MUST 3216 Syllabus

MUST 3216, Theory Seminar: The Film Music of Ennio Morricone (Mostly Westerns)
CHARLES LEINBERGER, PH.D.
UTEP Course Syllabus, Spring Semester

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COURSE INFORMATION
Description:	An upper level course which exposes the student to a wide variety of traditional and contemporary analytical and compositional topics. Intended for theory/composition majors, but may be taken by all upper level music students.
Location:	FFA Room 432
Meeting Times	W, 12:30-1:20PM
Prerequisite:	MUST 2112 and MUST 2314 each with a grade of "C" or better and a passing grade on the Upper Division Music Theory Advancement Exam
INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION
Name:	Charles Leinberger
E-mail:	CHARLESL@UTEP.EDU
Office:	Fox Fine Arts Center, Room M432
Office Phone:	(915) 747-7800
Office Hours:	Charles Leinberger's Office Hours
Biography:	Charles Leinberger's Biography
TEXTBOOK
Required:	Charles Leinberger: Ennio Morricone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: A Film Score Guide (2004)
Optional: On reserve at the UTEP Library	Mervyn Cooke: A History of Film Music (2008)
	Christopher Frayling: Spaghetti Westerns: Cowboys and Europeans from Karl May to Sergio Leone (2006)
	Kathryn Kalinak: How the West was Sung (2007)
	Christopher Palmer: The Composer in Hollywood (1990)
	Jeff Smith: The Sounds of Commerce (1998)
	Tony Thomas: Music for the Movies 2nd edition (1997)
	James Wierzbicki: Film Music: A History (2009)
Also see:	The Internet Movie Database, www.imdb.com
COURSE GOALS, OBJECTIVES, OUTCOMES, ETC.
Course Goal:	To provide the student with the theoretical knowledge and skills needed for success in a career in music performance, education, or composition.
Course Objective:	Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to: Understand and appreciate the role of music in cinema as both craft and art; Understand the unique challenges that composing for film presents; View a film with a critical ear for the film score and not as a passive viewer; Appreciate the contributions to the art by those who compose for both Hollywood films and foreign films. To understand and appreciate the contribution of Ennio Morricone to the western genre, as well as other film genres.
Teaching Philosophy:	Charles Leinberger's Teaching Philosophy

GRADING
The final grade will be calculated according to the following point values:
Midterm Exam 1	300 points	30% of final grade
Midterm Exam 2	300 points	30% of final grade
Final Exam	400 points	40% of final grade
Total Points Possible	1000 points	100% of final grade
Letter grades will be assigned based on the total number of points earned. A grade of "W" will be assigned only if a student drops the course before the Course Drop Deadline, which is the Friday of Week 10 (April 1, 2011).
A	900-1000 points	90.0-100.0%
B	800-899 points	80.0-89.9%
C	700-799 points	70.0-79.9%
D	600-699 points	60.0-69.9%
F	0-599 points	0.0-59.9%

COURSE POLICIES
The following policies apply to all of Dr. Leinberger's classes: Attendance will be taken within the first five minutes of class. If a student arrives to class after attendance has been taken, it is the student's responsibility to notify the instructor of their presence after class. Students arriving after attendance has been taken will be counted as tardy. Each unexcused tardy is counted as one half of an unexcused absence. Students attending a section in which they are not enrolled will be counted as absent. A student's final grade will be lowered for excessive unexcused tardiness and absenteeism. For a class that meets three times each week, the student's grade will be lowered one letter grade after the first 9 unexcused absences plus one additional letter grade for every 6 subsequent unexcused absences. For a class that meets twice each week, the student's grade will be lowered one letter grade after the first 6 unexcused absences plus one additional letter grade for every 4 subsequent unexcused absences. For a class that meets once each week, the student's grade will be lowered one letter grade after the first 3 unexcused absences plus one additional letter grade for every 2 subsequent unexcused absences. No late assignments will be accepted. It is strongly suggested that students keep old assignments and quizzes until after final grades have been submitted. Old assignments, if not picked up by the student in class, will be placed in the tray on the instructor's office door. Students are encouraged to work together on assignments, however, each student must submit written assignments in their own handwriting, in pencil, unless otherwise instructed. Photocopied answers, including answers to assignments discussed in class, are not permitted. Assignments that include photocopied answers will be forwarded to the Dean of Students Office for disciplinary action. All electronic devices, including MP3 players, cellular telephones, and pagers, must be turned off or in silent mode during class. All electronic devices should be kept out of sight at all times. Exceptions will be made for parents of small children and expectant fathers. Students may not wear headphones or Bluetooth devices of any kind during class. Laptop computers may only be used during the first and last five minutes of class (except MUST 3218). Please visit Dr. Leinberger's Fall Semester Final Exam Schedule or Dr. Leinberger's Spring Semester Final Exam Schedule for the date and time of the final exam. Students may not change the day or time of their Final Exam. Students should never schedule a jury or any other appointment during a final exam. The following policies apply to this class: Come to class on time and prepared. Some screening and listening will be done in class, but the student is responsible for all screening and listening assignments. DVDs for screening may be made available by the instructor, but only on a very limited basis. Students are encouraged to rent or purchase DVDs for films to be screened. Copies of CDs for listening assignments will be made available by the instructor. The Midterm Exams will be during class on Wednesday of weeks 5 and 10.

COURSE POLICIES

The following policies apply to all of Dr. Leinberger's classes:

Attendance will be taken within the first five minutes of class. If a student arrives to class after attendance has been taken, it is the student's responsibility to notify the instructor of their presence after class. Students arriving after attendance has been taken will be counted as tardy. Each unexcused tardy is counted as one half of an unexcused absence. Students attending a section in which they are not enrolled will be counted as absent.
A student's final grade will be lowered for excessive unexcused tardiness and absenteeism.
1. For a class that meets three times each week, the student's grade will be lowered one letter grade after the first 9 unexcused absences plus one additional letter grade for every 6 subsequent unexcused absences.
2. For a class that meets twice each week, the student's grade will be lowered one letter grade after the first 6 unexcused absences plus one additional letter grade for every 4 subsequent unexcused absences.
3. For a class that meets once each week, the student's grade will be lowered one letter grade after the first 3 unexcused absences plus one additional letter grade for every 2 subsequent unexcused absences.
No late assignments will be accepted. It is strongly suggested that students keep old assignments and quizzes until after final grades have been submitted. Old assignments, if not picked up by the student in class, will be placed in the tray on the instructor's office door.
Students are encouraged to work together on assignments, however, each student must submit written assignments in their own handwriting, in pencil, unless otherwise instructed. Photocopied answers, including answers to assignments discussed in class, are not permitted. Assignments that include photocopied answers will be forwarded to the Dean of Students Office for disciplinary action.
All electronic devices, including MP3 players, cellular telephones, and pagers, must be turned off or in silent mode during class. All electronic devices should be kept out of sight at all times. Exceptions will be made for parents of small children and expectant fathers.
Students may not wear headphones or Bluetooth devices of any kind during class.
Laptop computers may only be used during the first and last five minutes of class (except MUST 3218).
Please visit Dr. Leinberger's Fall Semester Final Exam Schedule or Dr. Leinberger's Spring Semester Final Exam Schedule for the date and time of the final exam. Students may not change the day or time of their Final Exam. Students should never schedule a jury or any other appointment during a final exam.

The following policies apply to this class:

Come to class on time and prepared.
Some screening and listening will be done in class, but the student is responsible for all screening and listening assignments.
DVDs for screening may be made available by the instructor, but only on a very limited basis. Students are encouraged to rent or purchase DVDs for films to be screened.
Copies of CDs for listening assignments will be made available by the instructor.
The Midterm Exams will be during class on Wednesday of weeks 5 and 10.

SCHEDULE
Week	Days	Topic	Composer	Assignment	Listening	Test
1	W	The Searchers (1956)	Max Steiner	Cooke: 87-93, Kalinak: pp. 158-80 (Ch. 7), Palmer: pp. 15-50, Thomas: pp. 141-59	None	None
2	W	Rio Bravo (1959)	Dmitri Tiomkin	Cooke: 119-23, Thomas: pp. 78-91	None	None
3	W	The Alamo (1960)	Dmitri Tiomkin	Palmer: pp. 118-55, Wierzbicki: pp. 174-77	None	None
4	W	The Magnificent Seven (1960)	Elmer Bernstein	Thomas: pp. 249-61, Wierzbicki: pp. 190-193	Bernstein: The Magnificent Seven	None
5	W	Review for Midterm 1	None	None	None	Midterm 1
6	W	Gunfight at Red Sands (1964)	Ennio Morricone	Leinberger: 1-38 (Ch. 1-2)	Morricone: Gunfight at Red Sands	None
7	W	A Fistful of Dollars (1964)	Ennio Morricone	Leinberger: 39-58 (Ch. 3)	Morricone: A Fistful of Dollars	None
8	W	For a Few Dollars More (1965)	Ennio Morricone	Leinberger: 59-68 (Ch. 4)	Morricone: For a Few Dollars More	None
SB	Spring Break
9	W	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)	Ennio Morricone	Leinberger: 69-113 (Ch. 5), Smith: pp. 131-53 (Ch. 6)	Morricone: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly	None
10	W	Review for Midterm 2	None	None	None	Midterm 2
11	W	Once Upon a Time in the West (1969)	Ennio Morricone	Frayling: 192-216	Morricone: Once Upon a Time in the West	None
12	W	Duck, You Sucker (1972)	Ennio Morricone	Frayling: 180-86	Morricone: Duck, You Sucker	None
13	W	Once Upon a Time in America (1984)	Ennio Morricone	Cooke: 371-76	None	None
14	W	The Quick and the Dead (1995)	Alan Silvestre	Leinberger: Handout	None	None
15	W	Review for Final	None	None	None	None
Final	TBA	None	None	None	None	Final

PLAGIARISM/ACADEMIC DISHONESTY STATEMENT
According to Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, to plagiarize is "...vt [plagiary] (1716) : to steal or pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source ~ vi : to commit literary theft : present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source..." Plagiarism is dishonest and unethical. Any suspected cases of plagiarism will be immediately turned over to the Dean of Students for disciplinary action. Refer to Student Conduct for further information.

PLAGIARISM/ACADEMIC DISHONESTY STATEMENT

According to Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, to plagiarize is "...vt [plagiary] (1716) : to steal or pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source ~ vi : to commit literary theft : present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source..." Plagiarism is dishonest and unethical. Any suspected cases of plagiarism will be immediately turned over to the Dean of Students for disciplinary action. Refer to Student Conduct for further information.

DISABILITIES STATEMENT
If you have or suspect a disability and need accommodations, you should contact The Disabled Student Services Office (DSSO) at 747-5148. You can also email the office at dss@utep.edu or go by the Union Building East, Room 106. For additional information, visit the DSSO website at www.utep.edu/dsso

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