Wednesdays 6-7pm

1. OFFICE HOURS: TBA

Office Phone: 726-8119

Email: dlipori@d.umn.edu

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

2. COURSE DESCRIPTION AND GOALS:

Music 5207 is a survey of instrumental chamber music literature. Class time will be spent studying several of the standard chamber music works throughout history. Students will also become familiar with chamber music works which include their principal instrument.

As a result of this course students will:

1. Develop a substantial list of chamber music repertoire for their applied field of study.

2. Have the ability to discuss the historical and stylistic aspects of the chamber music repertoire for their applied field of study.

3. Gain knowledge of standard chamber music literature outside of their applied major field of study.

3. TEXTS AND RESERVE ITEMS:

No texts are required for this course. There are some sources which you might consult throughout the semester. These may include:

Cobbett, Walter Wilson. Cyclopedic Survey of Chamber Music. 3 vols. New York: Oxford University Press, 1963.

UMD: ML 1100 C7

Cohn, Arthur. The Literature of Chamber Music. 4 vols. Chapel Hill, NC: Hinshaw Music, 1997.

UMD Reference: ML 1100 C63

Ulrich, Homer. Chamber Music. New York: Columbia University Press, 1966.

UMD: ML 1100 U4

Baron, John. Intimate Music. A History of the Idea of Chamber Music. Stuyvesant, NY: Pendragon, 1998.

UMD: ML 1100 B36

Both exams will be listening identification. There will be compact discs available for each of you to help prepare for these.

4. COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND GRADING:

a. Evaluation:

(1) Exam 1 100 points.

(2) Exam 2 100 points.

(3) Primary Instrument List Compilation 100 points.

(4) Analysis of Four Works on List Compilation 100 points.

b. 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

c. 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. PRIMARY INSTRUMENT COMPILATIONS

Comprise a list of thirty chamber music works containing your primary instrument. (No saxophone ensembles or trombone ensembles and no more than five brass quintets). You are to obtain copies of these works (start the ILL process now!) and give brief descriptions of each, discussing range, degree of difficulty, special performance techniques, etc. From this list, choose four (only one brass quintet) and do a short formal analysis.

6. PROPOSED CLASS SCHEDULE:

Wed. 1/17 Introduction. Haydn

Wed. 1/24 Mozart

Wed. 1/31 Beethoven

Wed. 2/7 Schubert

Wed. 2/14 Mendelssohn

Wed. 2/21 Brahms

Wed. 2/28 Dvorak

Wed. 3/7 Exam 1

Wed. 3/21 Debussy/Ravel

Wed. 3/28 Stravinsky

Wed. 4/4 Hindemith/Poulenc

Wed. 4/11 Bartok

Wed. 4/18 Schoenberg/Messaien

Wed. 4/25 Carter

Wed. 5/2 Ligeti/Harbison

Wed. 5/9 Exam 2