David, Hans T., Arthur Mendel, and Christoph Wolff, eds. A Life of Johann Sebastian Bach in Letters and Documents . Students will be assigned to write short reports on five pieces and to present them to the class. Each presentation will be accompanied by a typed paper in which first two pages comprise the text of the paper and the third page lists the bibliographic or discographic sources used to analyze the piece. These papers will be collected in a course notebook, which will be on reserve in the Music Library.
Attendance is taken daily.
To be excused from a class for any reason other than illness students must notify the professor prior to the class. Students with more than 2 unexcused absences will have their final grade lowered. Quizzes are in-class, closed book examinations on pieces and information covered by the lectures and readings. Test 3 will be entirely take-home. One gains a different understanding and appreciation for early music by performing it.