Music
Appreciation
Summer 2003
Prof. Madelyn Byrne
744-1150x2809, D3-L
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Upon successful completion of this
course students will:
A. Have become familiar with the literature of music, its
styles, forms, vocabulary and
other aspects that contribute to a
basic knowledge of the art.
B. Learn to listen intelligently and sensitively by
perceiving what is occurring
musically.
C. Have developed a sensitivity to (or liking for)
particular kinds of music.
D. Have become familiar with the broad historical
survey presented in class and to
concentrate especially
on five or six composers representing each style period in
music.
E. Have developed an awareness of the music
opportunities available to the North
County Community and to begin
to participate in some of these activities.
TEXT: Music: An Appreciation. (Fourth Brief Edition, McGraw-Hill, Publishers) by Roger Kamien This text comes with a set of Compact Disks which are also
required.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
A. Students must attend class! Two unexcused
absences will result in a failing grade,
so show up!
B. Must listen to the assigned CD’s while
following the listening chart provided in the text, as there will be tests on
the assigned compositions.
C. Must do all of the assigned reading.
D. Must participate in a group project.
There will also be quizzes, a
midterm exam and a final exam.
GRADES:
Quizzes -------------------------------------------------40%
Attendance, class
participation--------------------10%
Participation in Group
Projects-------------------10%
Midterm Exam
---------------------------------------20%
Final Exam
--------------------------------------------20%
6/21 Elements
Read Parts I and
II, pp. 1- 88
6/23 Present your favorite music for extra
credit using the three levels model
Early Music
Read Part III,
pp.89 - 144
6/28 QUIZ 1
Baroque Music
Read Part IV, pp. 145 -
170
6/30 Classical Music
Focus on Form
Finish Reading Part IV,
170 - 202
7/5 SCHOOL IS CLOSED, NO CLASS
7/7 QUIZ 2
Classical Music Continued
Focus on Composers
7/12 The Music of Beethoven
7/14 QUIZ 3
Review for Midterm Exam
7/19 MIDTERM EXAM
Introduction to Music of
the Romantic Period
Read Part V, pp.
203 -- 278
7/21 Music of the Romantic
Era
7/26 QUIZ 4
The Romantic Period Continued
Read Part VI, pp. 279 --
340
7/28 Twentieth Century Music
Read Part VI, pp. 341
– 384
8/2 QUIZ 5
Twentieth Century Music
Continued
Read Part VII, pp. 385 - 398
8/4 Twentieth Century Music Continued
8/9 Class Presentations
8/11 Review for Final Exam
8/16 FINAL EXAM