1. August 26—Music in the Bible & the Ancient Greeks.
2. September 2—The Medieval Church.
3. September 9—High Liturgy.
4. September 16—100 Years of Change.
5. September 23—The Renaissance.
6. September 30—The Reformation.
7. October 7—The Growth of Secular Music.
 
October 14—Fall Break
 
8. October 21—The Birth of Opera.  Paper #1 Due.
9. October 28—The Baroque Era.
10. November 4—Handel & the International Style.
11. November 11—J.S. Bach.
12. November 18—J.S. Bach: The Sacred Works.

November 25—Thanksgiving Break

13. December 2—The Classical Era.
14. December 9—The Father of the Symphony.  Paper #2 Due by December 16.
 
Christmas Break
 
1. January 13—W.A. Mozart.  
2. January 20—W.A. Mozart: The Operas.
3. January 27—Beethoven Invents Romanticism.
4. February 3—Beethoven: The Symphonies.
5. February 10—Music for Chambers.
6. February 17—The Rise of the Virtuoso.
7. February 24—Worldwide Opera.
8. March 2—Wagner: The Ring Cycle. Paper #3 Due.
 
March 9—Spring Break

 9. March 16—The Germans vs. the Germans. 
10. March 23—Nationalism & Exoticism.
11. March 30—The French Diverge.

April 6—Easter Break

12. April 13—The Early Modernists.
13. April 20—The Emancipation of Dissonance.
14. April 27—Two World Wars.
15. May 4—The Soviet Union.
16. May 11—Postmodernism: Where We Are Now.  Paper #4 Due.
 
End of Class!