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MUS 2109 History, Literature and Analysis of Romantic Music Description: The course examines both the general and specific characteristics of Western Romantic Music; the major instrumental and vocal forms; the main composers and the analysis of the major representative works of the period. Students will examine musical genre in order to develop an understanding of the musical style of 19th Century music, and will explore these stylistic concepts through listening, score study, and investigating published sources. Objectives: 1. To develop an understanding of the historical context of the Romatic Era 2. To be able to discuss the musical genres and musical style of the Romantic Era 3. To be able to identify and recognize important masterworks of the Romantic Era, their composers, and their stylistic idioms Course Outline Topic 1: Topic 2: Topic 3: Topic 4: Characteristics of the Romantic Period and its influence to the Music Emergence of the Dramatic in the Sonata and Symphony Links to the Baroque and Empfindsamkeit The Romantic Music Form and Romanticism New Genre: Character Pieces (piano) and Cyclical Work o Vocal Music o Opera o Oratorio o Song o Choral Instrumental Music Sonatas Chamber Music Symphonies Tone Poems Romantic Era and Musical Style Nationalism Programmatic Music Literature and Philosophy Musical Language (Harmony, Melody, Rhythm, Sound) Outstanding Neo-classicists Composers and Their Music Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847) Topic 5: Topic 6: Topic 7: Topic 8: Topic 9: Topic 10: Topic 11: Topic 12: Outstanding Composers from Germanyand Their Music Richard Wagner (1813-1883) Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) Outstanding Composers from Franceand Their Music Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) Georges Bizet (1838-1875) Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921) Outstanding Composers from Italyand Their Musicfrom Gioacchino Rossini (1791-1868) Guiseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Giacomo Puccini (1858-1824) Outstanding Composerfrom the Scandinavianand His Music EdvardHagerup Grieg (1843-1907) Outstanding Composer from Eastern Europe and His Music Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) Outstanding Composer from Russia and His Music PyotrIlyich (Chaikovsky) Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Outstanding Cosmopolitan Composers and Their Music Ferenc (Franz) Liszt (1811-1886) Fryderyk(Frédéric) Chopin (1810-1849) Outstanding Post Romantics Composers and Their Music Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Learning Outcomes 1. Analytical appreciation of music of the Romantic Period 2. Developed comparative understanding of the styles, trends, and achievements of each of the Romantic Period 3. Ability toidentify the most important composers of Romantic period and explain their contributions and analyze their music Methods of Teaching/Delivery Lectures, listening and watching (audio and video recordings), assigned readings, and class discussions and presentations Modes of Assessment Course Work: Attendance and Participation in class Discussions: 5% Individual Oral Presentation: 10% Written Assignment: 15% Final Examination Written: 70% Selected Readings Bent, Ian. Ed. 1994.Music Analysis in the Nineteenth Century: Volume 1, Fugue, Form and Style. Cambridge: Cambridge University. Koek, D. J. 2007. Analyses of Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Music, 1940-2000. New York: The Scarecrow Press. Plantiga, Leon. 1985. Anthology of Romantic Music (The Norton Introduction to Music History). New York and London: W.W. Norton and Company.