Syllabus
1) Revolution, War and Music, 1789-1815, Ludwig van Beethoven
2) The Romantic Generation: Song and Piano Music, The Concept of Romanticism, Improvements in Musical Instruments
3) Music for Piano, The Lied
4) Romanticism in Classic Forms: Orchestral, Chamber, and Choral Music
5) Romantic Opera and Musical Theater to Midcentury (Italian Opera, French Opera, German Opera)
6) Opera and Musical Theater in the Later Nineteenth Century (Richard Wagner, Giuseppe Verdi, Later Italian Composers, Opera in Other Countries)
7) late Romanticism in Germany and Austria, Competing Philosophies, Johannes Brahms, The Influence of Wagnerian Ideas
8) Diverging Traditions in the Later Nineteenth Century (France, Eastern and Northern Europe)
Annotation
History of Music III (the third part of the lecture cycle History of Music I-IV): A study of the development of western music from cca 1800 - 1900. Emphasis will be placed on developing a thorough knowledge of music literature.
The objective of History of Music I-IV is for the student to gain an understanding of the development of western music from the earliest known sources until the present day. The course will include the study of both sacred and secular music in all genres.
It will place a strong emphasis on listening to and identifying various styles of music. Upon successful completion of the course History of Music III, students will be expected to: • Demonstrate a basic knowledge of significant composers and works related to Western music from 1800 to 1900 • Apply understanding of stylistic trends through aural recognition and analysis of representative works • Identify the various genres of music and trace their development through the major historical periods • Understand and describe the development of instruments throughout music history • Analyze music composed in different time periods and assess stylistic features that are characteristic of each period • Analyze representative works and evaluate how music was shaped by broad political, cultural, and economic trends and by the values of the society that produced it • Evaluate the impact of past musical developments on present-day musical practices