Class Schedule: Sem. 2,
2007
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| Dates | Readings & Trips | Notes/Assignments |
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T - Jan. 30 |
Buy Textbook: Music in Jewish History & Culture at Amherst Books, #8 Main Street, Amherst | Click here for "Media Log Instructions." Send a "MU 309" e-mail to Dr. Rubin to enter your address. |
Th - Feb. 1 |
Prelude | Go to "Resources" page and click the "Instruments of Antiquity" link. |
T - Feb. 6 |
Ch. 1: Introduction and Background | Go to "Resources" page to click on the "Web Evaluation Outline" link |
Th - Feb. 8 |
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T - Feb. 13 |
Ch. 2: Music in the Bible | |
Th - Feb. 15 |
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T - Feb. 20 |
Ch. 3: The Roman-Hellenistic Period |
Website Reports Due |
Th - Feb. 22 |
Interlude: The Diaspora | Essay #1 due |
T - Feb. 27 |
Chapter 4: Cantillation | Go to the "Resources" page and click on "Instructions for Using the Naxos Database." |
Th - Mar. 1 |
(Purim begins Sat. eve., Mar. 3: What is it? ) | |
T - Mar. 6 |
Chapter 5: The World of Medieval Islam | Media Log check: Group #1 |
Th - Mar. 8 |
Go to the "Resources" page and click on the "14th-cent. Haggada" link. | |
T - Mar. 13 |
Chapter 6: The World of Medieval Christianity | Go to the "Resources" page and click on the "Suesskind" link. |
Th - Mar. 15 |
Interlude: The Haskalah | Essay #2 due |
** Spring Break ** |
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T - Mar. 27 |
Chapter 7: The Early Synagogue |
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Th - Mar. 29 |
Chapter 8: The Great Cantors | |
Sat - Mar. 31 |
Field trip to Congregation B'Nai Israel, 253 Prospect Street, Northampton (Drivers Needed) | Meet in parking area behind FAC @ 9:15 AM . Review Chap. 1 "liturgy" material. |
T - Apr. 3 |
First Day of Passover, No Class | Lost Class made up on Saturday, April 1 |
Th - Apr. 5 |
Chapter 9: Yiddish Folk Music | (Passover: What is it?) |
T - Apr. 10 |
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Th - Apr. 12 |
Chapter 10: American Synagogue Music | |
T - Apr. 17 |
Chapter 11: Popular Musicians in the US | |
Th - Apr. 19 |
Media Log Check: Group #2 | |
T - Apr. 24 |
Chapter 12: 20th Century Classical Music and Musicians in the US | (Yom Ha-sho'ah: What is it?) |
Th - Apr. 26 |
Interlude: Trauma & Triumph in the 20th Century |
Go to "Resources" page and click on the "Terezin" link |
T - May 1 |
Ch. 13: Music of the Holocaust |
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Th - May 3 |
Essay #3 due | |
T - May 8 |
Ch. 14: Pre-State Palestine | |
Th - May 10 |
Ch. 15: Modern Israel (Last Class: | |
T - May 15 |
Take-home Final Exam Distributed at End of Class | Media Log Check: Group #3 |
T-May 22 |
Take-Home Final Exam due by noon today. | |