Music 2273 Introduction to The Study of Music History and Literature

Meeting Times, Autumn or Winter Term: Arranged with individual students.

Final Examination, December 2006

The final examination must be completed and submitted no later than 19 December 2006.

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Office: Denton Hall, Room 168   |   Telephone: 585-1420   |   e-mail: gordon.callon @ acadiau.ca

Course Content:

This course is an introduction to the study of music history. It is not a course about any particular time or period style of history, nor is it a chronological survey of music history, although this is discussed; rather it is about music history. Various aspects concerning the study of music history will be examined.

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I. Methodology:

1. Use of the library; basic reference materials; The Music Index, RILM Abstracts of Music Literature [click on "R", then scroll down; access only from on-campus networks]; Grove Music Online [access only from on-campus networks], etc.;
2. Research methods;
3. Papers and Internet Research Projects: basic methods, approach, design, format, technical and stylistic features, documentation (footnotes, end notes, bibliography);
4. Sources: Primary and Secondary; types, locating, evaluation.

II. Style Analysis: An introduction to methods of studying musical works within their historical context.

Course Procedure:

As much as possible, the content of Music 2273 is designed to have students do rather than just listen. Much of the material is be presented in the form of Worksheets and other practical exercises, as well as in-class discussion.

Worksheets:

• During the course each student will complete Ten Worksheets, completed over ten weeks.
  These are time consuming, but not difficult.



• online Worksheets (Autumn 2005)



• Students are cautioned to do these Worksheets early and very thoroughly!
• The 2005-2006 Worksheets are online at the Music 2273 WWW site, as WWW pages (http://socrates.acadiau.ca/courses/musi/callon/2273/works05.htm).

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Notes concerning Worksheets:


• Worksheets may be completed electronically using the online form. As an alternative, the student may print the online forms and submit Worksheets on paper.
• To avoid loss of content, students may find it prudent to complete the answers in a text editor and then, once answers are complete, paste these into the forms at the time they wish to submit the form. This is wise as savng the HTML form of each Worksheet does not save the answers entered into the form.
• All worksheets and assignments are due before noon, one week from the date assigned (unless otherwise stated).
• Late assignments, if acceptable, receive a maximum grade of 50%.

Quizzes:

• Two (or possibly three) quizzes are given, dealing mainly with terminology.

Grading:

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Term Projects:

Term Project are due (must be completed) one week before the last day of classes.

Samples

Music 2273 Term Project Topics

• Each student must complete one Term Project.
• Each student may choose what they prefer to do. The Project may use material from any time period; copyright concerns being the only restriction.
  [Projects will not include online or electronic publishing of sound files or MIDI, except perhaps as an additional enhancement to the principal Project.]
• Each Project must contain adequate documentation: Notes (footnotes or hypernotes [links to notes]) and an adequate Bibliography.
• The research in each Project must show evidence of a familiarity with various types of sources and resources (as discussed during the course).
• A Term Project drawn only from dictionaries and encyclopedias is not acceptable.
• The research for the Term Project must show evidence of a familiarity with various types of sources.
• Preparation of each Project should include extensive work with Primary Sources.
• Submissions in music notation must use proper notation suitable to the Project. Notation must be of professional quality. Computer produced notation is preferred (though not required).
• Each Project Topic must be discussed in advance with the instructor. Each Topic must be approved in advance (normally at the beginning of the term) before the student begins the Project in depth.
• Each student must consult with the instructor on a regular basis throughout the term. One purpose is to determine what sources and resources each student should be consulting and studying to supplement the work in each Project. These consultations are an essential part of the each course and are significant in determining final grades.
• It is helpful if each student presents written material as part of each weekly consultation.
• The final Projects may be submitted in a variety of formats. These should be discussed with the instructor before the end of the term.
• Projects may be presented on paper. [This is suitable when the Project is considered suitable for submission to music publishers. (The instructor has some useful contacts for this purpose.) (Placing the Project on a WWW site will lessen its value to a publisher, since it is being given away.)]
• Projects may be placed on a WWW site. For these, students should supply the URL of their Project site. Some of these may be suitable for inclusion in the Acadia Early Music Archive. [In such cases, the site will be available to the public, so the content of the Project is given away.]
• Projects may be submitted on CD (or DVD).
• Projects may be submitted in other formats as long as these are approved in advanced by the course instructor.
• Term Projects may be written in French. However, if in French, the vocabulary must be totally consistent in that language; i.e., all terminology, names, etc., must be those normally used in French scholarship. A hybrid of English and French terminology will not be accepted.

Use of Technology:

1. To access information concerning Music History on the Internet. This is best accomplished by using links available as part of the Acadia Early Music Resources site.
2. Extensive use will be made of online Music reference resources, especially Grove Music Online, RILM Abstracts of Music Literature access via Library [click on "R", then scroll down], and Iter access via Library [click on "I", then scroll down].
3. To complete and set up their Term Projects.
4. To access and (normally) to complete the Music 2273 Worksheets.

Textbooks (required):

• Irvine, Demar. Irvine’s Writing about Music. Third edition, revised and enlarged by Mark A. Radice. Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press, 1999.
• Wingell, Richard J., and Silvia Herzog. Introduction to Research in Music. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2001.

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• Cowdery, James R., editor. How to Write about Music: The RILM Manual of Style. 2nd edition. New York: RILM International Center, 2005. [ML 3797 .H69 2005]
• Daniels, Robert V. Studying History: How and Why. Third edition. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1981.
• Debly, Patricia. A Plain and Easy Introduction: A Guide for Writing a Music Essay. Fifth Edition. St. Catharines, Ontario: Department of Music, Brock University, 1998.
• Harrison, Frank LL., Mantle Hood, and Claude V. Palisca. Musicology. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1963.
  [Out of Print; second-hand copies are often available.]
• Haydon, Glen. Introduction to Musicology: A Survey of the Fields, Systematic & Historical, of Musical Knowledge & Research. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1941.
  [Out of Print; second-hand copies are often available.]
• Kerman, Joseph. Musicology. London: Collins, 1985.
• Poultney, David. Studying Music History: Learning, Reasoning, and Writing about Music History and Literature. Second Edition. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1996.
• Spiess, Lincoln Bunce. Historical Musicology: A Reference Manual for Research in Music. Westport. Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1980.
  Reprint of the 1963 edition of the Institute of Medieval Music, Brooklyn.
• Stevens, Denis. Musicology: A Practical Guide. New York: Schirmer Books, 1980.
• Watanabe, Ruth T. Introduction to Music Research. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1967.
• Westrup, Jack. An Introduction to Musical History. 2nd ed. London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., 1973.
  [Out of Print; second-hand copies are often available.]
• Wingel, Richard J. Writing about Music: An Introductory Guide. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1990.

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