TOPICS IN MUSIC HISTORY 603 (1900-2012)

LISTENING

(S-12)

You’ll find recordings of all the selections on a set of CDs on reserve in the library which circulate overnight. Particulars about the CDs are posted as a PDF. Scores are on reserve in binders I’ve posted a PDF of each selection on this website and, when I could, an analytical note.

Topic 1 – Igor Stravinsky, Life and works

Stravinsky, Petrushka, 1^st Tableau score

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Stravinsky, Rite of Spring, 1^st part score

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Stravinsky, Symphonies of Wind Instruments score

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Stravinsky, Orpheus score

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Stravinsky, Agon score

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Stravinsky, In memoriam Dylan Thomas score

score (reduction)

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Topic 2 – The Rise and fall of 12-tone music

Arnold Schoenberg, Wind Quintet, 1^st mvt score

4^th mvt score

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Anton Webern, Cantata #1, 1^st mvt score

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Milton Babbitt, 3 Compositions for piano (1) score

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Karlhein Stockhausen , Kreuzspiel score

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Aaron Copland, Piano quartet. 1^st mvt score

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Alban Berg, Violin concerto (1^st mvt) score

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Luigi Dallapiccola, Piccola musica notturna score

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Topic 3 – Experimental Music

Charles Ives, 3 quarter-tone pieces, 1^st mvt score

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Pierre Schaeffer, Five Studies of Noises, excerpts no score

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John Cage, 4’33” score

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Henry Cowell, Advertisement score

The Banshee score

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Edgard Varèse, Ionisation score

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John Cage, The Perilous Night score

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Conlon Nancarrow, Studies for player piano #23 score

#31 score

#36 score

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Luciano Berio, Sequenza V for Trombone score

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John Cage, Concert for piano and orchestra score

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Giacinto Scelsi, Maknongan, double bass score

                                           Bb bass tuba score

                                           bass voice score

Topic 4 - 20^th-century opera

Alban Berg, Wozzeck (excerpt) score

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synopsis

Leos Janacek, The House of the Dead, Act 2 excerpt score

libretto

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synopsis

Robert Ashley , Perfect Lives score

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Philip Glass ,Einstein on the Beach score

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Topic 5 – Art/Pop/Folk

Ralph Vaughan Williams, 5 Variants of Dives and Lazarus score

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Aaron Copland, Billy the Kid (Scene 1) score

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Heitor Villa Lobos, Chôros #7 (septet) score

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Béla Bartók, Improvisations, op. 20 score

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Béla Bartók, 5th string quartet (1^st mvt) score

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Charles Ives, Putnam’s Camp score

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George Crumb, Wayfaring stranger score

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William Bolcom, Songs of Innocence and Experience score

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