Graduate Review
Music History Review 1
Music History Review 2
Music History Review 3
Music History Review 4

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Music History Review 1: Medieval and Renaissance
MU051

Fall Semester 2010: first seven weeks—13 meetings (September 13—October 25)
Credits: 1
Prerequisites: none
Instructor: Rebecca Marchand rmarchand@bostonconservatory.edu

Course Objectives
Students in Music History Review 1 will study representative works from the Middle Ages and Renaissance (to the end of the 16th century. Class discussions will be centered on selected compositions with special attention given to formal structures and genre.
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Textbooks and CDs
Required texts and CD's are available online from www.textbookx.com
A HISTORY OF MUSIC IN WESTERN CULTURE, VOLUME 1: ANTIQUITY THROUGH THE BAROQUE ERA
Mark Evans Bond
Prentice Hall, 3rd Edition, 2009
  packaged with
CD SET VOLUME 1
ISBN: 9780205731091
n.b.
Textbook and CD Set can be purchased separately but the above package costs slightly less

Grading
Class Participation
3 Exams

G
7%
31% each

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Music History Review 2: Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries
MU052

Fall Semester 2010: last seven weeks—13 meetings (November 1—December 13)
Credits: 1
Prerequisites: none
Instructor: Rebecca Marchand rmarchand@bostonconservatory.edu

Course Objectives
Students in Music History Review 2 will study representative works from the beginning of the 17th century (Baroque) through the late 18th century (Haydn and Mozart). Class discussions will be centered on selected compositions with special attention given to formal structures and genre.

Textbooks and CDs
Required texts and CD's are available online from www.textbookx.com
A HISTORY OF MUSIC IN WESTERN CULTURE, VOLUME 2: THE CLASSICAL ERA THROUGH THE PRESENT
Mark Evans Bond
Prentice Hall, 3rd Edition, 2009
  packaged with
CD SET VOLUME 1
  and

CD SET VOLUME 2
ISBN: 9780205731084
n.b.
Textbook and CD Sets can be purchased separately but the above package costs slightly less

Grading
Class Participation
3 Exams

G
7%
31% each
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Music History Review 3: Beethoven to Debussy
MU053

Spring Semester 2011: first seven weeks (January 24—March 7)
Credits: 1

Prerequisites: none
Instructor: Rebecca Marchand rmarchand@bostonconservatory.edu

Course Objectives
Students in Music History Review 3 will study representatve works from the beginning of the19th through the beginning of the 20th century (Beethoven to Debussy). Class discussions will be centered on selected compositions with special attention given to formal structures and genre.


Textbooks and CDs
Required texts and CD's are available online from www.textbookx.com
A HISTORY OF MUSIC IN WESTERN CULTURE, VOLUME 2: THE CLASSICAL ERA THROUGH THE PRESENT
Mark Evans Bond
Prentice Hall, 3rd Edition, 2009
  packaged with
CD SET VOLUME 2
ISBN for this new package coming soon
n.b.
Textbook and CD Sets can be purchased separately but the above package costs slightly less

Grading
Class Participation
3 Exams

G
7%
31% each
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Music History Review 4: 20th Century
MU054

Spring Semester 2011: last seven weeks (March 14—May 2)
Credits: 1
Prerequisites: none
Instructor: Rebecca Marchand rmarchand@bostonconservatory.edu

Course Objectives
Students in Music History Review 4 will study representative works of the 20th century. Class discussions will be centered on selected compositions with special attention given to formal structures and genre.


Textbooks and CDs
Required texts and CD's are available online from www.textbookx.com
A HISTORY OF MUSIC IN WESTERN CULTURE, VOLUME 2: THE CLASSICAL ERA THROUGH THE PRESENT
Mark Evans Bond
Prentice Hall, 3rd Edition, 2009
  packaged with
CD SET VOLUME 2
ISBN for this new package coming soon
n.b.
Textbook and CD Sets can be purchased separately but the above package costs slightly less

THE REST IS NOISE: LISTENING TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Alex Ross
Picador, 2008
ISBN: 9780312427719

Grading
Class Participation
3 Exams

G
7%
31% each
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