Music 220 Course Outline

Date	Topic	Reading
Sept. 3	How is music used?	WM Ch.1
Sept. 5	Introduction to Ethnomusicology
Sept. 8	The Music Culture
Sept. 10	Defining music; the elements of music
Sept. 12	Classifications of instruments
Sept. 15	Timbre; musical texture
Sept. 17	Rhythm and meter; formal structure
Sept. 19	Music business and Native American Music
Sept. 22	Native American music	WM Ch.2
Sept. 24	Native American music
Sept. 26	Native American music
Sept. 29	Native American music/African music
Oct. 1	African music	WM Ch.3
Oct. 3	African music
Oct. 6	African music
Oct. 8	REVIEW
Oct. 10	EXAM 1
Oct. 13	Music of India	WM Ch.6
Oct. 15	India
Oct. 17	India
Oct. 20	India
Oct. 22	Indonesia	WM Ch.7
Oct. 24	Indonesia
Oct. 27	Indonesia
Oct. 29	Indonesia/Japan
Nov. 3	Japan	WM Ch.8
Nov. 5	Japan
Nov. 7	Japan
Nov. 10	EXAM 2
Nov. 12	Western antecedents; Ancient Greece	Grout pp.1-17
Nov. 14	Early Christian music	pp.17-29
Nov. 17	Gregorian chant	pp.32-42
Nov. 19	Medieval secular music	pp.60-70
Nov. 21	Early polyphony	pp.73-86 (skim)
Nov. 24	Early polyphony	pp.73-86 (skim)
Nov. 26	Motets	pp.89-96
Nov. 28	THANKSGIVING BREAK
Dec. 1	Ars Nova, 14th C. Italy	pp.101-111
Dec. 3	Musica Ficta; Instrumantal music	pp.111-6, 21-7
Dec. 5	Burgundian School; 15th Century England	pp.130-49 (skim)
Dec. 8	Renaissance - Netherlands	pp.152-7,163-79
Dec. 10	Madrigals; Reformation	pp.193-201; 202-3,214-16
Dec. 12	Counter-Reformation and LISTENING QUIZ	REVIEW SHEET

Music 220

Introduction to Music Literature

Course Outline