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:

• Joseph Kerman and Gary Tomlinson, Listen
• Joseph Machlis and Kristine Forney, The Enjoyment of Music
• Don Randel, The New Harvard Dictionary of Music
• Piero Weiss and Richard Taruskin, Music in the Western World: A History in Documents
• Michael Chanan, Musica Practica: The Social Practice of Western Music from Gregorian Chant to Postmodernism

Online Resources

• Classical Music Library (a database of classical music recordings available through the San Francisco Public Library.Go to www.sfpl.org then eLibrary then eMusic.)
• Oxford Music Online (Go to www.sfpl.org then eLibrary then Articles & Databases.)
• IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library: Free Public Domain Sheet Music: http://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page
• The Lied, Art Song, and Choral Texts Page (lyrics and translations of thousands of song texts): http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/
• SFPL’s blog of music resources: http://www.delicious.com/AMRLibrarian

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