All excerpts for the listening part of the final examination will be taken from the works below. For each excerpt, you will be required to identify the name of the composer, the title of the composition, including the movement name if applicable, and the date of composition (within five years).
Composer | Composition, date | Movements | Duration |
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Pierre Schaeffer (1910-1995) | Cinq études de bruits ("Five studies on noises," 1948) | 3. Étude aux chemins de fer ("Railway Study") | 3:45 |
Pierre Schaeffer (1910-1995) | Symphonie pour un homme seul ("Symphony for a man alone," 1950) | 1. Prosopopée I | 2:57 |
2. Partita | 1:11 | ||
3. Valse ("Waltz") | 0:56 | ||
4. Erotica | 1:20 | ||
5. Scherzo | 2:32 | ||
6. Collectif ("Collective") | 0:59 | ||
Pierre Schaeffer (1910-1995) | Etude aux objets ("Study on Objects", 1959) | 4. Objets liés ("connected objects") | 3:09 |
Luc Ferrari (1929-2005) | Etudes aux accidents ("study on accidents", 1958) | 2:19 | |
François Bayle (b. 1932) | Trois reves d'oiseau ("three bird dreams," 1958) | 9:47 | |
Edgard Varèse (1885-1965) | Poème électronique (1958) | 8:07 | |
Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001) | Orient-Occident (1960) | 10:58 |
Composer | Composition, date | Duration |
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Vladimir Ussachevsky (1911-1989) | Sonic Contours (1952) | 7:24 |
Vladimir Ussachevsky (1911-1989) | Piece for Tape Recorder (1956) | 5:49 |
Vladimir Ussachevsky (1911-1989) | Wireless Fantasy (1960) | 4:41 |
Vladimir Ussachevsky (1911-1989) | Of Wood and Brass (1965) | 4:26 |
Otto Luening (1900-1996) | Low Speed (1952) | 3:46 |
Otto Luening (1900-1996) | Fantasy in Space (1952) | 2:57 |
Mario Davidovsky (b. 1934) | Electronic Study No. 1 (1960) | 5:48 |
Mario Davidovsky (b. 1934) | Synchronism No. 1 (1963) | 4:15 |
Ilhan Mimaroglu (b. 1926) | Bowery Bum (Visual Study No. 3, after Jean Dubuffet (1964) | 2:47 |
Composer | Composition, date | Duration |
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Herbert Eimert (1897-1972) and Robert Beyer (1901-?) | Klang in unbegrenzten Raum ("sound in unlimited area", 1952) | 10:32 |
György Ligeti (1923-2006) | Glissandi ("glissandos", 1957) | 7:44 |
Karlheinz Stockhausen (b. 1928) | Studie II (1954) | 3:50 |
Karlheinz Stockhausen (b. 1928) | Gesang der Jünglinge ("song of the youths", 1955-56) | 13:40 |
Mauricio Kagel (b. 1931) | Transition I (1958-60) | 13:12 |
Composer | Composition, date | Duration |
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Luciano Berio (1925-2003) | Thema: Omaggio a Joyce (1958) | 8:17 |
Composer | Composition, date | Duration |
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Milton Babbitt (b. 1916) | Composition for Synthesizer (1961) | 10:37 |
Composer | Composition, date | Movements | Duration |
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Wendy Carlos (b. 1939) | Clockwork Orange (1972) | Timesteps (1972) | 13:47 |
Wendy Carlos (b. 1939) | Digital Moonscapes (1984) | 1. Genesis | 7:14 |
Wendy Carlos (b. 1939) | Beauty in the Beast (1986) | 2. Beauty in the Beast | 4:00 |
Composer | Composition, date | Movements | Duration |
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Morton Subotnick (b. 1933) | Silver Apples of the Moon (1967) | Part A | 16:40 |
Morton Subotnick (b. 1933) | The Wild Bull (1968) | Part B | 15:01 |
Morton Subotnick (b. 1933) | Touch (1968) | Part 2 | 15:33 |
Composer | Composition, date | Movements | Duration |
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J. K. Randall (b. 1929) | Mudgett: Monologues by a Mass Murderer (1965) | 1. Prelude | 3:23 |
2. Toronto | 7:00 | ||
Jean-Claude Risset (b. 1938) | Computer Suite from "Little Boy" (1968) | 1. Flight and Count-Down | 4:37 |
2. Fall | 2:54 | ||
3. Contra Apotheosis | 5:17 | ||
Jean-Claude Risset (b. 1938) | Mutations (1969) | 10:25 | |
Jean-Claude Risset (b. 1938) | Songes (1979) | 9:12 | |
John Chowning (b. 1934) | Turenas (1972) | 10:06 | |
John Chowning (b. 1934) | Stria (1977) | 17:03 | |
John Chowning (b. 1934) | Phoné (1980-81) | 12:40 | |
Paul Lansky (b. 1944) | mild und leise (1973-4) | 18:20 | |
Michael McNabb (b. 1952) | Dreamsong (1978) | 9:21 | |
Michael McNabb (b. 1952) | Mars Suite (1979, rev. 1984) | 1. Orbital View | 4:23 |
2. Chryse Planitia | 4:55 | ||
3. Olympus Mons Flanked by Clouds | 4:25 |
Composer | Composition, date | Movements | Duration |
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Charles Dodge (b. 1942) | Speech Songs (1972) | A man sitting in the cafeteria | 1:27 |
The days are ahead | 2:00 | ||
When I am with you | 1:38 | ||
He destroyed her image | 2:05 | ||
Charles Dodge (b. 1942) | Any Resemblance is Purely Coincidental (1980) | 8:03 | |
Paul Lansky (b. 1944) | Six Fantasies on a Poem by Thomax Campion (1978-79) | 1. her voice | 2:51 |
2. her presence | 3:45 | ||
3. her reflection | 4:03 | ||
4. her song | 3:10 | ||
5. her ritual | 6:00 | ||
6. her self | 2:30 |
Composer | Composition, date | Duration |
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Barry Truax (b. 1947) | Wave Edge (1983) | 9:38 |
Barry Truax (b. 1947) | Solar Ellipse (1984-5) | 11:14 |
Composer | Composition, date | Movements | Duration |
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Jean-Claude Risset | Eight Sketches: Duet for One Pianist (1989) | 1. Double | 1:01 |
2. Mirrors | 1:25 | ||
3. Extensions | 0:59 | ||
4. Fractals | 1:09 | ||
5. Stretch | 1:36 | ||
6. Resonances | 2:16 | ||
7. Up Down | 2:41 | ||
8. Metronomes | 2:30 |
Composer | Composition, date | Duration |
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Jonathan Harvey (b. 1939) | Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco (1980) | 9:00 |
Paul Lansky (b. 1944) | Guy's Harp (1984) | 12:58 |
Composer | Composition, date | Duration |
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Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001) | Concret PH (1958) | 2:44 |
Barry Truax (b. 1947) | Riverrun (1986) | 19:44 |
Paul Lansky (b. 1944) | Notjustmoreidlechatter (1988) | 8:03 |
Curtis Roads (b. 1951) | Purity (1994) | 7:10 |
Curtis Roads (b. 1951) | Sonal Atoms (1998) | 3:37 |
Composer | Composition, date | Duration |
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Dennis Smalley (b. 1946) | Wind Chimes (1987) | 15:17 |
Robert Mackay | Environs (1997) | 9:41 |
Elainie Lillios (b. 1968) | Dreams in the Desert (2001) | 10:50 |
Composer | Composition, date | Duration |
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Russell Pinkston (b. 1949) | Gerrymander (2002) | 7:20 |
Russell Pinkston (b. 1949) | Lizamander (2004) | 8:29 |
Benjamin Broening | Nocturnes/Doubles (2001) | 6:09 |
Composer | Composition, date | Duration |
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Paul Rudy (b. 1962) | Thema: Omaggio (2002) | 8:57 |
Pete Stollery (b. 1960) | Vox Magna (2003) | 12:35 |
Colby Leider (b. 1972) | Veni Creator Spiritus (1996) | 4:11 |
Iain McCurdy | Points of collapse (2002) | 9:27 |
Jason Dixon | Strong words, softly spoken (2001) | 8:30 |