MUS 305A Fall 2015

MTW10amroom215
ProfessorBrentDutton
5944760
dutton@mail.sdsu.edu
Office236
OfficehoursMon.,Wed.,Fri.23pmorbyappointment

Texts:
Kostka/PaineTonalHarmony7thed.Withc.ds(orwhicheverEditionyoualreadyhave)
Kostka/PaineWorkbookforTonalHarmony76hed.
HeussenstammNortonManualofMusicNotation
CharlesBurkhartAnthologyforMusicalAnalysis
DuttonChordModulationStream2011
DuttonHarmoniaMundi2015
GRADING PERCENTAGES
Homework
Attendance/participation
Project 1
Project 2
Exam 1
Exam 2
TOTAL

20%
10%
10%
20%
20%
20%
100%

Syllabus
Weekcontent

Aug.24IntroductiontothesemestersworkandChap.21

Aug.31SonataAllegroFormChap.20

Sept.7MondayisLaborDaynoclassChap.22&23

Sept.14Chap.24

Sept.21continue

Sept.28continue

Oct.5Midtermreview

Oct.12MidtermexamonWednesday

9Oct.19ProjectOneMF
10Oct.26TheRomanticErainfullglory

11Nov.2Chap.25
12Nov.9Chap.26
13Nov.16ThePostRomanticandImpressionisticEras

14Nov.23Continueintotheearly20thcentury(Expressionism,Neoclassicismetal)
Wed.Fri.isThanksgivingBreaknoclass
15Nov.30

ProjectTwopresentedinclass
16Dec.7FinishingupexamweekstartsDec.11

FINAL EXAM

Dec. 11 10:30am to 12:30pm

ProjectDescriptions

Project1:AnalysisofasinglemovementSonataworkfrom
theClassicalorRomanticEra
ThecompositiontobeanalyzedshouldbepickedinconjunctionwithProf.Dutton
assistancetoensurethatitisaworkofappropriatecontent.Theanalysiswillcontainan
annotatedscore(photocopytheworkandmakeallannotationsneatlyindarkink)aswell
asaprosesection(610pagesoftypedcommentarywithexamplesfromthecomposition
ifthathelpsilluminatetheanalysis).YoushouldconsidertheLaRuianSHMRGpoints
intheprosesectionandbesurethatallarecoveredsufficiently.Youmightwantto
consulttheSecondChapterofJohnWhitestextTheAnalysisofMusicpub.W.W.
Norton.Eachstudentwillmakea5minuteoralpresentationoftheiranalysisduringthe
weekofOct.19th.BePrepared!

Project2:CompositioninRomantic,Post Romantic or
Early 20th century style
Thiswillbeanoriginalcompositionoranarrangementofapreexistingcompositionthat
demonstratesthetechniquesoftheerachosen.Theworkwillbefortwoormore
classroominstruments.Itwillbeaccompaniedbyananalysisofitsworkings.Ideally,all
workswillbeperformedinclass(itisrequiredtohaveabackupcdoftheworkthatcan
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beplayedthroughthesoundsystem).Thecompositionwillbeatleast3minutesinlength
andwillbecomputernotated(NortonManualisinstricteffect).Besuretosupplythe
correctpartsforthemusiciansbeforetheperformancedate.

CourseDescription
Thecoursewillprovideanindepththeoreticalstudyofthemusicofthelateclassical
periodtothedawnofthe20thcentury(ca.18801913).Thiswillbeachievedthroughthe
aural,analyticandcompositionalstudyoftheliterature.
Studentswillacquirefluencyintheharmonic,rhythmic,sonic,melodicandstructural
aspectsoftheliterature.Thisfluencywillbedemonstratedbyexemplarsofstudent
compositions(forclassperformance)inthestylesbeingstudiedaswellaswritten
analysisofappropriatecompositions(alsopresentedtotheclassasawhole).