Cal Poly SLO - Department of Music

Course Information - Music 328: Women in Music – Winter 2012

Professor: Dr. Alyson McLamore                                                                                                                                  Office Phone: 756-2612

Office:  132 Davidson Music Center                                                                                                                                                                                    

Email: amclamor@calpoly.edu                                                                                           Web Site: http://cla.calpoly.edu/~amclamor

 

Office Hours: Tues 11-12; Wed 1-3; Thurs 12-1; other times by appointment—just ask!

 

Course Description:  Music 328 is a G.E. C.4 survey course for all students that examines the role of women composers in the history of western art and popular music.  The course consists of lecture/discussions, guided and independent listening, a paper, and periodic examinations. It is NOT necessary to read music in this class—but it is essential to come to class and to do the reading assignments to earn a good grade.

 

Materials:   Textbook:  Women and Music: A History, 2nd Edition, edited by Karin Pendle, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2001.  Reading assignments are listed below in the Course Outline, and the Course Reader has 'reading questions' (which will magically appear on the exams). Please do your reading before each class.

 

         The Course Reader, which will be found at the course website (not in Blackboard):    http://cla.calpoly.edu/~amclamor/328/index.html  (the password will be distributed in class). 

         Please bring this reader with you to class every day.  It contains texts for the selections we are covering, guidelines for the course paper, the contents of the course recordings, a glossary of terms, and many other wonderful and exciting things.   PLEASE DO YOUR READING BEFORE CLASS.

                          

Copies of our Composite Recordings are available ]via loaner cds from the Music Department.  Set up regular listening times in your weekly schedule, and listen often!  The individual tracks of the Recordings are listed in the Course Reader 

 

         The Music Department office is open:

                                    Mon-Thurs 8 am - 4:30 pm and 7 pm - 9 pm

                                    Friday   8 am - 4:30 pm

                                    Saturday 9 am - 12 pm

                                    Sunday 12 pm - 3 pm

 

Prerequisites: completion of Area A and a foundation course in Area C.

 

Course Requirements (Please note: the percentages are calculated using the letter grades earned, not points on specific assignments.  An ÒAÓ is calculated as 4.0, an A- is 3.7, a B+ is 3.3, and so forth): 

 

I. Two Exams, on Jan. 24 and Feb. 14 © (25% each).  You will need an 882 Scantron for each.

 

II.  Two Concert Questionnaires (not factored into your grade, but required in order to pass the class).  Questionnaire guidelines and forms are in the course reader; they are due Feb. 7 and Mar. 6.

 

III. A Final, on Thursday, March 15 (30%).  Again, bring an 882 Scantron form.

 

IV. A 6-page Paper (20%).  Specific guidelines are in the course reader.  Read them!!   The paper is due Tuesday, February 28.  (There are earlier due dates for the choice of topic, the bibliography, and the outline.)  I frown horribly at late papers.

 

ALL PAPERS MUST CONTAIN FOOTNOTES AND A BIBLIOGRAPHY.

V. Set Your Alarm!! The majority of material for which you are responsible will come out of the class lectures.  It is difficult for you to 'hear' the music we covered when you review someone else's notes, so make regular and prompt attendance a priority.

 

VI.  All course requirements must be completed in order to receive a passing grade in the course.

 

 

MU 328 - Women in Music - Course Outline – Winter 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                         Reading Assignments           

                                                                                                                                                                                 Reader                                    Textbook

Week 1        Jan 3              Tues.          Introduction; Middle Ages                                     pp. 7-15                                                           

                                                                                      Kassia - The Fallen Woman - c. 850 (4:50)

 

                           Jan 5              Thurs.       Middle Ages                                                                  pp. 5-6, 70              Chap. 16, Chap. 3

                                                                                      Hildegard – Kyrie – c. 1150 (3:45)

                                                                                      Hildegard - O virtus sapientiae – c. 1150 (2:47)

                                                                                      Countess of Dia - A chantar – c. 1150 (8:20)

 

Week 2        Jan 10           Tues.          Renaissance                                                          Reading #1 (p. 25)                        Chapter 4

                                                                                      Anne Boleyn - O Deathe, Rock me Asleepe – 1536? (4:30)                                                  

                                                                                      Maddalena Casulana – Morir non pu˜ il mio cuore – 1566 (1:54)

 

                           Jan 12           Thurs.       Baroque; Sample Quiz [not graded]         pp. 7, 14                                   Chapter 5

                                                                                      Caccini - Chi desia di saper – 1618 (2:00)

                                                                                      Strozzi - Tradimento! – 1659 (2:35)

                                                                                      Isabella Leonarda – ÒKyrieÓ from Messa Prima – 1696 (5:15)  

                          

Week 3        Jan 17           Tues.          [No Class Meeting - Monday Schedule]                               

 

                           Jan 19           Thur.          Baroque; Paper Topic Due                         #2 (p. 25, etc.)

                                                                                      Mlle. Duval – Suite from Les Genies – 1736 (7 mvts)

                                                                                      Elizabeth Jacquet de la Guerre - "Tempest" from The Slumber of Ulysses – 1715 (2:05)

 

Week 4        Jan 24           Tues.          Exam I; get going on your bibliography!         

 

                           Jan 26           Thurs.       Classic                                                                          #3; pp. 18-9, 14

                                                                                      Marianne von Martinez - Symphony in C, mvt. 1 – 1770 (5:42)

                                                                                      Marianne von Martinez - Sonata in A, mvt. 1 – 1765 (5:07)

                                                                                      Anna Amalia - Regimental March ÒGraf LottumÓ – 1767 (1:25)

 

Week 5        Jan 31           Tues.          Classic                                                                                          #4

                                                                                      Anna Amalia - Sonata for Flute, ÒAdagioÓ – c. 1750 (3:08)

                                                                                      Maddalena Sirmen - Violin Concerto No. 5, mvt. 3 – c. 1760 (8:03)

                                                                                      Maria Theresia von Paradies – Morgenlied – 1786 (4:07)

 

                           Feb 2             Thurs.       Romantic; Paper Bibliography Due                  #5                                           Chapter 6

                                                                                      Maria Szymanowska - Nocturne in Bb – 1828-31 (4:50)

                                                                                      Josephine Lang - FrŸhzeitiger FrŸhling – c. 1830 (2:00)

                                                                                      Josephine Lang - Der Winter – 1834 (2:11)

                                                                                      Fanny Hensel – Schwanenlied – c. 1837 (2:40)    

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                           Reading Assignments                                 

                                                                                                                                                                                 Reader                                    Textbook

Week 6        Feb 7             Tues.          Romantic; Questionnaire 1 Due                #6, p. 10, 14

                                                                                      Fanny Hensel - Melodie in C# minor – 1847 (1:47)

                                                                                      Clara Schumann - Liebst du um Schšnheit – 1841 (2:28)

                                                                                      Pauline Viardot-Garcia - Die Beschworung – 1865 (2:52)

 

                           Feb 9             Thurs.       Romantic  / 20th Century                                                         pp. 175-6; 258-61; 248-9

                                                                                      Louise Heritte-Viardot – ÒSerenadaÓ from Spanish Quartet – 1883 (2:46)

                                                                                      Germaine Tailleferre - Sonata for Violin & Piano, mvt. 2 – 1921 (3:23)

                                                                                      Rebecca Clarke – Two Pieces for Viola and Cello, ÒGrotesqueÓ – 1930 (2:41)

 

Week 7        Feb 14          Tues.          Exam II

                                                                                     

                           Feb 16          Thurs.       20th Century; Outline Due                                        #7               182-5; 188-91; 252-8

                                                                                      Ethel Smyth - The Wreckers, Scene from Act I – 1904 (2:24)     

                                                                                      Lili Boulanger - Je garde une medaille d'elle – 1914 (1:50)                                                 

                                                                                      Lili Boulanger - Psalm 24 – 1916 (3:53)

                                                                                     

Week 8        Feb 21          Tues.          20th Century                                                                    p. 15-20                           397-8; 405-6;

                                                                                      Bessie Smith - Lost Your Head Blues – 1926 (2:54)                                                   460-9

                                                                                      Lil Hardin Armstrong - Struttin' With Some Barbeque – 1927 (2:59)

                                                                                      Big Mama Thornton - Ball and Chain – c. 1960 (4:30)

                                                                                      Janis Joplin - Move Over – 1970 (3:40)

 

                           Feb 23          Thurs.       20th Century                                                                           #8                               212-22; 326-8;

                                                                                      Amy Beach - Hermit Thrush at Morn – 1921 (3:35)                                                  330-3

                                                                                      Ellen Taafe Zwilich - Concerto Grosso 1985, mvt. 1 – 1985 (2:40)                                  

                                                                                      Barbara Kolb - Umbrian Colors, mvts. 1 & 4 – 1986 (1:33 / 1:14)

 

Week 9        Feb 28          Tues.         20th Century; Paper Due                                                                                                 318-21;

                                                                                      Ruth Crawford Seeger - Rat Riddles – 1931 (3:07)                                                                                  472-5

                                                                                      Mary Lou Williams - Mary Lou's Mass, ÒOur FatherÓ – 1969-71 (2:06)

                                                                                      Meredith Brammeier – Ocean Country – 2001 (2:55)

 

                           Mar 1            Thurs.       20th Century                                                                                                        387-8, 394-5, 400,

                                                                                      Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors – 1969 (3:02)                                                                                 402-3, 414

                                                                                      Joni Mitchell – Hejira – 1976 (6:40)

                                                                                      Tori Amos – Me and a Gun – 1991 (3:44)              

 

Week 10     Mar 6            Tues.         20th Century; Questionnaire 2 Due                                                                                           

                                                                                      Mary Rodgers – ÒShyÓ from Once Upon a Mattress – 1959 (3:40)

                                                                                      Lucy Simon – ÒWinterÕs on the WingÓ from The Secret Garden – 1993 (2:30)

                                                                                      Rachel Portman – ÒMain TitlesÓ - Emma – 1996 (4:25)

                                                                                      Lynn Job – Lily (2004)

 

                           Mar 8            Thurs.       20th Century                                                                                                                     342-4; 346-9

                                                                                      Meredith Monk - Dolmen Music (excerpt) – 1979 (8:25)

                                                                                      Laurie Anderson - O Superman – 1982 (8:25)

                                                                                      Loreena McKennit - Bonny Swans – 1994 (7:18)

 

Finals             Mar 15         Thurs.       Final Exam (10:10 am - 1:00 pm)  (please bring back your Loaner CDs!)