MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERISTY MOORHEAD
MUSIC DEPARTMENT COURSE WEBPAGES


MUSIC 341: MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MUSIC
FALL 2000 (Instructor: Eric Hung)
Unit 3 Schedule

EVALUATION: (1) Critical Report on Busnoys Transcriptions--10%, (2) Term Paper--50%, (3) Test #3--40%

Wed., November 15        Old Ends and New Beginnings in Song
           Listening:               (1a) Josquin Desprez: Faulte d'argent [Anth. 50, 2:04, CD5/1]
                                         (1b) Josquin Desprez, arr. Valentin Bakfark: Faulte d'argent [4:03, CD 5/2]
                                         (2) Heinrich Isaac: Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen [Anth. 57,
                                                    2 versions: 1:25, 1:09, CD 5/3-4]
            Reading:                (1) Excerpt on Humanism in Atlas Chapter 2 "Intermedio: 1414-1418" (pp. 23-25)
                                         (2) Excerpts from Atlas Chapter 24 "Old Ends and New Beginnings in Song" (pp. 336-366)
                                         (3) Atlas Chapter 30 "Editing a Chanson: Barring, Sources, Critical Report" (pp. 473-480)
            Optional:               (1) Iain Fenlon on Humanism--Handout (16 pages)

SHAMELESS ADVERTISING: I am giving a piano recital in Fox on Wed., Nov. 15 at 8pm.  The program includes Six Lyric Pieces, Op. 57 by Grieg, Three Selections from Dix Pièces Pittoresques by Chabrier and Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17 by Robert Schumann.  Admission is free.

Mon., November 20        National Song Styles
            DUE:                    CRITICAL REPORT ON BUSNOYS TRANSCRIPTIIONS
            Listening:               (1) Clément Janequin: Les cris de Paris [Anth. 65, 5:46, CD 5/5]
                                        (2) Jacques Arcadelt: Il bianco e dolce cigno [Anth. 67, 2:01, CD 5/6]
                                        (3) Philippe Verdelot: Ultimi mei sospiri [3:18, CD 5/7]
                                         (4) Ludwig Senfl: Das G'läut zu Speyer [Anth. 68, 1:02, CD 5/8]
            Reading:                (1) Atlas Chapter 27 "National Song Styles" (pp. 421-449)
            Optioanl:               (1) Atlas Chapter 26 "The Catholic Church and its Music" (pp. 395-420)
                                         (2) Atlas Chapter 28 "Intermedio: 1533-1536" (pp. 450-456)

Mon., November 27        Instrumental Music; Protestant Reformation
            Listening:               (1) Francesco Canova da Milano: Fantasia (from Castelfranco MS) [3:55, CD 5/9]
                                         (2) Marco da L'Aquila: La Battaglia [3:27, CD 5/10]
                                         (3) Johann Walter: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott [Anth. 78, Tape 2 Side B, 4:15]
            Reading:                (1) Skim Atlas Chapter 29 "The Growth of Music Printing" (pp. 457-472)
                                         (2) Excerpts from Atlas Chapter 31 "Instrumental Music to the End of the Century" (pp. 481-505)
                                         (3) Read all of Atlas Chapter 33 "The Protestant Reformation" (pp. 510-527)
            Optional:               (1) Atlas Chapter 32 "Intermedio: 1543-1547" (pp. 506-509)

Wed., November 29        Counter-Reformation I: Palestrina
            Listening:               (1) Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Dum complerentur [Anth. 85a, CD 5/11]
                                        (2) Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa Dum complerentur: Gloria [Anth. 85b, CD 5/12]
                                         (3) Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Nigra sum [Anth. 86, 3:13, CD 5/13]
            Reading:                (1) Beginning of Atlas Chapter 37 "The Counter-Reformation in Italy and Spain" (pp. 580-612)
            Optional:                (1) Atlas Chapter 36 "Intermedio: 1560-1562" (pp. 572-579)

Mon., December 4          Counter-Reformation II: Victoria; Lassus
           Listening:               (1) Tomas Luis de Victoria: Requiem Mass: Agnus Dei [Anth. 87a, 2:41, CD 5/14]
                                         (2) Tomas Luis de Victoria: Requiem Mass: Versa est in luctum [Anth. 87b, 4:00, CD 5/15]
                                         (3) Orlando de Lassus: Prophetiae sibyllarum: Prologue [Anth. 83, 1:35, CD 5/16]
                                         (4) Orlando de Lassus: La nuict froide et sombre [Anth. 90, 2:24, CD 5/17]
            Reading:                (1) Excerpts from Atlas Chapter 35 "Music Theory" (pp. 555-571)
                                         (2) Conclusion of Atlas Chapter 37 "The Counter-Reformation in Italy and Spain" (pp. 612-618)
                                         (3) Beginning of Atlas Chapter 38 "Music in the Service of Words" (pp. 619-634)

Wed., December 6          Late 16th-century Italian Madrigal
            Listening:               (1) Carlo Gesualdo: Moro, lasso, al mio duolo [Anth. 84, 3:33, CD 6/1]
                                         (2) Cipriano de Rore: De le belle contrade d'oriente [Anth. 91, CD 6/2]
                                         (3) Claudio Monteverdi: Cruda Amarilli, che col nome ancora [Handout, 3:17, CD 6/3]
            Reading:                (1) Conclusion of Atlas Chapter 38 "Music in the Service of Words" (pp. 634-653)
            Optional:               (1) Atlas Chapter 39 "Intermedio: 1588-1590" (pp. 654-660)

Mon., December 11        Music in 16th-century England I
            Listening:               (1) John Taverner: Western Wind Mass: Sanctus [Anth. 81, 4:46, CD 6/4]
                                         (2) William Byrd: Browning My Dear [Anth. 101, 4:40, CD 6/5]
                                        (3) Thomas Weelkes: As Vesta was from Latmos Hill Descending [Anth. 98, 3:29, CD 6/6]
            Reading:                (1) Excerpts from Atlas Chapter 34 "Early Tudor England" (pp. 528-551)
                                         (2) Beginning of Atlas Chapter 40 "Elizabethan England" (pp. 661-670)

Wed., December 13         Music in 16th-century England II
            DUE:                    1500-WORD UNIT PAPER
           Listening:               (1) William Byrd: The Great Service: Nunc dimittis [Handout, 4:34, CD 6/7]
                                         (2) John Dowland: In darkness let me dwell [Anth. 100, 4:15, CD 6/8]
                                         (3) John Dowland: Lachrimae Antiquae Novae [4:50, CD 6/9]
            Reading:                (1) Conclusion of Atlas Chapter 40 "Elizabethan England" (pp. 670-700)
                                         (2) Atlas Epilogue (pp. 701-708)

REVIEW SESSIONS TO BE SCHEDULED

Mon., December 18--12:30pm to 2:30pm    TEST #3
        Format: Listening (25%), Short Answers (15%), 2 Short Essays (60%)

Music 341 Home Page | Unit 1 Schedule
Unit 2 Schedule | Review Sheet for Test #3



Back to Music History-Music Theory Web Page
Back to Music Department Web Page

MSU Moorhead is an equal opportunity educator and employer.
Last updated on November 26, 2000 by Eric Hung (hungeric@mnstate.edu).