I. Course Number: MUSC 222

Course Title: Music History since 1750, 3 credit hours

II. Term: Fall 2001

Professor: Candace Armstrong

Office: 128 Avery Hall

Phone: 869-6449 email: carmstrong@lmunet.edu

Office Hours: MW 10:00-11:00; TR 10:45-11:45; F 11:00-12:00

III. Course Prerequisites: MUSC 111-112

IV. Course Description/Course Goals: The course is a survey of Western art music, and will emphasize

musical styles, forms, biographies of major composers and selected works from 1750 to the present. It

is the history of music as it relates to the history of Western Civilization. Its goals include developing

students” awareness and understanding of musical styles, characteristics, and forms through the

examination of representative composers and their works.

V. Relationship of This Course to Content Area Knowledge and Skills: Designed specifically for students carrying a minor in Music, students will gain knowledge of the development of major musical forms and compositional techniques as they occurred in the music capitols of the Western world. Students will associate styles with composers and musical periods. Through reading, listening, and oral participation as well as writing and analyzing particular works, students will demonstrate a working knowledge of how art music has evolved from the 18^th Century to its present stage.

VI. Required Texts: Hanning, Barbara Russano. Concise History of Western Music; (New York; W.W. Norton & Company, 1998).

VII. Course Objectives: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the following:

1. Classical, Romantic, Nationalism, Neo-Classicism, Atonality, Serialism, and 20^th Century techniques.

2. Social and economic role of music both historically and currently.

3. The development of particular forms and genres of each period in historical and social context.

VIII. Methods of Instruction and Learning: The class will be formatted largely through lecture, assigned

readings, independent readings from specified sources, research, and written assignments.

IX. Course Requirements and Evaluation Methods: There will be a comprehensive final exam. Attendance at two (2) concerts on the LMU Community Concert Series is required along with a written critique of each which will amount to the equivalent of a test grade of 100. There is required reading and individual listening. Class assignments will be averaged together as one, along with test grades. Three unexcused absences will result in five points off the final grade. One point will be deducted for each subsequent unexcused absence. Grading scale: 90-100=A; 80-89=B; 70-79=C; 60-69=D; 0-59=F.

X. Date : August, 2001