Music Theory Survey: Graduate Theory Review I
Moores School of Music
University of Houston

Summer 2008       June 9 - July 3

MUSI 6397          Section 25276        MTWTh 1:00-4:00    Room 116

Dr. Tim Koozin   tkoozin@uh.edu      office: 148      phone: 743-3318     office hours: TW 10:00 and by appointment

Course Description and Learning Outcomes: A survey of diatonic/chromatic harmony and musical structure (small and large forms). Course objectives and learning outcomes include understanding of harmonic and formal process in music and facility in score analysis.

Required texts:   Benjamin, Horvit & Nelson. Techniques and Materials of Tonal Music, 7^th ed.
                             Burkhart. Anthology for Musical Analysis, 6^th ed.

Always bring staff paper (blank staff paper PDF file).

Additional scores, readings, and audio will be available through UH e-Reserve and other online resources.

   

Techniques and Materials

     Please read Part II, Chapters 2-10 immediately. We will begin with exercises in Chapter 11 and then continue through Part III, Chapter 6.

     Be sure to acquire the E-Workbook (Parts 2 & 3) available from the publisher online.

   

Selected List of Works   (with URLs for NAXOS online listening)

Small Binary and Ternary Forms

     Robert Schumann, Album for the Young: 1. Melody, 3. Humming Song, 6. Poor Orphan Child, 17. Little Morning Wanderer  Naxos
     Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major, Op. 7, second mvt  Naxos (all Beethoven piano solo works)
     Frederic Chopin, Mazurkas: Op. 7, No. 1 Naxos; Op. 67, No. 2  Naxos
     Paul Hindemith, “A Swan” from Six Chansons
     Bela Bartok, Mikrokosmos: “Bulgarian Rhythm,” No. 115, Vol. IV  Naxos

Works with Trio

     Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, No. 1, third mvt.  Naxos (all Beethoven piano solo works)
     Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major Op. 14, No. 1, second mvt.  Naxos (all Beethoven piano solo works)
     Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 101 in D major, Hob. I/101, third mvt.  Naxos (several Haydn symphonies)
     Johannes Brahms, Intermezzo in A major, Op. 118, No. 2   Naxos (Brahms Opp. 117, 118, & 119)

Sonata Form

     Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, No. 1, first mvt.  Naxos (all Beethoven piano solo works)
     Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata for Violin and Piano Op. 24, “Spring,” first mvt.  Naxos (Spring and Kreutzer sonatas)
     Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Sonata in B flat major, K. 333, first mvt.  Naxos (several Mozart piano sonatas)
     Paul Hindemith, Piano Sonata No. 2, first mvt.  Naxos (several Hindemith piano sonatas)

Rondo

     Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, third mvt.  Naxos (all Beethoven piano solo works)
     Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 101 in D major, Hob. I/101, fourth mvt.  Naxos (several Haydn symphonies)

Variation Forms

     Henry Purcell, “Dido’s Lament” from Dido and Aeneas
     Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Sonata in D major, K. 284, third mvt.
     Igor Stravinsky, Theme with Variations from Sonata for Two Pianos

Grading:  Class participation and homework  40%     Late work not accepted.
                 Quizzes                                           30%     No make-ups.
                 Final Exam                                      30%     Thursday, July 3, 11:00-2:00

Photocopying rule: When using a photocopied score for assignments, always photocopy it before doing your work. No assignment will be accepted if the student’s score annotations are photocopied.

Students are expected to comply with UH Policies on Academic Honesty. You are expected to do your own work on all assignments, quizzes, and exams unless instructed differently.

Students with disabilities are asked to bring to the instructor's attention any special accommodations they may require. Students will document a disability with the UH Center for Students with Disabilities (phone: 713 743 5400). The CSD will provide recommendations to the instructor and student to help in accommodating a disability.

 

Reference texts for analysis of form in tonal music:

Green , Douglass. Form in Tonal Music: An Introduction to Analysis. 2d ed. (Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1979). MT58.G75 1979

Spencer, Peter and Peter Temko. A Practical Approach to the Study of Form in Music. (Waveland Press, 1994).  MT58.S63 P7 1994. 

Caplin , William. Classical Form: A Theory of Formal Functions for the Instrumental Music of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. (Oxford University Press, 1998)  MT58 .C37 1998.  

Berry, Wallace. Form in Music (Yale University Press, 1989) MT58 .B34 

 
Binary and Ternary Forms

Koozin

Terms:

phrase                Binary Form                   Simple Ternary Form
period                Rounded Binary Form    Da Capo Forms
double period    Open/Closed Forms        Compound Ternary Form
                                                                  Minuet and Trio

Analysis: Play through each assigned piece at the piano or listen to a recording. Mark all cadences, modulations, and formal divisions. Try to identify one particularly distinctive feature in each piece.