Please complete all listening assignments (LA) by the date listed in the course schedule. 

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 MU- 455 W. CARSON
 

Listening Assignment Information:

Listening Assignment 1: Strauss and Mahler

• Richard Strauss:
  • Also Sprach Zarathustra (Solti) ) CD M1002.S91 A47 1991
  • Four Last Songs, #4  CD M1002.S91 op.40 1989
    
• Gustav Mahler:
  • Symphony # 1 CD M1001.M21 no. 1 1980
  • Symphony #2, finale (band 15) CD M1001.M21 no. 2 1988
  • Symphony #9, Mvt. I (all three parts) CD M1001.M21 no. 9 1986

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Listening Assignment 2: Impressionism and Ragtime

• Claude Debussy
  • Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune  (all) CD M1000 .D43 N63 1992
  • Sirenes (from Nocturnes) CD M1000 .D43 N63 1992
  • La Mer III (Dialogue du vent et de las mer.)  CD M1000 .D43 N63 1992
  • Preludes for the Piano (book I) Sunken Cathedral CD M22.D29 P74 1987
  • Syrinx CD M60.F55 1994
  • Golliwog's Cakewalk (Children's Corner) CD M22.D29 W44 1986
• Scott Joplin:
  • Maple Leaf Rag  CDM1366.S556, pt. 1
• Satie:
• Trois Gymnopedies #1 CD M 22.S25R65 1984
• Maurice Ravel:
  • Bolero CD M1000.R38 O72 1988, Pavane pour une infante defunte (same CD)
• Bix Beiderbecke:
  • In a Mist  M1366.B45 C68 1990

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Listening Assignment 3

• Gabriel Faure
  • Requiem, Pie Jesu, CD M2010.F26, op. 48 1986, band 4
• Florent Schmitt
  • Dionysiaques, CD M 1200.U65 C66 1992c
• Alexander Mosolov
  • The Iron Foundry (1928) CD M 1000.C66 C5 1994

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Listening Assignment 4

• Arnold Schoenberg
  • Pierrot lunaire (Op.21, 1912) CD M1625.S26 P5 1990
    • 1 – Mondestrunken; 5 – Valse de Chopin; 8 – Die Nacht; 18 – Der Mondfleck
• Anton Webern CD M3.1.W43 S69 1991
  • Passacaglia, Op. 1; Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 10, #2, Lebhaft und zart bewegt
• Alban Berg
  • Wozzeck CD M 1500.B48 W62 1988; Act I, scenes 1-3, Act III, scene 2 - "Invention on the Note B"

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Listening Assignment 5

Igor Stravinsky, part I

CD M3.1.S93, v. 1

• L'Oiseau de Feu; Disc 1, Band 4, Dance of the Firebird; Band 18,  Danse Infernale; Band 22 Finale
• Petrouchka, (1910-11); Disc 2, Band 1 - The Shrovetide Fair; Band 2 - The Crowds; Band 4 - Russian Dance; Band 7 - Dance of the Ballerina; Band 15 - The Death of Petrushka
• Le Sacre du Printemps - listen to ALL! (following score)

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Listening Assignment 6

Igor Stravinsky, part II

• M3.1.S93, v. 1 Les Noces, (disc 3 - band 1, band 2)
• L'Histoire du Soldat
  • CD M1520.S9 H4 1986 - Band 1 - The Soldier's March; Band 23 - Grand Chorales
• M3.1.S93, v. 7 - Ragtime for 11 Instruments
• M3.1.S93, v. 3 - Pulcinella Bands 12, 21, 22
• M3.1.S93, v. 7 - Symphonies of Wind Instruments
• Stravinsky CD M1000.S77 L55 1997 - Star Spangled Banner reharmonization

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Listening Assignment 7

Les Six, Hindemith, Orff, Grainger

• Darius Milhaud CD M1003.M55 C74 1987 
  • Le Boeuf sur le toit, Band 6 (first 4 or 5 minutes at least), La Creation du monde, Band 1 (first 4 or 5 minutes at least)
• Dave Brubeck CD M1366.B78 T56 1997- Time Out
  • Blue Rondo a la Turk (3 or 4 minutes at least), Take Five (Paul Desmond) (3 or 4 minutes at least)
• Francis Poulenc
  • Gloria (1959) CD M 2021.P6 P6 1988, bands 1, 5, 6
  • Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, Mvt. I - CD M249 .G73 A7 1993, Band 13
• Arthur Honegger
  • Le Roi David CD M2000.H66 R6 1992, Bands 1, 3, 4, 5
  • Pacific 231 "Symphonic Movement" 1924 – CD M1000 .B48  F74 1998
• Paul Hindemith
  • Symphony in Bb for Band (1952) - mvt. I, mvt. III  CD M1200 U65 C66 1994 
•  Carl Orff, Carmina Burana  CD M1530.07 C37, bands 1, 21, 25
• Percy Grainger, Lincolnshire Posy  CD M1200.C55 F36 1984
• III  Rufford Park Poachers
• V  Lord Melbourne

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Listening Assignment 8

The Russians . . .

• Sergei Rachmaninoff 
  • Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini CD M1010.V35 M67 1994, bands 1-4, 12, 20, 26
•  Sergei Prokofiev
  • Classical Symphony (1916) III - Gavotta CD M1000.N48 B47 1981
  • CD M3.1.P76 A43 1987, Band 9, Song from Lieutenant Kije
  • CD M1524.P77 R66 1984, Romeo and Juliet (1935-36), Band 1- Montagues and Capulets
  • CD M1420.P76 P47 1991, Peter and the Wolf (1936) - Introduction
• Aram Khachaturian, CD M1200.T66 A38 1988b, Band 12, Sabre Dance from Suite Gayaneh

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Listening Assignment 9

Janacek, Shostakovich, Bartok

• Leos Janacek, Sinfonietta, mvt. I, CD  M1000.W53 M32 1991
• Dmitri Shostakovich
  • CD M1001.S53 R68 1997, Symphony No. 1, mvt. I, Symphony No. 5, mvt. IV, Symphony No. 7, mvt. I, Symphony No. 9, mvts. I and 5, Symphony No. 13, mvt. I
• Bela Bartok
  • Allegro Barbaro CD M22.B38 K67 1986
  • Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celeste CD M1140.B37 M87 1990
  • Concerto for Orchestra CD M1042.B37 M45 1990

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Listening Assignment 10

Nationalism Beyond Russia

• Hungary:  Zoltan Kodaly, Hary Janos, CDM1000.S42 S39 1989, Bands 2, 3
• Finland:  Jean Sibelius
  • Finlandia, M1001.S567 P45 1997
  • Symph. No. 2 (1901-02) CD M1001.S567 P45 1997 DISC 2, Band 1, 3
• Italy:  Feruccio Busoni, Sonatinas #2 and #6 for Piano CD  M25 .B9 T69 1996
• Italy:  Ottorino Respighi,  Pines of Rome CD M1000.R48 F65 1993, Bands 5, 7 (ending), 8
• Bela Fleck
  • Tales from the Acoustic Planet, CD M1366.F64 T36 1995 - band 8
  • Tabula Rasa CD M5.T33 T33 1996 - bands 1, 2, 6
• Spain:  Manuel DeFalla CD M1003.F266 S66, bands 1, 3, 8, 9, 16
• Spain:  Joaquin Turina, Poema en forma de canciones, #5 (band 20)  CD M1619.C37 C36 1985
• Brazil:  Heitor Villa-Lobos CD M1000.V56 M87 1996; Choros #10, Band 13; Bachianas Brasilianas #9
• Argentina: 
  • Alberto Ginastera, Cancion al arbol del olvido (band 11)  CD M1619.C37 C36 1985
  • Astor Piazzola: Tango: Zero Hour, CD M1356.P53 T3 1986, bands 1, 5 

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Listening Assignment 11

"Those Crazy Americans"

• Charles Ives
  • Three Places in New England (1903-14) CD M1001.I66 T57 1991, Band 2
  • Unanswered Question (1906) CD M1001.I66 H66 1988, Band 7
  • Psalm 67 CD M2060  W47 .L55 1995
  • A Symphony:  New England Holidays  CD M1001.I66 H661988, Bands 1, 3
• George Antheil,  Ballet Mecanique (1925), CDM3.1 .A57 B34 1992, Band 6

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Listening Assignment 12

More Americans.  Less Crazy?

• Carl Ruggles, Sun-Treader M1000.I85 T5 1995
• Roger Sessions,  Black Maskers, section 1,  CD M1000.E38 H36 1992, band 4
• William Grant Still
  • Miniatures for Fl, Ob, Piano  CD M178.C57 O36 1986
    • Band 12 - I Ride an Old Paint
    • Band 13 - Aldorido
    • Band 14 - Jesus is a Rock in a Weary Land
• Roy Harris, Symph. #3 (1937) CD M1001.H35 no. 3 1987
• Howard Hanson, Symph #2, mvt. III, band 7, CD  M1001.H23 A1 1992 v.1
• Samuel Barber
  • Adagio for Strings  CD M1045.B36 M8 1992, band 5
  • Knoxville, Summer of 1915 CD CD M1045.B36 M8 1992, band 2
• Walter Piston, Three New England Sketches, Mountains, Band 11, CD M1000.P57 S94 1992
• William Schuman, New England Triptych - Chester, CD M1001 I56 T57 1991
• Vincent Persichetti, Symphony #6, mvt. I, CD 1200 .U65 C66 1993

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Listening Assignment 13

The Dean of American Composers:  Aaron Copland

• Video:Aaron Copland:  A Self-Portrait
• Fanfare for the Common Man CD M1003.C6 A66 1987, Band 1
• Symph. #3 (1944-46) CD M1001.c66 no.3 1986, Band 4
• El Salon Mexico 1936, M1000.C68 S3 1991
• Billy the Kid (1938) CD M1003.C6 A66 1987, Band 14, 17, 18
• Rodeo (1942) CD M1003.C6 A66 1987, Band 12
• Appalachian Spring (1943-44) CD M1003.C6 A66 1987, Band 8
• The Tender Land:  The Promise of Living, CD M3.1 .C66 pt.3 Disk 2, track 7
• I Bought Me a Cat CD M1620.C66 )43 1994, Band 5

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Listening Assignment 14

The British

• Edward Elgar
  • Enigma Variations , CD M1016.E55 C66 1991, Bands 5, 6, 14, 19
• William Walton
  • Facade CD M1003 .H765 P6 1996  track 9, 10, 18
• Gustav Holst
  • First Suite CD M1200 .E22 F54 1994 Band 3
  • Second Suite  CD M1200 .E22 F54 1994, track 7
  • The Planets  CD M1003 .H765 P6 1996 Mars, Neptune
• Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
  • Folk Song Suite CD M1200 .E22 F54 1994, mvt. III (track 10)
  • Sinfonia Antartica CD M1001.V38 P48 pt. 5, mvt. 5 - Epilogue, band 12
• Benjamin Britten
  • Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra CD M1000.B74 1990, Bands 2, 6, 18, 21
  • War Requiem (1961) CD M2010.B85 W3 1985, Bands 1, 6, 9

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Listening Assignment 15

Opera, part I

• Giacomo Puccini
  • La Boheme (1896)  CD M1500.P89 B6 1989, bands 1, 9, and 15
  • Madame Butterfly CD M1500 .P89 M3 1989, bands 18 and 23
• Rent, Jonathan Larson, CD M1500.L37 R45 1996, bands 3-4
• Japanese Koto Consort, CD M 1 .J37 K55, bands 1 and 3
• Kurt Weill, Die Dreigroschenoper, CD M1500 .W45 D7 1982  through Mack the Knife
• Ella Fitzgerald, Mack the Knife, CD N1630.18.F58 E75 1992, band 15

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Listening Assignment 16

Opera, part II

• George Gershwin,  Porgy and Bess CD M1500.G48 P6, 1987,  Disc 1, bands 1-2, 12, Disc 2, bands 3, 10, 14, Disc 3, Bands 13, 19
• Miles Davis, Porgy and Bess CD M1366.D39 P67 1987, Bands 5, 13
• Oscar Peterson, Porgy and Bess CD M1506.G48 P67 1993, Bands 1, 3
• Joe Henderson, Porgy and Bess CD M1366.H46 P67 1997, Bands 1, 2, 5, 7
• Virgil Thomson, Four Saints in Three Acts, CD M1500 T5 F68 1982, Disc 1, Band 1, Disc 2, Bands 5, 7, 10, 11

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Listening Assignment 17

Opera, part III and The Viennese School

• Benjamin Britten
  • Peter Grimes (1944-45) CD M1500 .B27 P48 1985, beginning and ending
  • Choral Dances from Gloriana (1953), CD M1495 .B74 G5 2001
  • Death in Venice (1973) - Highly recommended video:  A Time There Was
• Douglas Moore, Ballad of Baby Doe (1956) CD M1500 .M82 B35 1999
• Leonard Bernstein
  • Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs CD M3.1 .B48 B48 1998
  • West Side Story, CD M 1500 .B49 W4 1986   Track 1, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12, 15
  • Chichester Psalms, CD M 1999.B48 G66 1988, Bands 7, 8
  • Mass, CD M2010.B47 M67 1971, Bands 1, 2, 17, CD2, Bands 12, 13
• Arnold Schoenberg
  • Moses und Aron, CD M1500. S33 M67 1993 Disc 1 tracks 1, 4, 7, and 9
  • A Survivor from Warsaw, LP 4806 c.2, Side 1, band 1
• Alban Berg
  • Lulu, CD M1500 .B48 L8 2000 Disc 2, Track 6
  • Violin Concerto to the Memory of an Angel, CD M 1012.M88 M88 1992 c.2, CD 3, bands 1-2
• Anton Webern, Theme and Variations from Symph, op 21, mvt. II, CDM3.1.W43 S69 1991, disc 2, band 32

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Listening Assignment 18

Twelve-Tone Composers and other Experiments

• Ernst Krenek, Jonny Spielt Auf CD M1500.K64 J6 1993, Bands 1, 2, 8
• Hans Werner Henze, Requiem, CD M1040.H46 R47 1994, Bands 1, 9
• Olivier Messaien
  • Quartet for the end of time CD M447.M47 Q35 1988, Bands 1, 6
  • Oiseaux Exotiques CD M1200.M48 O5 1994, Band 1
•  Witold Lutoslawski, Livre pour Orchestra, CD M1.M95 1988, Disc 4, Band 1
• Harry Partch, The Rose, LP 3561
• Henry Cowell, CD M22.C87 P53 1993, Bands 1, 7, 9
• Edgard Varese CD M3.1.V37 B68 1990, Bands 1, 3
• Chou Wen Chung , Echoes from the Gorge, CD M3.1.C478 I56 1995
• Chinary Ung, Grand Spiral CD M3.1.U6 G7

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Listening Assignment 19

Electronic Music

• Edgard Varese , Deserts, CD M 3.1.V37 N33 1996, Poeme Electronique, CD M1473.E44 1990
• Pierre Schaeffer and Pierre Henry, Symphonie Pour Une Homme Seul, CD M1.M95 1988, Disc 2, Band 1
• Yannis Xenakis , Concret P-H II, LP 663
• Wendy (Walter) Carlos, A Clockwork Orange (LP), side 2, Band 3
• Karlheinz Stockhausen , Gesang der Junglinge, LP203

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Listening Assignment 20

The Composers Let Go

• Luciano Berio - Sinfonia (1968) CD M3.1.B45 S55 1986, bands 2 and 3
• Milton Babbitt, Philomel (1964), Part I  CD M 1473 .E44 1990
• John Cage
  • Sonatas and Interludes CD M21.M55 S6 1995, bands 4 & 5 (follow score)
  • 4'33" (1952), CD M178.A53W67 1994, band 3
• Ornette Coleman CD M1366.S556 pt. 5, bands 7-9
• John Coltrane
  • So What, CD M1366.S556 pt. 5, band 3
  • Giant Steps, Countdown, CD M1366.C64 G52 1988, bands 1, 3
  • Alabama, CD M1366.S556 pt. 5, band 6

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Listening Assignment 21

Sorrow, Death, and Destruction give way to simplicity

• Pierre Boulez - Le Marteau sans Maitre CD M1.M95 1988, disk 1, band 2, 3, 10
• George Crumb
  • Ancient Voices of Children (1970) CD M3.1.C78 E54 1987 (follow score)
  • Black Angels (1970) CD M450.K76 B63 1990 (follow score)
•  Gyorgy Ligeti, Requiem CD M3.1.L5 1985 (Sample this)
• Krzysztof Penderecki, Threnody: to the Victims of Hiroshima (1960) CD 1000 .P35 O73 2001
• Joaquin Rodrigo, Concierto de Aranjuez CD M125 .B73 J79 1993, band 2
• Miles Davis/Gil Evans, Concierto de Aranjuez  CD M1366.D39 S47, band 1
• Steve Reich
  • Come Out, Clapping Music CD M3.1.R45 E35 1987, bands 1, 3
  • Electric Counterpoint, CD M3.1 .R45 A6 1997 band 4, Different Trains (Kronos), bands 1, 2
• Philip Glass
  • Einstein on the Beach, CD M1500.G54 E55 1979, band 1, Songs from Liquid Days, CD M 1621.4.G54 S66 1986, band 1
• Ravi Shankar CD M142.S5 S5 1993, band 1
• John Adams
  • Short Ride on a Fast Machine (1986) CD m1.R42 1990 pt. 2:4, band 34
  • Shaker Loops  CD M1.S36 W32 1984, band 2, 4
• Singing Bowls of Tibet, CD M 298.5 .P73 S5 1981, band 1, 7

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Listening Assignment 22

Don't Forget the Women!

• Ruth Crawford Seeger, String Quartet 1931, CD M3.1.S44 P6 1997, band 10
• Louise Talma, Leap Before You Look, CD M1620.S64 P37 1993, band 21
• Meredith Monk, Turtle Dreams (1983) CD M1497.M66 T8 1990, band 1
• Ellen Taffe Zwilich, Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra (1988) CD M1032.A647, band 12
• Joan Tower, Silver Ladders, CD M1000.T68 S5 1990, band 1
• Libby Larsen, Sonnets from the Portuguese (1991) CD M1619.A92 A7 1993, band 6

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Listening Assignment 23

Contemporary Currents

• David del Tredici, Final Alice (1976) LP 4264, beginning, end
• Henryk Mikolaj Górecki, Symph #3, Symphony of Sorrowful Songs (1976) CD M1001.G66 no. 3 1988
• John Corigliano (b. 1938), Symphony #1 (1990) CD M 1001.C68 no. 1 1990, bands 1, 3
• Michael Daugherty, Metropolis (1993) CD M1000.D38 M48 1996, band 5
• David Lang, Are You Experienced (1990) CD M1200.S75 G73 1995, bands 2, 3, 8

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