Maricopa Community Colleges  MHL140   20026-99999 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 12/11/01
MHL140 20026-99999 LEC 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s)
Survey of Music History
Study of composers, compositions, styles, and periods in music history. Prerequisites: None.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
MHL140   20026-99999 Survey of Music History
1. List and define six elements of music. (I)
2. Describe the concepts of key and tonality in music. (II)
3. Describe sacred and secular music during the Middle Ages. (III)
4. Describe sacred and secular music during the Renaissance period. (IV)
5. Describe vocal and instrumental music of the Baroque period. (V)
6. Define and describe the Age of Enlightenment. (VI)
7. Describe vocal and instrumental music in the Classical Era. (VI)
8. Identify the three stylistic periods of Beethoven's life. (VII)
9. Describe vocal and instrumental music during the Romantic Era. (VIII)
10. Define nationalism as it applies to music. (IX, X)
11. Define Impressionism in music. (IX)
12. Compare musical styles in the early Twentieth century. (X)
13. Identify prominent early contributions to popular styles. (XI)
14. Describe recent trends in music. (XII)
15. Describe how composers from the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic and contemporary periods were influenced by social, cultural, and religious conditions. (III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI)
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MHL140   20026-99999 Survey of Music History
    I. Elements of Music
        A. Pitch
        B. Dynamics
        C. Tone color
        D. Scales
        E. Rhythm
        F. Tempo
      II. The Structures of Music
          A. Melody
          B. Texture
          C. Key/Tonality
          D. Harmony
        III. Middle Ages
            A. Music and the church
              1. Mass
              2. Rise of polyphony
                a. Notre Dame School
              3. Early Medieval Motet
              4. Gregorian Chant
              5. Organum
              6. Motet
            B. Secular music
              1. French Ars Nova
              2. Early instrumental music
          IV. Renaissance
              A. Role of the musician in the Renaissance period
              B. High/Late Renaissance style
              C. Early instrumental music
              D. Sacred Music
                1. Motet
                2. Mass
                  a. Reformation
                  b. Counter Reformation
              E. Secular Music
                1. Chanson
                2. Instrumental dance music
                3. Italian Madrigal
                4. English Madrigal
              F. Music as expression
            V. Baroque Period
                A. Absolutism and the age of science
                B. Social and cultural changes
                C. Vocal Music
                  1. Opera
                  2. Cantata
                  3. Lutheran Chorale
                  4. Oratorio
                D. Baroque instrumental music
                  1. Concerto Grosso
                  2. Suite
                  3. Sonata
                  4. Passacaglia
                  5. Overture
                  6. Fugue
              VI. Classical Period
                  A. Social and cultural changes
                  B. Role of the musician
                  C. Rococo
                  D. Viennese Classical Style
                  E. Vocal Music
                    1. Choral Forms
                    2. Classical Opera
                    3. Comic Opera
                    4. Opera reform
                  F. Instrumental Music
                    1. Sonata form
                    2. Sonata Cycle
                    3. String Quartet
                    4. Classical Orchestra
                    5. Classical Symphony
                    6. Concerto
                    7. Minuet
                    8. Theme and variations
                    9. Rondo
                VII. Beethoven
                    A. Between Classicism and Romanticism
                    B. Beethoven and the Symphony
                  VIII. Romantic Period
                      A. Social and cultural changes
                      B. Role of the musician
                      C. Vocal Music in the Romantic Period
                        1. The Lied/Song Cycle
                        2. Choral music
                        3. Romantic Opera
                          a. Italian
                          b. Wagner and music drama
                        4. Late Romantic Opera
                      D. Instrumental Music
                        1. Character Pieces
                        2. Symphony in the Romantic Period
                        3. Program Music
                        4. Romantic concerto
                        5. Ballet
                      E. Nationalism
                    IX. Impressionism
                        A. Debussy
                      X. Early Twentieth Century
                          A. Industrialization and process
                          B. Reaction against romanticism
                          C. Social and cultural changes
                          D. Role of the musician
                          E. Literature and art before WWI
                          F. Expressionism
                          G. Nationalism
                          H. Between the world wars
                          I. Second Viennese School
                          J. Neo-Classical Style
                          K. American music
                          L. Music after WWII
                          M. New elements of Musical Style
                        XI. Popular Styles
                            A. Blues and Early Jazz
                            B. Musical Theatre
                            C. Popular music in our time
                          XII. Trends in New Music
                              A. Minimalism
                              B. Electronic/Computer Music
                              C. Indeterminacy
                              D. Contemporary Composers
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