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ListeningJournal_2011 9/20/11 9:36 AM
Claude Debussy Biography: ____________________________________________________
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Compositional Style: ____________________________________________
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Major Works List: _______________________________________________
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Authoritative Biography : _________________________________________
Book on Analysis of their music : ___________________________________
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Analysis: Debussy "La cathédrale engloutie" from Preludes, Book I (1910)
What is "impressionism" in art? _____________________________________
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SOURCE(S): ___________________________________________________
What is "impressionism" in music? __________________________________
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SOURCE(S):___________________________________________________
Diagram the Form(create a bubble diagram using themes labeled with letters; include measure numbers)
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Show the motives, scales, scale fragments and/or pitch-class sets that dominate each thematic section in your above diagram
Discuss the Texture of each section in your above diagram _______________
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Analysis: Debussy "Canope" from Preludes, Book II (1910-13)
Diagram the Form(create a bubble diagram using themes labeled with letters; include measure numbers)
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Show the motives, scales, scale fragments and/or pitch-class sets that dominate each thematic section in your above diagram
Discuss the "pitch centricity" in this piece _____________________________
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What key is this piece in? Why do you think so? ________________________
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Analysis: Debussy "Sarabande" from Pour le piano, Book I (1894-1901)
Diagram the Form(create a bubble diagram using themes labeled with letters; include measure numbers)
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Show the motives, scales, scale fragments and/or pitch-class sets that dominate each thematic section in your above diagram
Discuss the how you determined a change in section in your above diagram. Ask yourself if you used changes in texture, pitch-class set, motive, pitch centricity, or theme to mark formal section changes. What factors informed your sectional divisions?
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Igor Stravinsky Biography: ____________________________________________________
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SOURCE(S):___________________________________________________
Compositional Style: ____________________________________________
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SOURCE(S):___________________________________________________
Major Works List: _______________________________________________
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Authoritative Biography : _________________________________________
Book on Analysis of their music : ___________________________________
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Analysis: Stravinsky "Introduction to Part I" from The Rite of Spring (1913)
Discuss the Aesthetic Style this piece belongs to. _______________________
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SOURCE(S) ___________________________________________________
Diagram the Form(create a bubble diagram using themes labeled with letters; include rehearsal numbers)
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Show the motives, scales, scale fragments and/or pitch-class sets that dominate each thematic section in your above diagram
Discuss the how texture and orchestration helped you diagram the form. _________
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Belá Bartók Biography: ____________________________________________________
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SOURCE(S):___________________________________________________
Compositional Style: ____________________________________________
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Major Works List: _______________________________________________
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Authoritative Biography : _________________________________________
Book on Analysis of their music : ___________________________________
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Analysis: Belá Bartók "Song of the Harvest" no. 33 from Forty-four Violin Duets
Diagram the Form(create a bubble diagram using themes labeled with letters; include measure numbers)
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Show the motives, scales, scale fragments and/or pitch-class sets that dominate each thematic section in your above diagram
How does the theme in m.1 relate to the theme in m.16? _____________________
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Describe what happens to the meter in mm.11-12. __________________________
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Analysis: Belá Bartók "Whole-tone Scale" no. 136 from Mikrokosmos
Diagram the Form(create a bubble diagram using themes labeled with letters; include measure numbers)
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Show the motives, scales, scale fragments and/or pitch-class sets that dominate each thematic section in your above diagram
How does the right-hand theme in mm.1-3 compare to the left-hand theme in mm. 7-9?
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How would you describe the general texture of this piece? ____________________
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How do mm. 1-12 relate to mm. 20-27? __________________________________
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Analysis: Belá Bartók "Diminished Fifth" no. 101 from Mikrokosmos
Diagram the Form(create a bubble diagram using themes labeled with letters; include measure numbers)
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Show the motives, scales, scale fragments and/or pitch-class sets that dominate each thematic section in your above diagram
How would you describe the general texture of this piece? ____________________
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Why is this piece called "Diminished Fifth"? ________________________________
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Analysis: Belá Bartók "From the Island of Bali" no. 109 from Mikrokosmos
Diagram the Form(create a bubble diagram using themes labeled with letters; include measure numbers)
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Show the motives, scales, scale fragments and/or pitch-class sets that dominate each thematic section in your above diagram
What are the vertical pitch-class sets that end this piece ?
m.40 m.41 m.42 m.43
How do these last harmonic pitch-class sets compare with the melodic pitch-class sets in m.1 and m.2?
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Anton Webern Biography: ____________________________________________________
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Compositional Style: ____________________________________________
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Major Works List: _______________________________________________
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Authoritative Biography : _________________________________________
Book on Analysis of their music : ___________________________________
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Analysis: Anton Webern Five Movements for String Quartet, op. 5, movement II
Discuss the use of meter in this piece. __________________________________________________________________
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What is the tempo and general mood of this piece? __________________________
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Discuss the dynamics in this piece.__________________________________________________________________
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What is "modernism" in art and literature? __________________________________
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SOURCE(S)________________________________________________________ What is "modernism" in music?__________________________________________
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What does "free atonality" with respect to music mean? _______________________
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Analysis: Anton Webern Five Movements for String Quartet, op. 5, movement III
Diagram the Form(create a bubble diagram using themes labeled with letters; include measure numbers)
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Show the motives, scales, scale fragments and/or pitch-class sets that dominate each thematic section in your above diagram
Is there any pitch centricity in this piece? If so, what is (are) the center(s).
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Arnold Schoenberg Biography: ____________________________________________________
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Major Works List: _______________________________________________
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Authoritative Biography : _________________________________________
Book on Analysis of their music : ___________________________________
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Analysis: Arnold Schoenberg "Angst und Hoffen" from Book of the Hanging Garden
Discuss the aesthetic style this piece belongs to. ___________________________
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Who was Stefan George (the poet)? _____________________________________
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Does the the music fit the meaning of the text? Is so, why? If not, why not?
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What are the pitch-class set names for the chords in mm.15-19 (include normal order)?
m.15 m.16
m.17 m.18 m.19
How do these concluding sets relate to those in m. 1? _______________________
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Alban BergBiography: ____________________________________________________
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Compositional Style: ____________________________________________
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Major Works List: _______________________________________________
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Authoritative Biography : _________________________________________
Book on Analysis of their music : ___________________________________
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Analysis: Alban Berg "Schlafend trägt man mich" from Four Songs op.2
What are the vertical pitch-class set names for the chords in piano part for mm.1-3 (include normal order)?
m.1
m.2
m.3
How do mm.1-3 relate to mm.15-18?
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Analysis: Stravinsky Agnus Dei from Mass
Diagram the Form(create a bubble diagram using themes labeled with letters; include measure numbers)
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Show the motives, scales, scale fragments and/or pitch-class sets that dominate each thematic section in your above diagram
Show the pitch centers for each thematic section in your above form diagram
Which aesthetic style does this piece belong to?
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What are the primary aesthetic styles that Stravinsky composed in over his career?
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Paul HindemithBiography: ____________________________________________________
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Compositional Style: ____________________________________________
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Major Works List: _______________________________________________
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Authoritative Biography : _________________________________________
Book on Analysis of their music : ___________________________________
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Analysis: Hindemith "Interlude in G" from Ludus tonalis
Diagram the Form(create a bubble diagram using themes labeled with letters; include measure numbers)
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Compare the motives (melodic pc sets) found in mm.5-7 to those in mm.19-21.
m.5 m.6 m.7
m.19 m.20 m.21
Show the pitch centers for the beginning and end of each thematic section in your above form diagram.
Show the pitch class set found in each cadential measure (m.10 and m.24).
m. 10 m.24
Which aesthetic style does this piece belong to?
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SOURCE(S):_______________________________________________________
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Analysis: Hindemith "Vom Tode Mariä I" from Das Marienleben
What is a basso ostinato? ____________________________________________
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What time period is a basso ostinato generally associated with? ________________
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Write out the basso ostinato that is used to organize this piece.
With the idea of basso ostinato in mind:Diagram the Form
(create a bubble diagram using themes labeled with letters; include measure numbers)
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How many large-scale sections did you find? _______________________________
What makes the opening and ending sections similar? ________________________
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Charles IvesBiography: ____________________________________________________
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Major Works List: _______________________________________________
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Authoritative Biography : _________________________________________
Book on Analysis of their music : ___________________________________
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Ruth Crawford Seeger Biography: ____________________________________________________
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Compositional Style: ____________________________________________
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Major Works List: _______________________________________________
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Authoritative Biography : _________________________________________
Book on Analysis of their music : ___________________________________
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Introduction to 12-Tone/Serial Music(complete this page before the "Introduction to 12-Tone Music" lecture)
Who is generally given as the inventor of a the 12-Tone method of composition? [Note: 12-tone music is also called "serial" music or "serialism".]
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Who were the three principal members of the Second Viennese School?
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What is a row in 12-Tone theory? ___________________________________
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What are the four basic forms of the row used to analyze 12-Tone music?
1) __________________ 2) __________________
3) __________________ 4) __________________
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What is a 12-Tone Matrix (sometimes called "Magic Square")? _____________
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Use the following staves to take notes during the in-class lecture.
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Use these blank 12X12 Matrices for notes during the class lecture.
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Use these blank 12X12 Matrices for notes during the class lecture.
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Luigi DallapiccolaBiography: ____________________________________________________
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Compositional Style: ____________________________________________
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Major Works List: _______________________________________________
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Authoritative Biography : _________________________________________
Book on Analysis of their music : ___________________________________
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Analysis: Dallapiccola "Contrapunctus secundus" from Quaderno musicale di Annalibera
This entire piece, Quaderno musicale di Annalibera, uses one primary row. Write it on the staff from the given integer form.
[int] 10 11 3 6 8 2 1 5 7 0 9 4
Create the form P-0 from the above P-10 form. Give staff notation and integers.
[int] __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
Create a 12X12 Matrix for this piece using your P-0 form to start with.
This first 12 notes in "Contrapunctus secundus" in the right hand (leave out repeated notes) constitute a row. Which row is it? ____________________
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Analysis: Dallapiccola "Quartina" from Quaderno musicale di Annalibera
Determine which rows are being used in mm.1-3 of "Quartina." _____________
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[int] __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
[int] __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
How would you describe the texture of this piece? _______________________
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Diagram the Form(create a bubble diagram using themes labeled with letters; include measure numbers)
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What is the most identifiable motive in this piece?
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Analysis: Anton Webern "Wie bin ich froh" from Drei Lieder
I↓
P → 0 9 8 11 6 10 7 4 3 5 2 1 ← R3 0 11 2 9 1 10 7 6 8 5 44 1 0 3 10 2 11 8 7 9 6 51 10 9 0 7 11 8 5 4 6 3 26 3 2 5 0 4 1 10 9 11 8 72 11 10 1 8 0 9 6 5 7 4 35 2 1 4 11 3 0 9 8 10 7 68 5 4 7 2 6 3 0 11 1 10 99 6 5 8 3 7 4 1 0 2 11 107 4 3 6 1 5 2 11 10 0 9 810 7 6 9 4 8 5 2 1 3 0 1111 8 7 10 5 9 6 3 2 4 1 0↑
RI
Which row form is being used at the beginning of this song?________________
Write that row out in staff notation.
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Analysis: Anton Webern Piano Variations Op. 27, movement II
Define "modernism" as it is found in music. ________________________________
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Show how Webern's Piano Variations exhibits the traits of modernism. __________
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How does Webern treat dynamics in this piece? ____________________________
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Write out I-10 on a staff[int] 10 9 1 11 2 0 6 5 4 8 7 3
Write out P-8 on a staff[int] 8 9 5 7 4 6 0 1 2 10 11 3
[P-3 and I-3, below, will be done in class]Write out P-3 on a staff[int] __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
Write out I-3 on a staff[int] __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
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Analysis: Schoenberg Klavierstück op. 33a
I↓
P → 0 7 2 1 11 8 3 5 9 10 4 6 ← R5 0 7 6 4 1 8 10 2 3 9 1110 5 0 11 9 6 1 3 7 8 2 411 6 1 0 10 7 2 4 8 9 3 51 8 3 2 0 9 4 6 10 11 5 74 11 6 5 3 0 7 9 1 2 8 109 4 11 10 8 5 0 2 6 7 1 37 2 9 8 6 3 10 0 4 5 11 13 10 5 4 2 11 6 8 0 1 7 92 9 4 3 1 10 5 7 11 0 6 88 3 10 9 7 4 11 1 5 6 0 26 1 8 7 5 2 9 11 3 4 10 0↑
RI
Write out P-10 on a staff.[int] __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
Write out I-3 on a staff[int] __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
Diagram the Form(create a bubble diagram using themes labeled with letters; include measure numbers)
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What does "hexachordal combinatoriality" mean? ___________________________
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SOURCE(S):_______________________________________________________
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Analysis: Stravinsky "Lacrimosa" from Requiem Canticles
Diagram the Form(create a bubble diagram using themes labeled with letters; include measure numbers)
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How does timbre (or orchestration) help you in your effort to delineate the phrases in this piece.
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In very general terms, describe Stravinsky's use of "serial rotation."
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Pierre BoulezBiography: ____________________________________________________
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Compositional Style: ____________________________________________
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Major Works List: _______________________________________________
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Authoritative Biography : _________________________________________
Book on Analysis of their music : ___________________________________
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Analysis: Pierre Boulez Structures Ia
Discuss Boulez's sense of meter. ______________________________________
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Discuss Boulez's use of dynamics in mm.32-39. ___________________________
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What is meant by the term "total serialism" (also called "integral serialism")?
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SOURCE(S): ______________________________________________________
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Milton BabbittBiography: ____________________________________________________
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Compositional Style: ____________________________________________
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Major Works List: _______________________________________________
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Authoritative Biography : _________________________________________
Book on Analysis of their music : ___________________________________
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Analysis: Milton Babbitt Philomel
Diagram the Form (there is no score for this in the Anthology)(create a bubble diagram using themes labeled with letters; instead of measures give time in seconds)
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Describe the sound of the music for each section in your above diagram. Include the time (in seconds) at which each section begins._________________________________________________________________
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How is Philomel to be performed? ______________________________________
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What "instrument" was used to write the tape part? __________________________
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Describe Babbitt's sense of melody. How does it compare to your own? __________
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Olivier Messiaen Biography: ____________________________________________________
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Compositional Style: ____________________________________________
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Major Works List: _______________________________________________
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Authoritative Biography : _________________________________________
Book on Analysis of their music : ___________________________________
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Analysis: Messiaen Introduction to Turangalîla Symphony (NOTE: our anthology score begins at 3' 50" of the recording)
Diagram the Form (of the entire Introduction)(create a bubble diagram using themes labeled with letters; instead of measures give time in seconds)
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Describe the sound of the music for each section in your above diagram. Include the time (in seconds) at which each section begins.
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For the following, use the orchestral score:What is (are) "2 Htb." ____________ Transposition? ____________What is (are) "C. angl.." __________ Transposition? ____________What is (are) "2 Clar. Si♭"_________ Transposition? ____________What is (are) "4 Cors Fa" _________ Transposition? ____________What is (are) "3 Trp. Ut" __________ Transposition? ____________What is (are) "Onde" (hint: this is short for Ondes Martenot) ________________________________________________________________
Watch these: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy9UBjrUjwohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVtDR5BoyFM
(Ondes Martenot is shown at 2'20")http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_6begaAXMg&feature=related
(Ondes Martenot is shown at 1' 57")
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Elliott CarterBiography: ____________________________________________________
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Compositional Style: ____________________________________________
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Major Works List: _______________________________________________
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Authoritative Biography : _________________________________________
Book on Analysis of their music : ___________________________________
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Analysis: Elliott Carter String Quartet No. 2, movement I(NOTE: There are two sound files for this. Our anthology score is the second, beginning at Allegro fantastico.)
Diagram the Form (of the entire first movement; both sound files)(create a bubble diagram using themes labeled with letters; instead of measures give time in seconds)
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Discuss Carter's treatment of rhythm in this movement.
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Discuss Carter's usage of meter.
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Define the term "metric modulation" which is associated with Carter's music.
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Karlheinz StockhausenBiography: ____________________________________________________
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Compositional Style: ____________________________________________
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Major Works List: _______________________________________________
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Authoritative Biography : _________________________________________
Book on Analysis of their music : ___________________________________
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Analysis: Stockhausen Stimmung
Just by listening, discuss the pitch content in Stimmung.
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Describe the way the voice is use in Stimmung.
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How does the score to Stimmung (shown on pp.108-110 of the anthology) compare to traditional scores?
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Analysis: Stockhausen Gesang der Jünglinge(NOTE: there is no score for this)
Diagram the Form (create a bubble diagram using themes labeled with letters; instead of measures give time in seconds)
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Describe the sound of the music for each section in your above diagram. Include the time (in seconds) at which each section begins._________________________________________________________________
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What is musique concrète?
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What is elektronische Musik?
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What are the primary sound sources Stockhausen used in this piece?
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John CageBiography: ____________________________________________________
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Major Works List: _______________________________________________
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Authoritative Biography : _________________________________________
Book on Analysis of their music : ___________________________________
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Analysis: John Cage "Sonata No. 5" from Sonatas and Interludes(NOTE: there is no score for this)
Diagram the Form (create a bubble diagram using themes labeled with letters; instead of measures give time in seconds)
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What instrument is being used in this recording? ____________________________
What is meant by prepared piano? ______________________________________
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Describe Cage's piece 4' 33". __________________________________________
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Define aleatory. ____________________________________________________
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Define indeterminacy. ________________________________________________
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Define chance operations (as applies to Cage's music). ______________________
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Witold LutosławskiBiography: ____________________________________________________
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Major Works List: _______________________________________________
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Authoritative Biography : _________________________________________
Book on Analysis of their music : ___________________________________
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Analysis: Lutosławski Jeux vénitiens movement I
Diagram the Form (do this by ear; do not look at the score yet)(create a bubble diagram using themes labeled with letters; instead of measures give time in seconds)
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What is the function of the loud drum-claves-xylophone hit? __________________
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Describe the sound of the music for each section in your above diagram. Include the time (in seconds) at which each section begins.
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Now look at the score. Carefully read the instructions in the middle of pp. 112-113.
Why is this piece considered a "limited aleatoric" composition? _______________
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György LigetiBiography: ____________________________________________________
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Major Works List: _______________________________________________
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Authoritative Biography : _________________________________________
Book on Analysis of their music : ___________________________________
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Analysis: Ligeti Ramifications(NOTE: we only have the score to the very beginning.)
What does "microtonal: mean? _________________________________________
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What does scordatura mean? ___________________________________________
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What is a sound-mass composition? ______________________________________
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George RochbergBiography: ____________________________________________________
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Compositional Style: ____________________________________________
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Major Works List: _______________________________________________
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Authoritative Biography : _________________________________________
Book on Analysis of their music : ___________________________________
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Analysis: George Rochberg Sixth String Quartet Movement 3(NOTE: no score)
Diagram the Form (do this by ear)(create a bubble diagram using themes labeled with letters; instead of measures give time in seconds)
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What form do you think this movement is in? _______________________________
Why was Rochberg a controversial figure in American music?
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Do you think he should have been controversial? ____________________________
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What do you think of music that quotes pre-existing music? ____________________
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Luciano BerioBiography: ____________________________________________________
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Compositional Style: ____________________________________________
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Major Works List: _______________________________________________
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Authoritative Biography : _________________________________________
Book on Analysis of their music : ___________________________________
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Analysis: Berio Sinfonia movement III
What is a "collage" in music? ___________________________________________
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What is "postmodernism" in music.? ______________________________________
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What pieces or composers are quoted in the third movement of Sinfonia?
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George CrumbBiography: ____________________________________________________
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Major Works List: _______________________________________________
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SOURCE(S):___________________________________________________
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Authoritative Biography : _________________________________________
Book on Analysis of their music : ___________________________________
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Analysis: Crumb "Dream Images (Love-Death Music)" from Makrokosmos
Discuss the score for this piece. _________________________________________
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How do musical quotations appear in the score? ____________________________
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Do you think the quotations fit in with the piece. In other words, discuss whether or not you think they work musically.
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What are the two allusions to in the title of this piece?
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2) ____________________________________
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Steve ReichBiography: ____________________________________________________
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Compositional Style: ____________________________________________
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Major Works List: _______________________________________________
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Authoritative Biography : _________________________________________
Book on Analysis of their music : ___________________________________
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Analysis: Steve Reich Violin Phase
Which aesthetic style does this piece belong to?
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What does the "phasing" technique mean for Reich? [Note: also called "process music".]
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What does "minimalism" mean in art? ____________________________________
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What does "minimalism" mean in music? __________________________________
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Compare the sound of Violin Phase with De Staat, how does European and American
minimalist music differ? _______________________________________________
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Louis AndriessenBiography: ____________________________________________________
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Compositional Style: ____________________________________________
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Major Works List: _______________________________________________
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Authoritative Biography : _________________________________________
Book on Analysis of their music : ___________________________________
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Analysis Louis Andriessen De Staat
Which aesthetic style does this piece belong to?
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Were there any instruments in the orchestral piece that surprised you? Which ones?
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Characterize the voice used at Rehearsal Number 5. Does it sound "classical"?
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Arvo PärtBiography: ____________________________________________________
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Compositional Style: ____________________________________________
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Major Works List: _______________________________________________
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SOURCE(S):___________________________________________________
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Authoritative Biography : _________________________________________
Book on Analysis of their music : ___________________________________
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Analysis: Arvo Pärt Cantus
Discuss how dynamics are used in this piece. ______________________________
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Which aesthetic style does this piece belong to?
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What does Pärt mean by the term tintinnabuli? _____________________________
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Augusta Read ThomasBiography: ____________________________________________________
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Major Works List: _______________________________________________
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SOURCE(S):___________________________________________________
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Authoritative Biography : _________________________________________
Book on Analysis of their music : ___________________________________
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Thomas AdèsBiography: ____________________________________________________
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Compositional Style: ____________________________________________
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Major Works List: _______________________________________________
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SOURCE(S):___________________________________________________
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Authoritative Biography : _________________________________________
Book on Analysis of their music : ___________________________________
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Kaija SaariahoBiography: ____________________________________________________
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Compositional Style: ____________________________________________
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Major Works List: _______________________________________________
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SOURCE(S):___________________________________________________
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Authoritative Biography : _________________________________________
Book on Analysis of their music : ___________________________________