MUSI 3216: Analysis

Spring 2018

   

Mr. Paul Garza

email: paulvgarza@gmail.com

Monday and Wednesday 10:00 - 11:00

 

Section 11099; MSM 110

 
   

Dr. Tim Koozin

email: tkoozin@uh.edu

Monday and Wednesday 12:00 - 1:00

office: MSM 148   (713)743-3318

Section 11211; MSM 116

web page: http://www.uh.edu/~tkoozin/

Course Description: Analysis of selected musical literature (formerly MUSI 4211).

Prerequisite: MUSI 2214.

Required readings and study scores are available through UH Blackboard. Additional materials are on reserve at the Music Library.

Grading:  Homework and quizzes                       30%
              Class participation and preparedness   25%
              3 analysis projects @ 15%                  45% (includes class presentation of a paper topic)

Preparation and readiness to contribute in each class discussion is the studentÕs responsibility. Late papers cannot be accepted; Absences will be reflected in the class participation portion of the grade (Absences in excess of four will result in a failing grade). Tardiness will be penalized at the rate of three times tardy = one absence.

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THREE ANALYSIS PROJECTS

FIRST ANALYSIS PROJECT. Choose a complete movement to analyze from the 19th-century repertoire. A movement in sonata form or vocal work is recommended, but not required.

• With markings directly on a photocopied score, label harmony and formal divisions in detail.
• Include a formal diagram of the movement.
• Write a focused analytical essay on a specific aspect of the piece (four or five pages).

For Wednesday, Feb. 13, choose and begin examining your piece.

You are encouraged to meet with me individually as your work progresses.

Students will present work drawn from the paper (10 minutes) in small-group class discussion and/or a class presention.

Create a study question to help your classmates become acquainted with your topic.

Analysis Paper 1 is due Wednesday, February 27 (at class time)

SECOND ANALYSIS PROJECT. A complete movement from the late nineteenth or early twentieth-century repertoire, or concerto movement, or opera selection is recommended.

• With markings directly on a photocopied score, label harmony, special compositional techniques, and formal divisions in detail.
• Include a formal diagram of the movement.
• Write a focused analytical essay on a specific aspect of the piece (four or five pages).

You are encouraged to meet with me individually as your work progresses.

Students will present work drawn from the paper (10 minutes) in small-group class discussion and/or a class presention.

Analysis Paper 2 is due Wednesday, April 3 (at class time).

THIRD ANALYSIS PROJECT. A complete movement composed after 1920 is recommended. Newer compositions and pieces from jazz and popular music traditions are welcome.

Determine an appropriate analytical approach based on careful listening and study of the score.

If you choose a jazz or popular music piece for which no accurate score is available, some aural transcription of musical examples is required. Your transcriptions can provide a useful startingpoint for analysis.

Provided detailed analytical markings on the score (or transcription) and write a focused analytical essay on a specific aspect of the piece (four or five pages).

You are encouraged to meet with me individually as your work progresses.

Students will present work drawn from the paper (10 minutes) in small-group class discussion and/or a class presention.

Analysis Paper 3 is due Monday, May 6, noon (during exam week)

 

Selected books on reserve:

Eighteenth-Century Counterpoint

Thomas Benjamin. Counterpoint in the Style of J.S. Bach. (Schirmer Books, 1986).  MT55.B446 1986

Musical Form

e-book resource: Hepokoski, James and Warren Darcy. Elements of Sonata Theory: Norms, Types, and Deformations in the Late Eighteenth-Century Sonata. Oxford University Press, 2006. MT62 .H46 2006

e-book resource: 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.

Twentieth-Century Techniques

Stefan Kostka and Matthew Santa. Materials and Techniques of Twentieth-Century Music, 5th ed. (Routledge, 2018)

Joseph Straus. Introduction to Post-Tonal Theory, 4th ed. (Norton, 2016)