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History of Music, MU3802
• Syllabus http://spot.colorado.edu/~jjsmith/mus3802syll.html)
• Western Music (to 1750)
– 1 of 2 courses to cover Western Music
– Mus3812 (offered next semester) completes the series
– Other courses
– Cover aspects of Western music in more detail
– Cover other cultures and styles
• Styles, historical trends, repertory
Materials
• A History of
Western Music (“grout”)
Anthology
Recordings
Course Requirements
• Quizzes 5 (or 6) = 20% of grade
• Short answer, multiple choice, T & F, on ...
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Reading
Lecture
Listening
on assigned reading/listening FOR the day of
the quiz
Course Requirements
• Midterms & Final (15%, 20%, 25%)
– Some questions in the same format as the
quizzes
– And the material is also from reading, lectures
and listening …
• BUT …
– More questions
– Essay and “mystery score”
Course Requirements
• Paper (5-7 pages) =20%
– On a composer, form, genre or political,
economic or technological development in the
Medieval to late Baroque era
• RESEARCH
– Articles and books: no websites BUT use the
web to get the articles:
• How?