Dr. Dan Lipori's Website: Advanced Music History: Music 5201

Music 5201. Advanced Music History: Music of Mozart

Daniel Lipori, instructor

Fall 2001 Semester

Thursdays 5:00-6:20 pm, Room H 150

1. OFFICE HOURS: TBA

Office: 215 Humanities

Office Phone; 726-8119

Email: dlipori@d.umn.edu

Also whenever my office door is open, feel free to come in if have any questions or problems concerning this course.

2. COURSE DESCRIPTION AND GOALS:

Music 5201 is a detailed survey of the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Class time will be spent discussing MozartÌs life, the different influences on his music and discussion/analysis of several of his compositions. There will be many listening assignments to accompany the lectures.

3. TEXTS AND RESERVE ITEMS:

a. Required Materials:

No text is needed for this course. There are six cds of music which you must learn for the two exams. There also will be occasional readings which will be passed out in class.

b. Other Books of Use:

Anderson, Emily. The Letters of Mozart and His Family. New York: W. W. Norton, 1990.

(ML 410 A187 1990x)

Köchel, Ludwig Ritter von. Chronologisch-thematisches Verzeichnis sämtlicher Tonwerke Wolfgang Amadé Mozarts. Wiesbaden: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1983.

(Library Reference ML 134 M9 A1 1983x)

Sadie, Stanley. "Mozart." The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. 2nd edition. 29 volumes. London: Macmillan, 2000. 17: ??

(Library Reference ML 100 N489 2001x)

4. COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND GRADING:

a. Daily assignments:

(1) Material from lectures and assigned readings.

(2) Listening Selections

b. Evaluation:

(1) Exam 1 100 points

(2) Exam 2 100 points.

(3) Prospectus 25 points.

(4) Bibliography 25 points.

(5) Rough Draft 50 points.

(6) Final Paper 100 points.

c. Grading:

400 total points possible

365-400 points = A

360-364 points = A-

355-359 points = B+

325-354 points = B

320-324 points = B-

315-319 points = C+

285-314 points = C

280-284 points = C-

275-279 points = D+

240-274 points = D

0-239 points = F

d. Absences:

Attendance is not mandatory but strongly encouraged. If you know prior to a class meeting that you will be absent, please let me know beforehand so we are not waiting for someone to start a lecture. You are responsible for obtaining all materials covered during missed classes.

5. RESEARCH PAPER:

Select a topic pertaining to some aspect of MozartÌs life/music. Topics could be discussion/analysis of one or more of his compositions, biographical paper of a specific period of his life, discussion of an important influence, i.e. family member, librettist, etc. (See me for topic ideas if needed). Paper should be between 10-12 pages of double spaced type. (not including bibliography) Include footnotes/endnotes/paranthetical references, bibliography, and title page.

Paper is due near the end of semester. Prior to turning in final paper you must also turn in a prospectus telling of the topic you have chosen, a bibliography of sources, and a rough draft approximately one month before the final paper is due.

This assignment is meant to be an introduction/refresher to scholarly research in music. Prospectus and rough draft will be graded lightly as it is expected that each step towards the final paper will be improved over the previous step. Please come see me if you have any problems along the way.

6. PROPOSED CLASS SCHEDULE:

Thurs. 9/6 Introduction. Early Biographical

Thurs. 9/13 Music Pre 1773 (Read "MozartÌs Manic-Depressive Tendencies")

Thurs. 9/20 Life/Music 1773-77

Thurs. 9/27 Life/Music 1777-80. Prospectus Due.

Thurs. 10/4 Life 1780-84

Thurs. 10/11 Music 1780-84

Thurs. 10/18 Exam 1

Thurs. 10/25 Life 1784-88. (Read "Mozart and Poverty") Bibliography Due.

Thurs. 11/1 Music 1784-88

Thurs. 11/8 Life 1788-91 (Read "MozartÌs Illness and Death"; Review of "Mozart in Person"; Letter to the Editor "MozartÌs Death")

Thurs. 11/15 Marriage of Figaro. Rough Draft Due.

Thurs. 11/22 Thanksgiving. No Class

Thurs. 11/29 Don Giovanni

Thurs. 12/6 Cosi fan tutti

Thurs. 12/13 Late Works. Final Paper Due.

Thurs. 12/20 Final Exam. Or another agreed upon time.