S15 - MUSI001.01 - Introduction to Music
Topic outline
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Reading: Kerman Chapters 1 and 2 (pp. 7-24)
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Reading: Kerman Chapters 3-5 (pp. 25-45)
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Reading: Kerman, introduction to Unit II and Chapter 6.1 (pp 47-53)
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Reading: Kerman, Chapter 6.2 (pp. 54-56)
Weiss/Taruskin: “Music in Courtly Life” (pp. 47-50)
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Reading: Kerman, Chapter 6.3-4 (pp. 56-61)
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Reading: Kerman, Chapter 7.1-3 (pp 65-73)
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Kerman, Chapter 7.4-7.5 (pp. 74-80)
Source Reading: “Madrigals and Madrigalism”
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Reading: Kerman Chapter 8.3 (87-96)
Source Reading: “The City and Republic of Venice,” Strunk 91
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Class cancelled
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Reading: Kerman Chapter 11.1 (pp. 139-142)
Source reading: “Addison and Steele Poke Fun,” W/T 69
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Reading: Kerman Chapter 10.1-3 (pp. 119-135)
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Reading: Kerman, Chapter 10.2 (pp. 135-138)
Source reading: “Aspects of Spectacles” (1668), Strunk 110
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QUIZ 1
Reading: Kerman, Chapter 12 (pp. 154-165)
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Reading: Kerman, Chapter 13.1-2 (pp. 166-174)
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Reading: Kerman, Chapter 13.3-5 (pp. 174-185) and 14.1-2 (pp. 186-192)
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Reading: Kerman, Chapter 14.3 (193-194)
Source reading: “Haydn’s Duties,” W/T 82
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Reading: Kerman, Chapter 14.3 (pp.194-200)
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Reading: Alex Ross, “Mozart’s Golden Mean” in Listen to This
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Reading: Kerman Chapter 15 (pp. 211-222)
Matthew Guerrieri, The First Four Notes, pp. 3-29
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Reading: Kerman Chapters 16 and 17.1 (pp. 223-247)
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Reading: Kerman, Chapter 17.2 (pp. 248-252)
Source readings: “Liszt, the All-Conquering Pianist” and “Glimpses of Chopin” (W/T 106 and 108)
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Reading: Kerman Chapter 18.1 (pp. 260-265)
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Reading: Kerman Chapter 18.2 (pp. 268-277)
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Reading: Kerman, Chapter 18.2 (pp. 278-280)
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Reading: Kerman, Chapter 17.3 and 19.1 (252-259, 281-284)
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Reading: Kerman Chapter 19.2 (pp. 286-289)
Source reading: “Music in America” (Strunk 167)
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QUIZ 2
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Reading: Kerman, Unit V intro, Chapter 20, and 21.1 (pp. 305-320)
Kerman Chapter 19.3 (pp. 290-299)
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Reading: Kerman, Chapter 20 (pp. 320-325)
Alex Ross, The Rest is Noise, pp. 74-77 and 86-93
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Reading: Kerman Chapter 21.3 (pp. 325-332)
Source reading: “Musical Expressionism” (W/T 128)
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Reading: “Dmitri Shostakovich,” section from Listening to Music (386-387)
Source reading: “Music and Ideology” (W/T 149)
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Reading: Kerman Chapter 21.4 (pp. 335-338) and 22.3 (pp. 347-350)
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Reading: Kerman 22.4 (pp. 351-355)
Source Reading: Max Steiner, Scoring the Film
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Reading: Kerman 24.4 (pp. 394-398), especially p. 396
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Reading: Kerman Chapter 23.3 (367-376)
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Alex Ross, “Learning the Score” in Listen to This
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Reading: Allan Kozinn, “Club Kids are Storming Music Museums,” New York Times (2011)
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QUIZ 3
No reading.