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I. BASIC
ELEMENTS OF MUSIC THEORY* 20% A. Acoustical Properties of Music* 1. Pitch* 2.
Duration* 3. Volume (dynamics)* 4. Timbre (tone color)* B. Formal Properties of Music* 1.
Rhythm and meter* 2. Melody* 3.
Harmony* 4. Texture* 5. Form* a) Binary form (AB)* b) Ternary form (ABA)* C. Voices and instruments* 1.
The four voice parts* 2. Brass instruments* 3. Woodwind instruments* 4. Stringed instruments* 5. Percussion instruments* 6. The piano* II. INTRODUCTION 2% A. Tripartite Musical Culture:
Indigenous, European, and African 1. Pre-Columbian music 2. Church music 3. Music of African slaves 4. Nineteenth- and twentieth-century immigration: introduction of new musical III. LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC IN HISTORICAL
CONTEXT 10% A. Independent
Research Topic: Aztec Society* 1. Use of term "Aztec"* 2. Tenochtitlán* 3. Role of religion in Aztec society* 4. Role of war in Aztec society* 5. Role of music in Aztec society* B. Independent
Research Topic: Spanish Colonialism* 1. Everyday
life in the Spanish colonies* 2. Colonial government* 3. Social structure and demographics* 4. Role of Church* 5. Religious conversion of indigenous
population* 6. Use of music in conversion* C. Independent
Research Topic: Independence Movements* 1. Independence movements in Latin
America* a) Impetuses for these movements* b) Agents of change* 2. Concept of nationhood in Latin
America* 3. Connection between music and
nationalism* D. Contemporary Latin America 1. Population and demographics 2. The Church in Latin America after
independence IV. THE MUSIC OF MEXICO 29% A. Pre-Columbian Music 1. Aztec music a) Music and society b) Musical instruments c) Listening selection: "Copal Offering to the Four Directions" – Xavier Quijas Yxayotl 2. Maya music a) Music and society b) Musical instruments B. Colonial Music 1. Renaissance music: representative
composers and works a) Hernando Franco (1532–85) 2. Baroque music: representative
composers and works a) Ignacio Jerusalem
(1707–69) i) Listening selection: "Kyrie" from Mass in D Major – Ignacio Jerusalem b) Manuel de Zumaya (c.1678–1755) i) Listening selection: "Sol-fa de Pedro" – Manuel de Zumaya 3. Classical music: representative
composers and works C. Nationalism and Twentieth-Century
Mexican Music 1. Mexican independence and the
formation of a national music a) Music associated with Mexican
independence b) Approaches to establishing a
Mexican national music 2. Representative composers and works a) Manuel Ponce (1882–1948) i)
Listening selection: "Campo" from Sonatina meridional – Manuel Ponce b) Carlos Chávez (1899–1978) i) Listening selection: Sinfonía India – Carlos Chávez c) Silvestre Revueltas
(1899–1940) i)
Listening selection: "Sensemayá" – Silvestre Revueltas D. Traditional and Popular Mexican Music 1. Representative genres a) Mariachi i) History of mariachi ii) Instruments of the mariachi iii) Genres of mariachi music iv)
Listening selection: "Las Mañanitas" – Mariachi Aguilas de Chapala v) Mariachi and society b) Norteño:
borderland music c) Corrido: popular song V. MUSIC OF CENTRAL AMERICA 7% A. Art Music 1. Sacred music a) Genres b) Representative composers and works c) Role of sacred music in Central
American society 2. Secular Music a) Genres b) Representative composers and works c) Role of music in society B. Traditional and Popular Central
American Music 1. Guatemala a) Marimba i) Origin and history of the
Guatemalan marimba ii) The instrument iii) Music of the Guatemalan marimba iv) Listening selection: "Small Marimba" – Tzutuzil Indians 2. Nicaragua: Son nica VI. The MUSIC
OF SOUTH AMERICA 24% A. Pre-Columbian Music 1. Inca music a) Music and society b) Musical instruments B. Colonial Music 1. Sacred music a) Genres b) Representative composers and works c) Role of music in society 2. Secular music a) Genres b) Representative composers and works c) Role of music in society C. Nationalism and Twentieth-Century
South American Music 1. Music and nationalism a) Independence movements in Latin America and the formation of national b) Role of music in national movements 2. Twentieth-century developments in
music a) International compositional
techniques of Europe and North America b) Latin American contributions to New
Music 3. Representative composers and works a) Heitor Villa-Lobos
(1887–1959) i)
Listening selection: "Aria" from Bachianas brasileiras No. 5 – Heitor Villa- Lobos b) Alberto Ginastera (1916–83) i)
Listening selection: "Scherzo" from Sonata Op. 47 – Alberto Ginastera c) Astor Piazolla (1921–92) i)
Listening selection: "Verano Porteño" – Astor Piazolla D. Traditional and Popular Music 1. Argentina a) Tango: The development of the
Argentine social dance b) Cuarteto:
Musical genre of Córdoba, Argentina 2. Brazil a) Samba: Popular music of
Brazil b) Bossa nova: Origin and history i) Antonio Carlos Jobim (1927–94) c) Capoeira: Brazilian fight-dance d) Choro:
Brazilian popular music and music revival i) Listening selection: "Samba Urbano" – Songs and Dances of Brazil 3. Colombia and Venezuela a) Cumbia: Colombian national dance b) Llanero music: Venezuelan "cowboy music" 4. Peru and Bolivia a) Huayno: Andean music of Peru and Bolivia b) Panpipes of the Andes i) Listening selection: "Los
Jilacatas" – Panpipes from Chimo 5. Chile a) Nueva canción: Political music VII. MUSIC
OF CARIBBEAN LATIN AMERICA 8% A. Caribbean Art Music 1. Sacred Caribbean Art Music a) Genres b) Representative composers and works c) Role of music in society 2. Secular Caribbean Art Music a)
Genres b) Representative composers and works c) Role of music in society B. Traditional and Popular Caribbean Music 1. Cuba a) Son (Son Cubano) b) Rumba: Afro-Cuban music of Cuba c) Cha-cha-chá: Latin dance
music i) Listening selection: "Brand New Cha Cha" – Xavier Cugat 2. Puerto Rico a) Bomba: Afro-Puerto Rican dance b) Plena:
Puerto Rican folkloric music c) Seis: Puerto Rican dance music *Asterisks indicate topics that students will need to research independently. Information on these research topics can be found in most general music history textbooks, the USAD Music Research Guide, the USAD
Music Basic Guide, encyclopedias, and on
the Internet. NOTE:
Each of the fourteen listening selections noted in the above outline will be
included on the USAD Music CD.
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