MUS 252 - Music History II - Late Baroque - Romantic

2. Develop outlines of important concepts in the history of music, for example, the development of the opera and the orchestra.

3. Identify distinctive musical elements and the structures to which those elements contribute in musical works of the High Baroque, Classical, and Romantic periods.

4. Relate musical characteristics found in various works to specific periods and composers. These skills will be applied to studies of music scores as well as aural examples.

5. Use musical terms correctly in written and oral communication.

6. Research topics in music history using the college library and the many online databases available through the library and present that research in a short paper using MLA format.

7. Critically analyze musical works.

8. Develop musical analysis skills.

9. Discuss music of the 18th and 19th centuries from a historical, philosophical, and geographic context.

10. Recognize and name important literary and visual works of art from the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic periods.

11. Study and use active listening skills. 

12. Complete work accurately, with attention to detail. 
Course Outline:
I. Baroque Music in the Early 18th-Century

A. Instrumental music in Italy: the Baroque Concerto, rittornello form, solo concerto, concerto grosso, programmatic and absolute music

B. Instrumental music in France

C. Instrumental music in Germany and England

D. Vocal music in the early 18th-century: opera, oratorio, cantata, mass, recitativo secco, recitativo accompagnato, aria, chorus

E. Consonance and Dissonance and the development of tonality

II. Philosophical, Political, Religious, Socio-Economic Trends in the 18th-century, Women’s Roles in Music of the 18th-Century

A. The Enlightenment and Humanatarianism

B. The French Revolution

C. Philosophy and Literature

D. Art and Architecture of the period: The Rococo, the French Academy

E. Musical characteristics of the 18th-century: Galant style, Empfindsam Stil, Sturm und Drang

III. Genres and Forms: Vocal Music of the Early Classic Period

A. Opera buffa, Intermezzo, opera comique, singspiel, ballad opera

B. Opera seria, Da Capo Aria

C. Opera reform

D. 18th-century music in the New World

IV. Genres and Forms: Instrumental Music of the Early Classic Period

A. Development of the Sonata

B. Development of the Symphony: Sammartini, Stamitz, binary form

C. Development of the Concerto

V. The Late 18th-Century: Franz Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Biography, Patronage and Significant Contributions and Works; Chamber Music, Solo Sonatas, Vocal Music, Symphonic Works

VI. Beethoven: Biography, Patronage and Significant Contributions and Works; Beethoven’s Three Periods; Chamber Music, Solo Sonatas, Vocal Music, Symphonic Works

VII. 19th-century Romanticism: Philosophical, Political, Religious, Socio-Economic Trends in the 19th-Century

A. Philosophy and Literature

B. Changes in government

C. Art of the period

D. Characteristics of 19th-century music

VIII. 19th-Century Genres and Forms: Lieder, Art Song, Opera, Symphonic Works, Solo Instrumental Music, Chamber Music. Composers Studied Include: Schubert, Berlioz, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Clara Schumann, Chopin, Rossini, Verdi, Wagner, Liszt, Bruckner, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Smetana, Dvorak, Wolf, Mahler, Richard Strauss, Puccini, The Mighty Handful, Mussorgsky

IX. Nationalism in music in the late 19th-century

X. Music in 19th-century America

XI. Women’s roles in music of the 19th-century

Listening and score analysis: 30-50%

Assignments and group work: 20-40%

Discussion: 20-40%
Mandatory Course Components:
None
Equivalent Courses:
None