UNIT 3 – Listening Examples
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APR 11 – FIRST DRAFT PAPER DUE
Anthony Braxton – Five Pieces (1975)
You Stepped Out of a Dream
23 H
23 G
23 E
40 M

Ornette Coleman – Song X (1985)

Sun Ra – Space Is the Place (1974)
Title track
Complete film

John Zorn – Cobra (1984)
Score
Instructions
Video
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APR 16 – GRADUATE STUDENT PRESENTATIONS (15–20 min)
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APR 18 – SPECTRAL MUSIC
Gérard GRISEY – Partiels (1975)*
Score (scroll through the free preview)

Tristan MURAIL – Gondwana (1980)*

Chaya CZERNOWIN – MAIM (2006)

Toru TAKEMITSU – Rain Spell (1982)
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APR 23 – MINIMALISM
Morton FELDMAN – Rothko Chapel (1971)
Rothko Chapel

Cindy McTee – California Counterpoint (The Twittering Machine) (1993)*
Paul Klee – Die Zwitscher-Maschine (Twittering_Machine) (1922)

John ADAMS – Son of Chamber Symphony (2007)*

Steve REICH – Music for 18 Musicians (1976)

Arvo PÄRT – Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten (1976)*
Björk interviews Pärt

Henryk GORECKI – Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 "Symfonia piesni zalosnych" (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs) – (1976)*
Translation of texts
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APR 25 – LATER ELECTRONIC MUSIC / MULTIMEDIA
Laurie ANDERSON – O Superman (1981)
Lyrics

Meredith MONK – "Ann Hamilton's Tower" from Songs of Ascension (2008)

Michael GORDON – Light Is Calling (2001)
Video by Bill Morrison

Jacob TV (Jacob ter VELDHUIS) – Grab It! (1999)
Video by Jan Willem Looze
Sax / bass / drums version
Bass clarinet version

Donnacha DENNEHY – Junk Box Fraud (1997)
Video by Hugh Reynolds and Gerry O'Brien

Phil KLINE – Unsilent Night (1992)
About the piece
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APR 30 – Review
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MAY 7 @ 3:30 PM – FINAL EXAM (E-205) – FINAL DRAFT PAPER DUE