Instructor

Professor Nathan Link
Office: Grant Hall, Room 314
Office Hours: MWF 10:20–11:20 , 2:50–3:50
E-mail: nathan.link@centre.edu

Meeting Times
MWF 12:40–1:40 , Grant 403

Course Description

A survey of music literature and history to about 1800, with emphasis on the Baroque and Classical periods.

Required Materials

•  Craig Wright and Bryan Simms, Music in Western Civilization , Thomson-Schirmer 2006

•  Anthology for Music in Western Civilization

•  CD Set for Music in Western Civilization

Course Policies

•  Attendance: Attendance is expected at all class meetings. Excused absences will be granted either with prior approval, with written confirmation of a medical condition, or through official college permission. Students will be allowed to make up missed quizzes only in the case of excused absences. Two unexcused absences are allowed during the course of the semester with no penalty. Each subsequent unexcused absence will result in a 2% deduction from the final grade for the course.

•  Performances: You are asked to attend the performance by Anonymous 4 at the Norton Center , Monday, November 20, at 8:00 PM .

•  Communication: I will check my e-mail on a daily basis, and will make every respond to all e-mails within 24 hours. I ask that you also check your Centre e-mail account at least once a day in order to stay abreast of any announcements or unexpected changes.

•  Class participation: Students are expected to come to class prepared to discuss the readings and compositions previously assigned. Full participation in class discussion is an important component of the final grade.

•  Quizzes: Most weeks, there will be with a relatively short quiz (the detailed schedule is given below). These will take the form either of short-answer quizzes, with questions drawn from the assigned readings, or “needle-drop” listening quizzes, in which short recorded excerpts from the assigned listening will be played, and students will be asked to identify the composer, piece, genre, and approximate date of composition (answers within ten years will be accepted). For the short-answer quizzes, pay special attention to the “Key Terms” listed at the end of each chapter of the textbook. In preparing for the listening quizzes, you should listen to each piece multiple times, following along in the score (usually in your anthology) at least once for each piece.

•  Assignments: There will be two analysis assignments, one on the fugue and another on the sonata. These will take the place of your quizzes, i.e., there will be no quizzes on the Mondays that are assignments are due.

•  Exams: There will be a final exam, consisting of a combination of short answers, short essays, and “needle-drop” identification of previously assigned pieces.

•  Presentation: Each student will be asked to give a twenty-to-thirty-minute oral presentation on a composition of his or her choice, which must be approved by the instructor. This presentation may take the form of a close analysis, or it might instead explore issues of biographical concerns, historical context, or performance practice.

•  Paper: Each student must complete a five-to-ten page paper on a topic of his or her choice, chosen in consultation with the instructor. As with the presentation, this paper may be analytical or contextual in nature. In accordance with Centre College policy, papers will be submitted via www.turnitin.com (Class ID number: 1588126, password: centremusic). If you have not done so already, you will need to set up a user account. Please contact me if you have any trouble navigating the site. You may submit your papers at any time, but no later than December 8, which is the last day of the exam period.

Grading

Your final grade will be calculated as follows:

• Weekly quizzes             25%
• Presentation                 15%
• Paper                            20%
• Final Exam                   20%
• Class Participation        20%

Scale

• 92–100             A
• 89–91               A-
• 86–88               B+
• 82–85               B
• 79–81               B-
• 76–78               C+
• 72–75               C
• 69–71               C-
• 60–68               D
• 59 or below      U

Course Outline and Schedule

Material for Short-Answer Quizzes

• Short-Answer Quiz 1, Monday 9/4: Chapters 3 and 4
• Short-Answer Quiz 2, Wednesday 9/20: Chapters 5, 6, 8, 12, 21, 25, 28, and pp. 146–49
• Short-Answer Quiz 3, Monday 10/2: Chapters 29–32, pp. 232–33
• Short-Answer Quiz 4, Monday 10/16: Chapters 33–37
• Short-Answer Quiz 5, Monday 11/13: Chapters 38–46
• Short-Answer Quiz 6, Wednesday 11/29: Chapters 47–49

Material for Listening Quizzes

Listening Quiz 1, Monday 9/11

• Vespers , CD 1/3–4
• Christmas Day Mass , CD 1/5–9
• Dies Irae , CD 1/12
• O rubor sanguinis , CD 1/13
• Ordo virtutum (excerpts), CD 1/14
• Beatriz de Dia, A chantar , CD 1/15
• Bernart de Ventadorn, Can vei la lauzeta , CD 1/16
• Richard the Lionheart, Ja nus hons , CD 1/17
• Leonin, Viderunt omnes , CD 1/20
• Perotin, Viderunt omnes , CD 1/21
  Listening Quiz 2, Monday 9/25
• Machaut, Hoquetus David , CD 2/1
• Machaut, Je puis trop bien , CD 2/2
• Machaut, Kyrie , CD 2/4
• Josquin, Sanctus , CD 3/6
• Josquin, Miserere , CD 3/7
• Gesualdo, Moro, Lasso , CD 3/25
• Palestrina, Sanctus , CD 3/17
• Palestrina, Tu Es Petrus (prima pars), CD 3/18
• Palestrina, Kyrie , CD 3/19
• Monteverdi, Cruda Amarilli , CD 3/26
• Peri, “Funeste piagge,” CD 4/1
• Monteverdi, Orfeo (three selections)CD 4/4–6
• Monteverdi, “Pur ti miro,” CD 4/7
  
  Listening Quiz #3, Monday, October 9
• Gabrielli, In ecclesiis , CD 4/8
• Monteverdi, “Hor che 'l ciel,” CD 4/9
• Strozzi, “Voglio morire,” CD 4/10
• Schütz, “Saul, Saul,” CD 4/11
• Allegri, Miserere , CD 4/12
• Carissimi, Jephte (two selections), CD 4/17–18
• Scarlatti, Oh di Betlemme (two selections), CD 4/19–20
• Rossi, Sonata sopra l'aria di Ruggiero , CD 4/21
• Corelli, Op. 4, no. 1 (four movements), CD 4/22–25
• Torelli, Trumpet Sinfonia in D major, CD 5/1–3
• Vivaldi, L'estro armonico , no. 8, 1 st mvt., CD 5/4
• Froberger Suite no. 6 (four movements), CD 5/5–8)
• Buxtehude, Wie schön leuchtet , CD 5/11
• Pachelbel, Wie schön leuchtet , CD 5/12
  
  Listening Quiz #4, Monday, Oct 23
• Lully, Armide (two selections), CD 5/13–14
• de la Guerre, Jepthé (two selections), CD 5/15–16
• Gualtier, Tombeau , CD 5/17
• François Couperin, Les Barricades Mistérieuses (to be provided)
• Purcell, “Thy Hand, Belinda/When I am laid in Earth,” CD 5/20–21
• Purcell, “Come, Ye Sons of Art” (Chorus/Duet/Chorus), CD 5/22–23
• Purcell, “Funeral Music for Queen Mary” (March and Canzona), CD 5/24–25
• Handel, Water Music (two selections), CD 5/26–27
• Handel, Music for the Royal Fireworks (selections to be provided)
• Handel, Giulio Cesare , “V'adoro pupille,” CD 5/28
• Handel, Serse , “Ombra mai fu” (to be provided)
• Handel, Rodelinda , “Pompe vane/Dove sei” (to be provided)
• Handel, Messiah , “He Shall Feed his Flock,” CD 6/1
• Handel, Messiah , “He was despised” (to be provided)
• Handel, Messiah , “Hallelujah” chorus, CD 6/2
  
  Listening Quiz #5, Monday, November 6
• 10. Bach, “Durch Adams Fall,” CD 6/4
• Bach, C-minor Prelude and Fugue from WTC , CD 6/5–6
• 8. Bach , Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 (1 st mvt.), CD 6/7
• 4. Track 11. 7 track 10 . Bach, Wachet Auf (entire cantata), CD 6/8–13
• 9. Bach, “Crucifixus” from B-minor Mass , CD 6/14
• Bach, Art of Fugue (selections to be provided)
• 5. Hasse, “Digli che son fedele,” CD 6/16
• 6. (track 22). Pergolesi, La serva padrona (two selections), CD 6/21–22
• 2. Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice (four selections), CD 7/1–4
• 1. Sammartini, Symphony no. 3 , 1 st mvt., CD 7/5
• 3. Stamitz, Symphony in Eb , 1 st mvt. CD 7/6
• Scarlatti, Sonata no. 26 , CD 7/7
• CPE Bach, Fantasia in C Minor , CD 7/8
• JC Bach, Piano Sonata in D Major , 1 st mvt. (to be provided)
  
  Listening Quiz #6, Monday, 11/27
• Haydn, Symphony, Le Matin , 1 st mvt., CD 7/9
• Haydn, “Bird” Quartet, 1 st mvt., CD 7/10
• Haydn, “Surprise” Symphony, 2 nd mvt., CD 7/11
• Haydn, Symphony no. 99, 1 st mvt., CD 7/12
• Haydn, Creation , “The Heavens are Telling,” CD 7/13
• Mozart, Symphony no. 40 , 1 st mvt., CD 7/14
• Mozart, Symphony no. 41 , 4 th mvt., CD 7/15
• Mozart, Piano Concerto in A Major , 1 st mvt., CD 8/1
• Mozart, Figaro (four selections), CD 8/2–5
• Mozart, C-minor Mass (selections to be provided)
• Mozart, Requiem Mass (two selections), CD 8/6–7
• Beethoven, Sonata Pathétique, 1 st mvt., CD 8/8
• Beethoven, Piano Concerto no. 1 , 3 rd mvt., CD 8/9