Syllabus Spring 2014

MUNM 1113
Instructor: Ms. Laura Kellogg
Office: CMC 020A (in the Fine Arts Library in Catlett)
Email: [email protected]
Office hours: By appointment only (MondayFriday)
Class location: Catlett Music Center, Rm. 14
Section 007 MWF 9:30am-10:20am
Course Description
Open to non-music majors. A course in music appreciation covering all of the important fields
of music, with opportunity for the students to listen to recordings and to attend concerts. This
course does not count for major credit in the School of Music.
3 Credit hours
Course Objectives
This course is designed for the general university student. The student does not need any
previous musical knowledge. The purpose of this course is to lead the student to a deeper
understanding of musical relationships and interactions and to help the student develop his or her
listening skills and responses to Western concert music by means of a more precise musical
vocabulary; this is accomplished through a historical survey of Western concert music and
societies from antiquity to the present. Basic music theory, styles, and forms will also be
covered.
Required Text
Introduction to Western Concert Music by Armand Ambrosini and Michael Lee
Publisher: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company
(This text comes packaged with a Study Aid and four Sony CDs.)
The textbook and CDs are REQUIRED.
Attendance

Attendance will be taken every class, starting officially in the second week of classes.
An attendance sheet will be passed around, and it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to
make sure you sign it.
You are allowed 3 free absences during the semester (in the sense that I will not subtract
any points from your grade). Every unexcused absence after that will lower your grade
by 10 pts.
10 unexcused absences total (including the 3 unexcused that you dont lose points
for) = failing the class.
You will not be counted against for documented excused absences. See below for a
full description of what warrants an excused absence.

Excused absences include those related to a required class event, religious observances,
participation in a university athletic event, or government duty. A time/dated email must
be submitted to me and approved prior to the absence. If you are participating in a
school-sponsored activity I need a signed letter from your professor or coach. If you are
sick I need a doctors note. For the absence to be excused, I need the documentation
within 1 week of the absence. This needs to be given to me in person, and I will not
accept electronic documents. You are responsible for the information presented in class
whether you are in attendance or not. Do not ask me for details concerning the material
you missed due to an unexcused absence: ask one of your fellow classmates for his or her
notes.

Reasonable Accommodation Policy

5.4 Any student in this course who has a disability that may prevent him or her from fully
demonstrating his or her abilities should contact me personally as soon as possible so we can
discuss accommodations necessary to ensure full participation and facilitate your educational
opportunities.
Email
When sending me emails, please write the course number and section number in the subject line.
Dont expect email responses over the weekend. During the week I will try to answer emails
within 48 hours (or sooner if possible).
LEARN.OU.EDU (D2L)
Familiarize yourself with this important tool. This course will be accessible at learn.ou.edu
throughout the semester and you will be held responsible for any changes in dates or
announcements made therein. All communication regarding this class will be through this
university system. Grades and attendance will be posted on this website, concert reports
will be submitted through Dropbox on D2L, and quizzes will be on D2L. You must be
able to access your OU email account.
Academic Misconduct
13 The OU Academic Misconduct Code defines academic misconduct as any act that
improperly affects the evaluation of a students academic performance or achievement. This
includes, but is not limited to, plagiarism, submission of work for more than one class,
fabrication, forgery, and fraud, as well as attempting to commit such acts or assisting others in
doing so. An academic misconduct charge will be filed in writing to the dean of fine arts if
any student is caught.
Video Worksheets
There will be 4 worksheets on videos that we watch in class. The worksheets are due in class the
same day that the video is watched. If a student is absent on the day we watch a video, he or she

can only make up the worksheet if he or she has a documented excused absence. (or see late
policy)
Presentations
Information concerning the presentations will be posted on D2L at a later time, as well as
discussed in class. Students must fill out and turn in the group evaluation form and be present for
the presentation in order to receive a grade.
Quizzes
There will be 5 open note/open book quizzes throughout the semester, each one 10 points each.
The quizzes will consist of multiple choice questions, true or false, and/or matching. The quizzes
will be online through D2L, and you will have 20 minutes to complete each one.
Exams
There will be 3 exams and 1 final exam. Exams will consist of a listening portion, fill-in-theblank questions, multiple choice, short answer, matching, and essay(s).
Final Exam
The final exam will be Thursday, May 8th from 8:00am-10:00am in the CMC room 14.
Makeup Examinations (Other than Final) due to University Sponsored Activities or Legally
Required Activities
4.9 Only Provost-approved university-sponsored activities such as scholarly competitions, fine
arts performances, and academic field trips, and legally required activities, such as emergency
military service and jury duty, are covered by these guidelines.
I will offer make-up examinations (including the final exam) only under certain VERY restricted
conditions. I must have advance notice that you will not be present at the exam, and the only
reasons I will accept in addition to the above reasons are (1) illness of such severity that you
have had to see a doctor (who will give you a note of excuse on his prescription pad), (2) the
death or serious illness of an immediate family member (which you will document by some
independent source), (3) see section below on religious holidays. In general, these reasons are
considered the ONLY reasons that warrant an absence from an examination as excusable. If you
miss an exam for any reason, you should still discuss that with me.
(From the universitys website on the policy for final exams)
A student will not be expected to take more than two final examinations in one day. In cases
where a student has three or more exams scheduled for the same day, instructors must offer
make-up exams. The student's number of exams will be reduced to two by the following
procedure:
a. If a student has three or more exams on the same day, the instructor(s) giving the third and

subsequent exams must provide make-up exams during the week designated for final exams for
that semester;
b. The student must notify the instructor or department of the third and subsequent final exams
scheduled within a single day. Such notification must be given to the specific instructor or
department before the end of the twelfth week of classes (sixth week of summer session).
Religious Holidays
3.13.2 It is the policy of the University to excuse the absences of students that result from
religious observances and to provide without penalty for the rescheduling of examinations and
additional required class work that may fall on religious holidays.
Concert Reports

You are required to attend three approved concerts during this semester and submit
reviews for each.
Email me to get a concert approved or ask me before or after class.
A grading rubric for the concert reports will be posted on D2L
I will not accept reports written on the forms in the Study Aid; they must be
computer-generated, 700 words, double-spaced, 1 inch margins, and 12 pt. font.
You are to use the booklet forms as an outline for your report, answering the questions in
complete sentences. Any concert presented by the OU School of Music that is
classical music (not world music) is acceptable. I suggest that you wait at least until
after we have completed our introduction to the elements of music before attending any
concerts for review. The purpose of these reviews is for you to practice thinking about
music on your own and learning how to write about music using musical terms. The dates
your reviews are due are listed in the class schedule.
Reports will be graded on content, writing style, grammar and spelling. Each paper must
contain comments in reference to specific musical features of the works heard, at first in
your own words and later in the vocabulary you are learning in class. This writing should
represent your best scholarly effort and be well thought-out and creative. Do not write in
jargon or fad language or use contractions as these are formal papers.
In your paper, bold the musical terms you want to be graded.
Concert reports are due at 8:30am (the beginning of class) on the dates listed on the
syllabus. Absence from class is not an acceptable excuse for failure to submit
assignments. Concert reports must be submitted electronically through Dropbox on D2L
and a hard copy must be turned in as well. The papers will be scanned by software to
detect plagiarism. On the day the concert reports are due, you must turn in a hard copy of
the paper, the program, ticket stub (if it was a ticketed event), and written notes (that
were taken during the concert) in class.
You need to go to 3 different types of concerts for the reports. For example, do not go to
3 band concertsinstead maybe choose 1 band concert, 1 solo violin recital, and 1 choir
concert. Its minus 10 points for going to the same type of concert.

The most up-to-date performance listings can be accessed online at

http://music.ou.edu/calendar. Listings will also be available for viewing at the box office
in Gothic Hall, Catlett Music Center. You must pick up tickets to Sutton, Norton, or
Masala events at the box office during their normal daytime hours. You will be charged
the student ticket price if you pick up your ticket directly before the concert. You will
need to present your student ID to the box office staff person, and tell him or her which
course and section you are enrolled in for verification. A single ticket will then be issued
to you. You will be given a sticker that goes on your student ID to show the box office
during normal business hours. Typically, you need to get your ticket one day in advance.
Do not email me asking when there is a concert you can go to look it up yourself!
Some concerts are ticketed and others are not. For example, recitals put on by
students are not ticketed, but are still fine to attend for the reports.
Attendance at the entire concert is required. You will receive a zero grade if you are
caught leaving the concert early. You must discuss the first and last piece (as well as one
other piece) in the concert report.
Notes should be taken during the concert. Please do so with discretion; do not rattle
papers, tear sheets out of notebooks, and absolutely do not take notes with a laptop or cell
phone. Try to take notes on a single sheet of paper and use a ball point pen, which is the
quietest utensil for writing. Students are not allowed to share notes, and each student
should have different notes.
I encourage you to turn in concert reports on time. However, if a concert report is
one day late, its minus 10 pts. If two days late, minus 20 pts. Reports will not be
accepted if they are three or more days late.

Late Policy
Students may turn in ONE assignment late without penalty. This refers to the syllabus test,
video worksheets, and concert reports. The student must inform me when he or she wants to
use the one late pass. For the syllabus test and video worksheets, the student can turn in the
assignment one week late without penalty. For the concert reports, the student can turn in one
day late without penalty, two days late for minus 10 points, or three days late for minus 20
points. Concert reports will not be accepted after being three days late. The syllabus test and
video worksheets will not be accepted late unless you use your late pass. You can turn in a
concert report 1 day late for minus 10 points or 2 days late for minus 20 points without using
your late pass.
Grading
A
B
C
D
F

90-100 % (810-900 pts)

80-89 % (720-809 pts)
70-79 % (630-719 pts)
60-69 % (540-629 pts)
0-59 % (0-539 pts)

3 Exams
Final Exam
Presentation
3 Concert Reports
Attendance
5 Quizzes
4 Worksheets on Videos
Syllabus Test

300 pts
150 pts
80 pts
150 pts
100 pts
50 pts
60 pts
10 pts
Total Points = 900 pts

*I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE SYLLABUS. I will try to

keep the exam dates as is, but there is a possibility some of the exam dates might change
depending on what material we get through.
*Laptops are NOT allowed in class.
*Cell phones are not allowed out during class. Please put them in your backpack. No texting,
since that is rude and distracting to your fellow classmates and instructor. If I have to remind you
more than once to put your phone away, I will take the phone away for the remainder of the class
period.
Course Schedule
January

M 13 Introduction, Syllabus
W 15 Vocabulary for Music
Strings
F 17

Vocabulary for Music

Woodwinds

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 2-3

M 20 NO CLASS MLK DAY

February

W 22

Vocabulary for Music

Brass

Chapters 2-4

F 24

Vocabulary for Music

Percussion
SYLLABUS TEST DUE

Chapters 2-5

M 27

Vocabulary for Music

Keyboard

Chapters 2-5

W 29 Vocabulary for Music

Concert Report Practice
QUIZ 1 DUE ON D2L

Chapters 2-5

F 31

Review

M3

EXAM 1 over Chapters 1-5

W5

Ancient Greece
The Middle Ages
Gregorian chant
Leonin and Perotin

F7

The Middle Ages

Chapter 6-7

Chapter 7

Troubadours
Bernart de Ventadorn
Philippe de Vitry
Machaut
Dufay

March

M 10 The Renaissance
Humanism
Josquin

Chapter 8

W 12 The Renaissance
Palestrina
Italian madrigal
de Wert and Monteverdi

Chapter 8

F 14

The Baroque Period

Opera
Monteverdi
The Doctrine of Affections
Barbara Strozzi

Chapter 9

M 17 The Baroque Period

Castrato BBC Documentary
WORKSHEET DUE IN CLASS

Chapter 9

W 19 The Baroque Period

Lully
Vivaldi
CONCERT REPORT 1 DUE

Chapter 9

F 21

Chapter 9

The Baroque Period

Vivaldis Women BBC Documentary
WORKSHEET DUE IN CLASS

M 24 The Baroque Period

Handel
Bach

Chapter 9

W 26 The Baroque Period

Johann Sebastian Bach BBC Documentary
WORKSHEET DUE IN CLASS
QUIZ 2 DUE ON D2L

Chapter 9

F 28

Review

M3

EXAM 2 over Chapters 6-9

W5

The Classical Period

Pergolesi
The Enlightenment
Gluck

Chapter 10

F7

The Classical Period

Symphony
Sammartini and Stamitz
Haydn
Sonata form

Chapter 10

M 10

The Classical Period

Mozart
Beethoven

Chapter 10

W 12

Movie: Amadeus

F 14

Movie: Amadeus

M 17 NO CLASS SPRING VACATION

W 19 NO CLASS SPRING VACATION
F 21

NO CLASS SPRING VACATION

M 24 Movie: Amadeus
AMADEUS WORKSHEET DUE IN CLASS
W 26 Romanticism
Beethoven
Schubert
German Lied
CONCERT REPORT 2 DUE

Chapter 11

F 28

Chapter 11

Romanticism
Rossini and Bellini
Chopin
QUIZ 3 DUE ON D2L

April

M 31

Romanticism
Schumann
Brahms

Chapter 11

W2

Romanticism
Berlioz

Chapter 11

Mendelssohn
Liszt
F4

Romanticism
Wagner
QUIZ 4 DUE ON D2L

M7

Review

W9

EXAM 3 over Chapters 10-11

F 11

Concert Music 1900-1945

Atonality
Schoenberg
Expressionism

Chapter 12

M 14 Concert Music 1900-1945

Erik Satie
Debussy
Impressionism

Chapter 12

W 16 Concert Music 1900-1945

Stravinsky
Charles Ives
Webern

Chapter 12

F 18

Chapter 13

Concert Music 1945-Present

Edgard Varse
Babbitt

Chapter 11

M 21 Presentations
W 23 Presentations
F 25

Presentations
CONCERT REPORT 3 DUE

M 28 Ragtime and Jazz

Joplin
Louis Armstrong
QUIZ 5 DUE ON D2L

Chapter 14

W 30 Ragtime and Jazz

Duke Ellington
Thelonius Monk

Chapter 14

Cecil Taylor
May

F2

Review

Thursday May 8 FINAL EXAM 8:00am-10:00am

(Cumulative)

Keep reading! Worksheets and syllabus test starting on the next page.

Name: ___________________________
Sec. 007

MUNM 1113

Amadeus Worksheet (15 pts)

1. Salieri tells the priest that he used to be the most famous composer in Europe and that he
wrote how many operas?
2. Salieri hears that Mozarts music is going to be performed in Vienna. Salieri attends the
event and is curious to meet Mozart. What is Salieris first impression of Mozart?

3. Emperor Joseph II wants to commission Mozart to write an opera. The musicians at the
court argue as to what language the opera should be in. What two languages are they
deciding between?
4. Madame Cavalieri shows up for her music lesson with Salieri. She inquires about
Mozarts new opera and wonders if there is a role for her in it. Salieri tries to convince
her that theres not a part for her due to the setting of the opera. Where does the opera
take place?
5. After the performance of The Abduction from Seraglio (that Emperor Joseph II
commissioned Mozart to write) what was the emperors complaint about the opera?
6. When Constanza brings some samples of Mozarts music to Salieri, what is Salieri
surprised (and impressed) about?

7. When Leopold (Mozarts father) visits him in Vienna, Leopold is upset to see how
Mozart is living. Constanza offers Leopold tea, but Mozart insists they go out. They buy
costumes and masks for a Masquerade. What animal is Constanzas costume of?

8. While Mozart is playing one of his own piano concertos outdoors, the maid brings Salieri
to Mozarts house. Salieri finds out that Mozart has been writing what? And why is this
controversial? (2 PART QUESTION)
9. Salieri is very surprised to see who attend one of Mozarts rehearsals?
10. At the end of Salieris opera, what does Emperor Joseph II say about the opera?

11. Salieri dresses up in the same costume that Leopold Mozart had worn earlier in the
movie. He commissions Mozart to write what?

12. The maid goes to Salieri crying, saying that she doesnt want to go back to Mozarts
house. Why doesnt she want to go back?
13. After Constanza begs Mozart to finish the Requiem Mass, she falls asleep and Mozart
goes out partying. When he returns home, he finds that Constanza is not there. Where did
she go?
14. After Mozart collapses during the Magic Flute performance, Salieri takes Mozart
home. There is a knock at the door. Mozart thinks its the man who commissioned him to
write the Requiem Mass. Who is actually at the door?
15. When Salieri is helping Mozart write out the Requiem Mass, Mozart wants to rest. What
is Salieris reply?

Name: ___________________________
Sec. 007
MUNM 1113

BBC Documentary on Bach Worksheet (15 pts)

1. When Bach died in 1750, he was mourned more as an ____________________________

than as a composer.
2. Bach was born in 1685 in what town in Germany?
3. What religion was Bach?
4. Who gave Bach his first formal keyboard training?
5. How did Bach get the job as church organist at Arnstadt?
6. When Bach was 32 years old he moved to Cthen and was the musical director at the
court. Here he composed the Well-Tempered Klavier. This was a collection of 24
________________ and ________________.
7. How did Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt and other famous musicians learn to compose?
8. Bach wrote enormously difficult music. Much of the music he wrote for voices and wind
players has unbroken continuous melodic lines written. It was as if he forgot what when
writing for voices and winds?
9. Bach became the choir leader and Kappelmeister of St. Thomas Church in what town?
(he stayed in this town the rest of his life)
10. Briefly describe Bachs schedule and duties during the week to prepare a cantata for the
upcoming Sunday.

11. Bachs tenure at Leipzig was not always happy. What were three of Bachs complaints?
12. In 1727 Bach gathered together the choirs of the churches and musicians in Leipzig to
perform his extraordinary masterpiece called ___________________________________.

13. This piece of Bachs was unperformed in his lifetime. It was made up of music he
composed between 1714 and 1749. (It was an anthology and summation of his choral
music.)

14. The Art of the Fugue is an unfinished work by Bach. The last fugue in the collection has
a subject that uses letter names of the notes to spell out what?
15. Write one interesting fact you learned in the video that was not covered in the previous
questions.

Extra credit: How many children did Bach have? (total)

Name: ____________________________
Sec. 007
MUNM 1113

BBC Documentary on Vivaldis Women Worksheet (15 pts)

1. La Piet was a home for whom in the 14th century?

2. What city was La Piet in?
3. What popular form of entertainment was closed during Lent? (This encouraged
people to go listen to the choir and orchestra of La Piet)
4. What was Vivaldis role at La Piet?
5. About how many children were abandoned at La Piet each day?
6. If a woman took her child to La Piet because she couldnt take care of the child, how
would she claim her child later?
7. What was Vivaldi known as? The red ________________
8. Vivaldi was hired at La Piet at age 25. How many years did he work there?
9. About how many concerti did Vivaldi write?
10. How was Vivaldi experimental with his music? (2 answers)
11. How many musicians were in the choir and orchestra?
12. Who was one of the most famous violin players at La Piet? Vivaldi wrote many
concerti for her that were technically difficult with many double stops. He also spent
20 ducats (3 months of his salary) to buy her a violin.
13. What was the name of the woman at La Piet who could sing bass parts?
14. Why did Vivaldi start writing operas?
15. Write one interesting fact you learned in the video that was not covered in the
previous questions.

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Name: _____________________________
Sec. 007

MUNM 1113

BBC Documentary on Castrati Worksheet (15 pts)

1. About how many boys were castrated in the 18th century?

2. Castrati were the worlds first international _______________.
3. How were the lives of boys who were castrated adversely affected?

4. What composer hired the best and most famous castrati for his operas?
5. The term falsetto means little false voice. Men who sing falsetto are singing in a high
pitch range. However, the castrato singer was called the natural ____________.
6. A castratos voice is different from a man singing in falsetto or the voice of a young boy.
Castrati had a boys ___________ and a mans _______ ________ and large lungs.
7. What physical effects did castration have on the body?
8. What famous music historian searched for where castration took place and was always
told the next town over?
9. Who was the first employer of castrati?
10. What was the punishment by the church for castrating boys?
11. In 1748 why did Pope Benedict XIV decide not to ban castrati from the church?
12. The famous castrato Farinelli was able to sing a phrase for how long before having to
take a breath?
13. Explain the difficult, but prized technique of messa di voce (put the voice on the breath).
14. Who was Alessandro Moreschi?
15. Write one interesting fact you learned in the video that was not covered in the previous
questions.

Blank page on purposekeep reading!

NAME:__________________________
(by writing your name here you state that you have thoroughly read the syllabus and agree
to it as a contract between student and instructor)

MUNM 1113
Sec. 007
Syllabus Test (10pts)
1. How many unexcused absences are you allowed before you start losing points?
2. No matter what your grades are on exams or other requirements in the class, if you
have ____ unexcused absences you fail the class.
3. According to the syllabus, what are two examples of excused absences?

4. How long does a student have to get the instructor documentation for an absence in
order for it to be excused?
5. How can you find out your grade on individual assignments and tests (besides asking
the instructor)?
6. Are laptops allowed in class? Yes or no.
7. In order to get credit for each concert report, what three items (besides the paper)
must you bring to class when the paper is due? (if you go to a ticketed event there are
three items you bring, if you go to a non-ticketed event there are only two items to
bring)

8. Is copying and pasting an article from Wikipedia as your concert report an example of
academic misconduct? Yes or no.
9. What happens if a student is caught plagiarizing or committing any type of academic
misconduct?
10. If you attend the same type of concert twice, how many points are taken away from

your concert report grade?