Pre-1700- Early Developments leading to the creation of Opera

Taruskin: Chapter 7- Humanism and the Birth of Opera

Chapter 8- Music Travels: Trends in Italy, Germany, France and England
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1700s- The Establishment of the String Quartet as a Musical Form by Franz Joseph Haydn
Taruskin: Chapter 13- Concert Life Lifts Off: Haydn (411)
Chapter 14- The Composer’s Voice: Mozart (438)
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1800s- Development of the Wind Band Repertoire in the late 19th Century
Taruskin: Chapter 25- The Musical Museum and the Return of the Symphony
Chapter 26- Dramatic Alternatives: Exoticism, Operetta and Verismo (764)
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1900s- The Rise of Musical Theatre as an American Art Form in the early to mid 20 th century
Taruskin: Chapter 30- Neoclassicism and Twelve-Tone Music (889)
Chapter 31- Interwar Currents- The Roaring Twenties (921)
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Gameplan for Semester:

January:
- Schedule meeting w/ Dr. V.
- Read and Note 3-4 chapters from Taruskin

February:
- Read and Note 3-4 chapters from Taruskin
- Find and list all sources
- Create annotated bibliography
- Submit to Dr. V.

March:
- Develop research plan for all topics
- Further studying of 1st 4 chapters from Taruskin
- Begin Research for at least one topics (2 topics, if time)

Meeting w/ Dr. Vasilyeva

Something that isn’t that easy to find out by just loading Grove and

Geographic Region/Country, a couple of decades.

-Look at a handful of composers or just one composer

-Look at changes in instrumentation of wind bands
-Different uses of wind band music (spaces in which wind bands were performing and the kind
of social function of the wind band, repertory)

-When I select the two chapters from the Taruskin book, ok to exactly deal with the topic? Yes,
it’s actually good. Gives you a kind of more broader grounding in the facts surrounding the topic
you’re researching.
1700s
-Maybe you’ll end up focusing on a couple of quartets in the end. You definitely want to make it
more specific.
-A couple of pieces—an early one/late one
-Study the late quartets. The early quartets.

20th Century
-Looking at certain composers
-Pick one major work of musical theatre and ask WHY it became such a big hit or studying the
conditions around it—how it was received
-Pick up a compendium or companion of musical theatre (Cambridge or Oxford). Not always
good, but sometimes they are. And moreover they give you a bit of an overview.
-Glance at the way people are approaching the topic (Chapter headings)

Pre-1700
-Look at Caccini, Look at Monteverdi
-Search for
-Reading a bit about the beginnings of opera
-Reading something like Abate and Parker’s History of Opera, Chapter on the beginnings of
opera
-Check the bibliography
-Get an idea of who you might want to read next
 Bibliography

20th Century

1) Wilk, M. (2002, 1993). OK! The Story of Oklahoma! A Celebration of America's Most Loved
Musical. Applause Theatre & Cinema Books .

2) Purdum, T. S. (2018). Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway

Revolution. Henry Holt and Company.

3) Taylor, D. (1953). Some Enchanted Evenings: The Story of Rodgers and Hammerstein. Harper
& Brothers .

4) Block, G. H. (2003). Richard Rodgers. Yale University Press.

5) Nolan, Frederick W (1978). The Sound of Their Music: The Story of Rodgers and
Hammerstein. Walker.

6) Easton, Carol. No Intermissions: The Life of Agnes De Mille. Little, Brown, 1996.

18th Century

1) Keller, H. (1986). The Great Haydn Quartets: Their Interpretation. George Braziller, Inc. .

2) Sisman, E. (1997). Haydn and His World. Princeton University Press.

3) Barrett-Ayres, R. (1974). Joseph Haydn and The String Quartet. Barrie & Jenkins.

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