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MUHL 3302
History of Music since 1750
Spring 2016

T, R 9:4011:05, rm 113
Janet K. Page, instructor
Office: rm 299
Office hours: T 1:00pm3:00pm; R 11:20am12:30pm; other times by chance or appointment
e-mail jpage2@memphis.edu
Texts:
Mark Evan Bonds, A History of Music in Western Culture, 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2013.
Mark Evan Bonds, Anthology of Scores to A History of Music in Western Culture, 4th ed., vol. 2. Upper Saddle
River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2013.
Kate L. Turabian, et al., A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. 8th ed. Chicago:
University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Naxos database, Playlists for Bonds, A History of Music in Western Culture, and supplements.

Week

Topic

Reading

19 Jan

The
Enlightenment & the
Classical
style
Instrumental
music in the
late 18th
century
Vocal music
in the late
18th century
The 19th
century

Part 4,
Prelude &
Chpt 11

Monn, Symphony in B flat; Stamitz,

Symphony in D; J. C. Bach, Sonata in D;
C. P. E. Bach, Fantasia in C minor

Chpt 12

J. Haydn, String Quartet in C; W. A. Mozart,

Piano Concerto in D min, K. 466; Haydn,
Symphony No. 103

Chpt 13

Pergolesi, La serva padrona, excerpts; Gluck,

Alceste, excerpts; Mozart, Don Giovanni,
excerpts

26 Jan

2 Feb

9 Feb

16 Feb

Orchestral
music in the
19th century

23 Feb

Piano
music,
chamber
music, song

Part 5,
Prelude &
Chpt 14
Chpt 15

Chpt 16

Listening

Assignment

Salon/
Parlor
concert
Beethoven, Symphony no. 3; Berlioz,
Symphonie fantastique, Mendelssohn,
Overture to a Midsummer Nights Dream
Beethoven, Piano Sonata in C, op. 53
(Waldstein); Schubert, Erlknig, Prometheus,
Wanderers Nachtlied; Settings of Goethes
Kennst du das Land; Foster, Beautiful
Dreamer; Chopin, Mazurka in A min, op. 17,

Paper 1
due 2/23

1 Mar

58
Mar

Dramatic
music,
choral
music
Spring
Break

10 Mar Orchestral
music,
18501900

Chpt 17

Chpt 18

Part 6,
Prelude &
Chpt 19
29 Mar New Sounds Chpt 20

no. 4; R. Schumann, Carnaval

Rossini, Il barbiere di Siviglia, excerpts;
Verdi, Rigoletto, excerpts; Wagner, Tristan
und Isolde, excerpts

Midterm
exam: 3
Mar

J. Strauss, An der Schnen blauen donau;

Sousa, Washington Post; Tchaikovsky, Swan
Lake, excerpts; Brahms, Symphony no. 1, 4th
mvmt;
Mahler Symphony no. 1, 3rd mvmt; Debussy,
Prlude laprs-midi dun faune

22 Mar The 20th

Century

5 Apr

Beyond
Tonality

Chpt 21

12 Apr

The Tonal
Tradition

Chpt 22

19 Apr

Current
after 1945

Chpt 23

26 Apr

Whats
new?

Debussy, Prlude laprs-midi dun faune;

Ives, The Cage, The Things Our Fathers
Loved; Stravinsky, Le sacre du printemps;
Bartk, Diminished Fifth; Six Dances in
Bulgarian Rhythm; Villa-Lobos, Bachianas
Brasilieras no. 4; Cowell, The Banshee
Schoenberg, Pierrot lunaire, excerpts, Piano
Suite, op. 25; Berg, Wozzeck, excerpts;
Webern, Five Pieces for String Quartet, op. 5,
no. 4
Tailleferre, Concerto for Harp and Orchestra;
Bartk, Music for Strings, Percussion, and
Celesta; Film Music; Copland, Rodeo,
excerpts; Messiaen, Quartet for the End of
Time; Shostakovich, String Quartet no. 8;
Bernstein, West Side Story, excerpt
Penderecki, Threnody; Messiaen, Mode de
valeurs et dintensits; Cage, 433; Le Caine,
Dripsody; Reich, Nagoya Marimbas; Prt, O
Weisheit

Final exam: Tuesday May 3, 10:3012:30, room 113

Paper 2
due 3/31

Paper 3
due 4/26

3
Papers
(50% of your grade: each paper is worth 1/6 of your grade)
Each of the three papers will be 58 pages in length (double-spaced, 12-point type, 1-inch
margins, Times New Roman or Arial font), and each will focus on a single piece of music, which
you may choose with the following stipulations:
Paper 1 (due February 23) must be on a piece written between 1750 and 1800, paper 2 (due
March 31) on a piece from the 19th century, and paper 3 (due April 26) on a piece written after
1900.
The pieces must not be from the Anthology, from class, or from your theory class.
At least one must involve a full orchestra, and one must be for five performers or fewer.
For pieces of more than one movement, you should write a bit about the composition as a whole,
but focus on one movement or scene for your analysis.
Each paper should represent your own effort to come to terms with the piece of music. You
shouldnt depend too much on scholarly literature, but whatever outside sources you use, you
must cite properly in footnotes, using Turabian style. Youll find help in Kreitners Guide, on the
School of Music website (Current Students Style Guides).
In general there should be a page or so on the composer and where the piece fits into his or her
lifes work. But most of your text should be on the piece itself: what makes it distinctive, what
makes it hang together as a work of art, what is typical or atypical of its genre and time, etc.
You may use Grove Music Online (Oxford Music Online), JSTOR and IIMP databases of
articles, and e-books, as well as (of course) books and journals in the library. If you think of
using any internet source besides those listed above, you must also submit an evaluation of
the source, explaining why it is reliable, suitable, and better than anything else. If you fail to
do this, your paper will not be graded. Your evaluation should be a paragraph or so in length, and
it too will be graded.
Work from reliable scholarly editionsthe composers most up-to-date collected works, if
possible. Include the music you discuss with your paper. A photocopy is probably easiest, but
if its a smallish book (say a miniature score) you can clip your paper to it, or hand in the whole
thing in a big envelope.
Extensions and late papers: No individual extensions will be granted without a written medical
excuse or other really good reason. Papers turned in after the due date will lose one letter grade.

Exams
(25% of your grade)
The midterm exam will cover material studied up to that time. The final exam will cover
material studied since the mid-term. The exams will be mostly objective, and each will include a
listening section; each will also include at least one problem-solving exercise, the identification
of an unknown piece.
Other work
(25% of your grade)
In-class and short take-home writing assignments and quizzes will be given throughout the
semester.
Incompletes: No incompletes will be given except in the case of serious illness.
The Universitys policy on plagiarism and other forms of academic misconductwhich are, of
course, not permittedmay be found at
http://www.memphis.edu/studentconduct/misconduct.htm. If you are in doubt about anything,
please consult Dr. Page.