MCCCD Official Course Competencies:

MHL242  1994 Spring – 2010 Fall

Music History and Literature 1750 to Present

1.

List the characteristics of the solo sonata. (I)

2.

Describe two forerunners of the symphony. (I)

3.

Compare the Classical and Baroque concerto genres. (I)

4.

List several significant advancements in the Classical opera. (I)

5.

List five contributions of composers during the Vienna period. (I)

6.

Describe significant characteristics of the three periods of Beethoven. (II)

7.

List and explain sociological changes during the Romantic era. (III)

8.

Identify strophic structure in the lied from recorded examples. (III)

9.

Compare melodic development in the tone poem and the symphony. (III)

10.

List three innovative characteristics of opera in the Romantic era. (III)

11.

Describe the use of leitmotifs in the operas of Richard Wagner. (IV)

12.

Compare characteristics of Impressionistic painting and Impressionistic music. (V)

13.

List three prominent 20th century music theoreticians. (VI)

14.

List five important inventions during the cross-over of the century. (VI)

15.

Identify composers responsible for nationalism in music during the early 20th century. (VI)

16.

Describe changes in theoretical direction during the early 20th century. (VI)

17.

List and describe five compositional techniques during the first half of the 20th century. (VI)

18.

Describe timbral and textural changes to music caused by new electronic techniques. (VI)

MCCCD Official Course Outline:

MHL242  1994 Spring – 2010 Fall

Music History and Literature 1750 to Present

I. The Classical Style

A. Pre-Classicism

B. Instrumental Music in the Classical Period

1. Sonata

2. Symphony

3. Concerto

C. Vocal Music in the Classical Period

1. Opera

2. Song

3. Sacred Music

D. The Vienna Period

1. Hayden

2. Mozart

II. Transition to the Romantic Period

A. Ludwig Van Beethoven

1. 1st Period: Imitation

2. 2nd Period: Expansion

3. 3rd Period: Introspection

III. The Romantic Era

A. Characteristics

B. The Lied

1. Strophic

2. Durch Komponiert

C. Music for Piano

1. Sonata

2. Concerto

3. Smaller Forms

D. Chamber Music

E. Music for Orchestra

1. Tone Poem

2. Symphony

F. Opera

1. Italy

2. Germany

3. France

G. Sacred Music

1. Oratorio

2. Motet

3. Mass

IV. Wagner and Music Drama

A. Gesamkunstwerke

1. Libretto

2. Leitmotif

3. Harmonic Elements

V. Impressionism in Music and Painting

A. Characteristics

1. Cluster Chords

2. Modality

3. Parallelism

4. Wholetone Scales

5. Vaguenes

6. Lack of Metrical Pulse

VI. 20th Century Music

A. Echos of the Past

1. Post-Romantic

2. Neoclassisism

3. Nationalism

B. Challenges to Tonality

1. Atonality

2. Duodecaphonic

3. Pandiatonic

4. Polytonality

5. Quarter Tone

C. Compositional Techniques

1. Expressionism

2. Gebrauch Musik

3. Minimalism

4. Indeterminancy

5. Music Abstract

6. Music Concrete

7. Primitivism

8. Serialism

9. Sprech Stimme

D. New Timbres

1. Early Electronic Techniques

2. Tape Manipulation

3. Synthesizers Analog/Digital