1. Welcome To
Music 101
Introduction to Music
Burlington County College
Section 171 – Online
John Peter Holly, Instructor

2. What is this
course about?

3. This course is about development
of music in western civilization
from its beginnings in Europe
in the Middles Ages up through
the 20th century in America
and around the world.

4. Topics in the course
will include:
Classical Music
Jazz
Film Music
The American Musical Theatre

5. In this course, you will learn about
the periods of Western Musical
History and listen to examples
of music from each period.

6. Music of both European and
American composers will be
surveyed, along with some music of
non-Western traditions.

7. You will also be learning
about the great composers
from each period of music,
and you will become familiar
with some of the important works
they composed.

8. You will also be learning
about some of the
musical forms, such as
Sonatas, Symphonies,
Concertos and Tone Poems
that composers used
in the different periods of
classical music.

9. By the time the course is complete,
you will know the periods
of musical history in Western culture
and will be able to identify musical
examples from each period.

10. You will be expected to do
weekly assignments that will take
place online in BCC’s online course
management system,
Blackboard Learn 9.1.

11. Listening Log:
You should also keep a listening log
in a notebook of the musical samples
that you listen to. Whenever you
listen to a musical example, sound
file or video performance, write down
the name of the composer and the
complete name of the work. You can
also make any notes about the the
music in your listening log.

12. In this course, you will spend
a lot of time listening to
different kinds of music.
Some of the music may be appealing
to you, or even enjoyable.
Some of the music
we listen to may not
immediately be very appealing.

13. You should try to listen to all of
the musical samples in the course
with an open mind
and try to learn and absorb
what you can
from the experience.

14. If you have a question about the
music, please jot it down while the
music is playing and then post it on
a course Discussion Board in
Blackboard, or send it in
a message to the Instructor.

15. Although you will be learning about
the periods of musical history,
the names and dates of
great composers and many other
categories of factual information,
a lot of what you will learn in this class
is subjective. In other words,
much of what you will learn in this
course will not be factual information.

16. Most of the music that we experience
in everyday life in commercial and
popular formats has durations
of 3 minutes or less.

17. In this course, you will develop
skills of attention and focus
that will enable you to experience
and appreciate musical works of
considerably longer duration.

18. Hopefully, you should find this course
to be an interesting, enjoyable
experience, as well as
an educational one.

19. (End)