| Jan 13 | Introduction | |
| Jan 15 | “A Song for St. Cecilia’s Day, 1687” (online) | |
| Jan 20 | “Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler’s Ninth Symphony” (online or online) | |
| Jan 22 | “Fiddler of the Reels” (online) | quiz |
| Jan 27 | “Mozart and Monotheism: An Essay in Spurious Aesthetics” (online) | quiz |
| Jan 29 | “The Solitary Reaper” (online)
“The Eolian Harp” (online) | |
| Feb 3 | Dragonsong | quiz |
| Feb 5 | Dragonsong | in-class analysis |
| Feb 10 | Dragonsong | |
| Feb 12 | Mid-term test | |
| Feb 24 | Shakespeare sonnet 8 (online)
“I hear America singing” (online)
“Everyone Sang” (online) | first essay due |
| Feb 26 | “Clay” (online)
“A Wagner Matinée” (online) | quiz |
| Mar 3 | Trilby (online) | quiz |
| Mar 5 | Trilby | |
| Mar 10 | Trilby | |
| Mar 12 | Trilby | in-class analysis |
| Mar 17 | Amadeus | quiz |
| Mar 19 | Amadeus | |
| Mar 24 | Amadeus
“Mozart and Salieri” (scene 1 and scene 2) | second essay due |
| Mar 26 | “Master Hugues of Saxe-Gotha” (online) | |
| Mar 31 | About a Boy | quiz |
| Apr 2 | About a Boy | |
| Apr 7 | About a Boy | |
| Apr 9 | Review | |