Th (9/29) Introduction: questions for new students. second hour keyboard testing

M (10/3) SS "Eleven" Aria PP 41-43; interval and triad review.
Tu Chorale and Chorale Prelude discussion.
W HET read PP 79-80: do PP 80-81 (1-10); SS "Eleven" tenor and bass parts PP 78-79. "Keyboard" English Suites ; play and sing at sight.
Th Chorale setting #1 due.

M (10/10) SS "Eleven" Bass PP 80-81; harmonic dictation of cadences.
Tu Chorale setting #2 due.
W HET do PP 81-82 (1-8), read P 83, PP 89-92 (nonharmonic tones); Score reading "Eleven" P.26 systems 1-4.
Th Chorale Prelude #1 (figuration in inner voices) due. Discuss ornamented melody Organ Music PP 125-128 ("Vater Unser") compare with P 131.

M (10/17) SS "Eleven" PP 133-135; French Suites , sing and play at sight.
Tu Chorale Prelude #2 with ornamented melody due. Review invertible cpt.
W HET read PP 84-85, do A (1-4) B (1-4); Fig. Bass "Eleven" P 78.
Th Discuss: 2-part invention expo, real vs. tonal answer, sequences.

M (10/24) SS "Eleven" PP 136-140. opera exs.
Tu Chorale Prelude section due (CF in pedals). Discuss 2-part inv. mod. to new key and key schemes in general.
W HET do P 86 A (5-8), B (5-8),P 93 (1-3), read PP 96-98 for review and do P 98 (3-6). Score reading "Eleven" Aria Pp 38-39
Th More sequences; 2-part inv. expo due.

M (10/31) Review SS, dict., sequences.
Tu 2-part inv. to 1st mod. due.
W HET read PP 101-104, do P 93-94 (4-6), III P 104 (1-5); Score reading "Eleven" P 44 Aria. Fig. bass P 92.
Th Musicianship Nidterm.

M (11/7) SS "Eleven" Recit. and Aria PP 141-146; sing and play; drill harmonic sequences (from Inv. and Partitas)
Tu Begin 3-part expo.
W HET read PP 107-109, do P 105 (6-9), P 109 (1,2), P 110 (all of IV); Fig. bass handout #1.
Th Finish 2-part inv. (due).

M (11/14) SS from the opera; drill modulations by ear.
Tu Questions on 3-part expo. (workshop).
W HET read PP 111-113, do P 110 (4-7), P 114 (1-4); Score reading "Eleven" P 111, SS PP 39-41.
Th 3-part inv. expo due; rewrite of 2-part due.

M (11/21) SS "Eleven" PP 92-93; modulating harmonic dict.
Tu Discuss canon: Goldberg Variations in KB, PP. 150-151. W HET read PP 116-118, do P 114 (5-8), all of IV P 119. Fig. bass handout #2. SS "Eleven" PP 26-27 both parts.
Th Thanksgiving

M (11/28) SS opera
Tu Rewrite of 3-part expo due. Continue canon discussion; fughetta "organ" PP 118-119, imitation "Aus Tiefer Not" PP 137-139, 140-141.
Fugue expo analysis: Organ Sonata No.1. W HET read PP 120-122, do all of III (PP 122-123); Score reading/fig. bass Exs. from xerox
Th Continue analysis

M (12/5) 3-part inv, expo and mod. due; SS from the opera
Tu Chorale Prelude analysis paper due. Fugue overview "Organ" St. Anne Fugue ande Jesus Christus Unser Heiland PP 147-149.
W Read HET review PP 124-126. Fill in inner voices of chorales 3 and 4 P 127. Fig. bass Handel xerox
Th Review.

Exam day: 3-part Inv. analysis paper due.

1) Remember: dictation will be given promptly at the beginning of every class.
2) You must be present to perform musicianship or earn a zero.
3) Written assignments must be turned in on time or lose 1/3 letter grade for every class day late.

Music 120 B Romantic Harmony

Texts:

Beethoven, Complete String Quartets, publ. Dover)
Brahms, Violoncello Sonatas, (International)
Schumann, Complete Symphonies, ( publ. Dover), handouts of piano music
Wagner, Lohengrin; (G. Schirmer)
Mahler, Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, (Dover)
Keyboard Harmony handouts (5)
Sessions Modulating melodies (4)
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M (1/9) Introduction, SS at sight
T Beethoven Op. 135 analysis of Mvt. 1
W SR introduction, Harm. dict. quiz
Th Beethoven cont'd, SS Loh. PP. 4-8

M (1/16) holiday
T Schumann piano works for analysis
W SR Schumann PP. 59,61, KH #1, drill altered chords
Th Paper: Beethoven Op. 135 Mvt 4 due. Schumann cont'd (Symphony No1., mvt. 1 intro.)

M (1/23) SS Loh. PP.9-16, Mel. Dict. quiz, Drill enharmonic chord changes.
T Schumann, Symphony No.3; (4), Mod. Mel. #1 due (texture from Schumann piano handouts). SS at sight.
W SR schumann PP.109-110, SS Loh. PP. 276-280
Th Guest Lecture: Joel Lester, "Ambiguity as an Analytic Asset"

M (1/30) SS Loh. PP. 281-286, Harm. Dict. Quiz, Drill diatonic modulations.
T Lohengrin; Prelude (1) for analysis
W SR Schumann PP. 264-265, KH #2, SS Loh. PP. 17-20, 24-31
Th Brahms Op. 99 Analysis

M (2/6) Keyboard Review
T Musicianship Review
W Musicianship Midterm
Th Modulating melody workshop

M (2/13) SS Loh. PP. 35-36, 41-42, Mel. Dict. Quiz
T Brahms cont'd, Mod. Mel. #2 due (Schumann texture)
W KH #3, SS at sight, Drill chromatic Mod.
Th Finish Brahms (Keyboard examples and songs), SS Loh. PP. 60-64, 71-75

M (2/20) Holiday
T Paper #2 due (Brahms Op. 99 Mvt. 1), Mahler, Symphony No. 1; ‚N‚o‚.‚ ‚1‚ (1) analysis
W SR Schumann PP. 356-357, SS Loh. PP. 92-97
Th Finish Mahler No.1, begin Symphony No. 2; ‚N‚o‚.‚ ‚2‚ (3)

M (2/27) SS Loh. PP. 116-122, Harm. Dict. Quiz
T Mahler cont'd, Mod. Mel. workshop
W SR Schumann PP. 73-75, Kh #4, SS Loh. PP. 125-129
Th Mod. Mel #3 due (Brahms texture)

M (3/6) SS at sight, Mel. Dict. quiz, Review altered chords
T Brahms and Mahler songs (also some French examples)
W SR Mahler PP. 46-49, KH#5, SS Loh. PP. 139-145
Th Berlioz heritage (handouts), Mod. Mel. Workshop

M SS Loh. PP. 155-156, 204-206, Review Mel. Dict., drill dissonant intervals (with octave displacement)
T Paper #3 due (Mahler S‚y‚m‚p‚h‚n‚y‚ ‚N‚o‚.‚ ‚2‚ (4))
W SR Mahler PP. 248-252, SS Loh. PP. 208-212, Review harmony
Th General Review, Mod. Mel. #4 due by exam day (Maher or Berlioz texture).

Notes:

1) Dictation every day (grades taken on indicated days)
2) Late papers penalized 1/3 letter grade each class day late.
3) Incompletes will be given only for grave illness (Don't even ask under other circumstances).

Music 120 C Twentieth Century

April 4 Introduction

(6) Analysis of melodies: Mahler Symphony X, Tristan und Isolde, Bartok, . Begin THe Unanswered Question, (1908), by Charles Ives (1874-1954). Charles Ives (1874-1954)

(11) Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951), Book of the Hanging Gardens, Op. 15, III, XV (1908).

(13) Anton Webern (1883-1945), Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 10 (1913), I, IV, V. 10 (1913). I,IV,V
(18) Finish Webern, compare with Berg excerpt. Paper #1 due: comparison of Schoenberg Op. 15 X with Ives Song"Ann Street"

(20) Begin Rite of Spring, (1913), Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

(25) Stravinsky

(27) Finish Stravinsky, compare with The Four Temperaments (1940), by Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)

(May 2) Review. Paper #2 due: Webern Op. 10 III comparison with Pribaoutki, by Stravinsky

(4) Midterm

(9) 12-tone music: compare Schoenberg semi-combinatorial set to Webern derived set

(11) 12-tone cont'd. Start String Quartet No. 3 (1927) by Bela Bartok (1881-1945)

(16) Compare Bartok with Edgard Varese (1883-1965)

(18) Varese, Octandre I (1924)

(23) Songs by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), L'Enfant et les Sortileges (1925). Paper #3 due: Recapitulation of the First Part (Bartok Str. Qr. No. 3).

(25) Ravel vs. Olivier Messiaen (1908-), Quartet for the End of Time, (1941).

(30) Aaron Copland (1900-) introduction, Billy the Kid, (1939).

(June 1) Benjamin Britten (1913-1976), Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings, (1941), "Dirge."

(6) Post WW II trends

(8) trends cont'd, review

Paper #4 due on the exam day. The topic is your choice: get it approved by May 25th.

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Bibliography

Theoretical works:

Hindemith, Paul, The Craft of Musical Composition Vol I.

Perle, George, Serial Composition and Atonality, Berkeley, 1968.

Persichetti, Vincent, Twentieth-Century Harmony

Rosen, Charles, Arnold Schoenberg, New York, 1975.

Biographies and Histories:

Copland, Aaron, Copland, 1900-1942, N.Y., 1984.

Griffiths, Paul, Modern Music: The Avant-Garde since 1945;, N.Y., 1981.

Leibowitz, Rene, Schoenberg and his School, (transl. Newlin), N.Y., 1975.

Pasler, Jan (ed.), Confronting Stravinsky Berkeley, 1986.

Samson, Jim, Music in Transition, N.Y. 1977.
Varese, Louise, Varese, A Looking-Glass Diary, N.Y., 1972.

Whittall, Arnold, Music since th First World War, London, 1977.

Wildgans, Friedrich, Anton Webern, (Transl. Roberts), London, 1966.

Periodicals:

American Music

Dissonanz=Dissonance

Journal of the Arnold Schoenberg Institute

Melos

Music Review

Perspectives of New Music

Source