THREE-SUMMER MASTER OF MUSIC IN CHORAL CONDUCTING MUS 530A ADVANCED STYLE ANALYSIS CHRONOLOGICAL SURVEY TO 1700 Monday/Wednesday - 9:30am - 11:50am Room : TBA Instructor: Joseph Schubert E-mail: josephschubert@earthlink.net Office: MUS 122 Phone: (Cell) 714-290-1139 or 343-323-4068 Office hours: Mondays and Wednesdays after class, or at another pre-arranged time Course Description Advanced analytical techniques applied to study of musical styles as related to period, genre, geographic region, and individual composers. Course Goals and Student Learning Objectives The objectives for this course are twofold: 1. To provide the student with an overview of the literature from the Medieval era through the Baroque era, as well as in-depth study of specific examples; and 2. To utilize appropriate methodologies to analyze and define stylistic traits of these eras in general, as well as to identify and define stylistic characteristics of certain composers in particular. Course Content Learning Outcomes Content and Structure This course will have elements of both lecture and seminar, and each student will be expected to make individual contributions for the benefit of the entire class. Assignments to be prepared for class sessions will include the following: 1. Homework and/or individual presentations on general and specific topics pertaining to the era, literature, and composer being studied 2. Quizzes comprising concepts, vocabulary, and analysis. 3. Final Project: Written analysis and/or presentation on one or more selected and/or assigned pieces.
Learning Outcomes Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Analyze music from the Medieval era through the Baroque era using techniques and methodologies appropriate to the literature; 2. Identify and define aspects of structure and style as they pertain to general and specific repertoires; 3. Identify and define aspects of structure and style as they act as markers to a particular composer s individual musical rhetoric; 4. Have gained a broad overview of the theoretical, stylistic, and compositional trends in the literature from these eras. Attendance Policy It is assumed and expected that each student will attend each class session in its entirety, neither arriving late nor leaving early. Exceptions to this should be reserved for dire emergencies only. Grading 50%: Attendance; homework and/or presentations on assigned topics 30%: Quizzes 20%: Final Project Required Texts/Readings LaRue, Jan. Guidelines for Style Analysis (Second Edition). Warren, Michigan: Harmonie Park Press, 1992. Burkhart, Charles, and William Rothstein. Anthology for Music Analysis (Sixth Edition, with Postmodern Update). Belmont, CA: Schirmer/Thomson Learning, 2007 [sometimes listed as 2008]. ISBN-10: 9780495189763; ISBN-13: 978-0495189763; ASIN: 0495189766 University Policies Student Handbook Information on student rights and responsibilities, academic honesty, standards of conduct, etc., can be found in Schedule of Classes (http://www.calstatela.edu/classschedule/) under Policies and Procedures. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Reasonable accommodation will be provided to any student who is registered with the Office of Students with Disabilities and requests needed accommodation.
Course Schedule MUS 471 HISTORY AND LITERATURE OF LARGE VOCAL FORMS Week Day Topic 1 June 20 June 22 9:00 a.m. Theory Placement Exam 1. Ancient Greek music theory and its influence upon Medieval thought 2. Cantus a. The Carolingian era and and its implications b. the Mass and the Divine Office c. sequences, tropes 3. Monophonic secular song 4. Discussions from LaRue, Guidelines for Style Analysis: a. Melody b. Growth 5. Navigating pitch-space: competing conceptions of pitch material a. Implications for tuning b. Implications for compositional techniques 2 June 27 June 29 Topics 1. Early polyphony a. The Ars Antigua i. Theory and theorists ii. Notation b. Composers, techniques, forms, and repertoire: i. Leonin and Perotin ii. conductus, organum, the motet iii. modal rhythms 2. Discussions from LaRue, Guidelines for Style Analysis a. Harmony b. Rhythm 1. The Ars Nova and Trecento a. the motets of Phillipe de Vitry and Guillaume de Machaut b. The works of Francesco Landini 2. Theory and theorists a. New paradigms of rhythm b. Changes in modal conception c. Scalar and modal constructs d. Cadential paradigms
Week Day Topic 3 July 4 July 6 (Holiday - this material will be combined with the following lesson) 1. Possible Quiz #1: Concepts, Vocabulary, and Analysis 2. Paradigm shift: the Countenance angloise and the early Renaissance a. Implications for polyphony and voice leading b. Implications for the development of triadic harmony a. Changes in modal conception b. Mensuration Topics 1. The Early to Middle Renaissance a. The masses and motets of Dunstable and Dufay 2. Polyphonic virtuosity a. Johannes Ockeghem a. Changes in tuning theories b. Musica ficta and the power of the semitone 4 July 11 1. The High Renaissance a. The mass and motet i. Polyphonic purity: Josquin des Prez and Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina b. Secular forms: chanson, madrigal c. Ideals of Prima Prattica 2. Mannerist composers a. Gesualdo, and other madrigalists July 13 1. Seconda Prattica, and the early Baroque a. The rise of instrumental music b. The rise of meter c. Between Key and Mode the path to major/minor tonality 2. Composers a. Monteverdi: Vespers and Madrigals 4. Discussions from LaRue, Guidelines for Style Analysis a. Harmony b. Sound c. Rhythm 5 July 18-23 FESTIVAL WEEK
Week Day Topic 6 July 25 July 27 1. Possible Quiz #2: Concepts, Vocabulary, and Analysis 2. The High Baroque an overview of the literature a. National styles b. Instrumental repertoire, selected from some or all of the following i. Organ and Harpsichord ii. Ensemble music iii. Suites and concerti 1. The High Baroque an overview of the literature, continued a. Vocal repertoire, selected from some or all of the following: i. Opera ii. Cantata and oratorio iii. Masses, passions, and Grandes Motets 2. Theory and theorists a. Figurenlehre and Affektenlehre b. Jean-Philipe Rameau 3. Discussions from LaRue, Guidelines for Style Analysis a. Contrapuntal procedures b. Growth 7 August 1 August 3 Review and/or Completion of Topic Presentations Review and/or Completion of Topic Presentations Final Projects Due