Welcome Music 250-01 Students. <BR>

Here I will post supplementary materials and sound files for you to review, as preparation for your class lectures. I will also add specific assignments, extra credit projects and upcoming events. Please be sure to check this site often. <P>

<B>Special Musical Events:</B><p>
CLASS TRIP<br>
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Tuesday 13 November 8:15pm Free<BR>
Western Michigan University School of Music<BR>
COLLEGIUM MUSICUM<BR>
Matthew Steel, Director<BR>
Dalton Center Recital Hall</font><P>

<b><u> RESOURCE INFORMATION</B></u><P>
<A HREF="SIGNIFICANTCOMPOSERSOFTHERENAISSANCE.htm"> Composers</a><br>
<A HREF="Supplementarywebsite.htm"> Role of The Virgin Mary</a><br>
<A HREF="THESEIKILOS.htm"> The Seikilos</a><br>
<A HREF="VIDEO_QUESTIONS_Monteverdi.htm"> The Consort of Music/Monteverdi video questions</a><br>
<A HREF="MUSICALDEFINITIONS2.htm"> Musical Terms</a><p>
Early French Opera video clip<A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeluEpGD0DU"> click here</a><P>
Wonderful discussion on early French opera<A HREF="http://www.medieval.org/emfaq/velde/opera.htm"> click here</a><P>

Discussions on early Italian opera<a href="http://www.vanderbilt.edu/Blair/Courses/MUSL243/bcitalpg.htm"> click here</a><P>
<b><u>MUSIC HISTORY ASSIGNMENTS</b></u><p>
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STUDY GUIDES: These are notes to aid you with your note taking and study information<P>
1. <A HREF="Medievalwebnotes.mht"> Medieval notes</a><P>
2. <A HREF="Renaissancestudyguide.mht"> Renaissance Era notes</a><P>

3. <A HREF="baroquenotes.mht">Baroque Notes</a><P>
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Music History Exam #1 <A HREF="musichistoryexam1.htm">Click here </a>(Access only available during in class examination)<P>

1. <a href="http://geraldblanchard.org/Special_Assignments.html"> ASSIGNMENT #1 (chapters 1 & 2)</a> Due 9/18/07<P>
2. <A HREF="http://www.geraldblanchard.org/musichistorystudyguidemedieval.mht)"> Medieval Study Guide</a><P>
3. <A href="QuickReviewQuestions.htm"> Assignment #2 (Library activity) Due date 10/18/07</a><P>

4. <b>READING ASSIGNMENT</B>: "Music in the Renaissance" Introduction (read pages 1-5). This assignment in on the music reserve in the LRC under MUSI 250 (reading packet). You must write a brief summary of the reading assignment. <B><FONT SIZE=+3>Due Date: 10/30/07</FONT></b><P>

5.<b>CHAPTER READING ASSIGNMENT and Lecture discussion topics</B>: Read chapters 6 and 7. Be prepared to discuss the following:<BR>
 
Rise of National Styles in Italy<BR>
Characteristics of the Italian Madrigal<BR>
Developmentsof Instrumental Music during the Renaissance<P>

6. MUSIC HISTORY ASSIGMENT <B><font size="+2"> DUE DATE: 11/27/07</B></font><br>
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:<P>
A) What was a castrato?<BR>
B) What role did the castrati play in 17th./18th century opera and church music?<BR>
C) Who was the most famous of the castrati?<BR>
D) Why was the practice of castration outlawed in Italy during the 17th/18th centuries?<BR>

Be sure to use reference books from the library to address these questions. You may also use any of the following sites as reference points to aid you with this project:<P>

Below, please find a variety of web sources which discuss the history of the castrati voice. Also, please note that you are strongly encouraged to view other source materials such as those found in our library.<P>

A general discussion on the castrati's history, <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/musicals/leithal/castrati.html"> please click here</a><P>

A)<A HREF="http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/music/features/castrato.shtml"> BBC program</a><P>

B)<A HREF="http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/discoveries/2006-07-13-castrato-bones_x.htm?csp=27&POE=click-refer"> USA TODAY Article</a><P>

C) <A HREF="http://www.andante.com/article/article.cfm?id=18894"> Discussion of the Castrati</a><P>
 
Listen to the music of the Castrato as performed by Vivica Genaux, mezzo<BR> Example #1 <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcFLh9t4RJY&feature=related"> YouTube Castrato repertoire #1</a><P>

View a scene from the movie "Farinelli" on Sonny Pictures<A HREF="http://www.sonypictures.com/classics/farinelli/about/fcastrati.html"> read more</a> which tells the story of the Castrati. <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWMOmBohlTE&feature=related"> click here</a><P>

ADDITIONAL RESOURCE MATERIAL SUGGESTIONS:<p>
Barbier, Patrick. The World of the Castrati: the history of an extraordinary operatic phenomenon. London: Souvenir Press, 1996. <p>

Grout, Donald Jay and Claude V. Palisca. A History of Western Music, 6th ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2001. <p>

Heriot, Angus. The Castrati in Opera. New York: Da Capo Press, Inc., 1975.<p> 

Moreschi, Alessandro. The complete recordings. Wadhurst, England: Pavilion, 1984. <p>




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<b><u>THE LISTENING LISTS</b></u><br>
The Listening CD's are available for checkout in the LRC (Learning Resource Center). You can only use them in the Library. Any questions, please email me at blanchardg@kellogg.edu.<P>



<A HREF="Listening_CD_1.htm"> Listening List: CD 1</a><BR>

<A HREF="Listening_CD_2.htm"> Listening List: CD 2</a><BR>

<A HREF="Music_Listening_Review_Lists.htm"> Music Listening Review List</a><P>



<B><u> THE MUSICAL PERIODS</U></B><P>
<A HREF="http://www.medieval.org/emfaq/beginlst/medieval.htm"> Medieval Era</a><BR>
<A HREF="http://www.wwnorton.com/classical/eras/renaissance/rencom.htm"> The Renaissance Era </a><BR>
<A HREF="http://www.aug.edu/~cshotwel/4350.Baroquetraits.html"> Baroque Era</a><P>


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