Beethoven to Mahler

Readings

Books

[Taruskin 17th/18th] = Taruskin, Richard. Music in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries: The Oxford History of Western Music. Oxford University Press, 2011. ISBN: 9780199842155.

[Taruskin] = Taruskin, Richard. Music in the Nineteenth Century: The Oxford History of Western Music. Oxford University Press, 2009. ISBN: 9780195384833.

SES #	TOPICS, WORKS, AND READINGS ASSIGNMENTS
Week I: Introduction and Beethoven
1	[Taruskin 17th/18th] pp. 641–739. Beethoven, Piano Trio Op. 1, No. 3, First and last movements only [Taruskin 17th/18th] pp. 696–701. Beethoven, Piano Sonata Op. 13 [Taruskin 17th/18th] pp. 726–35.
2	Beethoven, Symphony No. 3, movement I [Taruskin 17th/18th] pp. 655–70. Beethoven, Symphony No. 5, complete [Taruskin 17th/18th] pp. 706–20. Beethoven, Piano Sonata Op. 111, complete [Taruskin 17th/18th] pp. 726–35.
Week II: Beethoven and Rossini; Bellini; Field; Schubert
3	[Taruskin] pp. 1–118. Beethoven, Symphony No. 9, movement IV. Solomon, Late Beethoven, Chapter 11 [Taruskin 17th/18th] pp. 675–82. Beethoven, Fidelio, Act I, Quartet [Taruskin] pp. 1–7. Rossini, Barber of Seville, Overture [Taruskin] pp. 7–27.
4	Bellini, Norma, “Casta diva” [Taruskin] pp. 35–46. Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor, Act II finale [Taruskin] pp. 46–59. Field, Nocturne [Taruskin] pp. 69–79. Schubert, Impromptu in E flat, Op. 90, No. 2. Schubert, “Great” C major Symphony, movement I. Schubert, String Quartet in G, movement IV. Schubert, Sonata in Bb, D. 960, movement I [Taruskin] pp. 79–118.
Week III: Lieder; Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn; Weber
5	[Taruskin] pp. 119–86. Heiden röslein, Reichardt and Schubert settings. Erlkönig, Reichardt and Schubert settings. An die ferne Geliebte, Beethoven. Gretchen am Spinnrade, Schubert. Dopplegänger, Schubert [Taruskin] pp. 119–63. Mendelssohn, Paulus, Nos. 2, 16, 36 [Taruskin] pp. 163–79.
6	Mendelssohn, Octet, IV. Mendelssohn, Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Fanny Mendelssohn, Ferne, Op. 9, No. 9. Fanny Mendelssohn, Verlust, Op. 9, No. 10 [Taruskin] pp. 179–86. Weber, Der Freischütz, Wolf Glen scene [Taruskin] pp. 187–205.
Week IV: Meyerbeer; Paganini; Liszt
7	[Taruskin] pp. 205–88. Concert: Beethoven Violin Sonatas performed by Susanna Ogata & Ian Watson.
8	Meyerbeer, Les Huguenots [Taruskin] pp. 205–32. Paganini, Caprice Op. 1, No. 24 [Taruskin] pp. 251–61. Liszt, Paganini Etudes. Liszt, Réminiscenes de Don Juan, “duetto.” Liszt, Piano Concerto No. 1, movement I [Taruskin] pp. 261–88.
Week V: Schumann; Berlioz; Chopin
9	[Taruskin] pp. 289–376. R. Schumann, Dichterliebe Nos. 1, 2, 7, 8, 12, 16. R. Schumann, Phantasiestücke, Op. 12, No. 3 [Taruskin] pp. 289–318. Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique [Taruskin] pp. 318–41.
10	Chopin, Preludes, complete [Taruskin] pp. 343–67. Chopin, Ballade No. 1 in G minor [Taruskin] pp. 367–76.
Week VI: Gottschalk; Liszt; Balakirev
11	[Taruskin] pp. 377–478. Gottschalk, Souvenier de Puerto Rico. Gottschalk, Banjo [Taruskin] pp. 377–86. Liszt, Sonata in B minor [Taruskin] pp. 411–42.
12	Balakirev, Overture on Russian Themes [Taruskin] pp. 467–78.
Week VII: Wagner and Verdi
13	[Taruskin] pp. 479–539. Wagner, Götterdammerung [Taruskin] pp. 479–539.
Week VIII: Wagner and Verdi (cont.)
14	[Taruskin pp. 539–615. Wagner, Trisan und Isolde [Taruskin] pp. 539–62.
15	Verdi, La traviata, beginning of Act I Verdi, Rigoletto, quartet [Taruskin] pp. 563–615.
Week IX: Musorgsky; Tchaikovsky; Bizet; Puccini
16	[Taruskin] pp. 617–74. Musorgsky, Boris Godunov, Coronation scene [Taruskin] pp. 617–74. Chaikovsky, Eugene Onegin [Taruskin] pp. 639–43.
17	Bizet, Carmen, Act I [Taruskin] pp. 643–51. Puccini, Madame Butterfly, [Taruskin] pp. 664–74.
Week X: Brahms
18	[Taruskin] pp. 675–786. Brahms, Piano Concerto in D, Op. 15, movement I Brahms, Symphony No. 1, movements I, II and IV. Brahms, Requiem, movement I. Brahms, String Quartet No. 1, movements I and IV [Taruskin] pp. 643–51.
Week XI: Symphony
19	Bruckner, Symphony No. 7, movement II [Taruskin] pp. 745–51. Dvorák, New World Symphony, movement II [Taruskin] pp. 751–66. Beach, Gaelic Symphony, movement IV [Taruskin] pp. 766–73.
20	Franck, Symphony in D minor, movement I [Taruskin] pp. 774–83. Saint-Saëns, Symphony No. 3 [Taruskin] pp. 783–6.
Week XII: The Symphony; Mahler
21	[Taruskin] pp. 786–824. Borodin, Symphony No. 1, movement III [Taruskin] pp. 786–9. Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4, movement I [Taruskin] pp. 789–801. Mahler, Symphony No. 5, movement IV. Mahler, “Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen” from Fünf Rückertlieder. Helpful but not Required Taruskin, Richard. Music in the Early Twentieth Century: The Oxford History of Western Music. Vol. 3. Oxford University Press, 2009, pp. 1–23, 59–83, 97–129, and 599–601. ISBN: 9780195384840. [Preview with Google Books]
21	Mahler, Das Lied von der Erde.