Second Year Theory: Semester II

MUS 212 MUSIC THEORY I WINTER 2003 Dr. Phillip Magnuson Office: 103 MT Phone: 229.3907 Office hours posted (or by appointment) e-mail: magnuson@udayton.edu

OBJECTIVE:

The goal of music theory studies is to gain a greater understanding of the patterns of sound through examining historical models (analysis) and composing within historical styles (synthesis). Although this course deals largely with the music of Western civilization during the Common Practice Period (1600-1900), older music (pre-1600) and recent music (20th century) will be examined to demonstrate universal concepts of sound and its organization.

TEXTS:

Morgan: Anthology of Twentieth-Century Music [ATM] (anthology)
Benjamin/Horvit/Nelson: Music for Analysis, 5th edition [MA] (anthology)
Magnuson: Microcosms (web-based text)

CLASSES:

MWF 9:00-9:50, room 114: Please be punctual!

MATERIALS:

Texts, manuscript paper, pencil, ruler

ATTENDANCE:

Good attendance is crucial to success in this course. Attendance is taken every class. There are no "excused" absences; absences are not evaluated. Students are expected to attend every class (or to cover the material if class is missed), to read the textbook, to do all assignments, and to fully participate. Every topic is built on the previous one.

POLICIES:

Work is marked down one letter grade for each day past the due date. Missing work is marked 0%. Quizzes are never made up; exams may be made up only if missed due to a real illness or emergency.

TUTORS:

Extra outside help is available. It is suggested that you form study groups and regularly quiz each other.

CONCERT ATTENDANCE:

Each student must attend two of the following concerts (not as a performer), and write a reflective paper on one of them. If you are a member of two of these ensembles, or cannot attend two of them, you must inform Dr. Magnuson by 20 January for an alternative assignment.

University Chorale/CU	Wed., 16 April	Boll	7:00 pm
Symphonic Wind Ensemble	Sun., 9 February or Fri., 11 April	Boll Boll	3:00 pm 7:00 pm
University Orchestra	Sun., 13 April	Ballroom	3:00 pm

GRADING:

Exam: Impressionism	15%
Exam: Primitivism/Neo-classicism	15%
Exam: Expressionism/Serialism	15%
Assignments	15%
Final Exam	25%
Attendance/participation	10%
Concert attendance/paper	5%

SYLLABUS:

January 2003

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
			1	2	3	4
5	6 Review MUS 211 FINAL EXAM Microcosms: Introduction to 20th century	7	8 Microcosms: Impressionism	9	10 Microcosms: Impressionism	11
12	13 Microcosms: Impressionism	14	15 Microcosms: Impressionism	16	17 Microcosms: Impressionism	18
19	20 MLK DAY	21	22 Microcosms: Impressionism	23 (Monday schedule) EXAM: Impressionism *Impressionism project due	24 Microcosms: Primitivism	25
26	27 Microcosms: Primitivism	28	29 Microcosms: Primitivism	30	31 Microcosms: Primitivism

February 2003

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
						1
2	3 Microcosms: Primitivism	4	5 Microcosms: Primitivism *Primitivism project due	6	7 Microcosms: Neo-classicism	8
9	10 Microcosms: Neo-classicism	11	12 Microcosms: Neo-classicism	13	14 Microcosms: Neo-classicism	15
16	17 EXAM: Primitivism/Neo-classicism *Neo-classicism project due	18	19 Microcosms: Expressionism	20	21 Microcosms: Expressionism	22
23	24 Microcosms: Expressionism	25	26 Microcosms: Serialism *Expressionism project due	27	28 Microcosms: Serialism

March 2003

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
						1
2	3 Microcosms: Serialism	4	5 Microcosms: Serialism	6	7 Microcosms: Serialism	8
9	10 Microcosms: Total Serialism *Serialism project due	11	12 Microcosms: Total Serialism	13	14 EXAM: Expressionism/Serialism	15
16	17 SPRING BREAK	18 ----->	19 ----->	20 ----->	21 ----->	22
23	24 Microcosms: Indeterminism *Total Serialism project due	25	26 Microcosms: Indeterminism	27	28 Microcosms: Indeterminism	29
30	31 Microcosms: Texturalism

April 2003

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
		1	2 Microcosms: Texturalism	3	4 Microcosms: Texturalism	5
6	7 Microcosms: Minimalism *Indeterminism/Texturalism project due	8	9 Microcosms: Minimalism	10	11 Microcosms: Minimalism *"In C" performance: bring instruments	12
13	14 Microcosms: Electronicism	15	16 Microcosms: Neo-romanticism	17	18 GOOD FRIDAY	19
20	21 EASTER BREAK	22	23 Microcosms: Eclecticism	24	25 Review for EXAM	26
27	28	29	30

CLASS GRADES:

Semester grades as of 30 April 2003.
These are the highest grades I have ever recorded for a class.
Way to go!!

ID#	Grade
1480	B-
1818	B
2063	A-
2816	A
4447	B-
4699	C-
4991	B
5566	B-
7177	B+
7476	A-
8256	B-
8297	B+
8379	B-
9980	B

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