The Catholic University of America
Orchestral Literature for String Instruments - MUS 568

Instructor: Jody Gatwood Fall 2000
Syllabus
DATE VIOLIN EXCERPTS
TO BE PERFORMED IN CLASS		 VIOLA EXCERPTS
TO BE PERFORMED IN CLASS		 CELLO EXCERPTS
TO BE PERFORMED IN CLASS		 BASS EXCERPTS
TO BE PERFORMED IN CLASS		 INTONATION
AND RHYTHMIC
TRAINING		 SIGHT READING DISCUSSION,
READING
& LISTENING		 AUDIO/VIDEO
RECORDING
PROJECTS
(due dates)
Aug. 30 -
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 Beethoven: Sym. #3 mvt. 2 beginning to bar 154 TBA Orientation -
Sept. 6 Beethoven: Sym. #3 mvt. 1 bars1-83, 567-580, mvt. 4 bars 76-116, 266-315 Beethoven: Sym. #3 mvt. 1 bars 647-end, mvt 4 60-75, 98-103, 278-328 Beethoven: Sym. #3 mvt. 4 bars 44-107, Presto to end Beethoven: Sym. #3 mvt. 4 bars 84-107, Presto to end Beethoven: Sym. #3 mvt. 3 beginning to 1st ending TBA Traditions:
Furtwangler		 -
Sept. 13 Brahms: Sym. #4 mvt. 2 bars 41-49, 74-87, mvt. 4 bars 33-80, Brahms: Sym #4 mvt. 2 bars 30-39, 64-80, 106-109 mvt. 4, bars 41-56, 73-77 Brahms: Sym. #4 mvt. 2 bars 74-87, mvt. 4 bars 41-80, bars 161-177, 209-225 Brahms: Sym. #4 mvt. 2 bars 74-87, mvt. 4 bars 161-177 J. S. Bach: Chorales "Werde munter, meine Gemüthe", "Mit Fried' und Freud' ich fahr' dahin" TBA Traditions:
Toscanini		 -
Sept. 20 Mendelssohn: Scherzo Midsummer 8 bef. A to 7 after D Mendelssohn: Scherzo Midsummer 8 bef. A to 7 after D Mendelssohn: Scherzo Midsummer C to D, N to O Mendelssohn: Scherzo Midsummer Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn: Variations 1, 3, 7 TBA Tales of George Szell's Concertmaster -
Sept. 27 Beethoven: Sym. #2 mvt. 1 exposition Beethoven: Sym. #5 mvt 2, 1-10, 23-37, 49-59, 72- 86, 97-105, mvt. 3:
C Major sect. (all)		 Beethoven: Sym. #5 mvt. 2 bars 1-10, 49-59, 97-105, 113-122 mvt. 3 1-18, 141-196 Beethoven: Sym. #5 mvt. 2 bars 113-122, mvt. 3 1-18, 141-196 Beethoven: Sym. #5 mvt. 3: C Major sect. (all) TBA The Rise of
Early Music		 -
Oct. 4 REPEAT OF
PREVIOUS EXCERPTS		 REPEAT OF
PREVIOUS EXCERPTS		 REPEAT OF
PREVIOUS EXCERPTS		 REPEAT OF
PREVIOUS EXCERPTS		 Beethoven: Sym. #5 mvt. 2 complete TBA Musicians under stress: 1986 ICSOM study Project 1
due 2:10 PM
Oct. 4, 2000
Oct. 11 Brahms: Sym. #4 mvt 1, bars 392-end, mvt. 3, bars 1-44, 294-end Brahms: Sym #4 mvt. 1 bars 351-367, mvt. 3, bars 1-19, 125-155, 294-end Brahms: Sym. 4 mvt. 1 bars 1-18, 45-73, 114-136, 184-204, mvt. 3 bars 1-19, 125-155, 307-317 Brahms: Sym. 4 mvt. 1 bars 206-218, mvt. 3 bars 1-19, 125-155 J. S. Bach: Chorales "Es ist genug: Herr, wenn es dir gefällt", "O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort" TBA American Orchestras face an Identity Crisis -
Oct. 18 Prokofiev: Classical Sym. mvt. 1, beginning to H, mvt. 4, beginning to H Prokofiev: Classical Sym. mvt. 1 bars 13-15, 52-56, mvt. 4 (tba) Prokofiev: Sym. 5 mvt. 2 rehearsal no. 55-56, mvt. 4 reh. no. 79-80 Stravinsky: Pulcinella Stravinsky: le Sacre du Printemps: Sacrificial Dance TBA Early Music Invades Romanticism -
Oct. 25 Mozart: Sym. #35 mvt. 4, bars 110-181 Mozart: Sym. #35 mvt. 1 bars 1-35, 59-66 mvt. 4 bars 134-181 Mozart: Sym. #35 mvt. 1 bars 1-35, 59-66 mvt. 4 bars 134-181 Mozart: Sym. #35 mvt. 1 bars 1-41, 59-66 mvt. 4 bars 134-181 Mozart: Sym. #35 mvt. 4 bars 134-181 TBA Economics of Orchestral Life Today -
Nov. 1 REPEAT OF
PREVIOUS EXCERPTS		 REPEAT OF
PREVIOUS EXCERPTS		 REPEAT OF
PREVIOUS EXCERPTS		 REPEAT OF
PREVIOUS EXCERPTS		 Strauss: Don Juan rehearsal D to G TBA CDs and the Cult
of Perfectionism		 Project 2
due 2:10 PM
Nov. 1, 2000
Nov. 8 Strauss: Don Juan beginning to rehearsal D, H to K, Q to U (4th bar) Strauss: Don Juan bars 1-7, rehearsal A to D, R to S, Strauss: Don Juan bars 1-7, rehearsal letter A to D, R to T Strauss: Don Juan, rehearsal letter F to G, O to P, R to S J. S. Bach: Chorales "Herzlich thut mich verlangen", Ach Gott, vom Himmel seih' darein" TBA The Artistry of
Today's Orchestras		 -
Nov. 15 Mozart: Sym. #39 mvt. 4, bars 1-41 Mozart: Sym. #39 mvt. 4, bars 125-137 Beethoven: Sym. #8 mvt. 3: Trio Beethoven: Sym. #7, mvt. 1 bars 184 to 217 Beethoven: Sym. #7 mvt. 1 bars 84-285 TBA Audition Preparation: Confronting Current Realities -
Nov. 22 Schumann: Sym. 2 mvt. 2 bars 1-48 Tchaikovsky: Sym. #6 mvt. 1 bars 1-80 Tchaikovsky: Sym. #6 mvt. 3 rehearsal E to H (6th bar) Beethoven: Sym. #9 mvt. 4 bars 8-29, 23 bars before Maestoso Tchaikovsky: Sym. #6 mvt. 1 1-88 TBA Minimizing Technique Abrasion in Orchestral Playing -
Nov. 29 Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: Presto precipitato e con brio Berlioz: Roman Carnival Ov. bars 37 to 53 Brahms: Sym. #2 mvt. 1 bars 350-369, mvt. 2 bars 1-15, Verdi: Otello Beethoven: Quartet Op. 135 mvt. 2 (to dbl. bar), mvt. 3 TBA Orchestra Gossip: a Two Edged Sword -
Dec. 6 REPEAT OF
PREVIOUS EXCERPTS		 REPEAT OF
PREVIOUS EXCERPTS		 REPEAT OF
PREVIOUS EXCERPTS		 REPEAT OF
PREVIOUS EXCERPTS		 Schumann: Piano Concerto mvt. 1 TBA The Future of the
Orchestra		 Project 3
due 2:10 PM
Dec. 6, 2000

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