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Welcome
Ritual Reading of the Syllabus
Overview |
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| Prelude: 1900-1960 |
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Expressionism and Serial Technique
Arnold Schoenberg: Pierrot lunaire (1912), Variations for Orchestra (1928)
Alban Berg: Five Orchestral Songs (Altenberg-Lieder) (1912), Wozzeck (1922), Lulu (1935)
Anton Webern: Slow Movement for String Quartet (1905), Six Bagatelles for String Quartet (1913), Piano Variations (1936) |
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Primitivism, Neoclassicism, Mavericks
Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (1913), The Rake's Progress (1951)
Maurice Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin (1917)
Béla Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta (1936)
Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps (1940)
Edgard Varèse: Hyperprism (1923) |
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Electronics and Other Developments after World War II
Pierre Boulez: Structures I (1952), Le marteau sans maître (1954)
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Gesang der Jünglinge (1956), Zyklus (1959)
Edgard Varèse: Poème électronique (1958)
Iannis Xenakis: Metastasis (1954) |
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| Unit One: Order and Entropy |
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Pierre Boulez: Pli selon pli [Fold upon Fold] (1957-62)
Ralph Shapey: Incantations (1961)
Luigi Nono: Canti di vita e d'amore (1962)
Igor Stravinsky: Requiem Canticles (1965-66) |
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Donald Martino: Notturno (1973)
Elliott Carter: A Mirror on which to Dwell (1975)
Iannis Xenakis: Pleïades (1979)
Charles Wuorinen: Capriccio (1981) |
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Karlheinz Stockhausen: Samstag [Saturday] (1981-83) from Licht [Light]
Brian Ferneyhough: Intermedio alla ciccona (1986)
Pierre Boulez: Sur incises (1996-98) |
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| Unit Two: Mavericks |
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Krzysztof Penderecki: Threnody (1960)
György Ligeti: Atmosphères (1961)
Witold Lutoslawski: Trois poèmes d'Henri Michaux [Three Poems by Henri Michaux] (1963)
Karel Husa: Music for Prague (1968)
Giacinto Scelsi: Khoom (1962)
Harry Partch: And on the Seventh day Petals fell in Petaluma (1964) |
Listening quiz 1 due |
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George Crumb: Ancient Voices of Children (1970)
György Kurtág: Messages of the Late R. V. Trussova (1976-80)
Harrison Birtwistle: Secret Theatre (1984) |
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Conlon Nancarrow: Selected Studies for Player Piano
György Ligeti: Selected Études for Piano Solo (1985-)
Henri Dutilleux: Mystère de l’instant (1989)
Harrison Birtwistle: Selected movements from Harrison's Clocks (1997-98) |
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| Unit Three: New Sounds, New Technologies |
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John Cage: Aria (1958)
Milton Babbitt: Phonemena (1969-70)
Luciano Berio: Sequenza III (1966)
Mario Davidovsky: Synchronisms no. 3 (1965)
Mario Davidovsky: Synchronisms no. 6 (1970) |
Prospectus due |
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Paul Lansky: Six Fantasies on a Poem by Thomas Campion (1978-79)
Pierre Boulez: Répons (1981-84)
George Benjamin: Antara (1985-87)
Mario Davidovsky: Synchronisms no. 9 (1988) |
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Kaija Saariaho: Noa noa (1992)
Jonathan Harvey: Song Offerings (1985)
Tristan Murail: Allégories (1989)
Joan La Barbara: Shamansong (1992)
John Oswald: Plunderphonic
Richard D. James (a.k.a. Aphex Twin): Selected pieces arranged for chamber orchestra |
Listening quiz 2 due |
| Unit Four: Quotation and Polystyle |
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Stockhausen: Hymnen (1966-67)
Luciano Berio: Sinfonia (1968)
Peter Maxwell Davies: Eight Songs for a Mad King (1969) |
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The Beatles: Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
Leonard Bernstein: Mass (1971)
HK Gruber: Frankenstein!! (1971-78)
William Bolcom: Songs of Innocence and Experience (1981-84) |
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Alfred Schnittke: String Quartet no. 3 (1983)
John Harbison: November 19, 1828 (1988)
John Zorn: Cat-o'-nine-tails (1988)
Osvaldo Golijov: Ayre (2004) |
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| Unit Five: The Minimalist Impulse |
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Terry Riley: In C (1964)
Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians (1976)
Philip Glass: Einstein on the Beach (1976)
John Adams: Shaker Loops (1978)
King Crimson [Robert Fripp et al.]: Discipline (1981)
Laurie Anderson: United States, parts I-IV (1981) |
Drafts due |
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Henryk Górecki: Symphony no. 3 (1976)
Louis Andriessen: De staat (1972-74)
Arvo Pärt: Berlin Mass (1992)
John Adams: Nixon in China (1985-87) |
Listening quiz 3 due |
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Meredith Monk: Atlas (1987-91)
Michael Torke: Adjustable Wrench (1987)
Elena Ruehr: Shimmer (1994)
Julia Wolfe: Lick (1994)
Evan Ziporyn: Partial Truths (1997)
John Adams: On the Transmigration of Souls (2002)
Brian Robison: The Congress of the Insomniacs (2003) |
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| Unit Six: The Persistence of Tonality |
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Dimitri Shostakovich: String Quartet no. 8 in C Minor (1960)
Benjamin Britten: War Requiem (1961)
George Rochberg: String Quartet no. 3 (1972)
David Del Tredici: Final Alice (1976)
Joan Tower: Petroushskates (1980)
Joan Tower: Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman no. 1 (1986) and no. 4 (1992) |
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John Harbison: Mirabai Songs (1982)
Stephen Albert: Symphony: RiverRun (1983)
Astor Piazzolla: Hora cero (1965), Sex-tet (1989)
Ellen Taafe Zwilich: Clarinet Quintet (1990)
John Corigliano: Symphony no. 1 (1990) |
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Libby Larsen: Marimba Concerto: After Hampton (1992)
Aaron Jay Kernis: Still Movement with Hymn (1993)
Tan Dun: Ghost Opera (1994)
Jennifer Higdon: Running the Edge (1996)
Peter Child: Fantasia (2003)
Charles Shadle: The Penny Ballad of Elvious Ricks (2005) |
Listening quiz 4 due |
| Unit Seven: Agora |
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Student Presentations of Term Papers |
Final version due two days after Lec #24 |
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Final Exam |
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