Taken from the course syllabus:

In this course we will examine the history of Western Art Music from the beginning of the Classical Period (ca. 1750) to the present day. The material will be presented through lectures, weekly readings from the assigned textbook and weekly listenings...

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Originally Posted by crys.eg

Oooo, I think someone who's taken the class should writee one up
i'd like to know what I'm getting myself into.
asside from what it says on the mac site.

From what I've heard, MUSIC 1A03 is veeeeery similar to 1AA3. It's pretty much the same format, except the material deals more with music before Mozart...at least, that's how it was when Paul Sanden taught both courses.

Argentino will be teaching music 1AA3 next term. Does anyone know what day the in-class tests will be every week?

Does any1 know about Gerry?

Hey do you need a lot of music in order to do well? And is there a textbook required? Also does anyone have the course outline for this? Thankss

I'm taking this one next semester. I took 1A03 last year and had Ostashewsi (I think that's the spelling) as the prof. The tests were very easy, as the textbook's website had all of the questions used on the tests. The prof just took questions from the website, and a quick-run through the night before made the test an easy 80+. The textbook was pretty much required, as there were no lecture notes posted and I found the material more interesting the more in-depth I got, which the textbook provided. Also, the textbook came with the CDs that had the music we listened to in-class and were tested on. The only bad part was the group project, which was kind of lame from what I can remember.

Also, the exam was a joke. The night before, I had forgotten I had the exam the next day and hadn't studied at all. After four or five hours of studying, I aced it.

Obviously this year will be different, and I think I'll be more interested in the music. The chants and Renaissance music aren't as exciting to me as much as the Classical and Romantic periods, though I liked the Baroque a lot.

Also, you don't have to know music at all. There's no prerequisites or anything. Obviously if you have a basic knowledge of the composers and their works it will help a lot, but if you don't, you'll be fine.

Did anyone take this course in the Summer? If so was it the same marking scheme?

How were the tests for the prof? Dr. Sanden? Esp if you know nothing about western music? Thanks

For Music 1AA3 in sept. it says that we have Dr. Woolhouse, anyone know anything about him? :/
thanks!

Originally Posted by DMe3

For Music 1AA3 in sept. it says that we have Dr. Woolhouse, anyone know anything about him? :/
thanks!

same.. anyone? x)

Originally Posted by strawbrryjam

Does any1 know about Gerry?

I had Gerry last term; he makes 1AA3 real simple and straightforward His midterms are more or less straight from the notes, and he always has midterm-prep lectures where he more or less tells you exactly what you need to study.

^ agreed, Gerry couldn't make the course any simpler!

I had Gerry for this course and he was awesome. This was a really cool course and it's very easy to do well in. If he's teaching it again, definitely take it. He's very good at lecturing and he's pretty funny too.

I'm thinking of taking Music 1A03 this upcoming semester. The prof is Argentino. Has anybody had him as a prof and how is he??

I had him for 1aa3 a couple of years ago and liked him. He kept it interesting and his tests were fair (but exam was tough). Only problem I had was he read directly off his slides

Anyone know how good woolhouse is for this course?