MUSA 202 Music Literature in Context II
Previously MUSC 203. This course will blend both theoretical analyses of specific representative musical masterworks with an investigation into the works' historical and stylistic context from the mature baroque to turn of twentieth century. To this end, there will be 1) study of specific historical readings, 2) analytical and historical study of certain pivotal masterworks of music and their composers, 3) student analyses of these works with an aim to understanding their architectural and organic lifeblood, how the works functioned within their composers' oeuvre, and their historical context, and 4) student presentations of their findings.
Hours Weekly
3
Course Objectives
- Identify, define, and organize the elements of Western music.
- Recognize the composer and composition title of 25-50 major works.
- Compare and contrast each of the major style periods of Western history music.
- Discern the form of a composition through either listening or study of the score.
- Recognize the composer and composition title of 25-50 major works.
- Discuss the primary philosophical thrusts of each style period, and relate those forces to specific musical examples.
- Generate and address styles of major composers from each style period and describe the essence of their approach to composition and/or the uniqueness of their contribution to music.
- Critically analyze and consider the musical and creative aims of the composers in their works and theoretical structure of music of given historical periods to build a foundation in music history.
- Reflect upon a live musical performance its expressions in relation to other time periods and contexts.
- Summarize the tonality crisis of the 20th century and discuss the specific composers and works that relate to the solution of that crisis.
Course Objectives
- Identify, define, and organize the elements of Western music.
Learning Activity Artifact
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Quiz, or part of an exam which includes other course objectives.
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric
- Recognize the composer and composition title of 25-50 major works.
This objective is a course Goal Only
Learning Activity Artifact
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Quiz, or part of an exam which includes other course objectives.
- Compare and contrast each of the major style periods of Western history music.
This objective is a course Goal Only
Learning Activity Artifact
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Quiz, short written artifact, or part of an exam which includes other course objectives.
- Discern the form of a composition through either listening or study of the score.
This objective is a course Goal Only
Learning Activity Artifact
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Exam
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric
- Recognize the composer and composition title of 25-50 major works.
This objective is a course Goal Only
Learning Activity Artifact
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Quiz, or part of an exam which includes other course objectives.
- Discuss the primary philosophical thrusts of each style period, and relate those forces to specific musical examples.
This objective is a course Goal Only
Learning Activity Artifact
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric
- Generate and address styles of major composers from each style period and describe the essence of their approach to composition and/or the uniqueness of their contribution to music.
Learning Activity Artifact
- Writing Assignments
- Short written artifact, or part of an exam which includes other course objectives.
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric
- Critically analyze and consider the musical and creative aims of the composers in their works and theoretical structure of music of given historical periods to build a foundation in music history.
Learning Activity Artifact
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric
- Reflect upon a live musical performance its expressions in relation to other time periods and contexts.
Learning Activity Artifact
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric
- Artifact/activity grading
- Summarize the tonality crisis of the 20th century and discuss the specific composers and works that relate to the solution of that crisis.
This objective is a course Goal Only
Learning Activity Artifact
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric