31 January

Start of class: "Something to Say" by Toad the Wet Sprocket from Fear (1991) "Barely Breathing" by the Hold Steady from Heaven is Whenever (2010) Tin Pan Alley/Musical Theater example: "I Got Rhythm" by Ethel Merman from Ethel's Ridin' High (1947) Crooning example: "How Deep Is The Ocean" by Bing Crosby (1932) Crooning example 2: "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" by Frank Sinatra (1945) Post-war Pop Music and recording technology example: "I'm Sitting On Top of the World" by Les Paul and Mary Ford (1952) Classic/city blues example: "St. Louis Blues" by Bessie Smith (1925) End of class: "Alcoholiday" by Teenage Fanclub from Bandwagonesque (1991)

29 January

Start of class: "The Lines You Amend" by Sloan from One Chord to Another (1996) "Politicians In My Eyes" by Death from …For the Whole World to See (Recorded 1975, released 2009) New Orleans-style Jazz: "Tiger Rag" by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band (1917) Symphonic Jazz example: "Rhapsody in Blue" composed by George Gershwin, originally performed by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra (1924). This recording performed by Leonard Bernstein and the Los Angeles Philharmonic (1982) Big Band Jazz example: "Taking A Chance on Love" by the Benny Goodman Orchestra (1940) Big Band Jazz example: "Ko-Ko" by the Duke Ellington Orchestra (1940) Big Band Jazz example: "One O'Clock Jump" by Count Basie and his Orchestra (1937) Big Band Jazz example: "In the Mood" by Glenn Miller Orchestra (1939) End of class: "The Boys of Summer" by the Ataris from So Long, Astoria (2003)

24 January

Start of class: "Hold Me Now" by the Thompson Twins from Into the Gap (1983) "Just You and Me" by Zee Avi from Zee Avi (2009) "Morts les Enfants" by Renaud from Mistral Gagnant (1985) Ragtime example: "Maple Leaf Rag" by Scott Joplin from Classical Treasures: Maple Leaf Rag (2003) Early Tin Pan Alley example: "After the Ball" composed by Charles K. Harris (1892), performed by Joan Morris and William Bolcom from After the Ball and Other Highlights from Vaudeville (1974) Acoustic recording example: "St. Louis Blues" by Bessie Smith (Louis Armstrong, cornet) (1925) Electric recording example: "West End Blues" by Louis Armstrong's Hot Five (1928) Syncopated Dance Music example: "Castle House Rag" by James Reese Europe's Society Orchestra (1914) New Orleans-style Jazz example/end of class: "Tiger Rag" by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band (1917) End of class: "Sunday Bloody Sunday" by U2 from War (1983)

22 January

Start of class: "It's a Shame About Ray" by the Lemonheads from It's a Shame About Ray (1992) "Rambler's Rhythm" by Benny Carter and his Orchestra (1937) "Sticks and Stones (Live)" by the Zombies from Odessey [sic] and Oracle - 40th Anniversary Concert Live (2009) Timbre example: "Sweet" by Jay-Z from American Gangster (2007) Timbre example: "Young Folks" by Kanye West (Peter, Bjorn, and John) from Can't Tell Me Nothing: The Official Mixtape (2007) Dynamics in popular music example: "More Than a Feeling" by Boston from Boston (1976) Romantic composition in the US example: "The Banjo, Op. 15" composed by Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1853), performed by Alan Mandel from Gottschalk: 40 Works for Piano (1990) Minstrel show example: "De Boatmen's Dance" composed by Dan Emmett (1843), performed by Peter DiSante et al. from The Early Minstrel Show (1985) Stephen Foster - Ethiopian song: "Camptown Races" (composed 1850) by unknown performers from Stephen Foster: American Heritage Best (2010) Stephen Foster - Sentimental (Irish) song: "I Dream of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" (composed 1854), performed by Thomas Hampson from American Dreamer: The Songs of Stephen Foster (1992) Concert band example: "Stars and Stripes Forever" by John Philip Sousa (1897) performed by his Orchestra from Sousa's Band Historical Recordings (recorded 1913, released 2003)

17 January

Start of class: "Next Train" by Miracle Fortress" from Five Roses (2007) "32 Flavors" by Ani DiFranco from Not a Pretty Girl (1995) Duple meter example: "When I'm Sixty-Four" by the Beatles from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) Triple meter example: "No Other One" by Weezer from Pinkerton (1996) Quadruple meter example: "Love Is a Holiday" by the Silver Seas from Starry Gazey Pie (2004) Compound meter example: "My 1st Song" by Jay-Z from The Black Album (2003) Irregular meter example: "Tribal Gathering" by the Byrds from The Notorious Byrd Brothers (1968) Changing meter example: "Whipping Post" by the Allman Brothers Band from The Allman Brothers Band (1969) Syncopation example: "Clocks" by Coldplay from A Rush of Blood To The Head (2002) Riff and phrase example: "20th Century Boy" by T. Rex (1973) Monophonic and homophonic textures example: "White Winter Hymnal" by Fleet Foxes from Fleet Foxes (2008) Polyphonic texture example: "Impossible Germany" by Wilco from Sky Blue Sky (2007) Song form example: "Kind of a Girl" by Tinted Windows from Tinted Windows (2009) AABA verse form example: "Things We Said Today" by the Beatles from A Hard Day's Night (1964) 12-bar blues example: "Crossroads" by Cream from Wheels of Fire (1969) End of class: "The Animals Were Gone" by Damien Rice from 9 (2006)

15 January

Start of class: "The Weight" by the Band from Music From Big Pink (1968) "Take Off Your Cool" by OutKast from Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (2003) "One Big Crunch" by White Zombie from La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1 (1992) "Song About an Angel" by Sunny Day Real Estate from Diary (1994) Example for musical meaning: "Along Again (Naturally)" by Gilbert O'Sullivan from Back to Front (1972) End of class: "Destroyer" by King Khan and the Shrines from The Supreme Genius of King Khan and the Shrines (2008)