Mark Mazullo, Spring 2004 MUSI 344 - Music Literature Since 1900
Repertoire for Listening
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Assigned Listening

  • On listening tests, you will be asked to identify the composer, title, and date of composition. You need not indicate which movement or section you are hearing: the title of the composition as a whole will suffice. I will choose characteristic moments or moments that we have discussed in class. You must be prepared by having listened to the entire assignment.
  • In cases of multi-movement pieces (concertos, symphonies, etc.), the complete piece is assigned unless otherwise noted.
  • CDs and scores are on reserve in Dewitt Wallace Library. Videos are on reserve in Media Services (4th floor of the Humanities building).
  • Use the detailed information on this list (titles in the original language, dates) for your tests and papers ¾ be specific, be exact!

1. Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

            · Prélude à l’Après-midi d’un faune (1892-94)

                        CD: M1002 .D33 O73 1985          Score: M1002 .D33 P72 1922

            · From Pelléas et Melisande (1893-1902): Act IV, Scene 4

                        CD: M1500 .D33 P45 1992          Score: M1503 .D289 P32 1907

 

2. Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

            · La Valse (1919-20)

                        CD: M1000 .I26 E83 1990 and M1000 .R38 1983     Score: M1049 .R38 V35 1921

 

3. Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

· From Elektra (1909): the Clytemnestra scene (from “Was willst du? through “der jauchzt und kann sich seines Lebens freun!”, when Clytemnestra exits)

            CD: M1500 .S88 E54 1997            Score: M1503 .S88 E54 1943            Video: M1500 .S77 E455 1980

            · Four Last Songs (1948)

                        CD: M1611 .S88 A6 1983 and M1611 .S88 F68 1996

 

4. Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)

            · Symphony No. 5 in C# Minor (1901-02)

                        CD: M1001 .M35 no.5 1988            Score: M1001 .M35 no. 5 1932

 

5. Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)

            · From Five Orchestral Pieces, op. 16 (1909): Nos. 1 and 3

                        CD: M1000 .S347 op.16 1996            Score: M1045 .S347 op. 16 1953

            · From Pierrot lunaire, op. 21 (1912): Part I (first 7 songs)

                        CD: M1625 .S347 P54 1991 and M1613.3 .S347 op.21 1990            Score: M1626 .S347 P54 1950

 

6. Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

            · Petroushka (1911)

CD: M1520 .S92 B35 1993            Score: M1520 .S92 P48 1960z

Video (“Paris Dances Diaghilev”): GV1790 .A1 P375 1992

 

7. Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

            · Cello Concerto in E Minor, op. 85 (1918-19) [first and second movements]

                        CD: M1016 .E55 op. 85 1988

 

8. Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

            · Violin Concerto in D Minor, op. 47 (1903-05)

                        CD: M1012 .S52 op.47 1987            Score: M1012 .S52 op.47 1900z

 

9. Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)

            · Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, op. 30 (1909) [first movement]

                        CD: M1010 .R23 op. 30 1995          Score: M1010 .R12 op. 30 1910

 

10. Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909)

            · From Ibéria, Book 1 (1906): Evocatíon, El Puerto, Fête-Dieu à Séville

                        CD: M22 .A39 A6 1988          Score: M22 .A39 I23 1987

 

11. Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)

            · From Le boeuf sur le toit, op. 58 (1919): first ten minutes

                        CD: M1520 .M65 C74 1987

 

12. Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

            · Symphony of Psalms (1930)

                        CD: M1001 .S92 S95 1993          Score: M2020 .S882 S95 1948a

· From The Rake’s Progress (1950): “No Word From Tom” (Anne Truelove’s Act I aria)

            CD: M1500 .S92 R35 1999            Score: M1503 .S919 R25 1951

 

13. Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)

            · Sonata for Trombone and Piano (1941)

                        CD: M262 .L55 1984

            · Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Carl Maria Von Weber (1943)

                        CD: M1001 .H55 M38 1995

 

14. Kurt Weill (1900-50)

· From Die Dreigroschenoper (1928): “Moritat vom Mackie Messer” and “Salomon-Song”

CD: M1500 .W45 D743 2000 and M1500 .W45 D74 1990 and M1611 .W45 A6 1988

Video: PT2603 .R397 D755 1988

            · From Street Scene (1946-47): “Lonely House”

                        CD: M1506 .U67 W67 1998

 

15. Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)

            · String Quartet No. 4, op. 37 (1936)

                        CD: TBA     Score: M452 .S347 op. 37 1939a

            · A Survivor From Warsaw, Opus 46 (1947)

                        CD: M1 .S347 S87 1991 and M1578 .S347 C36 1990            Score: M1625 .S347 S8 1949

 

16. Anton Webern (1883-1945)

            · Six Bagatelles for String Quartet, op. 9 (1913)

                        CD: M3 .W42 A1 1991               Score: M452 .W42 op. 9 1952

 

17. Alban Berg (1885-1935)

            · From Wozzeck (composed 1917-22, premiered in Berlin 1925): Act I, scene I; and Act III (complete)

                        CD: M1500 .B444 W69 1996          Score: M1503 .B444 W6 1958 and M1503 .B444 W6 1931

                        Video: M1500 .B4 W699 1987

 

18. Béla Bartók (1881-1945)

            · String Quartet No. 4 (1928)

                        CD: M452 .B37 nos. 1-5 1988          Score: M451 .B3 S87 1956x

            · Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta (1936)

                        CD: M1040 .B37 M87 1988          Score: M1105 .B264 M9 1937a

 

19. Charles Ives (1874-1954)

· Symphony No. 4 (composed 1912-18 and 1921-25; first known performance of complete work 1965) [first and second movements]

                        CD: M1001 .I94 no. 1 1991          Score: M1001 .I66 no. 4 1965

· From Sonata No.2 for Piano: Concord, Mass., 1840–60 (comp. 1916-19, rev. 1920s-40s): “The Alcotts”

                        CD: M23 .I94 no. 1 1990          Score: M23 .I92 no.2 1970x

 

20. Henry Cowell (1897-1965)

· Piano pieces (1910s and 1920s): Fabric, Aeolian Harp, The Banshee, Tides of Manaunaun, Trumpet of Angus Og

                        CD: M22 .C694 P53 1993

 

21. Ruth Crawford (Seeger) (1901-53)

            · String Quartet ‘1931’ (1931)

                        CD: M3.1 .S423 P67 1997

 

22. Aaron Copland (1900-90)

            · Old American Songs, second set (1950)

                        CD: M1613.3 .A1 M63 1999            Score: M1629 .C745 O4 1950 v. 2

 

23. William Grant Still (1895-1978)

            · Symphony No. 1, ‘Afro-American’ (1930)

                        CD: M1001 .S85 no. 1 1989          Score: M1001 .S835 no.1 1969

 

24. Samuel Barber (1910-81)

            · Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (1947-1950)

                        CD: M1613.3 .A1 M63 1999          Score: M1614 .B35 K66 1949

 

25. Bernard Herrmann (1911-75)

            · Vertigo: Suite (1958)

            · Psycho: A Suite for Strings (1960)

                        CD: TBA

 

26. Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953)

            · Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, op. 26 (1917-21)

                        CD: TBA     Score: M1010 .P7 no. 3 1900z

            · From Alexander Nevsky (1938): “Battle on the Ice” sequence

                        CD: TBA     DVD: DK93 .A435 2001

 

27. Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-75)

            · Symphony No. 11 in G Minor, op. 103, “The Year 1905) (1956-57)

                        CD: M1001 .S5 no. 11 1993

· From 24 Preludes and Fugues for Piano, op. 87 (1950-51): No. 15 in Db Major and No. 16 in Bb Minor

                        CD: M25 .S5 op. 87 1992

            · String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, op. 110 (1960)

                        CD: M451 .S5 no. 1-15 2000

 

28. Benjamin Britten (1913-76)

            · From War Requiem, op. 66 (1961-62): Offertorium

                        CD: M2010 .B74 W3 1989 and M2010 .B74 W3 1985          Score: M2013 .B86 op. 66

· From Peter Grimes (1945): Prologue, Interlude 1, and Act One beginning (“Oh, hang at open doors”)

                        CD: M1500 .B74 P48 1999          Score: M1500 .B827 P5 1963 and M1503 .B74 P48 1945

 

29. Olivier Messiaen (1908-92)

· From Quatour pour le fin du temps (1940): 7. Fouillis d’arce-en-ciel, pour l’ange qui annonce la fin du temps (Tumult of rainbows, for the Angel who announces the end of time)

                        CD: M422 .M48 Q38 1988          Score: M422 .M48 Q3 1957

            · From Turangalila-symphonie (1946-48): 5. Joie du sang des Étoiles (Joy of the Blood of the Stars)

                        CD: M1001 .M48 T87 1983

 

30. Pierre Boulez (b. 1925)

            · From Piano Sonata No. 2 (1948): fourth movement (Vif)

                        CD: M23 .B565 S66 1995          Score: M23 .B787 no. 2 1950

 

31. John Cage (1912-92)

            · From Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano (1946-48): beginning through Sonata X

                        CD: M23 .C245 S66 1995 and M21 .A54 B49 1992            Score: M23 .C146 S7

 

32. Edgard Varèse (1883-1965)

            · Poème Electronique (1957-58)

                        CD: M1473 .A1 E44 1990 and M3 .V358 A17 1998

 

33. Pauline Oliveros (b. 1932)

            · Bye Bye Butterfly (1965)

                        CD: M1473 .A1 N49 1997

 

34. Milton Babbitt (b. 1916)

            · From Philomel (1964): section 1

                        CD: M1473 .A1 E44 1990

 

35. Krystof Penderecki (b. 1933)

            · Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima (1960)

                        CD: M5 .P364 O45 1992          Score: M1145 .P4 T6 1961

 

36. György Ligeti (b. 1923)

            · Atmosphères (1961)

                        CD: M1000 .L56 K35 1988            Score: M1045 .L73 A8 1978

            · Cello Concerto (1966)

                        CD: M1004.5 .L546 C66 1994

 

37. Luciano Berio (b. 1925)

            · Sinfonia (1968)

                        CD: M1528 .B446 S56 1986          Score: M1528 .B48 S5 1972

 

38. The Beatles

· From The Beatles (also known as The White Album, 1968): side 4 (from “Revolution 1” to end of album)

                        CD: M1741.18 .B43 B42 1987

 

39. Sofia Gubaidulina (b. 1931)

· From Raduysya (1981): IV. (And he returned to his own abode) and V. (Heed thyself!)

                        CD: M452 .S5 no.15 1989

 

40. Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)

            · Fratres (multiple versions: 1977, 1992, 1993)

                        CD: M452 .K76 W56 1988 and M3.1 .P278 T32 1984     Score: M985 .P278 F73 1990

 

 

41. Henryk Górecki (b. 1933)

            · Symphony No. 3, op. 36 (1976) [first movement]

                        CD: M1001 .G65 no.3 1992

 

42. Steve Reich (b. 1936)

            · Clapping Music (1972)

                        CD: M3.1 .R45 E37 1987     Score: M175 .H26 R45x

            · Different Trains (1988)

                        CD: M452 .R45 D54 1989

 

43. Philip Glass (b. 1937)

            · From Music in 12 Parts (1971-74): Part 1

                        CD: M985 .G54 M87 1996            Score: MT140 .G549 L55 2000a

 

44. George Crumb (b. 1929)

            · Ancient Voices of Children (1970)

                        CD: M1613.3 .C785 A53 1987 and M1613.3 .C785 A43 1998          Score: M1613.3 .C92 A5

            · Black Angels (for electric string quartet) (1970)

                        CD: TBA          Score: M452 .C888 B6

 

45. Meredith Monk (b. 1942)

· From The Games (1983): Panda Chant I, Memory Song, Panda Chant II, Shadow Song, Astronaut Anthem, Wheel

                        CD: M3.1 .M6557 D62 1987

 

46. John Adams (b. 1947)

            · Short Ride in a Fast Machine (1986)

                        CD: M1045 .A24 O73 1987

            · From Nixon in China (1987): Act I, Scene 1

                        CD: M1500 .A24 N59 1988

            · From El Niño: assignment TBA

 

47. Osvaldo Golijov (b. 1960)

            · From Pasion Segun San Marcos: assignment TBA

 

48. Aphex Twin: assignment TBA