| 1 |
Introduction; Music of the Middle Ages |
K. pp. xii-xvii, 1-19, and 54-69. Skim pp. 20-53. |
| 2 |
Renaissance and Early Baroque Music for Church, Chamber, and Theater |
K. pp. 73-89 and 92-101. |
| 3 |
Baroque Instrumental Music: Suite, Concerto, and Fugue; Bach |
K. pp. 104-107 and 111-148. Skim pp. 24-35. |
| 4 |
Baroque Vocal Music: Opera, Oratorio, and Cantata; Handel |
K. pp. 102-104 and 149-163. |
| 5 |
The Classical Symphony and Sonata: Haydn |
K. pp. 36-52 and 164-200. |
| 6 |
The Classical Concerto and Opera: Mozart |
K. pp. 200-211. |
| 7 |
Midterm Exam |
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| 8 |
From Classic to Romantic: Beethoven |
K. pp. 220-234. |
| 9 |
Romantic Songs and Piano Pieces: The Art of the Miniature |
K. pp. 235-240 ("Romanticism"), 242-243 ("Style Features / Rhythm: Rubato"), 245-247 ("Forms in Romantic Music" / "Miniature Compositions"), and 249-262 ("The Early Romantics"). |
| 10 |
Romantic Program Music and Opera: Fantasies on a Grand Scale |
K. pp. 240-242 ("Concert Life in the Nineteenth Century"), 244-245 ("Expansion of Tone Color" and "Program Music"), 247-248("'Grandiose' Composition" and "The Principle of Thematic Unity"), 2-5 ("A March by Hector Berlioz"), 262-270 ("Early Romantic Program Music"), and 271-287 ("Romantic Opera"). |
| 11 |
Late Romantic Orchestral Music: Looking Forward and Back |
K. pp. 240-242 ("Concert Life in the Nineteenth Century"), 243-245 ("Romantic Melody" / "Romantic Harmony" / "The Expansion of Tone Color"), and 288-307 ("The Late Romantics"). |
| 12 |
The Twentieth Century: The European Tradition |
K. pp. 312-314 ("The Twentieth Century"), 315-328 ("Prelude: Music and Modernism"), 329-347 ("The Twentieth Century: Early Modernism"), 352-362 ("Alternatives to Modernism: Ravel and Bartok"), 366-374 ("The Late Twentieth Century: Ligeti"), and 379-381 ("Music at the End of the Century: Saariaho"). |
| 13 |
The Twentieth Century: The American Tradition |
K. pp. 347-351 ("Modernism in America: Ives"), 362-365 ("Alternatives to Modernism: Copland"), 374-376 ("The Late Twentieth Century: Varèse, Cage), 377-378, 381-383 ("Music at the end of the Century: Crumb and Reich"), 384-397, and 400-417 ("Jazz and Beyond"). |
| 14 |
Catch-up and Review |
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