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Music 120A: tonal Counterpoint

Materials for the Course:

J.S Bach Keyboard Music Dover Ed.
Organ Music Dover
"Eleven" Xeroxed excerpts from Eleven Cantatas
G.F. Handel xeroxed examples for figured bass (#'s 1-6)
CM von Weber Der Freischutz (piano-vocal score for sightsinging: "Weber")
S. Shumway Harmony and Ear Training at the Keyboard ("HET")
Alden Ashforth's Counterpoint Notes

There will be one keyboard assignment per week, and it will appear on the Tuesday class meeting. Since the class members will be divided into A and B groups for keyboard, A group will perform on Tu and B group on Thurs. in the last twenty mintues of the class. B group must look on Tuesday for their assignment.

Th (9/29) Introduction: Questions for new students. Second hour keyboard testing and division into A and B groups. Read Ashforth's CPT Notes.

M (10/3) Review of voice leading for four-part chorales and beginning of chorale prelude discussion (have Bach Organ Music in class).
Tu SS: "Eleven" xerox Aria PP 41-43; interval and triad drill and review. Keyboard:HET read PP 79-80: do PP 80-81 (1-10) A group.
W Chorale setting #1 due (from handouts).
Th SS "Eleven" tenor and bass parts, Keyboard Music English Suites play and sing at sight. B group (Tuesday HET assignment).

M (10/10) Chorale setting #2 due. Discussion of inner voices of choral prelude.
Tu SS "Eleven" Bass PP 80-81; harmonic dictation of cadences. Keyboard: Fig. Bass #1, HET PP 81-82 (1-8), read P 83, PP 89-92 (nonharmonic tones); Score reading "Eleven" P. 26, systems 1-4 (A group).
W Chorale Prelude #1 (figuration in inner voices) due. Discuss ornamented melody in Organ Music PP 125-128 ("Vater Unser") and compare with P131.
Th Sightsinging, Weber PP 20-24. Keyboard for B group.

M (10/17) Chorale Prelude #2 with ornamented melody due. Review invertible counterpoint (at octave, tenth, twelfth).
Tu SS "Eleven" PP 133-135 Weber PP 27-29, choral parts after P 29 at sight in class. Bach French Suites (Keyboard Music) sing and play at sight. Keyboard: HET PP 84-85 do A (1-4) B (1-4) Fig. Bass #2 (xerox) (A group) two part invention expo for dictation drill.
W Discuss Two-part inventiion expo, real vs. tonal answers, sequences.
Th Dictation drill of sequences. Keyboard for B group.

M (10/24) Chorale prelude section due (Cantus Firmus in pedals). Discuss two-part invention modulation to new key and key schemes in general.
Tu SS "Eleven" PP 136-140 Weber PP 39-44. Keyboard, Fig. Bass #3, HET 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 (A group).
W More sequences; two-part invention expo due.
Th Sightsinging, Weber PP. 40-47. Keyboard, B group. Drill imitative textures for dictation.

M (10/31) two-part inv to first modulation due.
Tu Review SS, dict of sequences. Keyboard review HET read PP 101-104, do PP 93-94 (4-6), III P 104 (1-5); score reading, "Eleven" P 44 Aria., Fig. bass P 92 (both A and B groups must prepare this for Tuesday).
W Harmonic dictation review.
Th Musicianship midterm.

M (11/17) Begin discussion of three-part expo.
Tu Drill harmonic sequences from three-part inv. and Partitas. Keyboard, HET read PP 107-109, do P 105 (6-9), P 109 (1,2) P 110 (all of IV), Fig. Bass handout # 4 (A group).
W Begin Three-part expo. Review modulating sequences again. Finnished two-part invention due.
Th SS at sight from Weber. Keyboard, B group.

M (11/14) Questions on three-part expo (workshop).
Tu SS from Weber PP 48-50, 53-57. Keyboard, HET read PP 11-113, do P 110 (4-7), P 114 (1-4); score reading "eleven' P 111 (A group).
W Three-part expo due; rewrite of two-part inv. due.
Th Intensive drill in keyboard for the B group. SS at sight for everyone.

M (11/21) Discuss canon (Goldberg Variations)
Tu Guest lecture on Bach Four Duets (in Organ Music) Second hour: keyboard HET read PP 116-118, do P 114 (5-8), all of IV P 119, Fig. Bass #5.
W Continue with Goldberg Var.
Th Thanksgiving.

M (11/28) Rewrite of Three-part expo due.
Tu Continue lecture on Four Duets. Keyboard, HET PP 120-122, do all of III (PP122-123) (A Group)
W fughetta: Organ Music PP 118-119, imitation "Aus Tiefer Not PP 137-139, 140-141. Fugue expo analysis (Organ Sonata No. 1 PP 20-21).
Th Keyboard, B group the whole two hours.

M (12/5) Three-part invention expo and modulation due.
Tu SS Weber, PP 121-125; ensemble parts at sight PP 84-93. Keyboard, HEt read PP 124-126. Fill in inner voices of chorales 3 and 4 P; fig. Bass Xerox #6 (A group).
W Chorale Prelude analysis paper due. Fugue overview "St Anne" fugue and "Jesus Christus Unser Heiland" in Organ Music.
Th Review and keyboard for B group (the whole second hour).

Notes:

1. Remember: dictation will be given promptly at the beginning of each class.
2. Musicianship assignments must be performed on the given day or earn a zero.
3. Written assignments must be turned in on time or lose 1/3 letter grad for each class day late (and "A" paper, due on Monday and handed in late on Thursday would get a "B" ; after seventeen classes, it would be an "F".

Music 120 B Romantic Harmony

Books:
Beethoven, Complete String Quartets Dover Edition.
Schumann, Piano Music , Series I Dover Edition.
Wagner, Tannhauser, Piano-Vocal score, G. Schirmer.
Mahler, Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4, Dover Edition.

In addition, there will be a xerox handout of selections from Schumann's Dichterliebe and xeroxes of all the keyboard assignments. They will consist of figured harmony (FH) and score reading (SR) for keyboard A and B groups. Also, the TA will provide a sheet as a guide for instrument transpositions.
All prepared sightsinging (SS) will be assigned from the Wagner score,and page nos. refer to that score.
The written assignments will consist of four analysis papers (topics given on due day) and three style compositions.

Monday, Jan. 9 Introduction: Beethoven Op. 135 Mvt. I.
T SS PP. 57-63 (all choral parts). Review two-part melodic dictation.
W Continue Beethoven analysis.
Th Review harmonic dictation, inversions of triads, cadences, secondary dominants. Introduce common instrument transpositions (handout).

M 1/16 Holiday
T SS PP. 99-103. KB A group: ASSN 1 (fig. harmony + SR)
W Beethoven Op. 135 Mvt II opening and Finale for analysis.
Th SS PP. 280-283. KB B group: ASSN1

M 1/23 Analysis paper #1 due (Beethoven PP. 204-206 end of Finale). Begin Schumann, Papillons PP. 10-12 compare song cycle (using Dichterliebe exs.) with piano cycle.
T SS PP. 220-225 (all choral parts). KB A: ASSN 2
W Style composition #1 due (opening of Romantic song accompaniment in Schumann style). Start analysis of Davidsbundler PP. 37-39,43,47, 51-53.
Th SS PP. 148-151. KB B: ASSN 2

M 1/30 Continue Davidsbundler, PP. 57-58. Begin Carnaval .
T SS PP. 70-77 (all choral parts) . Drill enharmonic chord changes.
W Analysis paper #2 due (Davidsbundler, P. 62). Continue with Carnaval PP. 87-89, 97-100.
Th Start modulating sequences drill. KB A & B: ASSN 3

M Feb. 6 Finish Carnaval, start Op. 12 PP. 167-171.
T SS PP. 65-70. Continue harmonic mod drill.
W. Midterm in Musicianship.
Th Guest lecture: Variation Movement Piano Sonata in F Minor PP. 206-209. Relate to chromatic harmony of previous drills.

M 2/13 Finish Schumann: Kinderscenen, PP. 227-228, Kreisleriana PP. 236-240, 245-246, 256-260. Start Wagner Tannhauser Prelude to Act I.
T Harmonic dictation drill: harmonic enrichment, borrowings from minor/major, enhamonic and semitone substitutions.
W Continue with Tannhauser Prelude analysis. Review instrument transpositions.
Th Quiz on instrument transpositions. KB A& B: ASSN 4

M 2/20 Holiday.
T SS PP. 104-109. Melodic dictation drill (Mahler melodies).
W Analysis paper #3 due (Tannhauser Prelude to Act III PP. 276-279 complete harmonic analysis). General introduction to Mahler (Opening of Symphony No 4).
Th KB A & B: ASSN 5

M 2/27 Start analysis of Mahler Symphony No. 3 Mvt. I.
T SS PP. 299-305. KB A: ASSN 6
W Style composition No.2 due ("Traumerei" imitation transcribed for string quartet). Continue Mahler Mvt I.
Th SS PP. 306-310. KB B: ASSn 6

M Mar. 6 Start Mahler III Mvt III P. 132.
T SS PP. 123-126. Drill dissonance treatment in Wagner.
W Analysis paper # 4 due ("O Mensch" Mahler Mvt. IV PP. 179-189). Continue with mvt. III analysis.
Th KB A & B:

M 3/13 Discuss Finale of Mahler Symphony No. 3
T SS PP. 314-322. review harmonic dictation.
W Melodic dictation review.
Th Keyboard review.

Style Composition #3 will be due on the final examination day: it can be a project of your choice, subject to instructor approval (it should have something to do with Mahler).

As usual, dictation will be given at the beginning of every class. ASSN refers to double keyboard assignments: figured harmony, and score reading (xeroxes).

Music 120 B Romantic Harmony

M 1/16 Holiday
T SS PP. 99-103. KB A group: ASSN 1 (fig. harmony + SR)
W Beethoven Op. 135 Mvt II opening and Finale for analysis.
Th SS PP. 280-283. KB B group: ASSN1

M 3/13 Discuss Finale of Mahler Symphony No. 3
T SS PP. 314-322. review harmonic dictation.
W Melodic dictation review.
Th Keyboard review.

Style Composition #3 will be due on the final examination day: it can be a project of your choice, subject to instructor approval (it should have something to do with Mahler).

As usual, dictation will be given at the beginning of every class. ASSN refers to double keyboard assignments: figured harmony, and score reading (xeroxes).

Music 120C Twentieth Century

Books:
Arnold Schoenberg, Verklarte Nacht and Pierrot Lunaire (Dover Edition)
Maurice Ravel, Songs 1896-1914 (Dover)
Bela Bartok, String Quartet No. 2 (Boosey & Hawkes Pocket Score)
Igor Stravinsky, Petrouchka (Dover)

In addition, there will be a xeroxed packet with four compund keyboard assignments. In the course of sessions, small compositional assignments will be given by the TA.

Monday, April 3: When does the 20th century begin? The crisis of 1909.
Tuesday: No class
Wednesday: Schoenberg's Verklarte Nacht as a gateway. Begin Tableau I of Petrouchka.
Thursday: SS: Ravel PP1-3, 38-42, 43-46. Two-part melodic dictation ala Bartok.

M 4/10: Petrouchka Tableau III.
T: SS : Ravel PP 21-25,50-52. Continue two-part melodic dictation.
W: KB #1 Group A 1:00-1:50, Group B 2:00-2:50 for the four Wednesdays (KB room)
Th: Rhythmic Drill 20th Cent. Varese's Ionisation.

M 4/17: Compare Tableaus I and IV
T: SS :Ravel PP 4-6,47-49. Continue rhythmic drill.
W: Paper #1 on Tableau II of Petrouchka due. Discussion of overall unity in class.
Th: SS: Ravel PP14-19. Tonal basis of musicof Bartok.

M 4/24: Begin discussion of Ravel (piano music, String Quartet excerpt, songs).
T: SS: Ravel PP 7-13. Harmonic drill on Ravel chords.
W: KB #2
Th: Dictation of one-p[art 12-tone melody.

M May 1: Musicianship review
T: More Musicianship review
W: Musicianship midrterm
Th: Harmonic dictation drill ala Stravinsky

M 5/8: Ravel Songs.
T: Begin Schoenberg, Pierrot Lunaire.
W: Schoenberg vs. Stravinsky. Paper #2 on Ravel String Quartet excerpt due.
Th: Continue Pierrot Lunaire Harmonic drill on cells.

M 5/15: Ravel Songs cont'd. The tonality of Ravel vs. the total chromaticism of Schoenberg.
T: SS:PP33-37 "Music and Technology"
W: KB #3.
Th: Harmonic dictation drill mixing styles of Bartok and Stravinsky. Paper #3 on unifying factors in Part II of Pierrot Lunaire due.

M 5/22: Begin Bartok String Quartet No.2.
T: Half class on Schoenberg. SS: Ravel PP 59-64.
W: Continue Bartok
Th: SS: Ravel PP 65-73. Dictation of chromatic harmonic materials, clusters, etc.

M 5/29 Holiday
T: The other Viennese composers: Berg and Webern.
W: KB #4.
Th: SS Ravel PP74-81, some early Berg songs atsight, 12-tone review and semicombinatorial sets.

M 6/5: Finish Bartok.Conclusions on pure styles vs. stylistic evolution.
T: SS: Ravel PP 86-93 Paper #4 on Bartok (student's choice) due.
W : Keyboard review.
Th: SS: Ravel PP 94 ff use for review. Dictation review.

Note: Although the scheduled final examination day is Wednesday, June 14, the musicianship appointments must be made and dictation given on Monday, June 13. Please alert the instructors of any possible conflicts as early in the quarter as possible.