String Literature

MUS 116
Fall 2017
Instructor: Ashley Eidbo
Email: ashley.eidbo@drake.edu
Office: TBA

Class Meeting Times: TBA

COURSE OBJECTIVES
We will cover repertoire of modern orchestral string instruments. Students will develop
listening skills and learn skills necessary to be able to discuss forms, genres, and general
history of string instruments.

REQUIRED MATERIALS
Over the course of the semester, we will be creating a timeline to display both history
and genre development. Students are expected to provide 30 4x6 notecards. A
method for taking notes and listening to music will also be expected.

GRADING METHOD
10% Class Participation (Attendance and Attentiveness)
20% Listening Quizzes (4 quizzes)
10% Individual Assignments
20% Semester Long Diagram
20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam

ATTENDANCE
Students are allowed ONE unexcused absence during the semester on non-quiz or test
days. Without proper documentation (student health center excuse or other pre-
approved method), quizzes and tests may not be made up. Students are still
responsible for turning in assignments on time even if not at class. Three late entrances
to class will equal one unexcused absence.

TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM

Cell phones are not to be used during class.
Computers may be used for note-taking or other class-related purposes, but a student
may be asked to put it away if it is being used inappropriately. This can affect your
Attentiveness grade.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
Please refer to the Drake University Student Handbook for further clarification.
Cheating, copying, plagiarizing, etc, will not be tolerated.

SEMESTER SCHEDULE
Week 1 (August 28/30)
o String Instrument History
o String Quartet History
Week 2 (September 6)
o Mozart String Quartet No. 19, K. 465 Dissonance (1785)
o Haydn Quartet No. 62, Op. 76 No. 3 Emperor (1798)
Week 3 (September TBA)
o Beethoven String Quartet No. 1, No. 18 No. 1 (1800)
o Schubert String Quartet No. 14 Death and the Maiden (1824)
Week 4 (September 20)
o Quiz 1
o Dvorak String Quartet No. 12 American (1893)
Week 5 (September 27)
o Bartok String Quartet No. 1 (1909)
o Shostakovich String Quartet No. 8 (1960)
Week 6 (October 4)
o Quiz 2
o Schubert Quintet D. 667 Trout(1819)
Week 7 (October 11)
o Mendelssohn String Octet Op. 20 (1825)
o Tchaikovsky String Sextet Op. 70 Souvenir de Florence (1892)
Week 8 (October 18)
o MIDTERM EXAM
Week 9 (October 25)
o Bach Chaconne from Partita No. 2, BWV 1004 (1720)
o Bach Prelude from Cello Suite No. 5, BWV 1011 (1723)
Week 10 (November 1)
o Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 9, Op. 47 Kreutzer (1803)
o Schubert Sonata D. 821 Arpeggione (1824)
Week 11 (November 8)
o Quiz 3
o Brahms Cello Sonata No. 1, Op. 38 (1865)
Week 12 (November 15)
o Hindemith Viola Sonata No. 1 (1919)
o Hindemith Bass Sonata (1949)
Week 13 (November 29)
o Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, BWV 1048 (1721)
o Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings Op. 48 (1880)
Week 14 (December 6)
o Quiz 4
o Britten Simple Symphony No. 4 (1934)
Week 15
o FINAL EXAM