4/18/2024 3:17:17 PM	MUS 6.3 Course Outline as of Spring 1993	New Course (First Version)
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  MUS 6.3	Title:  MUSIC HISTORY & LIT
Full Title:  Music History & Literature
Last Reviewed:4/28/2008

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	3.00	Lecture Scheduled	3.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	52.50
Minimum	3.00	Lab Scheduled	0		17.5 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	3.00			Contact DHR	52.50
		Contact Total	6.00			Contact Total	105.00
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  105.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 210.00

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade Only
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly: 

Catalog Description:

A history of music in Western Civilization from the death of Wagner (1883) to the present, using stylistic analysis of scores, listening in and out of class, and appropriate assigned reading.  Designed for music majors and others with an interest in the Arts and the Humanities.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:
Completion of ENGL 100A or ENGL 100.

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

A history of music in Western Civilization from the death of Wagner (1883) to the present, using stylistic analysis of scores, listening in and out of class. Designed for music majors & others with an interest in the Arts & the Humanities.

(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Completion of ENGL 100A or ENGL 100.
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:	Spring 1993	Inactive:	Fall 2009
Area:	E	Humanities
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	C1	Arts		Fall 1993	Fall 2009
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	3A	Arts		Fall 1994	Fall 2009
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Spring 1993	Inactive:	Fall 2009
UC Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Spring 1993	Inactive:	Fall 2009
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Not Certificate/Major Applicable

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

A continuation of Music 6.2. The students are expected to :

  1. Comprehend that musical styles owe their characteristics not simply

     to the inventive genius of the composers, performers, and theorists

     of a given era; but also, to a variety of extramusical influences:

     political and religious beliefs, philosophical trends, wars, social,

     technical, economic conditions.

  2. Understand that Music History is a history of musical style, and

     cannot be grasped except by first-hand knowledge of the music

     itself.

  3. Realize that music-making is and always has been inextricably linked

     to the great endeavors of human thought and activity.

  4. Become acquainted with the sound of the music and be able to examine

     it intelligently.

  5. Place the music in its larger historical and cultural context.

  6. Recognize the performance practices of the twentieth century as it

     is interpreted and performed with the special demands of our own

     era.

  7. Name, relate, and identify important musical terminologies as they

     have significance on twentieth-century music.

  8. Expand their own musical experience by reading, discussing, listen-

     ing, and analyzing the music of the twentieth century, both in and

     out of the classroom.

  9. Pursue and comprehend patterns of meaning found both in linguistic

     and non-linguistic terms.

Topics and Scope

This is the termination of a three semester course.  This last semester

will cover material from the death of Wagner (1883) to the present.

  1. Musical Elements of the Twentieth Century: Melody, Harmony, Rhythm,

     Texture, Tonality, Sonority, Form.

  2. The Post-Romantic Generation:  Mahler, R. Strauss, Busoni, Sibelius.

  3. Impressionism:  Painters, Poets, Techniques, Debussy, Ravel, Satie

     (away from impressionism).

  4. Three Revolutionary Works by: Bartok, Stravinsky Schoenberg.

  5. Between the Wars (1920-1940):  Objectivism, Urbanism, Jazz, Neo-

     Classicism, Gebrauchmusik:  Stravinsky, Bartok, Hindemith, Les Six

     (Milhaud, Honneger, Poulenc); the Russians: Prokofiev, Shostako-

     vitch; Twelve-tone Music:  Schoenberg, Berg, Webern, others

     (Vaughan Williams, Falla, Bloch Roussel, Walton, Orff).

  6. The American Scene:  Background:  Impressionists (Griffes); Ives,

    Varese, Ruggles, Gershwin, Copland, Sessions, Moore, Piston, Hanson,

    Hanson, Harris, Thompson, Villa-Lobos, Chavez.

 7. The Second Revolution:  New Trends, New Sounds, European Masters in

    America:  Messiaen, Britten, Boulez, Cage, Carter, Crumb.

 8. Electronic Music, Minimalism, A Return to Tonality:  Babbit, Glass,

    Reich, Adams, Bernstein.

Assignments:

Outside assigned reading and listening programs for music as described

above.

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 70 - 80%
Essay exams
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 2 - 5%
Homework problems, OUTSIDE LISTENING
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 10 - 20%
Class performances, LISTENING COMBINED WITH ESSAY
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 2 - 15%
IDENTIFY; WITH BRIEF ANSWERS
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 1 - 5%
ATTENDANCE

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

INTRODUCTION TO CONTEMPORARY MUSIC: Joseph Machlis, 2nd edition;

TWENTIETH-CENTURY MUSIC: Robert P. Morgan;

MUSIC IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY:  William T. Austin (All W.W. Norton)

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