TOPICS
Introduction to the Course
Course Description
Course Objectives
Establishing Your Internet Account
Using E-mail for Class

CLASSICISM IN MUSIC

  • "Re-Discovering" Greece
  • Baroque Style Contrasted
  • Ideals of Classical Western Art
  • A Moment of Confluence

    PRELUDE TO THE CLASSIC PERIOD IN MUSIC

  • Models and Styles
  • Synthesis of Diverse Practices
  • ASCENDANCY of INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
  • Multi-Movement Forms
  • Instrumental Development
  • Aristocracy Replaces the Church as Patron of the Arts
  • City States and Public Concerts
  • Musician as Entrepreneur

  • Stabilizing of Orchestra
  • The Classical Orchestra
  • The Development of the Pianoforte
  • Solidification and Expansion of Tonality

    18TH CENTURY MUSIC AND THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE: THE WESTERN WORLD AT MID-CENTURY

  • Germany and Northern Europe
  • France
  • Italy
  • England
  • Russia
  • America and The Colonies
  • European "Chauvinism" FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN (1732-1809)

    WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791)

  • The Young Genius
  • Master and Innovator
  • Mozart's Contributions to All Genre

    VARIATION AND DEVELOPMENTAL TECHNIQUES

  • Techniques for Development
  • Theme and Variation

    THE SONATA

    THE SYMPHONY

  • Sinfonia
  • The Three Movement Symphony
  • Orchestral Quartets
  • The Symphony Comes of Age

    THE CONCERTO

  • Concerto Grosso
  • The Emergence of the Solo Concerto

    VOCAL MUSIC AND OPERA

  • Mozart's Operas
  • Haydn's Songs
  • The Oratorio
  • Opera as a Growing Force

    CHAMBER MUSIC

  • Trio
  • Divertimento
  • String Quartet

    HIGH CLASSICISM: A BRIEF MOMENT OF DISTILLATION

  • Elements of Classical Style
  • Style and Form

    ROOTS OF ROMANTICISM

  • The emergence of the dramatic in the sonata and symphony
  • Discovery of the "real Shakespeare"
  • Links to the Baroque and Empfindsamkeit

  • LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)

  • The First Symphony as a Point of Departure: "Good-bye to Classicism"
  • The Eruption of the Tonal System

    THE FRAGILE CONFLUENCE DISSOLVES

  • A return to unity of mood
  • The Nurturing of Extremes
  • The Loss of Restraint
  • The Striving for the Grand
  • Political Turmoil and the death of Aristocracy
  • The American Revolution
  • The French Revolution

    Course Assignments

  • Book Assignments

    Term Project

    Class Projects Underway

    Evaluation

    Policy on Incompletes

    References

    Book Abstracts

  • Discography