Race and Gender in the Western Music History Survey by Maxile Jr., Horace J.; Turner, Kristen M.;

Short description:

Race and Gender in the Western Music History Survey: A Teacher’s Guide provides concrete information and approaches that will help instructors include women and people of color in the typical music history survey course and the foundational music theory classes.

Long description:

Race and Gender in the Western Music History Survey: A Teacher’s Guide provides concrete information and approaches that will help instructors include women and people of color in the typical music history survey course and the foundational music theory classes. This book provides a reconceptualization of the principles that shape the decisions instructors should make when crafting the syllabus. It offers new perspectives on canonical composers and pieces that take into account musical, cultural, and social contexts where women and people of color are present. Secondly, it suggests new topics of study and pieces by composers whose work fits into a more inclusive narrative of music history. A thematic approach parallels the traditional chronological sequencing in Western music history classes. Three themes include people and communities that suffer from various kinds of exclusion: Locales & Locations; Forms & Factions; Responses & Reception. Each theme is designed to uncover a different cultural facet that is often minimized in traditional music history classrooms but which, if explored, lead to topics in which other perspectives and people can be included organically in the curriculum, while not excluding canonical composers. 　 　

Table of Contents:

List of Scores

List of Figures

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Western Classical Music until 1600





Introduction




Vittoria Aleotti, "Hor che la vaga Aurora"




The Cantigas de Santa Maria and the Arabic Influence on Western Art Music




Bibliography




Score/Recording




Selected Secondary Sources









2. Music Between 1600 and 1750





Introduction




Manuel de Sumaya, Miserere




The Network of Women around J.S. Bach




Bibliography




Score/Recording




Selected Secondary Sources









3. Music Between 1750 and 1815





Introduction




Marianna Martines, Sonata in E Major




Sonata in E-Flat Major, H. XVI: 52 by Joseph Haydn: A Study in Private and Public/Masculine and Feminine




Bibliography




Score/Recording




Selected Secondary Sources









4. Music Between 1815 and 1915





Introduction




Harry T. Burleigh, "Through Moanin’ Pines," in From the Southland




African American Critical Response to Antonin Dvořák and the Problem of American Music




Bibliography




Score/Recording




Selected Secondary Sources









5. Music after 1915

Introduction

Chou Wen-Chung, Suite for Harp and Wind Quintet

American Nationalism: Florence Price in Counterpoint with Aaron Copland

Bibliography

Score/Recording

Selected Secondary Sources