Music 1263 Eighteenth-Century Music
[ Course Content & Procedure | Research Project | (Research Project Topics) ]
[ Books | Grading | Use of Technology | Links for Music 1263 | Academic and other Assistance for Students ]
[ Music 1263 Introduction ]
(Dr. Gordon J. Callon)
Office: Denton Hall, Room 168
Telephone: 585-1420
E-Mail: gordon.callon @ acadiau.ca
Meeting Times, Autumn or Winter Term: Arranged with individual students.
Course Times: Monday/Wednesday/Friday, 9:30–10:30 (Slot 2), Winter Term
Class e-mail list: MUSI1263X2@acadiau.ca
Course Content & Procedure:
[ Research Project | Research Project Topics) | Quizzes | Examination ]
- Classes:
- Music 1263 is a survey of Eighteenth-Century Music History.
- Students are urged to take advantage of the many links to WWW sites concerning Eighteenth-Century Music provided as part of the Music 1263 Introduction.
- Due to the
broad
time period covered, the class is presented mainly as a series of lectures, with class discussion.
- Much attention is paid to the music itself, with extensive discussion and stylistic analysis of scores and recordings.
- The music of the eighteenth century is generally divided into two stylistic periods, the Baroque Era (until about 1760) and the Classical Era (from about 1740).
- In Music 1263, each era is disscussed separately.
- The course looks at Eighteenth-Century Music by considering specific topics.
- These discussions are usually centered on specific genres or group of genres.
- As a result, Music 1263 is not a chronological survey. The course does not present discussion of individual composers and their life and works.
- Please Note: Students are expected to become familiar with the life and works of each composer that is named in the discussion of genres.
It is essential that each student read about every composer in the course text book and read the article about each composer in Grove Music Online, with special attention to both the Biography and Works sections.
- Quizzes: There are generally two or three quizzes during the term.
These quizzes will include listening: Identification and discussion of musical examples from recordings.
Musical examples may also be presented as scores. (There is no "mid-term exam".)
- Final Examination: There is a Final Examination. The date and time of the Examination is set by the Registrar’s Office.
As on the quizzes, the Final Examination will include identification and discussion of musical examples from recordings (listening test) and in the form of scores. (The listening portion of the examination is normally 50%.)
Research Project:
- Research Project: Every student must complete a Research Project. [Research Project Topics]
- Research Project are due (must be completed) one week before the last day of classes.
- Research Project must contain adequate documentation (footnotes or hypernotes [links to notes]); and must have an adequate bibliography.
- A Research Project drawn only from dictionaries and encyclopedias is not acceptable
- The research for the Research Project must show evidence of a familiarity with various types of sources.
- Each Research Project may be set up as a WWW site. This is not required. If not a WWW site, the project must be presented on paper or as a file in PDF format.
- In certain cases, students may submit their project in electronic form: on diskette, on CD-ROM, on DVD, on a memory stick or memory card (USB, Compact Flash, or SD Card), or by e-mail as attachments. (All should be prepared using HTML or PDF). (Due to the danger of macro viruses, Microsoft Word for Windows format is not accepted in electronic form.) If sent as an e-mail attachment, the student must confirm with the professor that the professor actually received the attachment. If the student cannot or does not confirm that the professor received the file, then the student must assume that the professor did not.
- Topics must be presented to the professor in writing before the topics are assigned to individual students. Students must be prepared to demonstrate that the resources to carry out the topics are available, and to plan the course of action in preparing the topic.
- Research Projects may be written in French. However, if in French, the vocabulary must be totally consistent in that language; i.e., all terminology, names, etc., must be those normally used in French scholarship. A hybrid of English and French terminology will not be accepted.
- Documentation must be formatted according to the guidelines described in the Chicago Manual of Style. See:
- Irvine, Demar. Irvine’s Writing about Music. Third edition, revised and enlarged by Mark A. Radice. Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press, 1999. [A required text for Music 1263.]
- Cowdery, James R., editor. How to Write about Music: The RILM Manual of Style. 2nd edition. New York: RILM International Center, 2005. [ML 3797 .H69 2005]
- Recent Researches in Music: Style Guide. [Middleton, WI]: A-R Editions, Inc., 1999. [ http://www.areditions.com/ac/StyleGuide.pdf & http://www.areditions.com/ac/]
- Citing Music Sources in Your Essay and Bibliography (Music Library, Western Libraries , The University of Western Ontario) [ http://www.lib.uwo.ca/music/citemus.html ]
- Format for Bibliographies [and Notes] (Research Central, University of Georgia Libraries) [ http://www.libs.uga.edu/ref/turabian.html ]
- Methods of Citing Facsimiles in Bibliographies [GJC] [ http://socrates.acadiau.ca/courses/musi/callon/2273/cite-fac.htm ]
- Reference Sources and Resources for Papers (GJC) [ http://socrates.acadiau.ca/courses/musi/callon/2273/2273.htm#Reference ]
Use of Technology:
In Music 1263 students will need to use online Internet resources for the following:
- To access information concerning Music History on the Internet. This is best accomplished by using links available as part of the Acadia Early Music Resources site.
- Extensive use will be made of online Music reference resources, especially Grove Music Online, RILM Abstracts of Music Literature access via Library [click on "R", then scroll down], and Iter access via Library [click on "I", then scroll down].
- To complete and set up their Research Projects.
- In addition, some musical scores useful for Music 1263 are available online. Access to these is available at: Acadia Early Music Archive [FTP Directory] [Facsimile Archive]; and Online Scores for Study and Analysis [Scores in Sibelius format & GIF files.]
Grading:
| |
Quizzes & Research Project: |
| 55% |
| | Final Examination: | | 45% |
Final Examination: There is a Final Examination. The date and time of the Examination is set by the Registrar’s Office. As on the quizzes, the Final Examination will include identification and discussion of musical examples from recordings (listening test) and in the form of scores. (The listening portion of the examination is normally 50%.)
Quizzes are given as considered necessary. There is no mid-term as such.
Attendance is not formally recorded; however, students are responsible for all material covered in class, and if absent are assumed by the professor to be acquiring the knowledge and skills elsewhere. Absent students will not receive assistance from the professor to make up for their absence. Attendance at all quizzes and examinations is required.
Books:
Required:
Texts:
- Irvine, Demar. Irvine’s Writing about Music. Third edition, revised and enlarged by Mark A. Radice. Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press, 1999.
- Wright, Craig and Bryan R. Simms. Music in Western Civilization. First Edition. Belmont, CA: Thomson Schirmer, 2006. [ISBN: 0534619622]
Anthology:
- Roden, Timothy J. Anthology for Music in Western Civilization, Volume B—The Baroque and Classical Eras. First Edition. Belmont, CA: Thomson Schirmer, 2006. [ISBN: 0495008818]
Publisher's Support Site for this book:
- Wright, Simms Companion Site: Music in Western Civilization.
Recommended:
General:
- Cowdery, James R., editor. How to Write about Music: The RILM Manual of Style. 2nd edition. New York: RILM International Center, 2005. [ML 3797 .H69 2005]
- Recent Researches in Music: Style Guide. [Middleton, WI]: A-R Editions, Inc., 1999. [http://www.areditions.com/ac/StyleGuide.pdf & http://www.areditions.com/ac/]
Baroque Music:
- Anderson, Nicholas. Baroque Music From Monteverdi to Handel. Preface by Nikolaus Harnoncourt. London: Thames and Hudson, 1994.
- Baron, John H. Baroque Music: A Research and Information Guide. New York: Garland, 1993. [ML116 .B37 1993]
- Buelow, George J. A History of Baroque Music. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004. [ML193 .B76 2004] [Strongly recommended]
- Buelow, George J., editor. Music and Society: The Late Baroque Era, From the 1680s to 1740. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1994.
- Cyr, Mary. Performing Baroque Music. Portland, Or.: Amadeus Press, 1992. [ML457 .C9 1992]
- Donington, Robert. Baroque Music: Style and Performance; A Handbook. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1982. [ML240.3 .D65 1982]
- Donington, Robert. A Performer’s Guide to Baroque Music. London: Faber and Faber, 1973. [ML457 .D65 1973]
- Fuller, Sarah, [editor]. The European Musical Heritage, 800–1750. Revised edition. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2006. [Musical scores.]
- Hill, John Walter. Baroque Music: Music in Western Europe, 1580–1750. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2005.
- Hill, John Walter, editor. Anthology of Baroque Music. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2005. [Musical scores.]
- Palisca, Claude V. Baroque Music. Third edition. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1991.
- Price, Curtis A., editor. Music and Society:The Early Baroque Era, From the Late 16th Century to the 1660s. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1994.
- Recent Researches in the Music of the Baroque Era. Christoph Wolff, general editor. Madison & Middleton, WI: A-R Editions, Inc., 1964– .
- A "series of musicological editions [scores] that present music brought to light in the course of current research." At the time of writing this paragrpah, the series has 140 volumes. [M2 .R238]
- Sadie, Julie Anne, compiler and editor. Companion to Baroque Music. Forward by Christopher Hogwood. New York: Schirmer Books, 1990. [ML193 .C56 1991]
- Schulenberg, David. Music of the Baroque. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. [ML193 .S38 2001]
- Schulenberg, David, editor. Music of the Baroque: An Anthology of Scores. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. [MT91 .M87 2001] [Musical scores.]
Classical Era Music:
- Downs, Philip G. Classical Music: The Era of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1992.
- Downs, Philip G., editor. Anthology of Classical Music. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1992.
- Kirby, F.E., [editor]. Music in the Classic Period: An Anthology with Commentary. New York : Schirmer Books, 1995. [Musical scores.]
- Kirkendale, Warren. Fugue and Fugato in Rococo and Classical Chamber Music. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1979. [ML195 .K5713 1979]
- Pauly, Reinhard G. Music in the Classic Period. Fourth edition. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1999.
- Recent Researches in the Music of the Classical Era. Neal Zaslaw, general editor. Madison & Middleton, WI: A-R Editions, Inc., 1975– .
- A "series of musicological editions [scores] that present music brought to light in the course of current research." At the time of writing this paragrpah, the series has 74 volumes. [M2 .R2381]
- Rosen, Charles. The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven. Expanded edition. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1997. [1972 edition:
ML195 .R68 1972]
- Rushton, Julian. Classical Music: A Concise History from Gluck to Beethoven. New York: Thames & Hudson, 1999.
- Zaslaw, Neal, editor. Man and Music: The Classical Era, From the 1740s to the End of the 18th Century. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1989.
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