LEC # | TOPICS AND WORKS | KEY DATES |
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1 |
Welcome
Ritual Reading of the Syllabus Overview |
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Prelude: 1900-1960 | ||
2 |
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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3 |
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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4 |
_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 | ||
5 |
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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6 |
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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7 |
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 | ||
8 |
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 |
9 |
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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10 |
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 | ||
11 |
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 |
12 |
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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13 |
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 | ||
14 |
Stockhausen: Hymnen (1966-67)
Luciano Berio: Sinfonia (1968) Peter Maxwell Davies: Eight Songs for a Mad King (1969) |
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15 |
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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16 |
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 | ||
17 |
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 |
18 |
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 |
19 |
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 | ||
20 |
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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21 |
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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22 |
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 | ||
23-26 | Student Presentations of Term Papers | Final version due two days after Lec #24 |
Final Exam |
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