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| Date |
Topic |
Readings and Assignments |
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| JANUARY |
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| Tues. 15 |
First Day of Class: Introduction |
PowerPoint: Lecture 1 |
| Thurs. 17 |
Music of Native Americans |
Read Gilbert Chase, America's Music, "Foreword" by Richard Crawford (on Reserve); plus the Preface to the Crawford text; Crawford, chap. 1, 20 PowerPoint: Lecture 24 ASSIGNMENT 1 DUE |
| Tues. 22 |
Music of Colonial New England: Sacred |
Crawford, chap. 2, 3, 7 PowerPoint Lectures 2, 5, 6 |
| Thurs. 24 |
Music of Colonial New England: Sacred |
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| Tues. 29 | Music of Colonial New England: Concert Music |
Crawford, chap. 5 PowerPoint Lecture 4 |
| Thurs. 31 |
Music of Colonial New England: Concert Music |
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| FEBRUARY |
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| Tues. 5 |
Music(s) in the Oral Tradition; Home Music Making |
Crawford, chap. 4, 6, 29 PowerPoint Lectures 3, 7 |
| Thurs. 7 |
Music(s) in the Oral Tradition; Home Music Making |
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| Tues. 12 |
Progress and Profit; |
Crawford, chap. 8 TERM PAPER TOPIC DUE |
| Thurs. 14 |
Southern Folk Hymnody; Slave Songs and other Black Music |
Crawford, chap. 9, 21 PowerPoint Lectures 9, 10 |
| Tues. 19 |
Southern Folk Hymnody; Slave Songs and other Black Music, cont. MON. 2/18 AND TUES. 2/19: |
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| Thurs. 21 |
EXAM I |
(All material covered through 2/7) |
| Tues. 26 | Black-face Minstrelsy |
Crawford, chap. 11 PowerPoint Lecture 25 |
| Thurs. 28 | Stephen Foster and the Rise of American Song to 1865 |
Crawford, chap. 12-13 PowerPoint Lecture 11 |
| MARCH |
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| Tues. 4 |
The Rise of Stage and Concert Traditions in the United States |
Crawford, chap. 10, 14-18 PowerPoint Lectures 12, 14 |
| Thurs. 6 | The Rise of Stage and Concert Traditions in the United States |
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| Tues. 11 | The Rise of Stage and Concert Traditions in the United States |
ASSIGNMENT II DUE |
| Thurs. 13 |
MacDowell and Music Nationalism |
Crawford, chap.19
PowerPoint Lecture 15 TERM PAPER DUE |
| Tues. 18- Thurs. 20 |
SPRING BREAK |
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| Tues. 25 |
Music for the Millions (J.P. Sousa, et al.) |
Crawford, chap. 23 PowerPoint Lecture 13 |
| Thurs. 27 |
Music for the Millions (J.P. Sousa, et al.) |
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| APRIL |
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| Tues. 1 |
Vernacular Traditions: Tin Pan Alley EXAM II |
Crawford, chap. 24 PowerPoint Lecture 16 |
| Thurs. 3 |
Rise of Ragtime; African-American Vocal Music LISTENING EXAM II |
Crawford, chap. 26 |
| Friday 4 |
LISTENING EXAM II |
DUE: Study Questions Sets 1-5 (All Material covered through 3/27) |
| Tues. 8 |
Charles Ives |
Crawford, chap. 25 PowerPoint Lecture 17 |
| Thurs. 10 |
Modern Currents (1920s and '30s) |
Crawford, chap. 28 PowerPoint Lecture 18 |
| Tues. 15 |
Musical Theatre & Opera; Popular Song |
Crawford, chap. 32, 36 PowerPoint Lecture 19, 20 |
| Thurs. 17 |
Musical Theatre & Opera; Popular Song EXAM III |
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| Tues. 22 |
Jazz & Blues |
Crawford, chap. 27, 30, 31 PowerPoint Lecture 21, 22 |
| Thurs. 24 |
Jazz & Blues |
CONCERT REVIEWS DUE |
| Tues. 29 |
Gospel Music |
Crawford, chap. 35 |
| MAY |
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| Thurs. 1 |
LAST DAY OF CLASS |
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| Thurs. 8 |
FINAL EXAM: 8-10AM |