MUSI 3320 Syllabus.Heiden.Spring 2023

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER

School of Performing Arts

course syllabus for

MUSI 3320: Music History II (3 credit hours)

Spring 2023

MWF 10:10–11:05 a.m. – FAC 1009

Professor: Dr. Mary Heiden

Office: FAC 1215

Email (preferred contact method): [email protected]

Office Phone: (903) 566-7450

Office Hours: M/W/F 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. or by appointment

Course Description: Survey of stylistic trends, major compositions, composers, and genres from

1750 to the present. Prerequisite: MUSI 2308.

Course Learning Objectives: The objective of Music History II is for the student to gain an

understanding of the development of Western Art Music from the 18

Century to the

present. Particular attention will be given to the general stylistic characteristics of each

musical era and the historical, technological, and societal reasons for their evolution. The

course includes the study of both sacred and secular music in all major genres. Listening to

and identifying various styles of music is strongly emphasized.

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be expected to:

• Demonstrate a basic knowledge of significant composers and works related to

Western music from 1750 to the present.

• Apply understanding of stylistic trends through aural recognition and analysis of

representative works.

• Identify the various genres of music and trace their development through the major

historical periods.

• Understand and describe the development of instruments throughout music history.

• Analyze music composed in different time periods and assess stylistic features that

are characteristic of each period.

• Analyze representative works and evaluate how music was shaped by broad

political, cultural, and economic trends and by the values of the society that

produced it.

• Evaluate the impact of past musical developments on present-day musical practices.

• Improve writing skills throughout the semester thereby improving the final long historical

essay.

Required Materials:

1. A History of Western Music, 10th ed., J. Peter Burkholder, Donald Jay Grout, and Claude V.

Palisca. New York: W. W. Norton, 2019.

• Must include Total Access for digital resources.

• Ebook with Total Access is sufficient.

2-3. Norton Anthology of Western Music (8

ed.), J. Peter Burkholder and Claude V. Palisca, eds.

New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 2019:

• Volume Two: Classic to Romantic and

• Volume Three: The Twentieth Century and After

You will bring the appropriate anthology to every class meeting.

Additional Online Resources

https://www.scribbr.com/chicago-style/turabian/ (introduction to Turabian Style/Citations &

Formatting)

Grading:

Assignments & Quizzes in Canvas (total 30%)

• InQuizitive & Skill Builder Assignments = 10%

• Chapter & Listening Quizzes = 20%

In-Class Activities (total 10%)

• Class Participation = 5%

• Attendance & Anthology Use = 5%

Writing Assignments (total 30%)

• Bibliography Assignment = 5%

• Scaffolded Research Paper = 20%

• Social Condition Paper = 5%

Exams (total 30%)

• Exams 1 & 3 = 5 % each

• Midterm & Final = 10% each

Grading Scale: A = 90-100%, B = 80-89%, C = 70-79%, D = 60-69%, F = 59% and below

Exams 1 and 3 will be administered online using Canvas.

The Midterm and Final Exams will be taken in class but may include an online component.

The Bibliography Assignment is a source documentation assignment intended to teach you to cite

sources according to the Turabian/Chicago Manual of Style format. You will format and complete a

bibliography and a collection of notes using a varied list of source types that is provided for you.

For the Scaffolded Research Paper, you will sequentially submit 1) a topic and thesis statement, 2)

an outline with potential bibliography, and 3) the completed research paper.

The Social Condition Paper assignment consists of 1) an assigned reading about a specific musical

work and its genesis, 2) writing a summary from your reading, 3) listening critically to the work, and

3) writing a critical response.

Due Dates and Excused Absences Policy: All assignments are due on the days indicated. At the

instructor’s discretion, reduced credit may be given for work that is late or missing due to unexcused

absences. If granted, late work for reduced credit must be submitted promptly, generally within one

week of the due date, after which it will not be accepted.

At the instructor’s discretion, absences may be considered excused only for legitimate, documented

reasons (serious illness, family emergency, etc.). Even in cases of excused absences, outstanding

assignments are due at the following class meeting. In all cases, it is the student’s responsibility to

inform the instructor of absences as soon as possible, and to document that absence if an excused

absence is being requested.

Attendance Policy: Full attendance and participation are expected in this course. Arrival after class

has begun will count as a tardy. Three tardies will count as one unexcused absence. Arrival more

than ten minutes late counts as an absence and impacts your attendance grade.

Additionally, avoidable distractions such as cell phone use/texting, eating food, outside work, and

unnecessarily leaving the room during class time may result in a tardy or absence for the day, at the

instructor’s discretion.

Communication: Students are required to regularly check their Patriot e-mail account and the class

Canvas page.

Academic Integrity: Academic dishonesty will not be tolerated (cheating, copying homework, plagiarism,

etc.).

Other: On our course Canvas site, on the “Syllabus” page, please see these links:

• “Student Resources” and

• “University Policies and Information.”

MUSI 3320 – Music History II

Spring 2023 Provisional Schedule

(subject to change)

Week of:

Exams/Major

Assignments Due:

Jan. 9

Unit 1 – Eighteenth-Century Classicism

Ch. 20 – The Enlightenment

Ch. 21 – Early Classic Opera & Vocal Music

Jan. 16

Ch. 22 – Instrumental Genres

Jan. 23

Ch. 23 – Classical Music in the Late 18

Jan. 30

Unit 2 – Beethoven and the Romantics

Ch. 24 & 25 – Revolution and Change, Song

and Piano Music

Exam 1 (Ch. 20-23)

Feb. 6

Ch. 26 – Romanticism in Classic Forms

(No class on Fri., Feb. 10 – TMEA)

Feb. 13

Ch. 27 & 28 – Romantic Opera

Feb. 20

Unit 3 – Late Romanticism into Modernism

Chapter 29 – Later Romanticism

Midterm Exam

(through Ch. 28)

Feb. 27

Ch. 29 & 30 – Later Rom., Diverging Trends

Bibliography

Assignment Due

Mar. 6

Ch. 31 & 32 – Early 20

Century

Mar. 13

***NO CLASS – SPRING BREAK***

Mar. 20

Chapter 33 – Radical Modernists

Exam 3 (Ch. 29-32)

Topic & Thesis Due

Mar. 27

Unit 4 – Twentieth Century and Beyond

Outline & Sources Due

Apr. 3

Ch. 34 & 35 – Between the World Wars

Research Paper Due

Apr. 10

Ch. 36 & 37 - Postwar

Apr. 17

Ch. 38 – Late 20

Century

Social Condition Paper

Due

Apr. 24

Ch. 39 – 21

Century

Final Exam

(comprehensive)