| Week |
Course Content |
| Week 1 |
Class introduction
Sound: Pitch, Dynamics, and Tone Color
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| Week 2 |
Performing Media: Voices and Instruments
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| Week 3 |
The Baroque Period and Baroque Style: Unity of Mood, Basso Continuo
Concerto Grosso and Ritornello Form
J. S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major |
| Week 4 |
The Baroque Period and Baroque Style: Fugue
Antonio Vivaldi’s La Primavera
Suite
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| Week 5 |
The Classical Style: Contrast of Mood, Dynamics, and the Piano
Classical Forms: Sonata Form, Theme and Variations
J. Haydn’s Symphony No. 94 (“Surprise”) in G major
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| Week 6 |
W. A. Mozart and His Operas: Don Giovanni and Die Zauberflöte |
| Week 7 |
W. A. Mozart and His Operas: Don Giovanni and Die Zauberflöte
L. v. Beethoven’s Music: Sonatas and Symphonies
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| Week 8 |
L. v. Beethoven’s Music: Sonatas and Symphonies |
| Week 9 |
Midterm Exam |
| Week 10 |
Characteristics of Romantic Music
The Art Song
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| Week 11 |
R. Schumann, F. Chopin, H. Berlioz, and J. Brahms |
| Week 12 |
Nationalism and Nineteenth Century Music: B. Smetana and A. Dvořák |
| Week 13 |
Group Presentation |
| Week 14 |
The Twentieth Century and Beyond: Impressionism and Symbolism |
| Week 15 |
The Twentieth Century and Beyond: Expressionism and Music after 1945 |
| Week 16 |
Final exam |
| Week 17 |
Self-direct learning (Concert attendance) |
| Week 18 |
Self-direct learning (Report writing) |