Craig E. Ferrin

Introduction

Course OverviewListening to the Fundamental Elements of

MusicListening to Music with WordsListening to Referential MusicListening to Absolute MusicListening to Music of Non-Western CulturesListening to the Music of Western

Civilization 

Unit 1: Listening to the Fundamental Elements of Music

Elements of Sound

Elements of Music

DurationPitchVolume Timbre

RhythmMelodyHarmonyDynamicsFormTimbreTexture Synthesis StyleInstrumentsEnsembles

Unit 2: Listening to Music with Words

Popular SongMonophonic ChantEarly PolyphonyOperaOratorioCantata

Unit 3: Listening to Referential Music

Folk MusicPoetryDancing Ballet Programmatic Music Stage and Film(titles)

Unit 4: Listening to Absolute Music Instrumental Solo

MusicConcertoChamber Music SymphonyExperimental MusicAvante Garde’(titles)

Unit 5: Listening to Music of Non-Western CulturesAfricaOrientMiddle EastOceanaIndigenous Western Hemisphere

Unit VI: Listening to the Music of Western Civilization

Antiquity (Before 400 AD)Middle Ages (400-1400)Renaissance (1400-1600)Baroque Era (1600-1750)Classical Era (1750-1827)Romantic Era (1800-1900)Modern Era (1900-Present)The Future?

AntiquityBefore 400 CE

SumeriansBabylonians

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Hebrews

Oral Tradition (Aural Tradition)Mouth to Ear

Middle Ages (Medeival Era)400-1400 CECouncil of Nicea 325

Unification of ChristianityChristianity established in the Roman Empire

Charlemagne (768-814)Norman Conquest (1066)The Crusades (1096-1270)The Black Plagues (1300s)

MusicMonophonic ChantMassHildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) use website

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/med/hildegarde.html "Beata Nobis Gaudia" by Hildegard von Bingen

Music PolyphonyOrganumCantus FirmusMagnus Liber Organi

Leonin (1163-1190)Perotin the Great (ca.

1200) "Leonin-Perotin:

Repons: Et Valde, Organum À Deux Voix”

Music TroubadoursTrouveres

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZwuTo7zKM8&feature=PlayList&p=52C7B8620EDCB464&index=7 (Brave Sir Robin)

MinniesingersMinstrelsGuillaume de Machaut

"Agnus Dei" by Guillaume de Machaut

The Renaissance (1400-1600)“Rebirth”Florence

VIP Very Important PeopleCopernicus (1473-1453)Calileo Galilei (1564-1642)Botticelli (1445-1510)Michelangelo (1475-1564)Leonardo DaVinci (1452-1519)William Shakespeare (1564-1616)Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527)Martin Luther (1483-1546)Christopher Columbus (1451-1506)

Major Events Johannes Gutenburg (1400-1468)

Gutenberg Press (1440)Ottaviano Petrucci (1466–1539)

Harmonice Musices Odhecaton (1501)Discovery of the Western Hemisphere (1492)Protestant Reformation (1517) (need picture of Luther and

the Wittenburg Cathedral) Defeat of the Spanish Armada (1588)

MusicPolyphonyImitative PolyphonyMassMotet Magdrigal

VIM Very Important MusiciansJosquin des Prez (ca. 1440–1521)

 "Ave Maria" by Josquin des Prez 

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594) "Sicut cervus" by Giovanni da Palestrina 

Giovanni Gabrielli (ca. 1555-1613)  "Canzon XII" by Giovanni Gabrieli

The Baroque Era (1600-1750)Advent of Opera (ca. 1600)Death of Johann Sebastian Bach (1750)Baroque

Portuguese: Barroco “Pearl of irregular or bulbous shape” (Palisca)

Major EventsColonization and ImperialismReign of Louis XIV

VersaillesThirty Years War (1618-1648)

VIP Very Important PeopleJohannes Keppler (1571-1630) (astronomy)William Harvey (1578-1657) (biology)Isaac Newton (1643-1727) (gravity)Antonio Stadivari (1644-1737)

Perfected the violin

VIM Very Important MusiciansClaudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)Henry Purcell (1659-1695)Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)Jean Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)Francois Couperin (1668-1733)Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)Gerg Phillip Teleman (1681-1767)George Frederic Handel (1685-1759)

Music GenreConcertoConcerto GrossoOpera OratorioCantataDance Suite

Music 'When I am laid in earth' from "Dido and

Aeneus" by Henry Purcell   "Allegro" by Arcangelo Corelli   "La primavera - Spring con 1 in E Major" by Antonio Vivaldi   "Ballet for the Sun King: Ouverture" by Jean-Baptiste Lully "Courante" by Francois Couperin"Air gracieux" by Jean-Philippe Rameau "Gigue" by Johann Sebastian Bach"We Praise Thee, Oh God" by George Frideric Handel

The Classical Era (1750-1825)1750 Death of Bach, Handel, Vivaldi1825 Death of Beethoven, SchubertA Time of great social change

Major EventsAmerican Revolution French RevolutionNapoleonic WarsBeginning of the Industrial Revolution

Age of InventionEli Whitney: Cotton GinJames Watt: Steam EngineEdward Jenner: Small Pox VaccinationBenjamin Franklin: Harnessing ElectricityBartolomeo Christofori: Piano

MusicFormal StructuresWithout external referenceMusician Independence -- $

Classical GenreConcertoSonataString QuartetSymphonyOpera

Centered in ViennaFranz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) (nobility)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

(nobility—independence but…)Marriage of Figaro

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) (made it!$$)

Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) (after death)

Erlkonig

Romantic Era (1800-1900)Aftermath of Napoleonic Wars

Democracy or Monarchy

ImperialismIndustrial Revolution

FactoriesSteam Manufacturing

Social ChangesOn the Origin of SpeciesThe Communist ManifestoNationalism

Music Emotional underpinnings

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 (1803 – ‘Eroica’ -- transitional figure)

Formal structures broadenedNationalism

MusiciansFrance

Hector BerliozGeorges Bizet

GermanyRichard WagnerFelix MendelssohnRobert SchumannJohannes BrahmsGustav Mahler

MusiciansHungary

Franz LisztPoland

Frederic ChopinBohemia

Biedrich SmetanaAntonin Dvorak

RussiaPeter TchaikovskyNicolai Rimsky-Korsakov

ItalyGuiseppe Verdi

Selected Music Examples "Symphonie Fantastique - IV: March To The Scaffold" by

Hector Berlioz "Carmen: Habanera & Seguidille" by Georges Bizet"A minor, Op. 54 - I: Allegro affetuoso" by Robert Schumann"Hungarian Dance No.5 In G Minor" by Johannes Brahms"Die Walkure: Ride Of The Valkyries" by Richard Wagner"Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2" by Frederic Chopin "Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95: II. Largo (excerpt)" by Antonin Dvorak"The Bartered Bride - Overture" by Bedrich Smetana"Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36: IV. Finale (Allegro con fuoco)" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky"Capricho Espanol Op. 34" by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov"Otello: Act 1: Inaffia l'ugola" by Guiseppe Verdi

The Modern Era (1900-Present)A Century of Great Change

Transportation Horses to Space Travel

Communication Telephone Television Satelites Internet Medicine

Social ChangeWorld War IBolshevik RevolutionThe Great DepressionWorld War IICold WarCultural Revolution of the 1960’sWar on Terror

Music ImpressionismExpressionismModernismNeo-ClassicismSerialismJazzTango

Popular Music "Five Piano Pieces, Op. 23 - Walzer (Waltz)" by

Arnold Schoenberg   "Stompin' At The Savoy" by Benny Goodman"All I Ask of You" by Andrew Lloyd-Weber"Something's Coming" from "West Side Story" by Leonard Bernstein"Do-Re-Mi" from "The Sound of Music" by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein"Javert's Suicide" from "Les Miserables" by Claude-Michael Schonberg and Alain Boublil  "Ain't She Sweet" by The Beatles"Hound Dog" by Elvis Presley

Art Music \"Voiles" by Claude Debussy

"Symph. No. 5: I. Trauermarsch" by Gustav Mahler"The Rite Of Spring: Part I - The Adoration of the Earth - Dance of the Adolescents" by Igor Stravinsky"Heftig bewegt" by Anton Webern"Scene 3 - Tavern" from "Wozzeck" by Alban Berg"Fanfare for the Common Man" by Aaron Copland"Rhapsody In Blue" by George Gershwin"Raiders March" by John Williams"First Interlude" by John Cage"Short Ride in a Fast Machine" by John Adams

Art Music ComposersClaude DebussyIgor StranvinskyArnold SchoenbergAaron CoplandGeorge GershwinJohn WilliamsJohn CageJohn Adams

The FutureContinued technological changeElectronicsCommunicationMusic researchers

The Educated ConsumerThe Opportunity to Choose