- Week 1 - September 10
- - Introduction & Lecture
- Week 2 - Sept. 17
- Belle ChunXiao Yu - NATIONALISM: (Germany/Austria - Beethoven) (?)
- Week 3 - Sept. 24
- Eve Krogman - WORLD MUSICAL CULTURE: Fantasy Film Music
- Eila Espanoza - NATIONALISM: RUSSIA: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
- Week 4 - October 1
- Anders Gatten - NATIONALISM: SOVIET RUSSIA -: Dmitri Shostakovitch
- Janna Wong - WORLD MUSIC: Taiko Drumming (Japan)
- Cherry Zuojia Zong - NATIONALISM: CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Antonin Dvorak
- Week 5 - October 8
- Michael Kozlowski - NATIONALISM: POLAND: Fredric Chopin
- Vincent Sanyoto -NATIONALISM: RUSSIA: M. Mussorgsky
- Lindsay Pulsifer - Thematic Film Music TBA
- Week 6 - October 15
- Kristin McCutcheon-Latter - Musical Story-Telling - Claire du Lune (Debussy)
- Nathan Powell - Storytelling - No Time for Caution - Hans Zimmer
- Ander Barillas - Storytelling - Nina Rota - Theme from Amarcord
- Week 7 - October 22
- Liam Jollymore - WORLD MUSICAL CULTURE: Science Fiction Film Music
- Joshua Sousa - WORLD MUSICAL CULTURE: Horror Film Music
- Ryan Cowan - STORYTELLING - Truman Show Raising the Sail - Philip Glass.
- (---- READING WEEK -----)
- Week 8 - November 5
- Christian Tungol - MUSICAL STORYTELLING: The Entertainer (Scott Joplin)
- Emma Collins - Musical Storytelling - Offenbach Infernal Galop
- Daniel Ciufo - Adventure Game Music
- Week 9 - Nov. 12
- Airin Budiman - MUSICAL STORYTELLING
- Ruby Poon - MUSICAL STORYTELLING
- Taylor Wice - MUSICAL STORYTELLING
- Jakub Zieba - MUSICAL STORYTELLING
- Week 10 - Nov. 19
- Mac Downey - WORLD MUSIC - Aboriginal Canada (Ontario) - Spirituality
- Brandon Veronyak - MUSICAL STORYTELLING
- Louise Dioneda - MUSICAL STORYTELLING
- Week 11 - Nov. 26
- Steven Flanigan - MUSICAL STORYTELLING
- Deron Hamilton - Musical Copyright in Rap
- Alice Wong - WORLD MUSIC: The Hang (Switzerland)
- Gordon Rowe - MUSICAL STORYTELLING, Jun Seba
- Week 12 - December 3
- Jordan Davies - Heroic Film Cue
- Samo Kang - MUSICAL STORYTELLING
- Samuel Elkana - NATIONALISM: Norway: Edvard Grieg
- Week 13 - Dec. 10
- Mathew Adams - American EDM Trap (WORLD MUSIC)
- Tyler Bogaert - Music Industry and Independant Labels - Current Practices
- Tabitha Yi - Music Storytelling (Toy Trumpet)
- Erin Brown - WORLD MUSIC: Ireland
- Week 14 - Dec. 17
- Jennifer Kang - Nationalism
- Sharifa Patrick - Musical Storytelling - (Randy Newman)
- Sydney Yang - Musical Storytelling - Hans Zimmer tba
Thursday, September 10, 2015
Fall 2015 - Student Presentation Schedule
Saturday, September 5, 2015
Week 1
WEEK 1 - SEPTEMBER 10 2015
Take a look at the following links relating to our topic for Week 1 -- "European Nationalism in 19th Century Classical Music"
1. Read through the Lecture notes for Week 1. The link is labeled "European Nationalism in 19th Century Classical Music." I will be covering this material in the first week's lecture.
2. Read the excerpt from Daniel Goldmark's excellent book on Hollywood cartoon music, "Tunes for Toons." The introduction is available as a pdf link on the same page as the lecture notes.
direct link:
3. Consider doing your required research presentation on the topic of European Nationalism. What country and composer would you choose? Here are the guidelines for presentations on this topic:
Take a look at the following links relating to our topic for Week 1 -- "European Nationalism in 19th Century Classical Music"
1. Read through the Lecture notes for Week 1. The link is labeled "European Nationalism in 19th Century Classical Music." I will be covering this material in the first week's lecture.
2. Read the excerpt from Daniel Goldmark's excellent book on Hollywood cartoon music, "Tunes for Toons." The introduction is available as a pdf link on the same page as the lecture notes.
direct link:
3. Consider doing your required research presentation on the topic of European Nationalism. What country and composer would you choose? Here are the guidelines for presentations on this topic:
- WHO was he and WHEN did he live? Present key biographical details, including musical highlights relevant to the theme of Nationalism as a Political Force in 19th Century Europe.
- WHY was he a nationalist? Present the political and cultural environment of the country in which the composer lived.
- HOW was the music nationalistic?
- Did it use folk musical style or mythology? (as in the Russian “Five”)
- Did it use a folk tale or national legend (as in Wagner’s operas)?
- Did it play a role in the politics of the time? (as in Verdi’s music.)
- Present a musical work that demonstrates the above points.
- If possible, also present an animated or live-action film clip that uses the composer’s music.
Welcome to Music: Structure and Culture, 2015
CULT 14717
The website for this course can be found at:
http://www-acad.sheridanc.on.ca/~degazio/CULT14717folder/cult14717outline.html
It contains a topical outline of all lectures, a listing of the evaluation requirements, and examples of student assignments from previous years.
If you have any questions about the course you can email me at: degazio@sheridancollege.ca
You might also find it interesting to browse the list of previous presentation topics -
http://sheridan-college-animation-music.blogspot.ca/2014/01/2014-presentation-schedule.html
This course is based a selection of topics from Music History, Music Theory and World Musical Culture, relating these to more general issues of culture.
Each class (3 hours) is structured in two parts of roughly equal length.
1) a topical lecture (topics given below) by me
2) one or more student presentations (chosen from the list below)
EVALUATION:
A) RESEARCH PRESENTATION (50%)-
Each student must do a Research Presentation on ONE of the following topics:
a) Music History
b) Music Theory (choose a chapter from Levitin's book)
c) World Musical Culture - modern or traditional world music
d) Musical Story-Telling (creative visual design from a piece of music)
These Presentations will begin in Week 2. You can sign up by sending me an email at the address above. Tell me in the email which country and composer you would like to present. I will manage the topics for suitability and to ensure that there are no duplications.
I encourage you to present early, as the workload in your other courses, especially the Group film, increases hugely through the semester. Students presenting in Week 2 will receive an automatic 10 point bonus for going first.
B) MID-TERM QUIZ (20%)
C) END-TERM QUIZ (20%)
D) CLASS PARTICIPATION: 10%
-----------------------------------------------------
WEEKLY TOPIC LISTING
-----------------------------------------------------
WEEK 1. EUROPEAN NATIONALISM in 19th CENTURY CLASSICAL MUSIC
required reading: Classical Music and Cartoons (handout)
additional reading (optional): Introduction to Tunes for 'Toons
screening:
Hungarian Rhapsody #2 - Lassan
Hungarian Rhapsody #2 - Friska
The Cat Concerto (1946 Oscar Winner)
Rhapsody Rabbit (1946)
Rhapsody in Rivets (1941)
scene from Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)
C-flat or B-sharp?
Pigs in a Polka
WEEK 2.MUSIC THEORY: PITCH & TIMBRE
(read: Levitin, Chapter 1)
Pitch
The Major Scale
Archtypal Number Seven
Timbre
synth demonstration
WEEK 3. WORLD MUSICAL CULTURE: THE BALINESE GAMELAN ORCHESTRA
Balinese Musical Theory
Balinese Performance Practice
screening: Baraka
demonstration: Balinese Music structure
WEEK 4. MUSIC HISTORY,MUSICAL STORYTELLING: THE SYMPHONIC POEM
screening:
Danse Macabre (orchestral score pdf)
The Skeleton Dance (Disney -1929)
The Old Mill (Disney -1937)
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Disney -1939)
A Night on Bald Mountain (Disney -1939)
A Corny Concerto (Warner Bros -1943)
High Note (Warner Bros -1960)
Sports and Diversions (B.Lee - 2007)
WEEK 5. MUSIC THEORY: RHYTHM, METER & TEMPO
required reading: Levitin, Chapter 2
WEEK 6. MUSIC HISTORY: 20th CENTURY MODERNISM
Minimalism
Primitivism
screening:
The Rite of Spring (Disney, 1939)
Koyaanisqatsi (1983)
Naqoyqatsi (2002)
WEEK 7. MUSIC THEORY: THE ORCHESTRA AS A CINEMATIC INSTRUMENT
MID-TERM QUIZ (20%)
screening:
Toot, Whistle, Plunk & Boom (Disney - 1953)
Bolero (M.Ravel) - Orchestral Performance
Bolero from Allegro non Troppo (B.Bozzeto 1976)
The Grasshopper and the Ants (Disney - 1934)
Peter & The Wolf (Disney 1947)
Peter & The Wolf (S.Templeton 2006)
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READING WEEK BREAK
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WEEK 8. MUSIC HISTORY - OPERA & ANIMATION
Gold Diggers of 1933 clip (Busby Berkely, 1933)
Story Reel for Ride of the Valkyries (Disney, 1939)
The Barber of Seville (G.Rossini) (BBC, 1996)
Long Haired Hare (WB 1948)
The Rabbit of Seville(WB, 1950)
What's Opera˙, Doc (WB 1959)
WEEK 9. MUSIC THEORY - HARMONICS & TIMBRE
Lecture: Time In Harmonia
Demonstration: The Vibrating Circular Monochord
Screening: Degazio & Hatzis - Harmonia
WEEK 10. MUSIC THEORY - ELECTRONIC & DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS
Bernard Hermann - The Day the Earth Stood Still
Louis and Bebe Barron - Forbidden Planet (1956)
Karlheinz Stockhausen - Song of the Youths (1957)
Switched On Bach (1969)
WEEK 11. WORLD MUSICAL CULTURE- TIN PAN ALLEY, JAZZ AND RACE RELATIONS IN AMERICAN POPULAR MUSIC OF THE 1930S
Raymond Scott Music Examples
Raymond Scott Article
One Froggy Evening (WB, 1955)
Fleischer Bros - I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead,You Rascal You (1932)
All the Cats Join In (Make Mine Music, 1946)
After You've Gone (Make Mine Music, 1946)
WEEK 12. MUSIC HISTORY, THEORY - THE GREAT CARTOON COMPOSERS:CARL STALLING & SCOTT BRADLEY
BAR SHEET
CUE SHEETS
Early To Bet (Robert McKimson, 1951)
Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2 Century (Chuck Jones, 1953)
WEEK 13. END-TERM QUIZ (20%)
WEEK 14. QUIZ REVIEW & FINAL STUDENT PRESENTATIONS
MUSIC: STRUCTURE & CULTURE
(Updated for 2015)
The website for this course can be found at:
http://www-acad.sheridanc.on.ca/~degazio/CULT14717folder/cult14717outline.html
It contains a topical outline of all lectures, a listing of the evaluation requirements, and examples of student assignments from previous years.
If you have any questions about the course you can email me at: degazio@sheridancollege.ca
You might also find it interesting to browse the list of previous presentation topics -
http://sheridan-college-animation-music.blogspot.ca/2014/01/2014-presentation-schedule.html
This course is based a selection of topics from Music History, Music Theory and World Musical Culture, relating these to more general issues of culture.
Each class (3 hours) is structured in two parts of roughly equal length.
1) a topical lecture (topics given below) by me
2) one or more student presentations (chosen from the list below)
EVALUATION:
A) RESEARCH PRESENTATION (50%)-
Each student must do a Research Presentation on ONE of the following topics:
a) Music History
b) Music Theory (choose a chapter from Levitin's book)
c) World Musical Culture - modern or traditional world music
d) Musical Story-Telling (creative visual design from a piece of music)
These Presentations will begin in Week 2. You can sign up by sending me an email at the address above. Tell me in the email which country and composer you would like to present. I will manage the topics for suitability and to ensure that there are no duplications.
I encourage you to present early, as the workload in your other courses, especially the Group film, increases hugely through the semester. Students presenting in Week 2 will receive an automatic 10 point bonus for going first.
B) MID-TERM QUIZ (20%)
C) END-TERM QUIZ (20%)
D) CLASS PARTICIPATION: 10%
-----------------------------------------------------
WEEKLY TOPIC LISTING
-----------------------------------------------------
WEEK 1. EUROPEAN NATIONALISM in 19th CENTURY CLASSICAL MUSIC
required reading: Classical Music and Cartoons (handout)
additional reading (optional): Introduction to Tunes for 'Toons
screening:
Hungarian Rhapsody #2 - Lassan
Hungarian Rhapsody #2 - Friska
The Cat Concerto (1946 Oscar Winner)
Rhapsody Rabbit (1946)
Rhapsody in Rivets (1941)
scene from Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)
C-flat or B-sharp?
Pigs in a Polka
WEEK 2.MUSIC THEORY: PITCH & TIMBRE
(read: Levitin, Chapter 1)
Pitch
The Major Scale
Archtypal Number Seven
Timbre
synth demonstration
WEEK 3. WORLD MUSICAL CULTURE: THE BALINESE GAMELAN ORCHESTRA
Balinese Musical Theory
Balinese Performance Practice
screening: Baraka
demonstration: Balinese Music structure
WEEK 4. MUSIC HISTORY,MUSICAL STORYTELLING: THE SYMPHONIC POEM
screening:
Danse Macabre (orchestral score pdf)
The Skeleton Dance (Disney -1929)
The Old Mill (Disney -1937)
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Disney -1939)
A Night on Bald Mountain (Disney -1939)
A Corny Concerto (Warner Bros -1943)
High Note (Warner Bros -1960)
Sports and Diversions (B.Lee - 2007)
WEEK 5. MUSIC THEORY: RHYTHM, METER & TEMPO
required reading: Levitin, Chapter 2
WEEK 6. MUSIC HISTORY: 20th CENTURY MODERNISM
Minimalism
Primitivism
screening:
The Rite of Spring (Disney, 1939)
Koyaanisqatsi (1983)
Naqoyqatsi (2002)
WEEK 7. MUSIC THEORY: THE ORCHESTRA AS A CINEMATIC INSTRUMENT
MID-TERM QUIZ (20%)
screening:
Toot, Whistle, Plunk & Boom (Disney - 1953)
Bolero (M.Ravel) - Orchestral Performance
Bolero from Allegro non Troppo (B.Bozzeto 1976)
The Grasshopper and the Ants (Disney - 1934)
Peter & The Wolf (Disney 1947)
Peter & The Wolf (S.Templeton 2006)
------------------------------------------------------
READING WEEK BREAK
------------------------------------------------------
WEEK 8. MUSIC HISTORY - OPERA & ANIMATION
Gold Diggers of 1933 clip (Busby Berkely, 1933)
Story Reel for Ride of the Valkyries (Disney, 1939)
The Barber of Seville (G.Rossini) (BBC, 1996)
Long Haired Hare (WB 1948)
The Rabbit of Seville(WB, 1950)
What's Opera˙, Doc (WB 1959)
WEEK 9. MUSIC THEORY - HARMONICS & TIMBRE
Lecture: Time In Harmonia
Demonstration: The Vibrating Circular Monochord
Screening: Degazio & Hatzis - Harmonia
WEEK 10. MUSIC THEORY - ELECTRONIC & DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS
Bernard Hermann - The Day the Earth Stood Still
Louis and Bebe Barron - Forbidden Planet (1956)
Karlheinz Stockhausen - Song of the Youths (1957)
Switched On Bach (1969)
WEEK 11. WORLD MUSICAL CULTURE- TIN PAN ALLEY, JAZZ AND RACE RELATIONS IN AMERICAN POPULAR MUSIC OF THE 1930S
Raymond Scott Music Examples
Raymond Scott Article
One Froggy Evening (WB, 1955)
Fleischer Bros - I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead,You Rascal You (1932)
All the Cats Join In (Make Mine Music, 1946)
After You've Gone (Make Mine Music, 1946)
WEEK 12. MUSIC HISTORY, THEORY - THE GREAT CARTOON COMPOSERS:CARL STALLING & SCOTT BRADLEY
BAR SHEET
CUE SHEETS
Early To Bet (Robert McKimson, 1951)
Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2 Century (Chuck Jones, 1953)
WEEK 13. END-TERM QUIZ (20%)
WEEK 14. QUIZ REVIEW & FINAL STUDENT PRESENTATIONS
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