Wednesday 8/28: Introduction to Exploring Music | Hello, it’s me
Reading: None
Assigned Listening: None
In-Class Links:
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- “Drowning” Music Video | A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, performer
- “The Making Of A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie’s “Drowning” With Jahaan Sweet | Deconstructed”
Work Due: Joining the course site and commenting on the “Welcome” post (Due Monday 9/2 by 11:59pm on course site)
Monday 9/2
No Class (Labor Day)
Wednesday 9/4: Music and Culture | Walk it like I talk it
Reading: Chapter 1, “Experiencing Music” | Physical Copy: 3-7; Digital Copy: 34-48
Assigned Listening: None
In-Class Links:
Work Due: Syllabus Quiz
Thursday 9/5: Music and Culture
Reading: Chapter 1, “Experiencing Music” | Physical Copy: 8-14; Digital Copy: 48-62
Assigned Listening: None
In-Class Links: 9-5 Exploring Music Slides
Work Due: Blog #1 (Due Saturday 9/7 at 11:59pm on course site)
Monday 9/9: Stocking our Musical Toolbox (Melody, Rhythm, Harmony) | Can we fix it?
Reading: Chapter 2, “Listening to Music” | Physical Copy: 17-27; Digital Copy: 64-88
Assigned Listening:
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- “Summertime,” from Porgy and Bess | Leontyne Price, performer; George Gershwin, composer; DuBose Heyward, lyricist
- Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube (starts at 1:14)
- Alapana from “Sitar, Sarode, and Tabla” | Ravi Shankar (sitar) and Ali Akbar Khan (sarode), performers
- Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube (alternative excerpt from the one discussed in the textbook)
- “Amazing Grace” | Robert Shaw Festival Singers, performers
- “Summertime,” from Porgy and Bess | Leontyne Price, performer; George Gershwin, composer; DuBose Heyward, lyricist
In-Class Links:
Work Due: None
Wednesday 9/11: Stocking our Musical Toolbox (Timbre, Texture, Form)
Reading: Chapter 2, “Listening to Music” | Physical Copy: 28-33; Digital Copy: 89-106
Assigned Listening:
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- Kyrie (monophonic) | Anonymous, composer
- Kyrie from the Pope Marcellus Mass | Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, composer
In-Class Links:
Work Due: Blog #2 (Due Saturday 9/14 at 11:59pm on course site)
Monday 9/16: Preserving and Reproducing Music | Apache! Jump on it!
Reading: Chapter 15, “Music and Technology” | Physical Copy: 297-308; Digital Copy: 689-718
Assigned Listening:
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- Gesang der Jünglinge | Karlheinz Stockhausen, composer
In-Class Links:
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- Collection of “Funky Drummer” Breakbeat Samples
Work Due: Deadline for Acquiring/Gaining Access to the Textbook
Wednesday 9/18: Putting our Tools to Work | Stop, collaborate and listen
Reading: Chapter 3, “Three Listening Examples” | Physical Copy: 35-40; Digital Copy: 107-122
Assigned Listening:
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- “Bouree” from Suite in E-flat minor | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer
- “Nezasa Shirabe” | Tadashi Tajima, performer
In-Class Links:
Work Due: Blog #3 (Due Saturday 9/21 at 11:59pm on course site)
Monday 9/23: Putting our Tools to Work
Reading:Chapter 3, “Three Listening Examples” | Physical Copy: 41-45; Digital Copy: 123-133
Assigned Listening:
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- “Over the Rainbow” | Judy Garland, performer; Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg, composers
- “Over the Rainbow” | Art Tatum, performer; Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg, composers
- Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube (beginning until 3:48)
In-Class Links:
Work Due: None
Wednesday 9/25: Workshop Day | You better work
Reading: None
Assigned Listening: None
In-Class Links:
Work Due: Quiz 1; Music and… Playlist Topic Proposal (due Sunday 9/29 at 11:59pm by email)
Monday 9/30:
No Class (Rosh Hashanah)
Wednesday 10/2: Music and Film | dah dah dah dun da daahh dun da daahh
Reading: Chapter 12, “Music and Film” (229-236)
Assigned Listening:
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- Flying scene from E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial | John Williams, composer
- Opening of Metropolis | Gottfried Huppertz, composer
- Watch online (2:08~5:30)
In-Class Links:
Work Due: Blog #4 (Due Saturday 10/5 at 11:59pm on course site)
Monday 10/7: Music and Film
Reading: Chapter 12, “Music and Film” (237-247)
Assigned Listening:
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- The Day the Earth Stood Still | Bernard Herrmann, composer
- Watch online (00:14-2:00)
- Fire festival scene from The Hidden Fortress | Masaru Sato, composer
- Watch online (begins around 1:44:15)
- The Day the Earth Stood Still | Bernard Herrmann, composer
In-Class Links:
Work Due: None.
Wednesday 10/9:
No Class (Yom Kippur)
Monday 10/14:
No Class (Columbus Day)
Wednesday 10/16: Peer Review Day | We’re all in this together
Reading: None
Assigned Listening: None
In-Class Links:
Work Due: Revised Proposal and One Entry from your Music and… Playlist (due on paper)
Monday 10/21: Music in Concert | All of the lights
Reading: Chapter 14, “Music in Concert” (269-277)
Assigned Listening:
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- “Hoedown,” from the ballet Rodeo | Aaron Copland, composer
- First movement from Concerto No. 1 in E major, op. 8, “La Primavera” (“Spring”) | Antonio Vivaldi, composer
- Fourth movement from Symphony No. 40 in G minor | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer
In-Class Links: In-Class Slides 10/21
Work Due: Music and… Playlist Midterm (on paper)
Wednesday 10/23: Music in Concert
Reading: Chapter 14, “Music in Concert” (278-291)
Assigned Listening:
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- “A Night in Tunisia” | Dizzy Gilespie, composer | Charlie Parker (alto sax), Miles Davis (trumpet), Lucky Thompson (tenor sax), Arvin Garrison (guitar), performers
- Caprice in A minor, op. 1, no. 24 | Niccolo Paganini, composer
- Listen on Spotify | Watch on Youtube (0:00-4:28)
In-Class Links: In-Class Slides 10/23
Work Due: Blog #5 (Due Saturday 10/26 at 11:59pm on course site)
Monday 10/28: Music and Dance | Let’s dance the night away
Reading: Chapter 13, “Music and Dance” (249-257)
Assigned Listening:
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- “Libertango” | Astor Piazzola, performer and composer
- Listen on Spotify | Watch on Youtube, dance sequence from film The Tango Lesson
- “Baamaaya | Suglo N’mali Dang Ensemble,performers
- “Libertango” | Astor Piazzola, performer and composer
In-Class Links: Exploring Music Listening Quiz Study Guide
Work Due: None
Wednesday 10/30: Music and Dance
Reading: Chapter 13, “Music and Dance” (258-266)
Assigned Listening:
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- “Branle des lavandieres” | preserved by Thoinot Arbeaut
- “The Augers of Spring,” from The Rite of Spring | Igor Stravinsky, composer
In-Class Links:
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- 1987 Joffrey Ballet performance of Rite of Spring
- Exploring Music Listening Quiz Study Guide\
- Classmate Review Questions
Work Due: Blog #6 (Due Saturday 11/2 at 11:59pm on course site)
Monday 11/4: Music and Ethnicity | Where did you come from Cotton-eye Joe
Reading: Chapter 5, “Music and Ethnicity” (67-76)
Assigned Listening:
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- “Kelefaba”/”Kuruntu Kelafa” (medley) | Foday Musa Suso, performer
- “Sweet Little Angel” | B.B. King, performer
In-Class Links: Exploring Music Listening Quiz Study Guide
Work Due: Listening Quiz
Wednesday 11/6: Music and Ethnicity
Reading: Chapter 5, “Music and Ethnicity” (77-88)
Assigned Listening:
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- Rapsodie espagnol | Maurice Ravel, composer
- “Allegro Barbaro” | Béla Bartók, composer
- “Perets-Tants” | The Klezmatics, performers
In-Class Links:
Work Due: Blog #7 (Due Saturday 11/9 at 11:59pm on course site)
Monday 11/11: Music and Gender | If I were a boy
Reading: Chapter 6, “Music and Gender” (91-99)
Assigned Listening:
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- “Respect” | Aretha Franklin, performer; Otis Redding, composer
- Excerpts from concert by Mekar Sari gamelan ensemble
In-Class Links:
Work Due: None
Wednesday 11/13: Music and Gender
Reading: Chapter 6, “Music and Gender” (100-111)
Assigned Listening:
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- “L’amour est un oiseau rebelle,” from the opera Carmen | Georges Bizet, composer
- “Non so piu cosa son” from the opera The Marriage of Figaro | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer
In-Class Links:
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- Looney Tunes episode “What’s Opera Doc?”
Work Due: Blog #8 (Due Saturday 11/16 at 11:59pm on course site)
Monday 11/18: Music and Spirituality | I say a little prayer for you
Reading: Chapter 7, “Music and Spirituality (113-126)
Assigned Listening:
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- “Song Boo Cherpa” | performed by the monks of Boudhanath Temple
- “Amazing Grace” | Bernice Johnson Reagon, performer
- Kyrie from the Pope Marcellus Mass | Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, composer
In-Class Links:
Work Due: None
Wednesday 11/20: Music and Spirituality
Reading: Chapter 7, “Music and Spirituality (127-136)
Assigned Listening:
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- “Natt-i-Sherif (excerpt): Takism and Peşrev | Gülizar Turkish Music Ensemble, performers
- “Elohim Hashivenu” | Salamone Rossi, composer
- “Natt-i-Sherif (excerpt): Takism and Peşrev | Gülizar Turkish Music Ensemble, performers
In-Class Links:
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- 11-20 Class Slides
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- Example 4:
Work Due: Blog #9 (Due Saturday November 23 at 11:59pm on course site)
Monday 11/25: Music and Nation | From far and wide, O Canada, we stand on guard for thee
Reading: Chapter 8, “Music and Nation” ()
Assigned Listening:
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- “My Heart is Bursting with Anger,” from Hong deng ji (“The Red Lantern”)
- “La Réjouissance,” from The Music for the Royal Fireworks | George Frideric Handel, composer
- “My Heart is Bursting with Anger,” from Hong deng ji (“The Red Lantern”)
In-Class Links: Exploring Music Listening Quiz 2 Study Guide
Work Due:
Wednesday 11/27: Music and Nation
Reading: Chapter 8, “Music and Nation” ()
Assigned Listening:
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- “Dilmono Dilbero” | Filip Koutev, composer
- Fourth movement from Symphony No. 9 in D Minor | Ludwig van Beethoven, composer
- “El Himno Zapatista” | Los Nakos, performer
In-Class Links: Exploring Music Listening Quiz 2 Study Guide
Work Due: Extra Credit Concert Report (final due date Saturday 11/30 at 11:59pm by email)
Monday 12/2: Work Day
Work Due: In Class Listening Quiz
Wednesday 12/4: Work Day
Monday 12/9: Final Presentations
Work Due: Final Playlist Due (hard copy)
Wednesday 12/11: Final Presentations
Monday 12/16: Final Presentations
Final Exam Time Slot: 11am-1pm
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