THE SYMPHONY BEFORE BEETHOVEN (PROSEMINAR)

SYLLABUS (F-09)

Instructor: John Spitzer

Email: jspitzer@sfcm.edu

Class meets: Monday 9:30-12:00; rooms 507 / 319

Website: www.sfcmhistory.com

Aug 31 Plenary: Intro

Seminar: Introduction – What is a symphony?

Sept 7 LABOR DAY

Sept 14 Plenary: Reading (Spitzer, Jamason)

Seminar: 18^th-century definitions and descriptions

Prep 1 due

Sept 21 Plenary: Writing (Spitzer, Laurance)

Seminar: Early symphonies

Prep 2 due

Sept 28 Plenary: Finding printed music (Laurance, McLaughlin)

Seminar: The Mannheim school

Prep 3 due

Oct 5 Plenary: Musical analysis (Spitzer, Jamason)

Seminar: Sonata forms

Prep 4 due

Oct 12 Plenary: Editing and editions (Jamason, Spitzer)

Seminar: Symphonies in manuscript and print

Prep 5 due

ASST: Paper topic due

Oct 19 FALL BREAK

Oct 26 Plenary: Information in print (McLaughlin, Jamason)

Seminar: Social contexts of the symphony

Prep 6 due

ASST: Take-home midterm due

Nov 2 Plenary: Information – online (McLaughlin, Laurance)

Seminar: The symphony in Austria

Prep 7 due

Nov 9 Plenary: Writing 2 (Laurance, Spitzer)

Seminar: Haydn at Eszterháza

Prep 8 due

ASST: Sources for term paper due

Nov 16 Plenary: Open

Seminar: Haydn in London

Prep 9 due

Nov 23 Plenary: Performance practice (Jamason, Spitzer)

Seminar: Open

ASST: Term paper draft due

Nov 30 Plenary: Literary sources (Laurance, Spitzer)

Seminar: Mozart

Prep 10 due

Dec 7 Plenary: Recordings (Laurance, Jamason)

Seminar: Mozart’s 3 last symphonies

Prep 11 due

Dec 14 Plenary: Open

Seminar: Open

ASST: Term paper final version due