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Mus 425/525 20th-Century Music
Class Schedule - Spring 2005
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  January 10 - Introductions and overview.
The Historical Context: Europe at the Turn of the Century
Reading assignment: Morgan-Preface, Introduction and Chapter I, pages xi-17

January 12 -  Some Transitional Figures: Mahler
Reading assignment: Morgan Chapter II, pages 18-28

January 14 - Some Transitional Figures: Strauss, Busoni, Pfitzner, and Reger
Reading assignment: Morgan, Chapter II, pages 28-40; Anthology, pages 9-20
Listening Assignment: CD I No.2
Richard Strauss: Salome (Scene 1) [5:12]

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January 17 - NO CLASS (Martin Luther King Holiday)

January 19 - Some Transitional Figures: Debussy, Satie and Skryabin
Reading assignment: Morgan, Chapter II, pages 40-50; Anthology, pages 1-8; Simms, pages 1-3, 9-30
Listening Assignment: CD I No.1
Claude Debussy: Estampes, No. 2 (La Soirée dans Grenade) [5:46]

January 21 - Some Transitional Figures, continued: 
Reading assignment: Morgan, Chapter II, pages 50-61; Anthology, pages 21-29.
Listening Assignment: CD I Nos. 3, 4 & 5
Alexander Skryabin: Piano Pieces; Prelude, Op. 35, No. 3 [1:03], Op. 56, No. 4, and Prelude, Op. 74, No. 3 [0:43]
Creative Activity I due: Project and composition performances in class.

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January 24- The Atonal Revolution: Schoenberg
Reading assignment: Morgan, Chapter III, pages 62-77; Anthology, pages 30-63; Simms, pages 61-68
Listening Assignment: CD I Nos. 6 & 7
Arnold Schoenberg: from Five Orchestral Pieces, Op. 16;
I. Vorgefühle [2:19], II. Das obligate Rezitativ [3:54]
Listening Guide and Biographical sketch #1 due!

January 26 - The Atonal Revolution: Webern and Berg
Reading assignment: Morgan, Chapter III, pages 77-88, Anthology, pages 174-180, 220-234
Listening Assignment: CD I Nos. 17, 18, 19, 22 & 23
Anton Webern: Song, Op. 3, No. 1 [1:10];
Anton Webern: Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op. 9, No. 4  [0:51], No.  5 [1:15]
Alban Berg:  Five Orchestral Songs, Op. 4 (Altenberg Lieder);
II. Sahst du nach dem Gewitterregen den Wald? [1:30], V. Hier ist Friede [4:08]

January 28 - New Tonalities: Stravinsky
Reading assignment: Morgan, Chapter IV, pages 89-103, Anthology, pages 107-137
Listening Assignment: CD I Nos. 14 & 15
Igor Stravinsky: from The Rite of Spring;
Augurs of Spring:  Dances of the Young Girls [2:50], Rounds of Spring [3:49]

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January 31 - New Tonalities: Bartók
Reading assignment: Morgan, Chapter IV, pages 103-110; Anthology, pages 80-92
Listening Assignment: CD I No. 10
Bela Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle (opening segment) [9:52]

February 2 - Other European Currents: Russia, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Hungary
Reading assignment: Morgan, Chapter V, pages 111-120; Simms, pages 108-116

February 4 - Other European Currents: Scandinavia, France
Reading assignment: Morgan, Chapter V, pages 120-127

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February 7 - Music in England
Reading assignment: Morgan, Chapter VI, pages 128-137

February 9 - Charles Ives and American Music
Reading assignment: Morgan, Chapter VI, pages 137-148, Anthology, pages 71-79
Listening Assignment: CD I No. 9
Charles Ives: General William Booth Enters into Heaven [5:04]

February 14-16- and 18.  Listening

February 21- The Historical Context: Europe after World War I, Neo-Classicism
Reading assignment: Morgan, Chapters VII and VIII, pages 150-167; Anthology, pages 138-173; Simms, Page 69-71, 72-82
Listening Assignment: CD I No. 16
Stravinsky: Concerto for Piano and Winds (first movement) [7:11]
Listening Guide and Biographical Sketch #2 due!

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February 23 - Neo-Classicism: Stravinsky and Bartók
Reading assignment: Chapter VIII, pages 168-186; Anthology, pages 93-106 
Listening Assignment: CD I Nos. 11, 12 & 13
Bartók: from Mikrokosmos, Vol. VI;
No. 148, Six Dances in Bulgarian  Rhythm, No. 1 [1:50];
No. 140, Free Variations [1:37];
No. 144, Minor Seconds, Major Sevenths [3:56]

February 25 - The Twelve Tone System: Schoenberg
Reading assignment: Morgan, Chapter IX, pages 187-200, Anthology, pages 64-70
Listening Assignment: CD I No. 8
Arnold Schoenberg: Piano Piece, Op. 33a [2:06]
MIDTERM EXAM - Chapters I-XI (via the Web)

February 28 - NO CLASS. Spring Break.

March 2 - NO CLASS. Spring Break

March 4 - NO CLASS. Spring Break

March 7 - The Twelve Tone System: Webern and Berg
Reading assignment: Morgan, Chapter IX, pages 200-219; Anthology, pages 181-186; 235-248
Listening Assignment: CD I No. 20 and CD II No. 1
Webern: String Quartet, Op. 28 (second movement) [1:55];
Berg: Lyric Suite (first movement) [2.51]

March 9 - The Influence of Politics: Germany, Hindemith and Weill
Reading assignment:  Morgan, Chapter X, pages 220-235; Anthology, pages 249-254
Listening Assignment: CD II Nos. 2 & 3
Paul Hindemith: Ludus tonalis; Second Interludium [1:26], Third Fuga [3:04]
Creative Activity II due

March 11 - The Influence of Politics: Russia, Prokofiev and Shostakovich
Reading assignment:  Morgan, Chapter X, pages 235-250

March 18 - Other Europeans: Italy, Germany and Austria
Reading assignment: Morgan, Chapter XI, pages 251-263

March 21 - Other Europeans: Poland, Czechoslovakia and Spain
Reading assignment: Morgan, Chapter XI, pages 263-269

March 23 - England after World War I: Walton, Britten and Tippett
Reading assignment: Morgan, Chapter XII, pages 270-282; Anthology, pages 319-349
Listening Assignment: CD II No. 11
Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes, Interlude IV and Act II, Scene 2 [17:57]
Listening Guide and Biographical sketch #3 is due!

March 25 - NO CLASS. Easter break.

March 28 - The United States: Traditionalists, Copland and Sessions
Reading assignment: Morgan, Chapter XIII, pages 283-295, Anthology, pages 255-263, 270-300
Listening Assignment: CD II Nos. 4, 5 & 8
Roger Sessions: from From My Diary; No. 2 [2:38] & No. 3 [1:46]
Aaron Copland: Rodeo ("Hoedown") [3:31]

March 30 - The United States: Experimentalists, Cowell, Partch and Varèse
Reading assignment: Morgan, Chapter XIII, pages 295-314; Anthology, pages 187-219, 264-269
Listening Assignment: CD I No. 21 and CD II Nos. 6 & 7
Edgard Varèse: Hyperprism [3:53]
Henry Cowell:  Piano Pieces; Aeolian Harp [3:45 ] & Fabric [1:26]

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April 1 - Latin America
Reading assignment: Morgan, Chapter XIV, pages 315-324

April 4 - The World After World War II, French Serialism
Reading assignment:  Morgan, Chapter XV and XVI, pages 325-345, Simms pages 143-144, 145-151
 

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April 6 - German and American Serialism, Stravinsky and Serialism
Reading assignment:  Morgan, Chapter XVI, pages 345-358; Anthology, pages 350-355, 376-385
Listening Assignment: CD II Nos. 12 & 14
Milton Babbitt: Semi-Simple Variations [1:17]
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Kreuzspiel (first movement) [3:10]

April 8 - Indeterminacy: Cage and other Americans
Reading assignment: Morgan, Chapter XVII, pages 359-370, Anthology, pages 316-318
Listening Assignment: CD II No. 10
John Cage: TV Köln [1:35]
Graduate student research seminar, concert and banquet. 

April 11 - Indeterminacy: Europeans, Notational Innovations
Reading assignment: Morgan, Chapter XVII, pages 370-378
Creative Activity III due

April 13 - Innovations in Form and Structure: Penderecki and Ligeti
Reading assignment: Morgan, Chapter XVIII, pages 378-390; Anthology, pages 393-412
Listening Assignment: CD II No. 13 and CD III No. 1
György Ligeti: Three Fantasies, No. 2 Wenn aus der Ferne [5:49]
Krzysztof Penderecki: Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima [8:58]

April 15 - Innovations in Form and Structure: Xenakis, Carter and Shapey
Reading assignment: Morgan, Chapter XVIII, pages 390-406; Anthology, pages 301-315
Listening Assignment: CD II No. 9
Elliott Carter:  A Mirror on Which to Dwell ("Argument") [2:34]
 

April 18 - The New Pluralism
Reading assignment: Morgan, Chapter XIX, pages 407-422; Anthology, pages 386-392
Listening Assignment: CD II No. 15
George Crumb: Night of the Four Moons, No. 1, La luna está muerta, muerta... [2:29]

April 20 - Minimalism
Reading assignment: Morgan, Chapter XX, pages 423-433; Anthology, pages 430-439
Listening Assignment: CD III No. 6
Steve Reich:  Music for Pieces of Wood [14:23]

April 22 - Tonality Rediscovered, Microtonality
Reading assignment: Morgan, Chapter XX, pages 434-440; Simms, pages 189, 190-197

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April 25 - Music and the External World
Reading assignment: Morgan, Chapter XXI, pages 441-450; Anthology, pages 413-429, 450-460
Listening Assignment: CD III Nos. 2, 3, 4 & 5
Peter Maxwell Davies: Vesalii icones No. 1  [5:32], No. 6 [2:57], No. 8 [2:52], No. 14 [1:45]

April 27 - Developments in Technology: Electronic Music
Reading assignment: Morgan, Chapter XXII, pages 461-480

April 29 - Epilogue: Music Today: Class presentations (listening guide 4)
Reading assignment: Morgan, Chapter XXIII, pages 481-490
Listening Guide and Biographical Sketch #4 is due!

April 30 - Saturday, Time TBA.   OPEN LAB and EXAM STUDY SESSION.

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May 4 - 8:30-11:00 AM - FINAL EXAM
 



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