Date

Assignments (will discuss and practice in class - due the next week)

September 14

Lesson 1 Overview of Music Styles Homework – p. 8-11 in book, Listening Assignment - handout

September 21

Lesson 2 Introduction to the Orchestra Homework – p.12-15 in book, Listening Assignment – P. 16-17 in book

September 28

Lesson 3 Baroque Era, Vocabulary and Style, Vivaldi Homework – p. 17-26, Listening Assignment – Four Seasons

October 5

Lesson 4 Baroque Era – Bach and Handel Homework – p 26-48, Listening Assignment – Bach Cantata No 140 & Prelude and Fugues for Piano, Handel's Messiah

October 12

Lesson 5 Classical Era – Vocabulary and Style, Haydn Baroque Era Quiz Homework – p 49-59 Listening Assignment – Symphony #94 in G “Surprise” & Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat Major, (Hob VIIe: 1^st movement)

October 19

Lesson 6 Classical Era – Mozart and Beethoven Homework – p 60-77, Listening Assignment – Mozart's Rondo alla Turca, Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata

October 26

Lesson 7 Classical Era – Review Homework – p 78-79, Listening Assignment – any two classical era works – provide description

November 2

Lesson 8 Romantic Era – Vocabulary and Style, Schubert, Classical Era Quiz Homework – p.80-88, Listening Assignment - Gretchen am Spinnrade by Schubert, Trout Quintet by Schubert,

November 9

Lesson 9 Romantic Era – Chopin and Berlioz Homework – p. 88-99, Listening Assignment – Berlioz's Lelio ou Le retour a la view, Op 14b (1^st mvmt), Chopin's Raindrop Prelude and Revolutionary Prelude

November 16

Lesson 10 Romantic Era – Puccini, Review Homework – p 100-109, Listening Assignment – Puccini's La boheme: “Che gelida manina” and “Mi chiamano Mimi”

November 23

Lesson 11 Modern Era – Vocabulary and Style, Debussy Romantic Era Quiz Homework – p 110-116, Listening Assignment – “Sirenes” from Nocturnes, “Golliwog's Cakewalk” from Children's Corner – both by Debussy

November 30

Lesson 12 Modern Era – Stravinsky Homework – p 117-124, Listening Assignment – Ebony Concerto, 3^rd movement, Rite of Spring, 1^st movement – both by Stravinsky

December 7

Lesson 13 Modern Era – Bernstein, Review Homework – p125-134, Listening Assignment – West Side Story: The Dance at the Gym and Officer Krupke

December 14

Lesson 14 Review and Summary of Eras, Modern Era Quiz, Homework – study glossary of terms and review all materials, Listening Assignment – classical Christmas music – 2 selections, provide descriptions

December 21

NO HERO

December 28

NO HERO

January 4

NO HERO

January 11

Lesson 15 FINAL TEST – Middle Ages Introduction and Vocabulary Homework – handout #15, Listening assignment – Ordo Virtutum and Guillaume de Machaut music

January 18

Lesson 16 Middle Ages - Vocal and Instrumental Music – Homework – Handout #16, Listening Assignment – look up medievel instruments and listen to audio clips, Istampita Palamento

January 25

Lesson 17 Renaissance Era – Vocabulary and Summary, Vocal and Instrumental Music, Homework – Handout #17, Listening Asignment – Agnus Dei by Josquin des Prez , Kyrie by Palestrina

February 1

Lesson 18 Baroque Era – Review, Operas and Cantatas, Middle Ages and Renaissance Quiz Homework – Handout #18, Listening Assignment – “V'adoro, pupille” by Handel, “Nel profondo cieco mondo” by Vivaldi, “Ei! Wie schmeckt der Kaffee susse” by JS Bach

February 8

Lesson 19 Baroque Era – Concerto Grosso, Orchestral Suite Homework – Handout #19, Listening Assignment – Brandenburg Concerto #5 by JS Bach, Water Music Suite by Handel

February 15

Lesson 20 Baroque Era – Keyboard and Pre-Classical Music Homework – Handout #20, Listening Assignment – WFE Bach, CPE Bach, JCB Bach – write descriptions

February 22

Lesson 21 Classical Era – review and summary, Symphonies, Baroque Era Quiz Homework – Handout #21, Listening Assignments – Symphony No 40 in G minor by Mozart

March 1

Lesson 22 Classical Era – Oratorios and Operas Homework – Handout #22, Listening Assignments – The Creation by Haydn, “Che faro senza Eridice” by Gluck

March 8

NO HERO Spring Break

March 15

Lesson 23 Classical Era – Concertos and Sonatas Homework – Handout #23, Listening Assigments – Marriage of Figaro by Mozart, “Catlog Aria” from Don Giovanni” by Mozart

March 22

Lesson 24 Classical Era – Chamber Music Homework – Handout #24, Listening Assignments – Schubert's Lied, Die Forelle, Schubert's Trout Quintet, STUDY for Quiz

March 29

Lesson 25 Classical Era Quiz, Bluegrass and Gospel Music – “NO HOMEWORK” WEEK

April 5

Lesson 26 Romantic Music – Summary Homework – handout #26, Listening Assignment – “Also Sprach Zarathustra” by Strauss, “Mazurka in A Minor, Op 17 No 4” by Chopin

April 12

Lesson 27 19^th Century Instrumental Music – Smetena, Thaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Liszt (Romantic Era Quiz) Homework – Biography of one of these composers and listen to that composer's music

April 19

Lesson 28 19^th Century Vocal Music – Schumann, Brahms, Verdi and Wagner Homework – Biography of one of these composers and listen to that composer's music

April 26

Lesson 29 Modern Era – Introduction and Summary, Ravel and Mahler, 19^th Century Quiz Homework – Handout #29, Listening Assignment – Resurrection Symphony, 5^th movement by Mahler, Bolero by Ravel

May 3

Lesson 30 Modern Era – Bartok, Prokofiev, and Schoenberg Homework – Handout #30, Listening Assignment – Bartok's Allegro Barbaro, Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf

May 10

Lesson 31 Modern North American Composers Homework – Handout #31, Listening Assignment – Oscar Peterson's Hymn to Freedom, Wynton Marsalis, STUDY for final exam

May 17

Lesson 32 Final Exam – Jazz, Rags and Blues to Pop, Rock and Roll