Music 107 Work
Schedule
Week
| Day
| Date
| Topic/Assignment
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| prelim.
| Fri.
| Aug. 23
| Introduction to Course - (Survey, part 1)
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| 1
| Mon.
| Aug. 26
| Lecture: "Opening Perspectives on Musical Diversity"
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| Wed.
| Aug. 28
| Lab: Orientation; Lab #1
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| Fri.
| Aug. 30
| Discussion: Willoughby, Chapter 1; week one listening.
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| 2
| Mon.
| Sep. 2
| no class; labor day holiday
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| Wed.
| Sep. 4
| NOTE CHANGE! - Lecture: "Musical Vocabulary for
Listeners"Lab #2 Check out our
Audio/Visual Glossary (in progress). |
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| Fri.
| Sep. 6
| Discussion: Willoughby, Chap. 2; putting those terms to work
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| 3
| Mon.
| Sep. 9
| Lecture: "Domains of Stability? - American Folk and Religious Music."
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| Wed.
| Sep. 11
| Lab #3
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| Fri.
| Sep. 13
| Discussion: Willoughby, Chapter 3; week 3 listening.
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| 4
| Mon.
| Sep. 16
| Lecture: "An Overview of Jazz Styles"
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| Wed.
| Sep. 18
| Lab #4
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| Fri.
| Sep. 20
| Discussion: Willoughby, Chapter 4; week 4 listening.
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| 5
| Mon.
| Sep. 23
| Note Change! Lab: #5
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| Wed.
| Sep. 25
| Lecture: "The Making of Popular Music"
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| Fri.
| Sep. 27
| Discussion: Willoughby, Chapter 5; week 5 listening.
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| 6
| Mon.
| Sep. 30
| Lecture: "'Buscando América' Beyond the
U.S.: Colonial Legacies and Sonic Repercussions"
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| Wed.
| Oct. 2
| Lab #6
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| Fri.
| Oct. 4
| Discussion: Willoughby, Chapter 6; week 6 listening.
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| 7
| Mon.
| Oct. 7
| Lecture: "Sounds from the East"
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| Wed.
| Oct. 9
| Lab #7
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| Fri.
| Oct. 11
| Discussion: Willoughby, Chapter 7; review for the midterm.
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| 8
| Mon.
| Oct. 14
| MIDTERM EXAM
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| Wed.
| Oct. 16
| Lecture: "Early Western European Practice"
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| Fri.
| Oct. 18
| Discussion: Willoughby, Chapter 8; week 8 listening.
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| 9
| Mon.
| Oct. 21
| Lecture: "Music in the Baroque Period"
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| Wed.
| Oct. 23
| Lab #8
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| Fri.
| Oct. 25
| Discussion: Willoughby, Chapter 9; week 9 listening.
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| 10
| Mon.
| Oct. 28
| Lecture: "Music in the Age of Revolution"
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| Wed.
| Oct. 30
| Lab #9
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| Fri.
| Nov. 1
| Discussion: Willoughby, Chapter 10; week 10 listening.
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| 11
| Mon.
| Nov. 4
| Lecture: "Music of the Romantic Period"
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| Wed.
| Nov. 6
| Lab #10
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| Fri.
| Nov. 8
| Discussion: Willoughby, Chapter 11; week 11 listening.
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| 12
| Mon.
| Nov. 11
| NO CLASS - Veteran's Day Holiday [Note lecture on Wed.]
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| Wed.
| Nov. 13
| Lecture: "Music of the European Avante Garde;" Lab #11
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| Fri.
| Nov. 15
| Discussion: Willoughby, Chapter 12; week 12 listening.
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| 13
| Mon.
| Nov. 18
| Lecture: "American Leadership in New Music of the Twentieth-Century"
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| Wed.
| Nov. 20
| Lab #12
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| Fri.
| Nov. 22
| Discussion: Willoughby, Chapter 13; week 13 listening.
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| 14
| Mon.
| Nov. 25
| Lecture: "Cognition and Reception: New Modes of Listening and Transmission"
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| Wed.
| Nov. 27
| CONCERT REPORTS due
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| Fri.
| Nov. 29
| no-class; Thanksgiving holiday
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| 15
| Mon.
| Dec. 2
| Lecture: "Music as Power: Industry, Indentity and Interaction."
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| Wed.
| Dec. 4
| Lab #13
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| Fri.
| Dec. 6
| Discussion: Willoughby, Chapter 14; students should bring
in listening examples to supplement lecture and text
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| 16
| Mon.
| Dec. 9
| Review for the Final Exam
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Required Work and Grading Scale
Requirement
| Points
| Explanation
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| 8 Labs
| 50 points each
| There are 13 lab assignments over the course of the
semester. Each requires a written report of 2-3 pages in length. Your
eight highest grades will be counted in the calculation of
your final grade. All papers will be graded according to a standard set of
criteria.
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| 1 Concert report
| 50 points
| May be submitted anytime during the semester, but no
later than Wed. Nov. 27. See guidelines for the
concert report.
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| 1 Midterm exam
| 100 points
| Will focus on listening and objective material covered in
class and in the text.
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| 1 Final exam
| 100 points
| Like midterm, will focus on listening and objective
material
covered in class and in the text.
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| Overall Participation
| 50 points
| Measured by your presence and active involvement in
seminar, including your contributions to class discussions and MUSERV,
our class Listserv.
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