Classical Music

Paper instructions:
Argument Paper: 10-15 pages. The student will choose a piece of music (classical) that we haven’t already looked at, and will make an argument/thesis about it. This could be a compare/contrast with another piece, a

description of its role in the composer’s biography, or an analysis of its internal structure; there are many other possibilities, and I’m happy to suggest things once you’ve chosen a piece. Try to describe interesting musical

techniques in detail, using contour and rhythm examples if possible. You might try talking about the piece’s form (how it’s put together), function (why it was written), and comparison with other pieces (maybe its influences, and

the pieces it influenced). Get some information on the context of the piece’s composition (where the composer lived at the time, why it was written, the premiere), maybe what others have thought of it since it was written. Avoid

using terms you don’t understand (please ask me what they mean). Cite sources correctly (short, in-text cites with a bibliography are fine). Give your paper a title. Please use Times New Roman, 12 point, double-spaced for

concert reports and the argument paper. Please don’t do “The Planets,” “The Four Seasons,” the “Moonlight” sonata, Bach’s “Toccata and Fugue in D minor,” the “New World Symphony,” “Night on Bald Mountain,” “Carmina

Burana,” or “The 1812 Overture”; they’re great pieces, but just for my own sanity, I can’t read another paper about them… Also, some frustration can result from choosing a piece you love, but about which there’s not much to

write. And pieces written in the last 50 years won’t have too many sources, so you’ll need to do a lot of analytical/technical work yourself (i.e., have a music theory background).

How to get an A: lots of connections to lectures/other pieces, original ideas, a bibliography with at least four different sources, tight writing!

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