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Music Appreciation
Dr. Peter LaRue

"Designed for the Betterment of 8:00 Scholars Everywhere"

(Mr. Brahms)

Required Listening

I have chosen from the listening examples [The Norton Recordings, Eighth Edition "Shorter Version" or the newest, available edition]] the following selections upon which we will focus our efforts and attention. You are responsible for an understanding and fluency with those examples listed.

Mini-Module #1
For Mini-Module One, we will listen to a plethora of musical examples which are exemplars of monophony, polyphony, consonance, dissonance, major and minor modality. For MTI [Mini-Test #1] you will be asked to identify the difference between major and minor and consonance and dissonance only.

Mini-Module #2
For Mini-Module Two, we will listen to assorted examples of American Music - ranging from reproductions of Colonial Music through the Jazz Age. For MTII [Mini-Test #2 - A Virtual MT] there shan't be any "listening" questions.

Mini-Module #3
For Mini-Module Three, we will listen to examples of Gregorian Chants, other sacred music of the times and secular music which is "on the rise" during the Renaissance. For MTIII [Mini-Test #3 - A Virtual MT] there shan't be any "listening" questions. 

Mini-Module #4
For Mini-Module Four, we will use the following as "emphasis" listening examples to illustrate many facets of Baroque music. These examples will be amplified with many, many other offerings - both audio and video links. MTIV  - A Real-Time MT - will have some "special" listening questions.

Purcell      
Dido and Aeneas, "When I am Laid in Earth" - Dido's Lament

J. S. Bach       
Cantata #80 - A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

Handel
Messiah - "Rejoice Greatly" and "Hallelujah Chorus"

Vivaldi
Four Seasons, 1st Movement "Spring"

J. S. Bach
Prelude and Fugue in C  Minor [Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1]

Module #5
For Module Five, we will use the following listening examples to illustrate many facets of music from the Classical Era. These examples will be amplified with many, many other offerings - both audio and video links. As TV is a "real-time" experience - there might be [not a guarantee] several "listening" questions included.

Haydn
Symphony #94 in G Major, "Surprise" - 2nd movement