craig e. ferrin. introduction course overview listening to the fundamental elements of music...
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Craig E. Ferrin
Introduction
Course OverviewListening to the Fundamental Elements of
MusicListening to Music with WordsListening to Referential MusicListening to Absolute MusicListening to Music of Non-Western CulturesListening to the Music of Western
Civilization
Unit 1: Listening to the Fundamental Elements of Music
Elements of Sound
Elements of Music
DurationPitchVolume Timbre
RhythmMelodyHarmonyDynamicsFormTimbreTexture Synthesis StyleInstrumentsEnsembles
Unit 2: Listening to Music with Words
Popular SongMonophonic ChantEarly PolyphonyOperaOratorioCantata
Unit 3: Listening to Referential Music
Folk MusicPoetryDancing Ballet Programmatic Music Stage and Film(titles)
Unit 4: Listening to Absolute Music Instrumental Solo
MusicConcertoChamber Music SymphonyExperimental MusicAvante Garde’(titles)
Unit 5: Listening to Music of Non-Western CulturesAfricaOrientMiddle EastOceanaIndigenous Western Hemisphere
Unit VI: Listening to the Music of Western Civilization
Antiquity (Before 400 AD)Middle Ages (400-1400)Renaissance (1400-1600)Baroque Era (1600-1750)Classical Era (1750-1827)Romantic Era (1800-1900)Modern Era (1900-Present)The Future?
AntiquityBefore 400 CE
SumeriansBabylonians
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Hebrews
Oral Tradition (Aural Tradition)Mouth to Ear
Middle Ages (Medeival Era)400-1400 CECouncil of Nicea 325
Unification of ChristianityChristianity established in the Roman Empire
Charlemagne (768-814)Norman Conquest (1066)The Crusades (1096-1270)The Black Plagues (1300s)
MusicMonophonic ChantMassHildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) use website
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/med/hildegarde.html "Beata Nobis Gaudia" by Hildegard von Bingen
Music PolyphonyOrganumCantus FirmusMagnus Liber Organi
Leonin (1163-1190)Perotin the Great (ca.
1200) "Leonin-Perotin:
Repons: Et Valde, Organum À Deux Voix”
Music TroubadoursTrouveres
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZwuTo7zKM8&feature=PlayList&p=52C7B8620EDCB464&index=7 (Brave Sir Robin)
MinniesingersMinstrelsGuillaume de Machaut
"Agnus Dei" by Guillaume de Machaut
The Renaissance (1400-1600)“Rebirth”Florence
VIP Very Important PeopleCopernicus (1473-1453)Calileo Galilei (1564-1642)Botticelli (1445-1510)Michelangelo (1475-1564)Leonardo DaVinci (1452-1519)William Shakespeare (1564-1616)Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527)Martin Luther (1483-1546)Christopher Columbus (1451-1506)
Major Events Johannes Gutenburg (1400-1468)
Gutenberg Press (1440)Ottaviano Petrucci (1466–1539)
Harmonice Musices Odhecaton (1501)Discovery of the Western Hemisphere (1492)Protestant Reformation (1517) (need picture of Luther and
the Wittenburg Cathedral) Defeat of the Spanish Armada (1588)
MusicPolyphonyImitative PolyphonyMassMotet Magdrigal
VIM Very Important MusiciansJosquin des Prez (ca. 1440–1521)
"Ave Maria" by Josquin des Prez
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594) "Sicut cervus" by Giovanni da Palestrina
Giovanni Gabrielli (ca. 1555-1613) "Canzon XII" by Giovanni Gabrieli
The Baroque Era (1600-1750)Advent of Opera (ca. 1600)Death of Johann Sebastian Bach (1750)Baroque
Portuguese: Barroco “Pearl of irregular or bulbous shape” (Palisca)
Major EventsColonization and ImperialismReign of Louis XIV
VersaillesThirty Years War (1618-1648)
VIP Very Important PeopleJohannes Keppler (1571-1630) (astronomy)William Harvey (1578-1657) (biology)Isaac Newton (1643-1727) (gravity)Antonio Stadivari (1644-1737)
Perfected the violin
VIM Very Important MusiciansClaudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)Henry Purcell (1659-1695)Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)Jean Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)Francois Couperin (1668-1733)Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)Gerg Phillip Teleman (1681-1767)George Frederic Handel (1685-1759)
Music GenreConcertoConcerto GrossoOpera OratorioCantataDance Suite
Music 'When I am laid in earth' from "Dido and
Aeneus" by Henry Purcell "Allegro" by Arcangelo Corelli "La primavera - Spring con 1 in E Major" by Antonio Vivaldi "Ballet for the Sun King: Ouverture" by Jean-Baptiste Lully "Courante" by Francois Couperin"Air gracieux" by Jean-Philippe Rameau "Gigue" by Johann Sebastian Bach"We Praise Thee, Oh God" by George Frideric Handel
The Classical Era (1750-1825)1750 Death of Bach, Handel, Vivaldi1825 Death of Beethoven, SchubertA Time of great social change
Major EventsAmerican Revolution French RevolutionNapoleonic WarsBeginning of the Industrial Revolution
Age of InventionEli Whitney: Cotton GinJames Watt: Steam EngineEdward Jenner: Small Pox VaccinationBenjamin Franklin: Harnessing ElectricityBartolomeo Christofori: Piano
MusicFormal StructuresWithout external referenceMusician Independence -- $
Classical GenreConcertoSonataString QuartetSymphonyOpera
Centered in ViennaFranz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) (nobility)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
(nobility—independence but…)Marriage of Figaro
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) (made it!$$)
Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) (after death)
Erlkonig
Romantic Era (1800-1900)Aftermath of Napoleonic Wars
Democracy or Monarchy
ImperialismIndustrial Revolution
FactoriesSteam Manufacturing
Social ChangesOn the Origin of SpeciesThe Communist ManifestoNationalism
Music Emotional underpinnings
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 (1803 – ‘Eroica’ -- transitional figure)
Formal structures broadenedNationalism
MusiciansFrance
Hector BerliozGeorges Bizet
GermanyRichard WagnerFelix MendelssohnRobert SchumannJohannes BrahmsGustav Mahler
MusiciansHungary
Franz LisztPoland
Frederic ChopinBohemia
Biedrich SmetanaAntonin Dvorak
RussiaPeter TchaikovskyNicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
ItalyGuiseppe Verdi
Selected Music Examples "Symphonie Fantastique - IV: March To The Scaffold" by
Hector Berlioz "Carmen: Habanera & Seguidille" by Georges Bizet"A minor, Op. 54 - I: Allegro affetuoso" by Robert Schumann"Hungarian Dance No.5 In G Minor" by Johannes Brahms"Die Walkure: Ride Of The Valkyries" by Richard Wagner"Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2" by Frederic Chopin "Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95: II. Largo (excerpt)" by Antonin Dvorak"The Bartered Bride - Overture" by Bedrich Smetana"Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36: IV. Finale (Allegro con fuoco)" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky"Capricho Espanol Op. 34" by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov"Otello: Act 1: Inaffia l'ugola" by Guiseppe Verdi
The Modern Era (1900-Present)A Century of Great Change
Transportation Horses to Space Travel
Communication Telephone Television Satelites Internet Medicine
Social ChangeWorld War IBolshevik RevolutionThe Great DepressionWorld War IICold WarCultural Revolution of the 1960’sWar on Terror
Music ImpressionismExpressionismModernismNeo-ClassicismSerialismJazzTango
Popular Music "Five Piano Pieces, Op. 23 - Walzer (Waltz)" by
Arnold Schoenberg "Stompin' At The Savoy" by Benny Goodman"All I Ask of You" by Andrew Lloyd-Weber"Something's Coming" from "West Side Story" by Leonard Bernstein"Do-Re-Mi" from "The Sound of Music" by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein"Javert's Suicide" from "Les Miserables" by Claude-Michael Schonberg and Alain Boublil "Ain't She Sweet" by The Beatles"Hound Dog" by Elvis Presley
Art Music \"Voiles" by Claude Debussy
"Symph. No. 5: I. Trauermarsch" by Gustav Mahler"The Rite Of Spring: Part I - The Adoration of the Earth - Dance of the Adolescents" by Igor Stravinsky"Heftig bewegt" by Anton Webern"Scene 3 - Tavern" from "Wozzeck" by Alban Berg"Fanfare for the Common Man" by Aaron Copland"Rhapsody In Blue" by George Gershwin"Raiders March" by John Williams"First Interlude" by John Cage"Short Ride in a Fast Machine" by John Adams
Art Music ComposersClaude DebussyIgor StranvinskyArnold SchoenbergAaron CoplandGeorge GershwinJohn WilliamsJohn CageJohn Adams
The FutureContinued technological changeElectronicsCommunicationMusic researchers
The Educated ConsumerThe Opportunity to Choose