
Obviously, you should score very high, since you will be looking up the answers in the textbook. Your grades will normally be transfered to myTC (Jenzabar) each Tuesday.ĭuring your study time you will complete and submit all of these study assignments for your study grade. On Tuesday (at the beginning of each cycle) we will open the next unit's Study Quiz, Listening Quiz and Listening Outlines on the Connect website to prepare you for the exam you will take during the second week through the next Monday. Each cycle covers one of the textbook's units (Dr. This course is organized in two-week cycles, beginning with the second week of the semester. McGraw-Hill offers a free trial period to access Connect for the first couple of weeks if you want to check it out before purchasing or are waiting for financial assistance.Ĭlick here for link to the Connect Website. There is also a feature called LearnSmart, which will provide valuable assistance as you study the text and will earn you some extra credit on your final grade. You must purchase the passcode for Connect, a unique website offered by the publisher, McGraw-Hill, available in the TC bookstore and on the publisher's website. You do not have to purchase the physical book, since the passcode will give you online access to the textbook and the music you will listen to as well as quizzes and exams. As you might expect, this study is primarily about the most important composers and their finest compositions throughout the history of Western Civilization since the Roman Empire. He is our expert in describing the nature and principles of music and discussing those people who have been writing, making, enjoying, and paying for it for the past millennium or so. Chant mavens will find this short item worth their attention.Our online textbook is MUSIC: An Appreciation (9th Brief Edition) by Roger Kamien. The contrasting secondary material is brief and the opening melody returns to close out this lovely work.

The singing is a mixture of syllabic and melismatic styles, with the latter dominant and seeming to impart a sense of floating, like a feather carried upward and downward by a gentle wind. Its soaring melody begins in the middle ranges and weaves a winding path serenely upward in its first phrase, then etches out lovely arched contours in succeeding phrases. Vidimus stellam, alleluia translates to We have seen his star and pertains to the Biblical account of the star hovering above the birthplace of Christ. The Epiphany was traditionally observed on January 6, but is a movable feast day in certain parts of the world and is often celebrated on a Sunday during the week of January 2 through January 8. This chant is associated with the Epiphany, the baptism of Jesus Christ, and is sung at Latin masses in the Roman Catholic Church.
