethoven Problem LAB Group 3 Presentation; Classical Wrap-up; More Midterm Review Week 8: Romantic Miniature Genres 10/10 Midterm 10/12 19 th -C: Introduction to the Romantic Era; Romanticism in the Lied Ch. 33 LG 23 NI Chapter Quizzes: 33 ilg: 23 Prelude 5, Ch. 36 LG 26, LG 27 NI Chapter Quizzes: 36 ilg: 26, 27 10/14 19 th -C: American Miniature Genres Ch. 37, 40 LG 28, LG 31 NI Chapter Quizzes: 37, 40 ilg: 37, 40 LAB In-Class Reading & Writing: The Problem with Geniuses (www.theavidlistener.com) Week 9: Romantic Orchestral Music 10/17 19 th -C: European Piano Music (*Passing back graded midterms*) Ch. 38, 39 LG 29, LG 30 NI Chapter Quizzes: 38, 39 ilg: 29, 30 10/19 19 th -C: The Program Symphony Ch. 41 LG 32 NI Chapter Quizzes: 41 ilg: 32 10/21 19 th -C: The Absolute Symphony Ch. 43 LG 34 NI Chapter Quizzes: 43 ilg: 34 LAB Discuss Graded Midterms (BRING GRADED MIDTERM TO LAB**); Schedule re-takes Week 10: Music & Nationalism 10/24 19 th -C: Sounding the Nation: Grieg Ch. 42 LG 33 NI Chapter Quizzes: 42 ilg: 33 10/26 19 th -C: Tchaikovsky & The Ballet Ch. 46 LG 37 NI Chapter Quizzes: 46 ilg: 37 10/28 19 th -C: Late 19 th -Century Italian Opera: Verdi & Puccini Ch. 44, Ch. 47 LG 35, LG 38 NI Chapter Quizzes: 44, 47 ilg: 35, 38 LAB Chamber Group Performances & Worksheet Week 11: German Romantic Opera; African American Musical Traditions 10/31 19 th -C: Wagner & German Romantic Opera (Guest Lecturer: Dr. Charles Carson) Ch. 45 LG 36 NI Chapter Quizzes: 45 ilg: 36 11/2 19 th -C: African American Spiritual Tradition (Guest Lecturer: Dr. Charles Carson) 11/4 20 th -C: Early 20 th -Century American Vernacular Music (Guest Lecturer: TBA) LAB Group 4 Presentations; 19 th -C Wrap-up Ch. 50 LG 41 NI Chapter Quizzes: 50 ilg: 41 Ch. 51 LG 42 NI Chapter Quizzes: 51 ilg: 42
Introduction to Western Music (McLemore) Syllabus - page 10 Week 12: Diverging Traditions 11/7 Modernisms: Impressionism Ch. 49, Prelude 6 LG 40 NI Chapter Quizzes: 49 ilg: 40 11/9 Modernisms: Expressionism, Serialism, Primitivism Ch. 52, Ch. 53 LG 43, LG 44 NI Chapter Quizzes: 52, 53 ilg: 43, 44 11/11 Modernisms: Jazz & Blues Traditions Ch. 56 LG 47, LG 48 NI Chapter Quizzes: 56 ilg: 47, 48 LAB Intro. To Final Exam Studying; Listening Practice; Conceptualizing Musical Styles through Visual Art Week 13: More isms of Modernism 11/14 Modernisms: Jazz in Other Genres Ch. 57, 58 LG 49, LG 50 NI Chapter Quizzes: 57, 58 ilg: 49, 50 11/16 Modernisms: Americanism Ch. 59, 60 LG 51, LG 52, LG 53 NI Chapter Quizzes: 59, 60 ilg: 51, 52, 53 11/18 Modernisms: American Experimentalism Ch. 62 LG 55, LG 56 NI Chapter Quizzes: 62 ilg: 55, 56 LAB Final Exam Practice & Review; Review Session Facilitation Groups 1-3 11/21 Modernisms: Minimalism; Spiritual Minimalism 11/23 11/25 THANKSGIVING BREAK LAB NO LABS Week 14: And the isms Go On Ch. 64, Ch. LG 58, LG 64 NI Chapter Quizzes: 64 68 ilg: 58, 64 Week 15: Music for Stage & Screen 11/28 Musical Theatre Ch. 63 LG 57 NI Chapter Quizzes: 63 ilg: 57 11/30 Music & Film Ch. 67 LG 62, LG 63 NI Chapter Quizzes: 67 ilg: 62, 63 12/2 Musicking LAB Group 5 Presentations; Review Session Facilitation Groups 4-5 Week 16: Wrapping Up 12/5 Review for Final Exam Q&A Session FINAL EXAM: FRIDAY, DEC. 9, 2-5pm
Introduction to Western Music (McLemore) Syllabus - page 11 ACKNOWLEDGMENT FORM MUS 302L (McLemore), Fall 2016 **Due 9/2/2016. We will not enter any grades into the gradebook until you return this signed form. NAME: UT EID: By signing below, I acknowledge that I have read the syllabus for MUS 302L (McLemore) Fall 2016; I understand the attendance policy and other guidelines, and assignment due dates described on that syllabus; and I agree to those guidelines and due dates. I also agree to use any sound files or other copyrighted materials made available to me through the MUS 302L Canvas site only for the purposes of this course; I agree not to distribute such sound files or other copyrighted materials to any individuals not enrolled in the course; and I agree to delete any sound files or other copyrighted materials that I have downloaded from the MUS 302L Canvas site at the end of the Fall 2016 semester. Signature