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Center for Curriculum and Transfer Articulation
Music History and Literature 1750 to Present
Course: MHL242

First Term: 2011 Spring
 Lecture   3 Credit(s)   3 Period(s)   3 Load  
Subject Type: Academic
Load Formula: S


Description: In-depth study of music history from the Classical period through the Contemporary period



MCCCD Official Course Competencies
1. List the characteristics of the solo sonata. (I)
2. Describe two forerunners of the symphony. (I)
3. Compare the Classical and Baroque concerto genres. (I)
4. List several significant advancements in the Classical opera. (I)
5. List five contributions of composers during the Vienna period. (I)
6. Describe significant characteristics of the three periods of Beethoven. (II)
7. List and explain sociological changes during the Romantic era. (III)
8. Identify strophic structure in the lied from recorded examples. (III)
9. Compare melodic development in the tone poem and the symphony. (III)
10. List three innovative characteristics of opera in the Romantic era. (III)
11. Describe the use of leitmotifs in the operas of Richard Wagner. (IV)
12. Compare characteristics of Impressionistic painting and Impressionistic music. (V)
13. List three prominent 20th century music theoreticians. (VI)
14. List five important inventions during the cross-over of the century. (VI)
15. Identify composers responsible for nationalism in music during the early 20th century. (VI)
16. Describe changes in theoretical direction during the early 20th century. (VI)
17. List and describe five compositional techniques during the first half of the 20th century. (VI)
18. Describe timbral and textural changes to music caused by new electronic techniques. (VI)
MCCCD Official Course Competencies must be coordinated with the content outline so that each major point in the outline serves one or more competencies. MCCCD faculty retains authority in determining the pedagogical approach, methodology, content sequencing, and assessment metrics for student work. Please see individual course syllabi for additional information, including specific course requirements.
 
MCCCD Official Course Outline
I. The Classical Style
   A. Pre-Classicism
   B. Instrumental Music in the Classical Period
      1. Sonata
      2. Symphony
      3. Concerto
   C. Vocal Music in the Classical Period
      1. Opera
      2. Song
      3. Sacred Music
   D. The Vienna Period
      1. Hayden
      2. Mozart
II. Transition to the Romantic Period
   A. Ludwig Van Beethoven
      1. 1st Period: Imitation
      2. 2nd Period: Expansion
      3. 3rd Period: Introspection
III. The Romantic Era
   A. Characteristics
   B. The Lied
      1. Strophic
      2. Durch Komponiert
   C. Music for Piano
      1. Sonata
      2. Concerto
      3. Smaller Forms
   D. Chamber Music
   E. Music for Orchestra
      1. Tone Poem
      2. Symphony
   F. Opera
      1. Italy
      2. Germany
      3. France
   G. Sacred Music
      1. Oratorio
      2. Motet
      3. Mass
IV. Wagner and Music Drama
   A. Gesamkunstwerke
      1. Libretto
      2. Leitmotif
      3. Harmonic Elements
V. Impressionism in Music and Painting
   A. Characteristics
      1. Cluster Chords
      2. Modality
      3. Parallelism
      4. Wholetone Scales
      5. Vaguenes
      6. Lack of Metrical Pulse
VI. 20th Century Music
   A. Echos of the Past
      1. Post-Romantic
      2. Neoclassisism
      3. Nationalism
   B. Challenges to Tonality
      1. Atonality
      2. Duodecaphonic
      3. Pandiatonic
      4. Polytonality
      5. Quarter Tone
   C. Compositional Techniques
      1. Expressionism
      2. Gebrauch Musik
      3. Minimalism
      4. Indeterminancy
      5. Music Abstract
      6. Music Concrete
      7. Primitivism
      8. Serialism
      9. Sprech Stimme
   D. New Timbres
      1. Early Electronic Techniques
      2. Tape Manipulation
      3. Synthesizers Analog/Digital
 
MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date:  11/23/1993

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