CSU-Hayward
Department of Music
Music 6125, Section 01
Music of the Classical Period
Monday, 6:30-9:10pm
Fall 2001

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Dr. Laura Stanfield Prichard
510/336-0336 email: laura@prichard.net
http://prichard.net/laura

Primary texts:
Enrico Fubini. Music and Culture in Eighteenth-Century Europe.Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994.

Secondary Texts:
Philip Downs. Classical Music: The Era of Haydn, Mozart,and Beethoven.
New York: Norton, 1992.
Charles Rosen. The Classical Style. New York: Norton, 1972.

Course Requirements:
1. Regular Attendance and Participation 30%
2. Outside reading and listening assignments
3. Two written & one oral assignments 45%
4. One final paper (written and listening components) 25%

WEEK 1 Introduction & Review 1700-1750 & Origins of the Classical Style
WEEK 2 Period Instruments & Pre-Classical Aesthetics, Section 1-2
WEEK 3 San Francisco Symphony Event: Mozart Flute Quintet
WEEK 4 Dance & Performance Practice, Section 1-2
Written Assignment #1 Due

WEEK 5 New Forms called “Classical”, Section 3
WEEK 6 Transitional Styles called “Pre-Classical” & America, Section 4 & 8
WEEK 7 Vienna. Section 6-7
Written Assignment #2 Due

WEEK 8 Abroad in Europe, Section 5
WEEK 9 Analysis & Theory, Section 9
WEEK 10 No Class, go to library! read!
WEEK 11 Research Paper Due