Music 220

Introduction to Music Literature

Course Outline

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Please note: all dates are approximate

Date Topic Reading
Sept. 3 How is music used? WM Ch.1
Sept. 5 Introduction to Ethnomusicology
Sept. 8 The Music Culture
Sept. 10 Defining music; the elements of music
Sept. 12 Classifications of instruments
Sept. 15 Timbre; musical texture
Sept. 17 Rhythm and meter; formal structure
Sept. 19 Music business and Native American Music
Sept. 22 Native American music WM Ch.2
Sept. 24 Native American music
Sept. 26 Native American music
Sept. 29 Native American music/African music
Oct. 1 African music WM Ch.3
Oct. 3 African music
Oct. 6 African music
Oct. 8 REVIEW
Oct. 10 EXAM 1
Oct. 13 Music of India WM Ch.6
Oct. 15 India
Oct. 17 India
Oct. 20 India
Oct. 22 Indonesia WM Ch.7
Oct. 24 Indonesia
Oct. 27 Indonesia
Oct. 29 Indonesia/Japan
Nov. 3 Japan WM Ch.8
Nov. 5 Japan
Nov. 7 Japan
Nov. 10 EXAM 2
Nov. 12 Western antecedents; Ancient Greece Grout pp.1-17
Nov. 14 Early Christian music pp.17-29
Nov. 17 Gregorian chant pp.32-42
Nov. 19 Medieval secular music pp.60-70
Nov. 21 Early polyphony pp.73-86 (skim)
Nov. 24 Early polyphony pp.73-86 (skim)
Nov. 26 Motets pp.89-96
Nov. 28 THANKSGIVING BREAK
Dec. 1 Ars Nova, 14th C. Italy pp.101-111
Dec. 3 Musica Ficta; Instrumantal music pp.111-6, 21-7
Dec. 5 Burgundian School; 15th Century England pp.130-49 (skim)
Dec. 8 Renaissance - Netherlands pp.152-7,163-79
Dec. 10 Madrigals; Reformation pp.193-201; 202-3,214-16
Dec. 12 Counter-Reformation and LISTENING QUIZ REVIEW SHEET

Monday, DECEMBER 15, 199712:30 PM, FINAL EXAM

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