| 1 | Introduction | pezzipez. "John Cage - 4'33" by David Tudor." YouTube. September 21, 2006. Accessed March 4, 2010. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HypmW4Yd7SY  Tenney, James. "Having Never Written a Note for Percussion" (1971). Performed by Elisabeth Smalt, and Tobias Liebezeit. Postal Pieces. New World Records, 2004.
Lucier, Alvin. Silver Streetcar for the Orchestra. Rainer Römer, triangle. Berlin, Germany: Algen CD 120, 1998. | Liner notes for Tenney's Postal Pieces, including "Never Having Written a Note for Percussion." ( PDF) Cage, John. "Experimental Music," and "Experimental Music: Doctrine." In Silence. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1961, pp. 7-17. ISBN: 9780819560285. [Preview in Google Books] Two scores discussed in class Oliveros, Pauline. "Two Sonic Meditations." New York, NY: Smith Publications, 1974. Stockhausen, Karlheinz. "From the Seven Days." Vienna, Austria: Universal Editions, 1968. |
| 3 | Soundwalks | Lockwood, Annea. A Sound Map of the Hudson River. Lovely Music CD 2081, 2003. | Liner notes for Lockwood A Sound Map of the Hudson River Schafer, R. Murray. "Notation," "Classification," and "Soundwalks." Chapters 8 and 9 in The Tuning of the World. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977, pp. 212-213. ISBN: 9780771079658. |
| 4 | Indian classical music (guest lecture by George Ruckert) | Khan, Ustad Ali Akbar. "Chandranandan." in slow and fast tintal. Signature Series. Vol. 1. AMMP, 1990. Khan, Rashid. "Rag Bageshri." in ektal and tintal. Khyal. Moment, 1996. | Handout summarizing the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). |
| 6 | Western classical music Short in-class listening quiz | Perotin. "Sederunt Principes" (12th c.) Perotin. Hilliard Ensemble, Paul Hillier. ECM, 2000. des Prez, Josquin. "Kyrie," and "Gloria." from Missa Ave maris stella (15th c.). Motets & Chansons. Hilliard Ensemble, Paul Hillier. EMI Classics, 1997. Bach, Johann Sebastian. Brandenberg Concerto No. 3, 1st mvmt (1st half of 18th c.). Christopher Hogwood, Academy of Ancient Music. Decca, 1990. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. Symphony No. 40, 1st mvmt (2nd half of 18th c.). George Szell; Cleveland Orchestra. Sony Classical, 2002. (1956 original recording) Beethoven, Ludwig Van. Symphony No. 3, 1st mvmt (1806). Herbert Von Karajan; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Deutsche Grammophon, 1993. Wagner, Richard. "Prelude," and "Liebestod." from Tristan and Isolde (1860). Overtures & Preludes. Herbert Von Karajan; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Deutsche Grammophon, 1995. Stravinsky, Igor. Part 1 from The Rite of Spring (1913). Esa-Pekka Salonen; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. Deutsche Grammophon, 2006. | Selections from Wiess, P., and R. Taruskin. Music in the Western World. New York, NY: Schirmer, 1984. ISBN: 9780028729008. Ch. 16 "The Emergence of Polyphony"
Ch. 26 "Josquin des Prez in the Eyes of His Contemporaries"
Ch. 70 "Bach's Duties and Obligations at Leipzig"
Ch. 71 "Bach Remembered by His Son"
Ch. 72 "Bach's Obituary"
Ch. 80 "A Side Trip into Aesthetics"
Ch. 91 "Beethoven's Heiligenstadt Testament"
Ch. 92 "The First Reactions to Beethoven's "Eroica" Symphony"
Ch. 108 "From the Writings of Wagner"
Ch. 109 "Wagner's Beethoven"
Ch. 129 "The Rite of Spring" |
| 7 | Jazz (guest lecture by Mark Harvey) | Harvey, Mark and the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra. "Swing Landscape." Paintings for Jazz Orchestra. Leo Records, 1995. | |
| 8 | Visual representation of sound | Brown, Earle. Folio. Two versions of Feldman, Morton. Intersection 3 (1953): David Tudor, piano. John Cage: Music for Keyboard 1935-1948/Morton Feldman: The Early Years. New World Records 80664, 2007. Steffen Schleiermacher, piano. The New York School 2. hat ART CD 6146, 1994. Xenakis, Iannis. Psappha (1976). Xenakis: Pléiades / Psappha. Gert Mortensen, percussion. BIS CD 482, 1994. | Brown, Earle. Folio. New York, NY: Associated Music Publishers, 1961. (score) Feldman, Morton. Intersection 2 and Intersection 3. In Solo Piano Works - 1950-64. New York, NY: C. F. Peters, 1962. (score) Schafer, R. Murray. "Notation," and "Classification." Chapters 8 and 9 in The Tuning of the World. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. ISBN: 9780771079658. |
| 9 | Graphing sound | d21d34c55. "Ligeti - Artikulation." May 28, 2007. YouTube. Accessed January 13, 2010. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71hNl_skTZQ | |
| 10 | Text sound Perform graphic notation pieces (Homework 4) in class | Amirkhanian, Charles. Just (1972). (MP3) Beckett, Samuel. Not I.
[First, watch the video. Then read the text and watch the video again.] Berio, Luciano. Sequenza III. (1966). Tony Arnold, voice. From Sequenzas I-XIV for Solo Instruments. Naxos, 2006. Schwitters, Kurt. Ursonate.
[Listen to 1. einleitung und erster teil: rondo. Follow score while listening.] | Berio, Luciano. Sequenza III. London, UK: Universal Editions, 1968. (score) Schwitters, Kurt. Ursonate. (score). |
| 13 | Musique concrete | Three tracks from An Anthology Of Noise & Electronic Music / First A-Chronology 1921-2001. Bruxelles, Belgium: Sub Rosa SR 190 CD, 2002. Schaeffer, Pierre. Cinq Etudes de Bruits: Etude Violette (1948). Varese, Edgard. Poeme Electronique (1957-58). Xenakis, Iannis. Concret PH (1958). | |
| 14 | Music that focuses on timbre | Grisey, Gérard. Partiels (1975) for 18 musicians; and Périodes (1974) for 7 instruments. Les Espaces Acoustiques. Ensemble Court-Circuit. Accord/Musidisc, 1999. Ligeti, György. Atmosphères (1961) for orchestra. Berliner Philharmoniker; Jonathan Nott. The Ligeti Project II. Teldec, 2002. | Bregman, Albert S. "The Auditory Scene." Chapter 1 in Auditory Scene Analysis. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1994. ISBN: 9780262521956. [Preview in Google Books] |
| 16 | Electronic music (guest lecture by Peter Whincop) | SPEAR manipulations and remixes by Peter Whincop, based on (a) the sound of a hurricane recorded underwater and (b) Ryoji Ikeda's "Headphonics 0/0" from CD +/- (Touch TO:30, 1996). | |
