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Music History (MUSC 335/336)

Course Description

Traces of music have been found in the world's most ancient civilizations and consistently throughout world cultures to the present. In many cultures it has invested heroic stature on its practitioners, even creating privileged classes. In other societies, music has been carefully cultivated for narrowly defined or incidental purposes.

In all cases, music as an art, a science, an ethos, as entertainment, as an industry, as a religious component, has assumed a level of real importance in a culture.

In this course, we will undertake the study of the major roles assigned to music by examining style, form, and cultural/historic influences from ancient times to the present. Material from the earliest sources (ca. 1400 B.C.) to contemporary pop will be encountered.

The course format will consist of lecture, assigned readings, assigned listening, and group discussion. It is assumed all students will have taken Comprehensive Musicianship through 212 or its equivalent. GROUP DISCUSSION ASSIGNMENTS WILL TAKE PLACE FOUR-SIX CLASS PERIODS PER SEMESTER AND WILL BE ANNOUNCED BY THE INSTRUCTOR. IT IS ESSENTIAL EACH STUDENT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THESE ASSIGNMENTS.

Most of you are familiar with small discussion/assignment groups from many of your classes. We will use this format at least 4 times during the semester (with some extra possible)..

Quality of group participation and of presentation is paramount. In-class informed, verbal presentation is required (ORAL REPORTS). In addition, each student will turn in to the instructor a one- or two-page TYPED OULINE of the group's topic and a brief outline for each class member.

HISTORY OF MUSIC

MUSIC 335

Cycle 1-3-5 Dr. Kasling

Period III

SYLLABUS & COURSE REQUIREMENTS

I. Attendance -- Regular roll call will be taken, and students are responsible for all class work and assignments. Three unexcused absences per semester are allowed. Further unexcused absences will affect your contribution to your cooperative learning group's total effort and your grade in this area. Significant unexcused absence (5 or more) will result in lowering a student's course grade, e.g. A to AB, AB to B, etc. Tests will not be individually rescheduled, emergencies excepted. Excused absences are discussed in advance with the instructor, emergencies excepted.

II. Grading -- The semester grade will consist of:

20% oral presentations (10% group evaluation, 10% instructor evaluation of group members)

10% exam one

20% mid-term

10% exam two

20% final exam

10% class participation, including weekly listening quizzes (indicated in syllabus by *)

10% written reports

III. Exams -- Will consist of short answers, outline segments and listening questions. What to prepare for tests will be presented in advance at the review session. **Every 4-5 class periods we will have a listening quiz; these will count as part of class participation.**

IV. *Cooperative Learning Groups -- Many of you have experienced these in other classes. This course will use Cooperative Learning Group's extensively, but not exclusively, for assignments, listening, analysis and class discussion. Each group will have certain individual student roles, depending on class size. Groups will be rotated and an evaluation will be done in late November. Each group member will make oral presentations for every assignment and will be randomly called upon by the instructor for answers/discussion.

Consult Active Learning by David W. and Roger T. Johnson and Karl A. Smith, Interaction Book Co., Edina, MN, 1991.

V. Text and Recordings -- Text: The Development of Western Music, 3rd Edition by K. Marie Stolba and companion The Development of Western Music An Anthology, ed. K. Marie Stolba, publ. McGraw Hill are required. Recordings: Development of Western Music Anthology (DWMA), CD's are on reserve at both the CSB Music Library and Alcuin. You are responsible for all examples indicated in the text by DWMA as well as supplementary listening and reading given at the time of class. The letters HAMW indicate Historical Anthology of Music by Women in your assignment list. MIT (Music In Time, ML160.M87, 1982) indicates video on reserves in Clemens Library only.

VI. Assignments -- See sheet. You are responsible for keeping up!

N.B. #1 - There will be guest instructors and in-class performances.

N.B. #2 - CLASS ASSIGNMENTS AND CALENDAR MAY DIFFER FROM BELOW!!