| LEC # | TOPICS AND WORKS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welcome Ritual Reading of the Syllabus Overview | |
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| 6 | Donald Martino: Notturno (1973) Elliott Carter: A Mirror on which to Dwell (1975) Iannis Xenakis: Pleïades (1979) Charles Wuorinen: Capriccio (1981) | |
| 7 | Karlheinz Stockhausen: Samstag [Saturday] (1981-83) from Licht [Light] Brian Ferneyhough: Intermedio alla ciccona (1986) Pierre Boulez: Sur incises (1996-98) | |
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| 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 | ||