COURSE: MUS 1113 Music Appreciation CREDIT: 3 semester hours TEXT: Music Listening Today, Third Edition, by Charles Hoffer (with 2 CDs) COURSE DESCRIPTION: A course to acquaint the student with Music itself and the cultural eras in which it was produced. Survey of Music history and development of Music in the Western Culture. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES 1. Students will achieve a basic knowledge of the elements of music and the varieties of musical performance. Topics will include notation, basic rhythm concepts, text, timbre, and musical mediums. 2. Students will explore style characteristics, key composers, and will be able to recognize selected representative compositions from the Medieval and Renaissance periods in music history. 3. Students will explore style characteristics, key composers, and will be able to recognize selected representative compositions from the Baroque and Classical periods in music history. 4. Students will explore style characteristics, key composers, and will be able to recognize selected representative compositions from the Romantic and 20th Century periods in music history. 5. Students will explore style characteristics, key composers, and will be able to recognize selected representative compositions from popular musical styles. OBJECTIVE OUTCOMES Students completing this course will: 1. Acquire A basic knowledge of the elements of music and the varieties Of Musical performance, including notation, basic rhythm concepts, texture, timbre, and Musical mediums. 2. Understand basic style characteristics and key composers from the Medieval and Renaissance periods, and will demonstrate the ability to recognize and identify selected representative compositions from these periods. 3. Understand basic style characteristics and key composers from the Baroque and Classical periods and will demonstrate the ability to recognize and identify selected representative compositions from these periods. 4. Understand basic style characteristics and key composers from the Romantic and 20th Century periods, and will demonstrate the ability to recognize selected representative compositions from these periods. 5. Understand basic style characteristics and key composers of popular musical styles, and will recognize selected representative compositions in these styles. Records of test scores will be kept in order to reflect the degree to which each student has attained the course objectives TOPICS TO BE COVERED 1. Sounds a. Pitch b. Dynamics 2. Rhythm a. Meter b. Accent c. Syncopation d. Tempo 3. Melody a. Melodic Phrases b. Melodic Contour c. Sequences d. Melodic Types e. Scales 4. Harmony a. Consonance and dissonance b. Chords c. Tonality d. Texture 5. Timbre a. Vocal Timbre b. Instruments of the Orchestra 6. Form in Music a. Repetition b. Contrast 7. Attending Performances a. Concert vs. Recital b. Orchestral Performances c. Band Performances d. Chamber Music e. Solo Recitals f. Dance g. Music Theater 8. The Medieval Period a. General Characteristics b. Christian Music c. Secular Songs d. Instrumental Music 9. The Renaissance Period a. General Characteristics b. Religious Music c. Secular Music 10. The Baroque Period a. General Characteristics b. Vocal Music c. Instrumental Music 11. The Classical Period a. General Characteristics b. Vocal Music c. Instrumental Music 12. The Romantic Period a. General Characteristics b. Orchestral Music c. Solo Song d. Piano Music e. Music Theater 13. Non-Western Music a. Historical Perspective b. Musical Techniques 14. 20th Century Music a. General Characteristics b. Twelve-tone Row c. Experimentalism d. Electronic Music e. Indeterminate Music f. 20th Century Nationalism g. Neoclassicism h. Neoromanticism 15. Popular Music in America a. Jazz b. Rock SUGGESTED STUDENT ACTIVITIES 1. Each student will be responsible for reading the assigned text and completing exams. 2. Each student will do listening assignments and will recognize and identify compositions throughout the semester. 3. Class discussion. 4. Each student will be given an opportunity to earn additional grade points for attending specified musical performances. METHODS OF INSTRUCTION Textbook study, discussion, powerpoint presentation and listening to musical works will be utilized. EVALUATION OF STUDENT PROGRESS Final grades will be determined by scores earned on unit tests, daily projects and extra points earned from reports and/or attendance of musical performances. SUPPLEMENTAL BIBLIOGRAPHY Apel, Willi, ed. Harvard Dictionary of Music. 2nd ed., revised and enlarged. Cambridge, A. Belknap Press, 1972. Grout, Donald J. A History of Western Music. Rev. ed. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1973. Machlis, Joseph. The Enjoyment of Mitsic. 5th ed. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1984. Sadie Stanley, ed. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Washington, D.C.: Grovels Dictionaries of Music Inc., 1980.