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Tables of Contents for Music
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
To the Student
viii
Introduction to Technology
ix
Table of URLS
xi
Pre-Course Questionnaire
xiii
PART I ELEMENTS
Sound: Pitch, Dynamics, and Tone Color
1
4
Pitch Discrimination
2
1
Timbres --- Tone Colors and Combinations
3
1
Timbres --- Performing Media
3
1
Pre-Course Listenig Analysis
4
1
Performing Media: Voices and Instruments
5
7
Voices and Instruments
7
3
Seating Plans
10
2
Rhythm
12
1
Music Notation
13
2
Practice in Notation
13
2
Melody
15
1
Harmony
16
1
Key
17
1
Musical Texture
18
1
Musical Form
19
1
Listening for Form
19
1
Performance
20
1
Comparing Live and Recorded Performances
20
1
Comparing Interpretations
20
1
Musical Style
21
4
Stylistic Periods
21
2
Unit Quiz I
23
2
PART II THE MIDDLE AGES
Music in the Middle Ages (450-1450)
25
3
The Medieval Period
26
2
Gregorian Chant
28
2
The Church Modes
29
1
Secular Music in the Middle Ages
30
1
The Development of Polyphony: Organum
31
1
Fourteenth-Century Music: The ``New Art'' in Italy and France
32
3
The Mass
33
1
Unit Quiz II
34
1
PART III THE RENAISSANCE
Music in the Renaissance (1450-1600)
35
3
People and Events in the Renaissance
36
1
Differences between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
36
1
A Comparison of the Medieval and Renaissance Styles
37
1
Sacred Music in the Renaissance
38
1
Secular Music in the Renaissance
39
3
Renaissance Instruments
40
1
Period and Modern Instruments
40
1
Dances of the Renaissance
41
1
The Venetian School: From Renaissance to Baroque
42
3
Unit Quiz III
43
2
PART IV THE BAROQUE PERIOD
Baroque Music (1600-1750)
45
2
A Comparison of the Renaissance and Early Baroque Styles
46
1
Music in Baroque Society
47
1
The Concerto Grosso and Ritornello Form
47
1
The Fugue
48
1
Bach's Organ Fugue in G Minor
48
1
The Elements of Opera
49
2
Preparing for a Visit to the Opera
50
1
Opera in the Baroque Era
51
1
Claudio Monteverdi
51
1
Henry Purcell
52
1
The Baroque Sonata
52
1
Arcangelo Corelli
53
1
Antonio Vivaldi
53
1
Johann Sebastian Bach
54
3
A Brandenburg Concerto
55
1
``Credo'' from the Mass in B Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach
56
1
The Baroque Suite
57
1
Comparing Two Baroque Suites
57
1
The Chorale and Church Cantata
58
1
The Oratorio
59
1
George Frideric Handel
59
4
Handel Oratorios
59
1
Handel Operas
59
1
Biographical Sketch: a Baroque Composer
60
1
Unit Quiz IV
61
2
PART V THE CLASSICAL PERIOD
The Classical Style (1750-1820)
63
2
A Comparison of Late Baroque and Classical Styles
64
1
Composer, Patron, and Public in the Classical Period
65
1
Sonata Form
66
1
Theme and Variations
67
1
Minuet and Trio
67
1
Rondo
68
1
The Classical Symphony
69
2
A Classical Symphony
70
1
The Classical Concerto
71
1
Classical Chamber Music
72
1
Joseph Haydn
73
1
Nicknames in Haydn's Music
73
1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
74
1
Ludwig van Beethoven
75
4
Biographical Sketch: a Classical Composer
76
1
Unit Quiz V
77
2
PART VI THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
Romanticism in Music (1820-1900)
79
2
A Comparison of the Classical and Romantic Styles
80
1
Romantic Composers and Their Public
81
1
The Art Song
82
1
Franz Schubert
82
1
Franz Schubert, Die Forelle
83
1
Robert Schumann
83
1
Clara Wieck Schumann
84
1
Lieder
84
1
Frederic Chopin
85
1
Franz Liszt
86
1
Felix Mendelssohn
87
1
Program Music
88
5
The Program Symphony
89
1
The Concert Overture
90
1
The Symphonic Poem
91
1
Incidental Music
92
1
Hector Berlioz
93
4
The Changing Orchestra
94
3
Nationalism in Nineteenth-Century Music
97
2
Nationalism in Music
97
1
Nationalistic Composers
97
1
Modest Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition
98
1
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
99
1
Tchaikovsky's Ballets
99
1
Bedrich Smetana
100
1
Antonin Dvorak
100
1
Johannes Brahms
101
1
Brahms's Music
101
1
Giuseppe Verdi
102
2
My Favorite Verdi Opera
103
1
Giacomo Puccini
104
3
My Favorite Puccini Opera
105
1
Verismo Opera
106
1
Richard Wagner
107
2
The Ring of the Nibelung
108
1
Richard Wagner
Gustav Mahler
109
4
Biographical Sketch: a Romantic Composer
110
1
Unit Quiz VI
111
2
PART VII THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Musical Styles: 1900-1950
113
3
The Twentieth-Century Context
114
1
A Comparison of Twentieth-Century Styles
115
1
Music and Musicians in Society
116
1
Impressionism and Symbolism
116
1
Claude Debussy
117
1
Maurice Ravel
118
1
Neoclassicism
119
1
Igor Stravinsky
120
2
The Music of Igor Stravinsky
121
1
Expressionism
122
1
Arnold Schoenberg
123
2
The Music of Arnold Schoenberg
124
1
Alban Berg
125
1
Anton Webern
125
1
Bela Bartok
126
1
Dmitri Shostakovich
127
1
Charles Ives
128
1
George Gerswin
129
1
William Grant Still
130
1
Aaron Copland
131
2
Biographical Sketch: an American Composer
132
1
Musical Styles since 1945
133
3
An Overview of Musical Developments since 1945
134
2
Music since 1950: Eight Representative Pieces
136
5
Biographical Sketch: a Twentieth-Century Composer
137
1
Sic Transit Gloria Mundi
138
1
Is Music Alive and Well in the Twentieth Century? A Survey
138
1
Unit Quiz VII
139
2
PART VIII JAZZ
Jazz Styles: 1900-1950
141
3
Roots of Jazz
141
1
Jazz Styles
142
2
Ragtime
144
1
Ragtime Composers and Their Music
144
1
The Blues
145
1
Blues Lyrics
145
1
New Orleans Style
146
1
Jazz Centers
146
1
Swing
147
1
Bebop
148
1
Bebop Performers
148
1
Jazz Styles since 1950
149
6
Unusual Jazz Instruments
149
1
Jazz Styles since 1950
150
1
Some Popular Jazz Groups Today: A Survey
151
1
Biographical Sketch: a Jazz Performer/Composer
152
1
Unit Quiz VIII
153
2
PART IX THE AMERICAN MUSICAL
Musical Theater
155
1
Leonard Bernstein
156
3
Musical Theater
157
1
Unit Quiz IX
158
1
PART X ROCK
Rock Styles
159
1
Rock Music in American Society
160
1
The Beatles
161
6
Contemporary Song Texts: A Comparison of Rock and Rap
162
1
The Diversity of Rock Styles: An Analysis
163
1
Some Popular Rock Groups Today: A Comparison
164
1
Unit Quiz X
165
2
PART XI NONWESTERN MUSIC
Music in Nonwestern Cultures
167
3
Other Nonwestern Musics
168
1
Nonwestern Instruments
169
1
Music in Sub-Saharan Africa
170
1
Classical Music of India
171
1
Koto Music of Japan
172
15
Biographical Sketch: a Nonwestern Composer or Performer
173
1
Unit Quiz XI
174
1
APPENDIX
Going to a Concert
175
2
Concert Reports
177
2
Concert Report 1
179
2
Concert Report 2
181
2
Concert Report 3
183
2
Post-Course Listening Analysis
185
1
Post-Course Evaluation
186
1
Answer Key for Self-Test Questions
187