MUS 603E

Listening List

 

 

Chapter 2: The Breakdown of Traditional Tonality

 

ARNOLD SCHOENBERG (1874-1951)                               

Verklärte Nacht (1899)

Recordings:          

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfEHohHuoNU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdAN4AzU940&feature=related

Lectures:                                  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwI3qKE2I-g&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKEPx2NmiYE&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2q-C50qqKE&feature=related

                                   

RICHARD STRAUSS (1864-1949)                           

Salome (1905)

Recordings:          

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI02Rj5xhFM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJiFHv70WPo&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op1VoQXXARs&feature=related

Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life) (1899)

Recordings:          

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=EuLudMgsR5o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNiOM9VaYh4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNZPkaSBh94&feature=related  

                                                     

GUSTAV MAHLER (1860-1911)                                

Symphony No. 5 (1901-1902)

Recordings:          

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRy6CRHSBTw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrOQrqBiqrQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l-EqHvBQco&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EVv7XcsS34&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AirwgBls38w&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZ7hhEp3ut0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOo8QoJEE6I&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDpNtQlMbKI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AgsFpxL_XI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xes1RED_30&feature=related

 

Chapter 3: The Revolution: Paris

 

ERIK SATIE (1866-1925)                                                     

Trois Gymnopédies (1888)

Recording:            

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WNCBPdetG4

 

CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862-1918)                               

Pour le piano – Prelude, Sarabande, Toccata (1894-1901)

Recordings:          

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbjWgfNoO2U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQL3OWs_zNU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CwACFIYR4M

La mer (Three Symphonic Sketches for Orchestra, 1903-1905)

Recording:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlR9rDJMEiQ

 

MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937)                                   

Rapsodie espagnole (1907)

Recordings:          

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1ZyAf1udmU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mc1o3HE15yU

 

ALEXANDER SCRIABIN (1872-1915)                                  

Poème de l’extase (1908)

Recordings:          

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmHiGDPg_H0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_gzcAJtLwg&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STuJAJXbyo8&feature=related

                                                     

SERGHEI PROKOFIEV (1891-1953)                   

Piano Concerto No. 1 (1911-1912)

Recording:            

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqCwQ9clHec&list=RDJqCwQ9clHec

                                                                       

IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)                             

Fireworks (1908)

Recording:            

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIUGwx2NvwM

Petrouchka (1911)

Recordings:          

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbWDG3LU4bc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmf5T57sFHw&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wekV-tQb-xs&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSssKEYzRJY&feature=related

 

Chapter 4: The Revolution: Vienna

Chapter 10: The Viennese School

 

ARNOLD SCHOENBERG (1974-1951)                               

Pierrot Lunaire (1912)

Recordings:          

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veUJxETj7-c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCoGh41GiMI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELiuxDDy7yg&feature=related

Piano Suite (1921-1923)

Recordings:          

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy6t8yXPcSQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=9I8TcVx7mzY

 

ALBAN BERG (1885-1935)                                               

Piano Sonata Op. 1 (1907-1908)

Recording:            

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lnh-LbjPMM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7LzU9hnM6Y

                 

Violin Concerto (1935)

Recordings:          

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOS76Y4agk0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qm0V0wE51U&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNCaZYhLzEA&feature=related  

                                                                       

ANTON WEBERN (1883-1945)                                   

Six Pieces for Orchestra (1909-1910) Rev. (1928)

Recordings:          

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0jCDxWvufw&playnext=1&list=PLCE759C36CF80ECA9

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX1FnSy3clk&playnext=1&list=PLAAE92B20390F78B1

 

Chapter  5:  Stravinsky and Neo-Classicism

Chapter  6:  Neo-Classicism and Neo-Tonality in France

Chapter  7:  The Diffusion of Neo-Classicism and Neo-Tonality

 

IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)                             

Pulcinella (1920)

Recordings:          

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4KYuhfag5I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgcPF8fSOig&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxg-lveXEfk&feature=related

Symphony of Psalms (1930)

Recordings:          

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gijCz39Wts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9gxxFaAW3g

 

FRANCIS POULENC (1899-1963)                           

Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra (1932)

Recordings:          

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC06gWjIVOI

                                                     

DARIUS MILHAUD (1892-1974)                              

La création du monde (1923)

Recordings:          

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgqXq0es4wc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=M1-kDZWbnns

                                                                       

PAUL HINDEMITH (1895-1963)                             

Kleine Kammermusik Op. 24 (1923)

Recordings:          

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tcZy4jqu5o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLsvgbY7epY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF6jEnGG3WA&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWENegFsQgA&feature=related

Kammermusic No. 2, Op 36 (1924)

Recordings:          

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DadaafafyZ4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5cEibaotsg&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUePQuOx7AE&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yljkIDoq-ZM&feature=related

 

Chapter 8:  National Styles

 

BÉLA BARTÓK (1881-1945)                        

Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta (1936)

Recordings:          

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNw_2auj1RQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu0AuFgvme4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9LWHEf0VFo&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E18snckRCxM&feature=related                                                                                             

Concerto for Orchestra (1943/1945)

Recordings:          

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C68SkzGb6Ww

                                                     

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH

Symphony No. 7 (1st movement, 1941)

Recording:            

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8M136tvPqA&feature=related   

 

LEONARD BERNSTEIN (1918-1990)                                   

West Side Story (1957)

Recording:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy6wo2wpT2k  

Documentary:     

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBHp52JFGs8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoELFSc_dmU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx2EFMgri8I&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra3zyMcTKX4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gf_pBHMcyHQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfsLQwnQjwA&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWnsm5HVdXU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3IKBr38SY0&feature=related

                                                                       

 

Chapter 12:  The Avant-Garde; Introduction: Before World War II

 

CHARLES IVES (1874-1954)                                          

The Unanswered Question (1906)

Recording:            

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkaOz48cq2g    

Central Park in the Dark (1906/1909)

Recording:            

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qPZbHNuZzI

Three Places in New England (1910/1917)

Recording:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHs6VGKZ4Wo

 

EDGAR VARÈSE (1883-1965)                     

Ameriques (1918-1921)

Recordings:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbPzNBvwnsM

Ionisation (1929-1931)

Recording:            

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TStutMsLX2s     

 

HENRY COWELL (1897-1965)            

The Banshee (1925)

Recording:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrMga6BcabI     

Aeolian Harp (1923)

Recording:            

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1ubCMr9ykw&feature=related

 

CONLON NANCARROW (1912-1997)                     

Study No. 33 (1965-1969)

Recording:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66Gdbt9-rdI&feature=related

 

Chapter 13: Technological Culture and Electronic Music

Chapter 14: Ultra-Rationality and Serialism

Chapter 15:  Anti-Rationality and Aleatory

 

KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN  (1928-2007)

Gesang der Jünglinge (1955-1956)

Recording:            

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmGIiBfWI0E

Documentary:     

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrzi4YNhvig

 

EDGAR VARÈSE (1883-1965)                     

Poème électronique (1957-1958)

Recording:            

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-R3F3ZVbi8

                 

MILTON BABBITT (1916-2011)                                                

Phonemena (1969)

Recording:            

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6DDVr5ItFI

 

IANNIS XENAKIS (1922-2001)                                    

Metastasis (1953-1954)

Recording:            

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZazYFchLRI

 

OLIVIER MESSIAEN (1908-1992)                           

Quator pour la fin du temps (1940-1941)

Recordings:          

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeSVu1zbF94    

Oiseaux Exotiques (1955-1956)

Recordings:          

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht5qqE_e1UE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMG07mv4Jyw&feature=related

Documentary:     

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QdgUJss9BU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkKrD9knBvU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSWatsiBErU&feature=related

 

PIERRE BOULEZ (b. 1925)                                               

Le marteau sans maître (1953-1955)

Recordings:          

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JIAVneYYoM

Interview:             

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKbPgUTgZXM&feature=related

                 

JOHN CAGE (1912-1992)                                                   

Third Construction (1941)

Recording:            

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5_IYpGd13A

Documentary:     

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcHnL7aS64Y

                 

Chapter 16: The New Performed Music: The United States

Chapter 17: Post Serialism: The New Performance Practice in Europe

 

GEORGE CRUMB (b. 1929)                                             

Black Angels (1970)

Recordings:          

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgr_w0-0caQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHL54OPQBsc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F9LlFg9kzI

Interview:             

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xo8SHjTxpc

                 

KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN (1928-2007)                 

Stimmung (1968)

Recording:            

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjK7iG_5hIU&feature=related

 

LUCIANO BERIO (1925-2003)                                   

Sinfonia (1968)        

Recordings:          

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJXHDct6FWI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de_mTKjPqNU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcRyNRybeTA&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID95fbLJMYU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0SBy5y25OE&feature=related

                                   

WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI (1913-1994)                              

Venetian Games (1961)

Recordings:          

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2pDnK6wgEA&list=PL7VaduAjBl1sHnIy2U2G8d558XqcJXzEz

Symphony No. 3 (1973-1983)

Recordings:          

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK8gvqWEFpk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP3ozM3pLBA&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHpo3KV-8Yo&feature=related

 

GYÖRGY LIGETI (1923-2006)                   

Atmosphères (1961)

Recording:            

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXh07JJeA28

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1985-1988)

Recordings:          

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5SJDLkE7Tg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiAmhiB2-fs&feature=related

 

Chapter 18: Beyond Modern Music

Chapter 19: Back to Tonality

 

STEVE REICH (b. 1936)                                      

Piano Phase (1967)

Recordings:          

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW4_8KjmzZk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-miz7cmsKyw&feature=related                                                                                                                 

 

LOUIS ANDRIESSEN (b. 1939)                                   

Hout (1991)

Recordings:          

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxgHReg2j-A

 

JOHN ADAMS (b. 1947)                                     

Short Ride in a Fast Machine (1986)

Recording:            

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi4A9bPDvTc