UNIT 1 – Listening Examples
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JAN 29
Richard STRAUSS – Salome (1905)
Excerpt: End of Scene 4
Dance of Seven Veils (0:59:25)
Demanding John the Baptist's Head (1:16:xx–1:19:xx)
On a silver platter (1:23:xx–1:27:xx)
A woman scorned (1:27:xx–1:29:xx)
Love song (1:29:xx–1:35:xx)
The end (1:35:xx–1:40:xx)
Score
Gustav MAHLER – Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth) (1909)
I. Das Trinklied von Jammer der Erde (Drinking Song of Earth's Misery) (1:00)
II. Der einsame im Herbst (The Lonely One in Autumn) (9:56)
III. Von der Jugend (Of Youth) (20:21)
IV. Von der Schönheit (Of Beauty) (23:30)
V. Der Trunkene im Frühing (The Drunken One in Spring) (31:31)
VI. Der Abschied (The Farewell) (35:48)
Score
Leonard Berstein's introduction
Claude DEBUSSY – Prélude à L'Aprés-midi d'un Faun (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun) (1894)*
Score
Poem by Stéphane Mallarmé (copy URL into Google Translate for English)
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JAN 31
Arnold SCHOENBERG – Pierrot Lunaire (1912)
I. Mondestrunken (Moondrunk)
II. Columbine (1:37)
III. Der Dandy (The Dandy) (3:15)
IV. Eine blasse Wäscherin (An Ethereal Washerwoman) (4:27)
V. Valse de Chopin (5:52)
VI. Madonna (7:08)
VII. Der kranke Mond (The Sick Moon) (9:03)
VIII. Nacht (Passacaglia) (Night)
IX. Gebet an Pierrot (Prayer to Pierrot) (2:05)
X. Raub (Theft) (2:56)
XI. Rote Messe (Red Mass) (4:04)
XII. Galgenlied (Gallows Song) (5:50)
XIII. Enthauptung (Beheading) (6:09)
XIV. Die Kreuze (The Crosses) (8:18)
XV. Heimweh (Homesickness)
XVI. Gemeinheit! (Vulgarity) (2:03)
XVII. Parodie (Parody) (3:10)
XVIII. Der Mondfleck (The Moonspot) (4:30)
XVIV. Serenade (5:25)
XX. Heimfahrt (Barcarole) (Homeward Bound) (7:47)
XI. O alter Duft (O Ancient Fragrance) (9:28)
Text and Translation
Score
Alban BERG – Lyric Suite (1926)*
I. Allegretto giovale
II. Andante amoroso
III. Allegro misterioso – Trio estatico
IV. Adagio appassionato
V. Presto delirando – Tenebroso
VI. Largo desolato, "De Profundis Clamavi"
Text and Translation
Score
Béla BARTÓK – Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta (1936)*
I. Andante tranquillo
II. Allegro
III. Adagio
IV. Allegro molto
Score
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FEB 5
Igor STRAVINSKY – Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) (1913)
Part I: L'Adoration de la Terre (Adoration of the Earth)
I. Introduction
II. Les Augures printaniers (The Augurs of Spring) (3:01)
III. Jeu du rapt (Ritual of Abduction) (6:08)
IV. Rondes printanières (Spring Rounds) (7:32)
V. Jeux des cités rivales (Ritual of the Rival Tribes) (1:14)
VI. Cortège du sage: Le Sage (Procession of the Sage: The Sage) (3:06)
VII. Danse de la terre (3:51)
Part II: La Sacrifice (The Sacrifice)
VIII. Introduction (5:23)
IX. Cercles mystérieux des adolescentes (Mystic Circle of the Young Girls) (5:50)
X. Glorification de l'élue (Glorification of the Chosen One) (6:59)
XI. Evocation des ancêtres (Evocation of the Ancestors) (8:45)
Score
PBS's Keeping Score
Erik SATIE – Parade (1917)*
I. Choral:
Prélude du rideau rouge (0:56) /
Prestidigitateur Chinois (1:44)
II. Petite fille Americaine (5:26)
III. Acrobates (8:48) / Finale (12:12) / Suite au Prelude du rideau (14:26)
Score
Darius MILHAUD – Le Boeuf sur le Toit (1919)*
Score
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FEB 7
Charles IVES – Three Places in New England (1914)*
I. The "St. Gaudens" in Boston Common(Col. Shaw and his Colored Regiment)
II. Putnam's Camp, Redding, Connecticut
III. The Housatonic at Stockbridge
Score
Will Marion COOK – Swing Along (1929)
George GERSHWIN – Rhapsody in Blue (1924)*
Score
Duke ELLINGTON – Black, Brown, and Beige (1943)*
I. Black – A Work Song
II. Brown – Come Sunday
III. Beige – Light
Score
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FEB 12
Kurt WEILL – The Threepenny Opera (selections) (1928)
I. Seerauber Jenny
II. Barbara Song (3:00)
III. Zuhalter Ballade, with Willy Trenk-Trebitsch (4:38)
IV. Moritat & Schluss Choral, with Chorus (Mack the Knife) (6:10)
Anton WEBERN – Symphonie Op. 21 (1928)
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FEB 14
Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH – Symphony No. 7 (1941)*
I. Allegretto
II. Moderato (poco allegretto)
III. Adagio
IV. Allegro non troppo
Score
Sergei PROKOFIEV – Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80 (1946)*
I. Andante assai
II. Allegro brusco
III. Andante
IV. Allegrissimo
Score
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FEB 19
Olivier MESSIAEN – Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps (Quartet for the End of Time) (1941)
I. Liturgie de cristal (Liturgy of Crystal) (0:10)
II. Vocalise, pour l'Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps (Vocalise, for the Angel who Announces the End of Time) (2:45)
III. Abîme des oiseaux (Abyss of Birds) (7:49)
IV. Intermède (Interlude) (16:10)
V. Louange à L'Éternité de Jésus (Praise to the Eternity of Jesus) (17:58)
VI. Danse de la fureur, pour les sept trompettes (Dance of Fury, for the Seven Trumpets) (25:24)
VII. Fouillis d'arcs-en-ciel, pour l'Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps (Tangle of Rainbows, for the Angel who Announces the End of Time) (31:32)
VIII. Louange à l'Immortalité de Jésus (Praise to the Immortality of Jesus) (38:54)
Aaron COPLAND – Appalachian Spring (1944)
Score
Bernard HERRMANN – Vertigo (1958)
Ruth CRAWFORD SEEGER – String Quartet, "1931" (1931)*