Form and Analysis Syllabus

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COURSE: MUSI 488

TIME/LOCATION: TBA, 214 Steinman

INSTRUCTOR: Pandel Collaros

OFFICE: 210 Steinman

HOURS: TBA and by appointment

PHONES: (office) 829-7331, (home) 740-264-5739

E-MAIL: collaros623@comcast.net

WEB PAGE: http://home.comcast.net/~collaros623/index.htm

REQUIRED TEXTS:

Spencer, Peter and Peter M. Temko. A Practical Approach to the Study of Form in Music, latest edition. Prospect Heights, NJ: Waveland Press.

Burkhart, Charles. Anthology for Music Analysis, latest edition. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers.

DESCRIPTION: MUSI 488 focuses on the identification of form in music through the analysis of various pieces and excerpts. It should be undersood that a detailed examination of all formal types discussed in the literature is beyond the scope of a single semester. Therefore, we will restrict our consideration to those forms which have particular relevance to music majors from performance, theoretical, and historical perspectives.

PREREQUISITES: MUSI 272 AND MUSI 272X

GRADING:	SCALE:
100% Weekly assignments	A = 93-100
	A- = 90-92
	B+ = 87-89
	B = 83-86
	B- = 80-82
	C+ = 77-79
	C = 73-76
	C- = 70-72
	D+ = 67-69
	D = 63-66
	D- = 60-62
	F = 00-59

EVERYONE IS EXPECTED TO HAVE A WORKING E-MAIL ADDRESS, AND TO GIVE IT TO ME IMMEDIATELY, AND TO CHECK IT DAILY.

Form and Analysis-Tentative Outline

Week 1: Chapter 1: Structural Phenomena

Week 2: Chapter 2: Structural Units

ASSIGNMENT 1 IS DUE TODAY

P. 30: #4

Week 3: Chapter 3: Structural Functions

ASSIGNMENT 2 IS DUE TODAY

P. 49: #5

Week 4: Chapter 4: The Binary Principle

ASSIGNMENT 3 IS DUE TODAY

P. 59: Chapter 2 Complete Pieces (p. 50) Exercise #5

Week 5: Chapter 5: The Ternary Principle

ASSIGNMENT 4 IS DUE TODAY

P. 75: #3

Week 6: Chapter 6: Imitative Procedures (Invention)

ASSIGNMENT 5 IS DUE TODAY

P. 91: #5

Week 7: Chapter 6: Imitative Procedures (Fugue)

ASSIGNMENT 6 IS DUE TODAY

P. 107: #4

Week 8: Chapter 7: Variation Procedures

ASSIGNMENT 7 IS DUE TODAY

P. 120: #3 (just Fugue 2 in C minor)

Week 9: Chapter 8: The Binary Principle: Sonata-Allegro Form

ASSIGNMENT 8 IS DUE TODAY

P. 132: #4

Week 10: Chapter 8: The Binary Principle: Sonata-Allegro Form (cont.)

ASSIGNMENT 9 IS DUE TODAY

P. 168: #5

Week 11: Chapter 9: The Rondo Principle

Week 12: Chapter 10: Atypical Formal Organization

ASSIGNMENT 10 IS DUE TODAY

P. 182: #4

Week 13: Larger Forms: Sonata, Symphony, Concerto

ASSIGNMENT 11 IS DUE TODAY

P. 209: #6

Week 14: Aria, arch, tri-partite, cyclic, popular music forms

ASSIGNMENT 12 IS DUE TODAY

Formal analysis of Mozart's Piano Concerto in A major, K. 488, first movement (pp. 215-35 in Burkhart)

FINALS WEEK:

ASSIGNMENT 13 IS DUE

Formal analysis of Handel's aria, "Where'er you walk" from Semele (pp. 92-94 in Burkhart)

Any student in this course who has a disability that may prevent him/her from fully demonstrating his/her abilities should contact me personally as soon as possible so we can discuss accommodations necessary to ensure full participation and facilitate the educational opportunity.

cc: Professors Pamela Balch and Herb Weaver

E-mail Pandel Collaros

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