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Music 100C: Calendar and Assignments (Spring 2009) |
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Concepts to Learn |
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Literature |
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Projects, mostly due Wednesdays
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WEEK 1 |
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Overview of harmony, melody, and counterpoint. |
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Anton Reicha |
“Treatise on Melody” (excerpt) |
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30-Mar |
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Ellis Koss |
Exercise 1: |
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1-Apr |
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Ben Carson |
Your favorite melody |
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WEEK 2 |
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Voice independence, well-formedness, and mobility. |
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E. C. Jacquet de la Guerre |
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3-Apr |
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The Anna Magdalena Bach Notebook |
Exercise 2: |
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6-Apr |
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(Excerpts: Dance Suite Movements) |
Sentence completions, baroquization |
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WEEK 3 |
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Error correction, phrase structures, free counterpoint, and essential intervals. |
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Bach |
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8-Apr |
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Anna Magdalena Bach, cont. |
Analysis: “essential intervals” [Wed Apr 16] |
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10-Apr |
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13-Apr |
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Robert Gauldin |
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Exercise 3: two-part writing |
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WEEK 4 |
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Cadential structures, continued. 3:1 and 4:1 counterpoint; extension and Elaboration. |
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Battista, Uccellini, Tuma |
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15-Apr |
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Trio Sonatas (Allegro Mvts.) |
Composition 1: “Dance Suite Movement” [Wed Apr 29] |
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17-Apr |
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20-Apr |
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Kennan 5 |
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Busoni edition: Inventions 1, 5, 9, and 14 [ pdf ] |
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WEEK 5 |
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Imitation and canon. |
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Bach, Handel, Vivaldi |
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22-Apr |
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Kennan 8-9 |
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Exercise 4: canonic imitation
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24-Apr |
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27-Apr |
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Analysis: “real and tonal transposition” |
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WEEK 6 |
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Advanced topics: invention expositions, ornamental chromaticism, rhythmic independence. |
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Bach |
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29-Apr |
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Art of the Fugue: Canons |
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1-May |
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Exercise 5: invertible counterpoint / Invention drafts |
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4-May |
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[ Read Ch 10, pp 126-132, i.e. pp 31-37 of the pdf ] |
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WEEK 7 |
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Review and performances. Three-part writing, syncopation |
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6-May |
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Gauldin 11, 12 |
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8-May |
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Sinfonias, Preludes |
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11-May |
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Organize rehearsals for a class performance of one of your first two projects. |
Composition 2: “Two-part Invention” [Mon May 18]
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WEEK 8 |
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Fugue: exposition procedures, three-part writing with ‘tall chords’ |
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13-May |
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15-May |
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Well-tempered Clavier |
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18-May |
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Fugue 16 (G minor) |
Exercise 6: extension and episode |
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WTC Book II: Fugue 18 (G# minor) |
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WEEK 9 |
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Fugue, continued; complex sequences, stretto, Beethoven’s Great Fugue |
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20-May |
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Kennan 16 |
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Fugue Expositions turned in for feedback [due Wednesday June 3] |
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22-May |
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Well-tempered Clavier, Cantatas |
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27-May |
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*Monday the 25th is a holiday |
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WEEK 10 |
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Review and performances |
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29-May |
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TBA |
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1-Jun |
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3-Jun |
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F |
5-Jun |
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Fugue 16 (G minor) |
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WTC Book II: Fugue 18 (G# minor) |
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FINAL EXAM |
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Wed |
10-Jun |
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12:00 NOON -3:00 PM |
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FINAL PROJECT: “Prelude and Fugue” [Wednesday Jun 10, 7 pm] |
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