UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS MONTICELLO COURSE SYLLABUS MUS 3413

Form and Analysis/Music Literature FALL 2014

Instructor

Lester D. Pack, Associate Professor of Music Office VPA 115 Phone (870) 460-1461 Office Hours – Monday – Thursday 3:30 – 4:30

Appointments can be made to meet with the professor outside of posted office hours.

Required Text and Packet The Analysis of Musical Form by James Mathes. Anthology for Musical Analysis by Stefan Kostka and Roger Graybill.

Corresponding Compact Disc by James Mathes.

The Finale Files for The Analysis of Musical Form by James Mathes. The complete packet is published by Pearson Higher Education.

Pencil and manuscript staff paper should be brought to class every day.

Course Design This course is designed to provide students the perceptual tools that will facilitate an understanding of the principles upon which music is organized. Smaller forms such as the motive, phrase, and period, will be examined first, then progressing to larger forms such as the fugue,

variation, and sonata. This will be done through the analytical study of music literature from the baroque period to the present.

Part I – Formal Design and Structure: Analytic Concepts and Tools

Chapter 1 – The Nature of Musical Form Chapter 2 – Tonal Design

Chapter 3 – Thematic Design and Phrase Structure Chapter 4 – Phrase Rhythm and Phrase Structure

Chapter 5 – Formal Functions and Musical Texture

Part II – Forms of Music Chapter 6 – One – Part and Binary Forms Chapter 7 – Ternary Forms Chapter 8 – Sonata Form Chapter 9 – Modification of Sonata Form and Cyclic Forms Chapter 10 – Rondo Forms Chapter 11 – Ostinato and Variation Forms Chapter 12 – Contrapuntal Genres Chapter 13 – Vocal Forms Chapter 14 – Formal Innovations in Twentieth – Century Music

Course Objectives The successful student will develop an understanding of musical construction. They will also be able to identify musical structures and explain formal functions, as well as a harmonic analysis of music.

Grading/Evaluation

Homework – 15% Class Participation – 15% Exams – 30% Final Exam/Final Project – 40%

Final Project will consist of making a formal class presentation consisting of a detailed analysis of a large-scale composition of your choosing. This composition will need to be to be approved by the

professor. A supporting paper will be turned in at the time of your individual presentation.

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY

1. Cheating: Students shall not give, receive, offer, or solicit

information on examinations, quizzes, etc. This includes but is not limited to the following classes of dishonesty:

a. Copying from another student’s paper; b. Use during the examination of prepared materials, notes, or

texts other than those specifically permitted by the instructor; c. Collaboration with another student during the examination; d. Buying, selling, stealing, soliciting, or transmitting an

examination or any material purported to be the unreleased contents of coming examinations or the use of any such material;

e. Substituting for another person during an examination or allowing such substitutions for oneself.

2. Collusion: Collusion is defined as obtaining from another party, without specific approval in advance by the instructor, assistance in the production of work offered for credit to the extent that the work reflects the ideas of the party consulted rather than those of the person whose name in on the work submitted.

3. Duplicity: Duplicity is defined as offering for credit identical or substantially unchanged work in two or more courses, without specific advanced approval of the instructors involved.

4. Plagiarism: Plagiarism is defined as adopting and reproducing as one’s own, to appropriate to one’s use, and to incorporate in one’s own work without acknowledgement the ideas or passages from the writings or works of others.

For any instance of academic dishonesty that is discovered by the instructor, whether the dishonesty is found to be cheating, collusion, duplicity, or plagiarism, the result for the student(s) involved will be a failing grade for all work involved.

STUDENT CONDUCT STATEMENT Students at the University of Arkansas at Monticello are expected to conduct themselves appropriately, keeping in mind that they are subject to the laws of the community and standards of society. The student must not conduct him/herself in a manner that disrupts the academic community or breaches the freedom of other students to progress academically. Disruptive classroom behavior will not be tolerated and will result in appropriate discipline. No caps, hats, soft drinks, or food allowed in the classroom. Cell phones and other electronic devices must be turned off during class.

Attendance Students are expected to attend class regularly. After two unexcused absences your grade will be dropped a letter grade for each additional unexcused absence until the highest grade you can receive is an F. After that you should drop the course. UAM will no longer mail grade reports to all students. You may access your grades through Campus Connect on the UAM homepage, http://www.uamont.edu/. To have your grades mailed to you, complete the grade request form available in the Registrar’s Office in Monticello or the Student Services offices in Crossett and McGehee.

Statement of Drop Date

August 23rd, is the last day to add classes. Classes may be dropped through October 29th, with a “W”. After this date, all official withdrawals will be recorded either with a “W” or an “F”. No withdrawals will be permitted during the last three days of class.

Students with Disabilities

PLEASE BE AWARE OF PHONE NUMBERS AND LOCATIONS ON EACH CAMPUS.

Students with Disabilities: It is the policy of the University of AR at Monticello to accommodate individuals with disabilities pursuant to federal law and the University’s commitment to equal educational opportunities. It is the responsibility of the student to inform the instructor of any necessary accommodations at the beginning of the course. Any student requiring accommodations should contact the Office of Special Student Services located in Harris Hall Room 120; phone 870 460-1026; TDD 870 460-1626; Fax 870 460-1926.

Please note a change in the last line for the colleges of technology: McGehee: Office of Special Student Services representative on campus; phone 870 222-5360; fax 870 222-1105.

Crossett: Office of Special Student Services representative on campus; phone 870 364-6414; fax 870 364-5707.

Music Learning Outcomes

A student who graduates from the Division of Music should be able to:

Perform proficiently on an instrument or voice;

Use knowledge of music history for contextual understanding of forms, genres, performance practice, notation, and biographical information of music from ancient times through the 21st century;

Organize and administer a school music program (not an exception of students graduating with the Bachelor of Arts in Music degree);

Demonstrate knowledge of music theory and apply that knowledge in music performance.