Topics:
- Josh: Greek Music
- Meg: Music of the Early Christian Church
- Steve: Chant continued & Secular Song (Chap 3 in Grout)
- Steve: Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time

Handouts:
- Messiaen Scores
- Messiaen's writings about Time
- Readings
- Terms through the Renaissance
- Questions for next week's readings

Announcements:
- Concise readings
- Syllabus
- NY Trip
- Getting Grout
- Steve introduces next week's readings and questions
- Plan fun seminar/opera seminar
- EA LAB meet afterwards!

Readings Due:
- Concise Grout, Chapters 1 and 2
- Big Grout, Ch 5 (Polyphony through the Thirteenth Century); and Ch 6 (French and Italian Music in the Fourteenth Century)

Topics:
Shea - 12th Century

THURSDAY 9.20

Commonground Presentation:

Maine Mountain Chamber Series: Messiaen

Quartet for the End of Time (prep for the concert)

FRIDAY:

Seminar 3: 9.25

Readings Due:
- Big Grout, Ch 7 (Age of the Renaissance); Ch 8 (England and Burgundy in the 15th Century); Ch 9 (Franco-Flemish Composers);

Plans:
- Review topics done to-date
- Please visit Norton's History of Western Music Homepage
- Terms, Terms, Terms

Topics:
Andrew: Trecento
Nate: Introduction to the Renaissance
Meg: Du Fay and Ockeghem

Seminar 4: 10.2

Readings Due:
- Big Grout, Ch 10 (Sacred Music in the Era of the Reformation); Ch 11 (Madrigal and Secular Song in the 16th Century); Ch 12 (The Rise of Instrumental Music)

Topics:
- Music of the Protestant Reformation (Shea)
- William Byrd (Elliot)
- Palestrina (Josh)
- Orlando di Lasso (Ben)

Announcements:

OUR VERY BIG TRIP TO NEW YORK CITY!
Fri - Mon (5 - 8)

Seminar 5: 10.9

Readings Due:
- Big Grout, Ch 13 (New Styles in the 17th Century); Ch 14 (The Invention of Opera); Ch 15 (Music for Chamber and Church in the Early 17th Century)

Topics:

Announcements:

Nate: Rise of Instruments
Andrew: Birth of Opera
Seth: Monteverdi

THURSDAY:

Thur 10.11, 7:30 pm

Francesc de Paula Soler, classical guitarist from Barcelona.
A program of Spanish and Spanish American music

at Old South Church
(across the street from Merrill and to the left.)

Seminar 6: 10.16

Readings Due:
- Big Grout, Ch 16 (France, England, Spain, and the New World in the 17th Century); Ch 17 (Italy and Germany in the Late 17th Century)

Topics:

Announcements:

Seminar 7: 10.23

Readings Due:
- Big Grout, Ch 18 (The Early 18th Century in italy and France); Ch 19 (German Composers of the Late Baroque)

Topics:

Announcements:

Ben: Vivaldi
Elliot: Bach
Andrew: Handel
Nate: Rameau

Seminar 8a: 11.6

Readings Due:
- Big Grout, Ch 20 (Opera and Vocal Music in the Early Classic Period); Ch 21 (Instrumental Music: Sonata, Symphony, and Concerto

Topics:

Announcements:

Sat. 11.10 Time TBA
Seminar 8b: Arts Workshop Day - We Will Hold a Review Seminar

7:30 pm
Young Republic Concert

Seminar 9: 11.13

Seminar 10: 11.20

Seminar 12: 12.4

Readings Due:
- Big Grout, Ch 10 (Sacred Music in the Era of the Reformation); Ch 11 (Madrigal and Secular Song in the 16th Century); Ch 12 (The Rise of Instrumental Music)

Topics:

Announcements:

Review and Musicology Orals

We will hold a review seminar during our scheduled final exam: Tuesday, 8:00 am to 10:00 am. Yes, you can reschedule it, but find a time we can all make. We will then schedule individual times when you will take your musicology orals.