MUSC 101 - Introduction to Music

3 Credits: (3 lecture)

Course Description
This course is a study of the elements of music; the history and development of music and musical instruments; the international character of music and the contributions of nations and ethnic groups to the literature of music; and selections from the vast literature of musical compositions for soloists, choruses, and small and large instrumental ensembles.

Text
Charlton, Katherine and Hickok, Robert. Experience Music! 6th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2023.

Objectives
The student will be able to:

A. Show knowledge of the basic elements of music.

B. Recognize musical styles and representative composers by historical periods.

C. Listen to music perceptively.

D. Show knowledge of the lives, culture, and contemporaries of the major composers.

Content
A. Elements of music and music vocabulary.

B. Music of the major periods (before 1600, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Impressionistic, 20th Century).

C. Music of North America (folk, blues, jazz, gospel, popular).

D. Field trips to an Opera, Symphony Concert, and/or Recital.

Student Evaluation
Class participation, student reports, and examinations (including the final examination) will be used to determine grades.

Bibliography
Feldman, Martha. City Culture and the Madrigal at Venice. University of Calif. Press.

Hitchcock, H. Wiley, ed. The New Grove Dictionary of American Music. 4 Vols. New York: Macmillan and Company, 1986.

Morgenstern and Barlow. A Dictionary of Opera and Song Themes. Compiled and ed. New York: Crown, 1950.

Randel, Don Michael, ed. The New Harvard Dictionary of Music. 3rd ed. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1986.

Rowley, Gill, ed. The Book of Music. 2nd ed. New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1978.

Sadie, Stanley, ed. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Washington: Macmillan, 1980.