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EMUS 1832-004 Appreciation of Music T-TH 12:30-1:45

General Information

Instructor: Rebecca Maloy Email: [email protected] Office: N 147 Office Hours: W 3-4, TH 2:30-3:30, and by appointment Office phone: 303.492.8219

Course description and objectives: This course has three main objectives: to give students basic knowledge of the elements of music, to provide a broad overview of Western music history, and to teach students to become more active listeners. The course will be taught as a historical survey, focusing mainly on works from the Western classical tradition.

Course materials: Joseph Machlis and Kristine Forney, The Enjoyment of Music, 8th ed. (Chronological); and the recordings to accompany this book. (The recordings are optional, but strongly recommended. They are also on reserve in the music library.)

Required work:

1. Daily reading and listening assignments 2. Three exams, including the final. Each exam will require listening identification, knowledge of relevant composers, genres, and terms. Exam dates: February 25, April 3, and Saturday May 3. 4:30-7pm. The final exam will not be cumulative. 3. We will have at least one quiz before each exam. Dates TBA 4. Three homework activities, due January 30, March 20 and April 10 (see descriptions and activity sheets below). 5. Attend a concert and write a 2-3 page report on it Due 4-24. Discuss the elements of music and the relationship of what you hear to what we studied in class.

Grading and Percentages:

Exams: 60% (3 @20% each) Quizzes: 10% Activities: 20% Concert report 10% Course Schedule and Daily Assignments

Page numbers refer to the Machlis textbook. Listening assignments for each lecture refer to the Listening Guide # given in the front and back covers of the Machlis text. This number will refer you to the title and composer for each example, and to the appropriate page number in the book, and to the correct track on the CD.

Date Topic Reading Assignment Listening assignment 1/14 Introduction 1/16 Elements of Music 1-17 1/21 Elements of Music 23-29 1/23 Music in the Middle Ages I 67-85 2,3 1/28 Music in the Middle Ages II 86-97 4. 5 1/30 Music in the Middle Ages 98-111 6. 7 III, Renaissance I ACTIVITY 1 DUE 2/4 The Renaissance II 112-18 8,9 2/6 Renaissance secular music 118-28 10, 11, 12 2/11 Musical instruments, 33-50. 129-57 1 Baroque 2/13 Baroque II 158-79 14, 16 2/18 Baroque II 175-97 17, 18 2/20 Baroque III 1200-204, 213-216 18. 20, 21 2/25 Exam I 2/27 Classicism I 217-45, 225-35, 246-57 25. 26 3/4 Classicism II 258-61. 269-80 27, 29 3/6 Classicism III 301-18 34-35 3/11 Romanticism I 328-60 37, 40 3/13 Romanticism II 361-60 43, 44 3/18 Romanticism III 372-400 45, 47 3/20 Romanticism IV 417-36 50, 51 ACTIVITY 2 DUE 3/25 Spring break, no class 3/27 4/1 Romanticism V 437-56 52. 53 4/3 Exam II 4/8 Impressionism, 479-91, 501-2, 517-30 58, 61 Expressionism 4/10 Early 20th century, US 508-516, 561-67 60, 67 Music ACTIVITY 3 DUE 4/15 Blues, jazz 568-81 68, 69, 70 4/17 Musical Theatre 582-96 71. 72 4/22 World Beat, 20th c. 608-16,634-8 73-74, 75 4/24 Later 20th c I 640-51 76 (1), 77, 78 CONCERT REPORT DUE 4/29 Late 20th c. II 672-73, 680-88 83, 85 5/1 Review

Final Exam: Saturday May 3. 4:30-7pm

Homework Activities

Activity 1: Interview a Musician (See the attached sheet) Due January 30

The purpose of this assignment is to make you more aware of what is involved in musical training and performance. Choose a musician on or off campus an arrange an interview, using the attached questions as a model. Turn in the attached sheet (write neatly, please), and write a 1-2 page typed commentary on what you learned about the music world and musicians from this interview.

Activity 2: Music Journal Due March 20

The purpose of this activity is to make you more aware of your musical environment. Keep track of the music you listen to or hear for four days (they don’t have to be consecutive days) according to the instructions of the attached sheet. Fill out the sheet (use additional sheets if necessary) and write a 1-2 page typed commentary on the purpose of the music you have heard. Why did you listen to the music, or why was it playing in your environment? (for example, did you listen for entertainment, to wake you up in the morning, to make you feel a certain way? Was it played to sell you a product on a commercial, to enhance the drams in a movie, or as background music-why do we listen to music in the background anyway?)

Activity 3: Viewing Opera or Musical Theater from Home Due April 10

Rent a video of an opera or musical and fill out the attached form. (If you don’t have a VCR or DVD player, the music library has operas and musicals you can watch in there). Fill out the attached sheet and write 1-2 typed pages of further reflection on what you have watched.