I. General Information

1. Course Title:
History and Literature of Music I

2. Course Prefix & Number:
MUSC 2450

3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:

Credits: 3

Lecture Hours: 3

4. Course Description:

Historical survey of Western art music of the Classical Antiquity, Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods of music history with focus on styles, genres and historical context. MnTC Goal 6.

5. Placement Tests Required:

Accuplacer (specify test):

Reading College Level CLC or Reading College Level

Score:

6. Prerequisite Courses:

9. Co-requisite Courses:

There are no corequisites for this course.

II. Transfer and Articulation

1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:

Bemidji State University: MUS 3801 History and Literature of Music I
St. Cloud State University: MUSE 351 History of Western Music to 1750
Moorhead State Universtiy: MUS 303: History of Western Music to 1750

2. Transfer - regional institutions with which this course has a written articulation agreement:

Bemidji State University, August 24^th, 2020, Bachelors of Music Degree

III. Course Purpose

1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):

Associates of Fine Arts Degree in Music

 

2. MN Transfer Curriculum (General Education) Courses - This course fulfills the following goal area(s) of the MN Transfer Curriculum:
Goal 6 – Humanities and Fine Arts

IV. Learning Outcomes

1. College-Wide Outcomes

College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies	Students will be able to:
Demonstrate oral communication skills	Participate in individual and/or group presentations underscoring pivotal occasions of historical significance specifically regarding music.
Demonstrate written communication skills	Compose a synthesis paper selecting from a predetermined list of topics surrounding specific paradigm breaking figures in early music history.
Analyze and follow a sequence of operations	Analyze the relationship between the cultures, values, norms, historical context, religion and other factors and compositional and performance trends during the early periods of music history.

2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of the course:

• Articulate an informed personal reaction to works in the arts and humanities (MnTC Goal 6);
• Build a basic understanding of selected musical works as expressions of individual and human values within a historical and social context (MnTC Goal 6);
• Demonstrate understanding of the tools of historical inquiry through research, writing and presentations;
• Demonstrate practice and improvement of listening skills, score reading, performance practice and critical thinking;
• Recognize the major developments in Western art music to 1750 including those related to theoretical foundations, notation, music printing, early instruments and performance practice;
• Demonstrate understandingand and respond critically to the historical context, genres and styles of of the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods of music history (MnTC Goal 6);
• Give a presentation underscoring pivotal occasions of historical significance specifically regarding music;
• Compose a synthesis paper selecting from a predetermined list of topics surrounding specific paradigm breaking figures in early music history; and
• Engage in the creative process or interpretive performance of Western art music from Antiquity through 1750 (MnTC Goal 6).

 

 

V. Topical Outline

Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.

1. Lecture Sessions

1. Medieval Chant, Church Modes and Notation
2. Early Polyphony
3. Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries
4. Early Renaissance
5. The Reformation
6. The Madrigal and Instrumental Music 
7. Musical Taste and Style in the Enlightenment
8. Early Classic Sonata, Symphony and Concerto
9. Seventeenth Century: Invention of Opera 
10. Opera Reform, Song, and Church Music
11. Early Classic Keyboard and Orchestral Music
12. Eighteenth Century Baroque: Vivaldi, Handel and Bach
13. The French Baroque
14. Haydn
15. Opera and Vocal Music in the Early Classic Period