Course Title Credit MUHL M306 History of Western Art Music I 3 credits Fall semester 2012 (image from the Hartker Antiphoner, Abbey of St-Gall, Cod. Sang. 390, copied c. 990-1000; http://www.e- codices.unifr.ch/en/csg/0390/13/medium ) Instructor Dr. Alice V. Clark phone 865-3065 Communications/Music 202 e-mail
[email protected] Office hours: TW 2:00 (subject to change), or by appointment Classes MWF 9:30-10:20 (section 001) or 11:30-12:20 (section 002), CM 204g Bulletin description This course is the first part of a two-semester survey of western art music, this semester covering music and ideas about music from antiquity to the mid-eighteenth century. Where relevant, we will consider influences on western art music from other cultures and styles. Prerequisites MUTH M103 (Theory II) and MUHL M106 (Introduction to Music Literature), or permission of instructor. Note that both Theory III and History I are prerequisites for History II, so students in this class should have completed or be concurrently enrolled in Theory III, and students who have not passed Theory III may not continue, even if they pass History I. Course objectives and learning outcomes This class will cover western art music composed before c. 1750. We will consider not only the history of musical style, but also as appropriate how music was composed, performed, transmitted, and used as part of broader culture. By the end of the semester, students should be able (among other things) to: differentiate by ear or eye between musical works of different style periods before c.