12/26/2024 3:47:19 PM	MUS 6.3 Course Outline as of Fall 2008	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  MUS 6.3	Title:  MUSIC HISTORY: 1880-PRES
Full Title:  Music History: Modern (1880-Present)
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	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	3.00			Contact Total	52.50
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  105.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50

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 1880 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:
Eligibility for ENGL 1A.

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

A history of music in Western civilization from 1880 to the present, using stylistic analysis of scores and listening in and out of class.  Designed for music majors and others with an interest in arts and humanities.  

(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 1A.
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: Certificate Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

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

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

1.  Compare and contrast the stylistic elements of different periods in

   music history.

2.  Explain how musical styles owe their characteristics to the inventive

   genius of the composers, performers, and theorists of a given period.

3.  Explain how music-making is linked to the great endeavors of human

   thought and activity.

4.  Explain musical styles in cultural and historical context, such as:

   political, religious, philosophical, social, and artistic.

5.  Recognize performance practices of twentieth- and twenty-first

   century music as interpreted and performed in its historical context.

6.  Identify important musical terminologies and relate them to each

   area studied.

7.  Analyze and discuss the music of each period using proper musical

   terminology.

8.  Analyze and comprehend patterns of meaning found both in linguistic

   and non-linguistic terms.  

Topics and Scope

Third course of a 3-semester sequence. This last semester will cover

material from 1880 to the present.

1.  The Post-Romantic Generation

     Composers such as Mahler, R. Strauss, Busoni, Sibelius, et al.

2.  Impressionism

   A. Painters and poets

   B. Musical techniques

   C. Composers: Debussy, Ravel, Satie, et al.

3.  Between the Wars (1920-1940)

   A. Objectivism, Urbanism, Neo-Classicism, and Gebrauchsmusik

   B. Stravinsky, Bartok, and Hindemith

   C. Les Six (Milhaud, Honegger, Poulenc, et al.)

   D. The Russians (Prokofiev, Shostakovitch, et al.)

   E. Twelve-tone Music (Schoenberg, Berg, Webern, et al.)

   F. Others such as: Vaughan Williams, Falla, Bloch, Roussel, Walton,

      Orff, et al.

4.  The American Scene

   A. Background

   B. Impressionists (Griffes, et al.)

   C. Experimentalists (Ives, Varese, Ruggles, et al.)

   D. Traditionalists (Copland, Sessions, Moore, Piston, Hanson, Harris,

      Thompson, Bernstein, et al.)

   E. Jazz (Gershwin, Still, Ellington, et al.)

   F. Latin America (Villa-Lobos, Chavez, et al.)

5.  The Second Revolution (1945-Present)

   A. New Trends, New Sounds (Cage, Carter, Crumb, Babbitt, et al.)

   B. European Masters in America (Messiaen, Britten, Boulez, et al.)

   C. Electronic Music

   D. Minimalism, A Return to Tonality (Glass, Reich, Adams, et al.)  

Assignments:

1.  Weekly reading assignments from the text (20-30 pages per week)

2.  Weekly listening assignments (approx. 2hr per week)

3.  Essay exams with listening (3-5)  

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 90 - 95%
Essay exams
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 0 - 0%
None
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 0 - 0%
None
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 0 - 0%
None
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 5 - 10%
Attendance and participation

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

TWENTIETH-CENTURY MUSIC. Morgan, Robert P. New York: Norton, 1991.

Instructor-prepared materials.  

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