MUSIC 106

Introduction to Music Literature

This course provides a survey of Western art music from medieval to modern times. Topics will include musical elements and structure, major composers and their works, the history of the development of Western music and listening to music with understanding.

Prerequisites
ENG 21 or 22 and Math 1B with a grade of C or better

Course Objectives
You will finish this course with:
• A broad range of listening experiences
• The ability to listen to music perceptively, i.e., to listen to music with an understanding of it’s structural and expressive content.

• An intellectual basis for the evaluation of music
• A basic understanding musical terms.
• An understanding of the history of Western music from the Middle Ages to present day.

• An understanding of the stylistic differences between the music of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern eras.

Text
LISTEN, brief 4th ed. by Joseph Kerman and Gary Tomlinson.
pub. Bedford/St. Martins

The publisher also offers a website at http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/listen

Grading

Your grade will be determined by your cumulative score on 5 tests given throughout the semester. Each test will focus on the materials covered during that portion of the course. The final examination will not be cumulative; it will be an examination on music of the 20th century. A portion of the exams will relate to the musical excerpts played in class and found on the CDs included with the text. The exams will be scored as follows: A=100%-90%; B=89%-80%, C=79%-70%; D=69%-60%; F<60%. The final grade will be determined by dividing your cumulative score by the top score in the class, providing a percentage ranking in comparison to the class as a whole.

A review of topics and materials that may appear on the exam will be given during the Tuesday class period of each exam week. The examination will become available upon the following Thursday. Exams will be taken either in the LRC at Leeward College or via the internet. Further information will be provided as the first examination approaches.

Course Schedule

August 26-30 Introduction and UNIT I Ch. 1, 2
September 2-6 Music Form and Structure. Ch. 3, 4
September 9-13 Review, TEST 1, UNIT II Ch 5
September 16-20 Eary developments in music. Ch. 5, 6
September 23-27 Music of the Renaissance and early Baroque. Ch 6, 7
September 30 to October 4 Review, TEST 2, UNIT III. Ch 8
October 7-11 The Baroque Era. Ch. 8, 9, 10
October 14-18 The Baroque Era and Enlightenment. Ch. 10, 11
October 21-25 The Classical Period. Ch 12, 13
October 28 to November 1 Review, TEST 3, UNIT IV, Ch. 14
November 4-8 Romanticism. Ch. 14, 15
November 11-15 Romanticism. Ch. 16, 17
November 18-22 Romanitcism. Ch. 17, 18
November 25-29 Review, TEST 4, UNIT V, Ch. 19
December 2-6 Music of the 20th century. Ch. 20, 21
December 9-12 Music of the 20th century. Ch. 21, 22
Final Exam will cover 20th Century music

Final Examination to be completed before December 20