Sunday, November 18, 2012

Introduction to Western Music: From Mozart to Wagner - Fall 2012, Session 2

 The Art, Music & Recreation Center of the San Francisco Public Library in association with the University of the Commons (uotc.org) presents

INTRO TO WESTERN MUSIC: From Mozart to Wagner - Fall 2012, Session 2

Sundays, November 18 & 25 and December 2, 16 & 23
12:15-2:30 PM
Koret Auditorium
Main Library, Lower Level

Instructor: John Smalley


Recommended Texts:
Online Resources
Course Description and Objectives:  This course examines Western art music in various political, economic, and aesthetic contexts and seeks to teach listening skills, a critical vocabulary for discussing music, and a greater appreciation for the complex roles of music in society. We will look at changing genres and styles of music and discuss composers’ choices and assumptions, as well as those of their patrons and audiences, moving chronologically from the Classical through the Romantic eras. Students’ critical perceptions and responses to the music and the readings are an integral part of the course.



Course Calendar - November–December 2012


11/18   Introduction. Elements of music.

Classical Music. Terms: “string quartet,” “sonata-allegro form,” “minuet/trio.” 
Mozart, Eine kleine Nachtmusik, mvt. 1
Joseph Haydn, String Quartet, Op. 20, No. 2, mvt. 1
Joseph Haydn, String Quartet, Op. 20, No. 2, mvt. 2
Joseph Haydn, String Quartet, Op. 20, No. 2, mvt. 3
Joseph Haydn, String Quartet, Op. 20, No. 2, mvt. 4

11/25   Classical Symphony.
Mozart, Symphony No. 40 in G minor, mvt. 1
           
Pre-Classical Opera.  Classical Opera.
            Rousseau, Le devin du village
Mozart, The Magic Flute, “Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja” 
Mozart, The Magic Flute, “Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön”

12/2     Classical Concerto.  Terms: “theme and variations,” “trill,” “cadenza.”
Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K. 453, mvt. 1
Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K. 453, mvt. 3

            Beethoven
Beethoven, Symphony No. 5, mvt. 1
Beethoven, Symphony No. 5, mvt. 2
Beethoven, Symphony No. 5, mvt. 3
Beethoven, Symphony No. 5, mvt. 4

12/9     NO CLASS

12/16   Romantic Music. Romantic piano music.  The Lied.  Terms: “Lied”

Chopin, Mazurka, Op. 6, no. 2
Schubert, Erlkönig
Schubert, Der Doppelgänger
Robert Schumann, Im wunderschönen Monat Mai 
Clara Schumann, Der Mond kommt still gegangen

12/23   Romantic Program Music.  Nineteenth-century exoticism. 
Anon., Dies Irae
Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique, mvt. 5

            Romantic Opera:  Italian and German styles.  Terms: “Leitmotive” 
Verdi, Aida
Wagner, Tristan and Isolde, Prelude
Wagner, Tristan and Isolde, Philter Scene


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