Dr. Deborah Kauffman
Office hours: TBA
Office: Frasier 121
Office Phone: 351-2319
Email: dkauffman@arts.unco.edu

Textbook: David Poultney, Studying Music History. Available at the Book Stop.

Class objective: To get an overview of vocal music, focusing on differentiating between the styles of the major historical periods and important composers.

Grading: Because I am approaching this course with the goal of preparation for graduate exams, grading will be based on the following:

1. A midterm in the form of an oral exam. Each of you will have a short interview with me, during which I will ask you several questions about the material we will have covered. To be scheduled individually during the week of March 5.
2. A second midterm in the form of essay questions on Thursday, April 12.
3. A final exam in the form of score identifications on Monday, May 7, 8:00-10:30.
4. Class presentations. Students will be responsible for taking turns in leading some class meetings. Read up on your topics in the suggested textbooks (which are on reserve) and in any other sources. Make a study guide with a summary of your information and provide copies for everyone. Bring examples of scores (generally on reserve) so we can look at and discuss style characteristics. My presentations during the first weeks of class will show you what I would like from you. I will also present other topics during the semester.

Guidelines for Topics: Click on the following for the topics and works we will be covering. Scores and recordings for the works included should be on reserve. Each student will be presenting at least 2 of these topics, to be arranged in class:

• Guidelines for Classical Topics
• Guidelines for Romantic Topics
• Guidelines for 20th-Century Topics

Renaissance: January 16, 18.

• Suggested textbooks: Allan Atlas, Renaissance Music; Howard Brown and Louise Stein, Music in the Renaissance.
• Topics: Mass and Motet; Chanson and Madrigal.
• Reading assignment: Chapter 2, pp. 20-30, 36-38 [Josquin des Prez], 38-40 [Giovanni da Palestrina], 40-42 [Orlandus Lassus].
• Glossary: a cappella; air de cour; anthem; balletto; cantus firmus; chorale; diminutions; frottola; Lied; madrigalism/madrigalian; modal/modality; motto theme; paraphrase; parody; points of imitation; tactus; tone-painting; villancico.

Baroque: January 23 through February 15.

• Suggested texbooks: Claude Palisca, Baroque Music; Manfred Bukofzer, Music in the Baroque Era.
• Topics: Historical and stylistic background: Recitative style and solo madrigal; Secular cantata; Opera; Sacred music; Oratorio; Monteverdi; Bach; Handel; summary and score i.d. practice.
• Reading assignment: Chapter 3, pp. 75-81, 86-87 [Monteverdi], 89-90 [Schütz], 91-92 [Purcell], 92-94 [Alessandro Scarlatti], 99-102 [Bach], 102-105 [Handel].
• Glossary: basically everything

Classical: February 20 through March 8.

• Suggested textbooks: Philip Downs, Classical Music; Reinhard Pauly, Music in the Classic Period
• Topics: Opera; Choral music and Haydn; Mozart; Beethoven; summary and score i.d. practice; catch-up day.
• Reading assignment: Chapter 4, pp. 112-115, 118-119 [Gluck], 122-124 [Mozart], 124-127 [Beethoven].
• Glossary: everything
• Comparative Style Table; study pp. 130-131
• Unidentified Historical Sources; read pp. 143-146.

Midterm (oral exam): To be scheduled during the week of March 6.

Romantic: March 13 through April 12.
Spring Break: March 19-23

• Suggested textbooks: Leon Plantinga, Romantic Music; Alfred Einstein, Music in the Romantic Era.
• Topics: Romanticism and the art song; Opera; Choral music; Schubert and Schumann; Brahms; Wagner and Verdi; score i.d. practice.
• Reading assignment: Chapter 5, pp. 147-149, 152-154, 154-156 [Schubert], 156-158 [Rossini], 164-168 [Wagner], 168-169 [Verdi], 169 [Brahms].
• Glossary: everything.

Midterm (essays): Tuesday, April 12.

20th Century: April 17 through May 3.

• Suggested textbooks: Robert P. Morgan, Twentieth-Century Music; Glenn Watkins, Soundings: Music in the Twentieth Century
• Topics: Debussy; Atonality and Expressionism; Schoenberg and Serialism; Neoclassicism and Stravinsky; Nationalism and Avant garde; practice score i.d.s.
• Reading assignment: Chapter 6, pp. 175-178, 179-180 [Debussy], 183-184 [Schoenberg], 184-185 [Ravel], 186-188 [Stravinsky], 188-190 [Berg], 192-193 [Bernstein], 193-194 [Penderecki], 194-200 [Notes on Other 20-C Composers].
• Glossary: everything.
• Comparative Style Table; study pp. 204-205.
• Unidentified Historical Sources; read pp. 222-227.

Final Exam: Monday, May 7, 8:00.