Calendar for Music 130B - Spring 2002 (subject to adjustment)

 

January

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10 - Course Intro; Begin roots of jazz. Listen: 60

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15 - Discuss Cook, chap. 5; On representation.

Listen 1-3; 4-5.

 

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17 - Jazz; Read Wright 377-388. Listen: 6-11.

 

 

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19

 

 

(Julliard String Quartet)

20

(AZ opera – Merry Widow)

21

MLK holiday

22 -continue jazz unit, Listen 12-14; 1-3.

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24 Conclude Jazz unit. Listen: 15-17.

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29 The impact of Cuban music. Listen: 22-23.

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31 American Musical Theater. Listen: 18-19.

 

 

 

February

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5 American Musical Theater.

Listen: 19-21.

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7 Romantic Aesthetic, Wright pp. 230-242 

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12

 

Schubert and Art Song; salon settings; Read: Wright - pp. 246-253.

Listen: 24-25; 27-29.

 

13

14

Cook, chap 6: Performance Style. Listen: 34.

 

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Program Music; Wright pp. 254-260.

Listen: 30 also 32-33. (Turtle Island String Quartet – Paquito d'Rivera)

 

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21

Mendelssohn and the New Orchestral Practice; pp. 260-266. Listen: 31.

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(UA Presents – Albita)

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26

Chopin, Lizst and Romantic Piano genres; pp. 268-277. Listen: 35-36 (38).

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28

Romantic Piano, continued. Listen: 37. Review.

ALL STUDENTS MUST HAVE ONE PROJECT COMPLETED.

 

 

 

March

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1

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5

Midterm Exam

 

(AZ Opera – Madame Butterfly)

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(AZ Opera – Madame Butterfly)

(Newport Jazz – UA Presents)

7

Romantic Opera

Wright pp. 277-286. Listen: 39-40.

 

(AZ Opera – Madame Butterfly)

8

9

Spring recess begins

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11

12

NO CLASS

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14

NO CLASS

 

 

15

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17

Spring recess ends

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19

Music and Gender; Cook, chap. 7. Wright pp. 266-268. Listen: 27-29(Review).

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21

Romantic Opera, (Verdi compared w/Wagner) continued, pp. 287-295. Listen: 41.

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26

New Symphonic Forms (Brahms, Dvorak); pp. 299-307. Listen: 43-45.

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28

Mahler and Tchaikovsky pp. 308-315. Listen: 46-47. ALL STUDENTS MUST HAVE COMPLETED TWO PROJECTS.

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April

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1

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The Lure of Asian Music

Colin McPhee in Bali, pp. 328-330. Listen: 50-51.

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4

Debussy and Impresionism, pp. 320-328. Listen: 48-49.

 

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9

Gamelan traditions – Guest performer from Bali

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(Phantom of the Opera)

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Bartok: Nationalism and Beyond

pp. 339, 351-354. Listen: 52.

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Experimental Americans: Native and Immigrant.

pp. 354-362. Listen: 53-54.

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Film on Cage. Listen: 55.

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American Traditionalists pp. 362-369.

Listen: 56-57.

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25

Final Reflections; Discuss Cook chap.8 (Conclusions:

Artiface as Nature).

26

Schubertiade – save the afternoon.

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Last day of class – Review. Listen: 58-59.

 

 

 

 

 

 

May

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Final Exam 11AM-1PM

Room 146

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