Materials of Music 1

Review the Unit I : Elements of Music

1. Melody: Musical Line: pp.1-5

2. Rhythm: Musical Time: pp.6-11

3. Harmony: Musical Space: pp.12-16

4. Musical Texture: pp.17-22

5. Musical Form: pp. 23-28

6. Tempo and Dynamics: pp: 29-32

7. Musical Instruments and Ensembles: pp. 33-36

8. Musical Instruments II: pp. 37-49

9. Musical Ensembles: pp. 50-60

10 Style and Function of Music: pp. 61 - 63.


OVERVIEW OF THE COURSE:

Transition IV: from Classicism to Romanticism (P319)

Romantic Program Music (p.372)

Materials of Music


The Nineteenth-Century

Piano Pieces(P.353)

Romantic Program Music(P372)

Absolute Forms in Nineteenth Century(P389)

Choral and Dramatic Music in the Nineteenth Century

Choral and Dramatic Music in the Nineteenth Century (417)


The Twentieth Century (467)

The Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Eras (479)

The Early -Twentieth Century (499)

Twentieth-Century Nationalism (P535)

Popular Styles (P568)


The New Musics

(617)

Romantic Program Music (p.327)

The Nature of Program Music (372)

Berlioz and the Program Symphony (374)

Symphonie Fantastique

Musical Nationalism (381)

Smetana: The Moldau


WEEK III: Transition IV: from Classicism to Romanticism (319)

Listening: Schuberts The Trout: lied and piano quintet. (319)

Nineteenth Century:

Unit: The Romantic Movement:(P327)

The Spirit of Romanticism (P327)

Romantic Style Traits: The Musician in Society (329)


The Nineteenth-Century Art Song (336)

The Romantic Song (P336)

Types of Song Structure - The Lied (P336)

Schubert and the Lied - His Life and Music(P338)

Erlking

Robert Schumann and the Song Cycle (P344)

His Life and Music

A Poet's Love

Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel and Romantic Song (P348)

Her Life and Music

Mountain Yearning


WEEK IV: The Nineteenth-Century Piano Piece (P353)

The Piano and Its Literature ((P353)

Chopin and Piano Music

Polonaise in A-flat Op.53

Prelude in e minor Op. 28#4

Liszt and the Rise of the Performer/Composer (P361)

The Little Bell

Clara Schumann: Pianist and Composer(P367)

Scherzo, Opus 10


WEEK V: Romantic Program Music(P372)

The Nature of Program Music (P372)

Berlioz and the Program Symphony (P374)

Symphonie Fantastique

Musical Nationalism (P381)

Bedrich Smetana - The Moldau

Other Nationalists - Music and Nationalism


WEEK VI: Absolute Forms in Nineteenth Century(P389)

The Romantic Symphony (P389)

Brahm's Symphony #3 in F Major

Dvorak as a Symphonist (P394)

The New World Symphony (P394)

Influence on African-American Art Music(P394)

The Romantic Concerto (P401)

Virtuosity and the Concerto

Felix Mendelssohn and the Concerto (P403)

Violin Concerto in e minor

Amy Beach and Classical Composition in America(P408)

Violin Sonata in a minor

Women and Music


WEEK VII: Choral and Dramatic Music in the Nineteenth Century(P417)

Romantic Choral Music (P417)

Brahms and Choral Music (417)

A German Requiem(P417)

Romantic Opera (P424)

Women in Opera

Verdi and Italian Opera (P427)

Rigoletto

Wagner and the Music Drama (P437)

Die Walkure

Exoticism in Opera (P446)

Georges Bizet: Carmen

Late Romantic Opera (P456)

Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci

Tchaikovsky and the Ballet (P460)

The Nutcracker


WEEK VIII: Choral and Dramatic Music in the Nineteenth Century (P417)

Romantic Choral Music (P417)

Brahms and Choral Music (P419)

A German Requiem

Romantic Opera (P424)

Verdi and Italian Opera (P427)

Rigoletto

Wagner and the Music Drama (P437)

Die Walkure

Exoticism in Opera (P446)

Carmen

Late Romantic Opera (P456)

Pagliacci

Tchaikovsky and the Ballet (P460)

The Nutcracker


WEEK IX: The Twentieth Century (467)

Transition V: The Post-Romantic Era (467)

Gustav Mahler: The Song of the Earth

Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier


WEEK X: The Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Eras (479)

Debussy and Impressionism (479)

Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun"

Ravel and Post-Impressionism (492)

Spanish Rhapsody


WEEK XI:THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY(P499)

Main Currents in Early--Twentieth Century Music(P499)

New Elements of Musical Style (P503)

Stravinsky and the Revitalization of Rhythm (P508)

Petrushka and Russian Folk Traditions(P508)

Schoenberg and the Second Viennese School (P517)

Pierrot lunaire

Berg and Early-Twentieth-Century Opera (523)

Wozzeck

Webern and Serial Technique (530)

Symphony, Opus 21


WEEK XII: Twentieth-Century Nationalism(P535)

The European Scene (535)

Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky

Bela Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra

The American Scene (551)

Charles Ives: The Things our Fathers Loved

Aaron Copland: Billy the Kid


WEEK XIII: Popular Styles (568)

Blues and Early Jazz(P568)

Scott Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag

Louis Armstrong and the Blues

Lillian Hardin's Hotter than That

Duke Ellington and the Big Band Era

Ko-Ko

Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday

Musical Theater (582)

Rodgers and Hart: My Funny Valentine

Leonard Bernstein and the Broadway Musical

West Side Story

Rock and the Global Scene (597)

The Chieftains and Irish Traditional Music

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Kangivumanga (I Disagreed): Ladysmith Mambazo


WEEK XIV:THE NEW MUSIC (P617)

Music For Films

The New Virtuosity of the Modern Age (632)

Olivier Messiaen and the Postwar Era

Quartet for the End of Time

Pierre Boulez and the French Avant-Garde

The Hammer Without a Master

Witold Lutoslawski and Aleatoric Music

Venetian Games

Contemporary Composers and Non-Western styles (644)

The Music of John Cage

George Crumbs: Ancient Voices of Children

Gyorgy Liget's: Etudes for Piano

Eastern Africa: Ensiriba ya munange Katego

Chinese Music: Abing's The MOon Reflected on the Second Springs

Technology and Music (666)

Paul Lansky's Notjustmoreidlechatter

Other Recent Trends (674)

Symphony: Water Music

Minimalism and Post-Minimalism

Steve Reich's : City Life.

Three Learning Activities


7 Cultural Perspectives