CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION: Survey of classical guitar pedagogical materials, concert and student solo literature, chamber music, works for voice and guitar, and concertos.
COURSE CONTENT: Classical Guitar Pedagogy and Literature is a 2-credit course dealing with both pedagogical techniques and literature and concert literature for the classical guitar. Transcriptions of non-original material will be included, especially those taken from the lute repertoire. Required of all FAU guitar performance majors.
TEXT: No specific text will be used. However, the class will engage in a comparison of several different classical guitar method books and collections of etudes, from beginning through advanced levels, along with a comparison of editions of concert literature. .
OBJECTIVES: The course will be designed to acquaint the student
with the following areas:
1. The pedagogical literature for the classical guitar,
including basic methods for the beginner; technical exercises, scales and
arpeggios; and etudes from beginning through advanced levels. Differing
schools of technique will be examined.
2. The range of solo guitar literature, from Renaissance
lute works through the most recent compositions of the Twentieth Century.
3. Chamber music for multiple guitars (at student and concert
level), and for guitar with other instruments, including the repertoire
for voice and guitar.
4. The concerto repertoire for guitar and orchestra.
PROCEDURE: Class sessions will be devoted to lecture, discussion
and demonstration of various musical examples by performance, recordings
and videotapes. Since there will be no specific text used, regular
attendance will be necessary for comprehension of the subject matter.
The course will have three listening exams, one on solo guitar
literature before the twentieth century, one on solo guitar from
the twentieth century, and one on works for guitar with other instruments.
In addition to the exams, students will prepare a notebook on the material
covered during the course. The notebook will be turned in for examination
and grading at the end of the term. The final grade will consist
of the average of the three test grades and the notebook grade, with each
counting 25%. Dr. Keaton reserves the right to take class participation
into account in determining the final grade.
The grading scale for this course is as follows: 90-100
= A, 88-89 = B+, 80-87 = B, 78-79 = C+, 70-77 = C, 68-69
= D+, 60-67 = D, <60 = F.
COURSE OUTLINE:
1/6: Introduction and rationale. Discussion of class requirements.
Theories of right and left hand technique. Comparison of basic methods
for the guitar: Sor, Carulli, Carcassi, Shearer, Noad. Technical
exercises for right and left hand: Giuliani, Tarrega, Segovia, Duarte,
the Harris Series.
1/11: Etudes for the guitar: Nineteenth-century repertoire by Sor, Giuliani, Carcassi, Aguado, Carulli, Legnani, Coste, Regondi. Twentieth-century repertoire by Tarrega, Villa-Lobos, Brouwer, Dodgson.
1/18: Solo guitar repertoire: Lute and vihuela works from the Renaissance. Milan, Narvaez, Mudarra, Dowland, Milano.
1/25: Solo guitar repertoire: Baroque lute works by Weiss, Baroque guitar music by Sanz, Murcia, de Visee, Roncalli, Corbetta.
2/1: Original works and transcriptions of Johann Sebastian Bach.
2/8: The first golden age of the guitar: Works by Sor, Giuliani, Carcassi, Aguado.
2/15: Later Nineteenth-century works: Coste, Regondi, Mertz, Tarrega, Llobet.
2/22: Twentieth-century guitar music: original works by Torroba, Turina, Rodrigo, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Ponce, Villa-Lobos, Tansman.
3/1: Twentieth-century works, cont.: Britten, Walton, Dodgson, Tippett, Ginastera, Henze, Martin, Brouwer.
3/8: SPRING BREAK
3/15: Chamber music for multiple guitars: Bach, Sor, Giuliani, Diabelli, Carulli, Rodrigo, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Brouwer, de Falla.
3/22: Chamber music for guitar and other instruments: Bach, Handel, Giuliani, Paganini, Coste, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Haug, Henze.
3/29: Music for voice and guitar: Dowland, Schubert, Sor, Britten, Walton, de Falla, Castelnuovo-Tedesco.
4/5: The guitar concertos of Vivaldi, Haydn, Boccherini, Carulli, Molino, Giuliani
4/12: The guitar concertos of Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Ponce, Villa-Lobos, Bennet, Dodgson, Arnold
4/19: The guitar concertos of Rodrigo
4/28: FINAL EXAM, 2:00-4:45