## February 5 (Wed) 1. **Placement Test** --- ## February 7 (Fri) 1. **Ear-training (Melody)** 2. **Review Placement Test** 3. **Analysis of Schubert’s “An Die Natur”** --- ## February 10 (Mon) 1. **Ear-training (Melody + Rhythm)** 2. **Harmony** - 7th Chord and inversions 3. **Counterpoint: Late Baroque Overview** **Homework**: pg 160 #3 & #5 (Analyzing harmony, not realizing 4 parts yet) --- ## February 12 (Wed) - 14 (Fri) 1. **Ear-training** 2. **Counterpoint** - **Affection** - **Word-Painting**: Half-Step-Sigh — typically for sadness - A musical gesture closely resembling the emotional expression of a sigh—often associated with sadness, longing, or emotional release. - **"Lascia ch'io pianga"** ("Let me weep") by Handel [YouTube Link](https://youtu.be/EKo_EmfEPWs?si=xDPdYPL4rSGx45zb) [Score Link](https://ks15.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/f/fc/IMSLP222079-WIMA.98e7-HanLasSco.pdf) - **”When I am laid in earth”** from _Dido and Aeneas_ by Henry Purcell [YouTube Link](https://youtu.be/uGQq3HcOB0Y?si=NEm92NmqGw_7g6Iz) - **Texture** - **Contrapuntal texture / Counterpoint** Independent melodic lines (called **voices** or **parts**) combined harmonically and rhythmically interdependent, yet each melody retains its own distinct identity. - **Bach’s Art of Fugue** [YouTube Link](https://youtu.be/Y9OUfBDIGhw?si=-atmhMdXlx7gG2XO) - Fugue typically based on a single musical theme, the **subject**, developed in various ways throughout the piece. - **Aspect of Formal Construction** - Determined by more tonal center than thematic contrast. - Economic use of motivic figures (repetition, modulation, sequence, or melodic mirror). Minimal periodic phrasing (keep going). - **Performance Practice** - **Terraced Dynamics**: Either piano or forte. - **Scholarly editions** (no interpretation info) vs **Practical editions** (older editions might be influenced by Romanticism rather than Baroque). - [YouTube Link](https://youtu.be/e2wBXUEz_sQ?si=25V1ARxC60JQxtaW) - [YouTube Link](https://youtu.be/aryDMAP6oug?si=Md6ZNeaKyxDLHUY4) (31:57) (31:57) - **Thoroughbass (Basso Continuo)**: Bass instrument (cello or bassoon) + keyboard (organ or harpsichord). - **Figured Bass**. **Homework**: pg 160 #3 & #5 (Try to complete them! But if you're unsure about any, bring them as questions, and we will go over them. Don't get stressed out—this is just one of the things we do!) --- ## February 17 (Mon), February 19 (Wed), February 21 (Fri) Individual Meeting for Final Project --- ## February 24 (Mon) - February 28 (Fri) 1. **Ear-training** 2. **Review: 7th Chord and Inversions** - Practice recognizing and analyzing the different inversions of 7th chords in various contexts. 3. **Analysis: Schubert's _Ave Maria_** - **Score**: [Franz Schubert's _Ave Maria_](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/j7rsuqrink71dknd5bwnj/Franz-Schubert-s-Ave-Maria.pdf?rlkey=bp9tqykybkxck45w24e5a719q&dl=0) - **Audio**: [Schubert - _Ave Maria_ (Piano & Soprano)](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/4lkqazg1kp4f4j9237m21/Schubert.-Ave-Maria.-Piano-y-Soprano.-Partitura-Interpretaci-n.mp4?rlkey=es06752dwjwvcyzcmqb0y30d1&dl=0) - Focus on melody, harmonic progressions, and use of modulation. 4. **Circle of Fifths and Keys** - Practice navigating the Circle of Fifths for quick key signature recognition. - Review key relationships, major and minor keys, and their relative minors. 5. Leading-tone chords --- ## March 3 (Mon) - March 7 (Fri) 1. **Ear-training** 2. Secondary Dominant Chord 3. Secondary Diminished Chord 4. **Analysis: Bach Chaconne in D minor** - **Score**: [Bach Chaconne in D minor (PDF)](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/hj2e4bodeyybea027mqhg/bach-chaconne-in-d-minor.pdf?rlkey=60yg8ist8cvzqwm3rihhqzgo8&dl=0) - **Audio**: [J.S. Bach - Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004, V. Chaconne (Audio)](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/1v3gov9ew66g78rjtj5jf/J.-S.-Bach_-Partita-n-2-en-Re-menor-BWV-1004-V-Chaconne-Sheet-Music.mp4?rlkey=7ygcl6z64jz0euv0yh6qvj2ep&dl=0) - Focus: Compound melodies #### March 5: Quiz 1 --- March 10 (Mon) - March 14 (Fri) 1. **Ear-training** 2. Mixture Reading (https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qixjkyxxi2915uzz000cf/Harmony-and-Voice-Leaing-4th-Mixture.pdf?rlkey=szeqbenhbz6e4yz4oocearmra&dl=0) 3. Modulations and Pivot Chords 4. Picardy Third 5. **Analysis: Chopin Nocturne Op. 37 No. 2 in G major ** - **Score**: [Chopin Nocturne Op. 37 No. 2 in G major (PDF)](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/d991ugewcdiz5z9ddj5wh/IMSLP80946-PMLP02307-FChopin_Nocturnes_Op37.pdf?rlkey=edf3mlwg18763i1dfl09n85bs&dl=0) - **Audio**: [Chopin Nocturne Op. 37 No. 2 in G major (Audio)](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/dssg3ah0v9vr7vsl12w7c/Chopin-Nocturne-Op.-37-No.-2-Miyako-Arishima.mp4?rlkey=xmytdzh46ydiz8xgzb5jn30ux&dl=0) 5. **Analysis: Haydn Piano Sonata No.38 in F Major ** - **Score**: [Haydn Piano Sonata No.38 in F Major (PDF)](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/vg6rnlsmt4pevekra92et/IMSLP475113-PMLP1680-haydn20pianosonatasBk.2Hob.XVI23.pdf?rlkey=j75i0yvfhbdx5fs7xjjgobytw&dl=0) - **Audio**: [Haydn Piano Sonata No.38 in F Major (Audio)](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/tk8d1cf2j39ci44788x71/Haydn-Piano-Sonata-No.38-in-F-Major.mp4?rlkey=0uw89ni3tbxy2qlgbhm7s7i9y&dl=0) --- April 16 (Wed) Listening Assignment: Chromaticism -Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31pvYm7W0sQ) -Sofia Gubaidulina: Offertorium (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvHeTWOfL1c) -Chopin: Nocturne Op.9 No.2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGRO05WcNDk) --- April 21 (Mon) Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (1891-94) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8Sxyg5-0Vc Arnold Schoenber - Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night), Op. 4, for string sextet (1899) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqODySSxYpc 12-tone technique/Serialism Josef Matthias Hauer: Law of Twelve-tones (1919) Arnold Schoenberg (1923): Schoenberg: Klavierstück Op. 33a https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxO92VQ4h3c https://ks15.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/d/d5/IMSLP00527-Schoenberg_-_op33_No1.pdf https://imgv2-2-f.scribdassets.com/img/document/289509234/original/036d54a814/1?v=1 Alban Berg - Violin Concerto (1935) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0GzNmf_AUw&pp=0gcJCdgAo7VqN5tD Klangfarbenmelodie (sound-color melody: _melody_ as a sequence of tone colors) 1911 https://youtu.be/I9-_tVSrCqs?si=FtxPzRZxp3GJ86aR&t=451 Sofia Gubaidulina: Offertorium (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvHeTWOfL1c) --- April 25 (Fri) Matrix Calculator (https://www.musictheory.net/calculators/matrix) Integral serialism/Total serialism Igor Stravinsky (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQN4ehFmAYM) **Mid 20th Century (1930s–1960s): Serialism, Chance, and Electronics** Olivier Messiaen – Quartet for the End of Time (1941) Written in a POW camp; a deeply spiritual and rhythmically innovative chamber piece. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2hbwINj7dE John Cage – 4′33″ (1952) A silent piece that reframed music as listening and foregrounded ambient sound. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWVUp12XPpU Pierre Boulez – Le Marteau sans maître (1955) A landmark of total serialism, using voice and mixed chamber ensemble. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljcDXPcWRvI Karlheinz Stockhausen – Gesang der Jünglinge (1956) One of the first major works combining electronics and voice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTtzAmZFtds Luciano Berio – Sequenza series (1958–2002) Virtuosic solo pieces that explore extended techniques and performer identity. Sequenza III per voce (1965) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Wz63Pfyy4M) O King (1968) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o0xG0ZTaKY) Sinfonia (1969) (3rd Mv. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YU-V2C4ryU) ->Mahler's Symphony No. 2 (third-movement scherzo, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix1ru-BbIVI) Wasserklavier (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsRuKH7rmJM) "Stronger" by Kanye West https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsO6ZnUZI0g "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" by Daft Punk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yydNF8tuVmU Coldplay – "Viva La Vida" (2008) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvgZkm1xWPE Joe Satriani – "If I Could Fly" (2004) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RJmiMq1pOA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvB9Pj9Znsw --- April 30 (Wed) **Late 20th Century (1960s–1990s): Minimalism, Spectralism, Postmodernism** György Ligeti – Atmosphères (1961) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCNzwdLwA8g Known for micropolyphony and used in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Iannis Xenakis – Metastasis (1955) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaPVaPPDmVs Integrates mathematical models, architecture, and sound masses. Steve Reich – Drumming (1971) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-wb9Q-RGSY A milestone in minimalism; uses phasing and rhythmic process. Piano Phase (1967) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0345c6zNfM Gérard Grisey – Partiels (1975) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrdCU7sjD0E A cornerstone of spectral music, focusing on acoustic phenomena. Morton Feldman – String Quartet No. 2 (1983) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPMUHVza-KA A 6-hour meditation on time, silence, and sonority. Rothko Chapel (1971) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGuv84Q9awc&pp=0gcJCfcAhR29_xXO https://sites.nd.edu/choral-lit/files/2018/08/Rothko-Chapel.pdf --- May 5 (Mon) Works by Moon Ha -The Island (2009) -artless beauty in pursuit of theory (2019-) -reciprocal response (2024) https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/7uuk2cdaxe4d17pwb3ejg/reciprocal-response-2023-24-1-min-excerpt.mp4?rlkey=0p72gw728dmsopfbzl71bq2yf&dl=0 -impulse response (2025) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IUhmfPzAR4 -beauty in (2025) https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/0sepnboehwivs1nh9vgk8/wscms-041825-6-ha.wav?rlkey=xudzaa2hnk1smar6sqnj2gdbe&dl=0