Music listening and score study

1. Beethoven, Symphony no. 5 in C minor: Mvt. I
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Weekly writing (due Tuesday in class)

1. No writing assignment this week!

Reading

1. BH 23, 24
2. Analytical notes on listening selections in NAWM

Music listening and score study

1. Domenico Scarlatti, Sonata in D (K. 119) (NAWM 113)
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2. C. P. E. Bach, Sonata in A (H. 186, Wq. 55/4): Mvt. II in NAWM 114 (listen to all)
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3. W. A. Mozart, Piano Sonata in A (K. 332): Mvt. I (NAWM 121)
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4. Joseph Haydn, Symphony no. 88 in G major (Hob. I:88) (NAWM 119)
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Music listening and score study

1. Note: The anthology includes movements and excerpts of these works, but I strongly recommend you listen to the entire pieces, especially if you are not that familiar with Beethoven’s music
2. Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata in C minor (Op. 13, Pathétique): Mvt. I (NAWM 125)
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3. Beethoven, Symphony no. 3 in E-flat (Op. 55, Eroica): Mvt. I (NAWM 126)
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4. Beethoven, String Quartet in C-sharp Minor (Op. 131) (excerpts in NAWM 127)
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Weekly writing (due Tuesday in class)

1. Write your paper proposal, due Friday.

Music listening and score study

1. Beethoven, Symphony no. 5: Mvt. II–III

Weekly writing (due Tuesday in class)

1. Work on your paper outlines: find and read good sources, get to know your music, refine your research question and move toward an argument (central idea/thesis).
2. Analyze the kind of language Hoffmann uses to talk about Beethoven’s music. What metaphors or comparisons does he use? How much technical detail is there as opposed to more poetic and philosophical concepts?
3. What innovations did Rossini bring to the structure of Italian opera and how did they change the way the drama worked?

Reading

1. E. T. A. Hoffmann, Beethoven’s Instrumental Music (BB)
2. Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Personal Letters Written on a Trip to Vienna (BB)

Music listening and score study

1. Beethoven, Symphony no. 5: Mvt. IV

Reading

1. BH 27

Music listening and score study

1. Gioachino Rossini, Il barbiere di Siviglia: Act I, no. 7, Una voce poco fa (NAWM 145)
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2. Vincenzo Bellini, Norma: Excerpt from Act I, scene 4, Casta Diva (NAWM 146)
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3. We will have a Casta Diva performance competition in class. Bring your instrument or voice. Silly instruments are welcome.

Weekly writing (due Tuesday in class)

1. How does Beethoven’s relationship to convention and tradition change in his late music?

Reading

1. Beethoven, Heiligenstadt Testament (BB)

Music listening and score study

1. (review from week 7) Beethoven, String Quartet in C-sharp Minor (Op. 131)
2. Beethoven, Missa Solemnis in D: Agnus Dei
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3. Beethoven, Piano Sonata in A-flat (Op. 110)
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4. Beethoven, Symphony no. 9 in D
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