Music 784: Twentieth-Century Music I

Repertory Studied, Fall 2014

Claude Debussy (1862-1918) (List of Works)

QC Library Catalog NumberQC Library RecordingDurationTitle/Movement
M1002.D28P73Circ CD 221410:48Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (“Prelude to the afternoon of a faun”, 1894) (score) (poem)
M1003.D28N6bCirc CD 2396Nocturnes (1897-99) (score)
7:46Nuages ("Clouds")
6:00Fêtes ("Festivals")
10:40Sirènes ("Sirens")
M1002.D28 M47bCirc CD 2396La Mer ("The Sea," 1903-05) (score)
9:00De l’aube à midi sur la mer ("From dawn till noon on the sea")
6:40Jeux de vagues ("Games of waves")
8:20Dialogue du vent et de la mer ("Dialogue of the wind and the sea")
M22 D39 P71Circ CD 2494Préludes, Book I (1910) (score)
2:42II. Voiles ("Sails" or "Veils")
6:30X. Le cathédrale engloutie ("The sunken cathedral")

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) (List of Works)

QC Library Catalog NumberQC Library RecordingDurationTitle/Movement
M22 R25 J4Circ CD 3755 5:33Jeux d'eau (“Fountains”, 1901) (score)
M24 R27 G2Circ CD 3755Gaspard de la Nuit (1908) (score)
6:42Ondine
5:57Le Gibet
8:53Scarbo
M1003.R32D32Circ CD 45215:14Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2 (1912) (score)
M1614.R29 C5Circ CD 3237Chansons madécasses (1925-26) (score)
5:361. Nahandove
3:582. Méfiez-vous des blancs
3:583. Il est doux de se coucher
M1010 R26 C6Schwarz CD 131Piano Concerto in G Major (1930-31)
8:34I. Allegramente (score)
10:07II. Adagio assai (score)
4:08III. Presto (score)

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) (List of Works)

QC Library Catalog NumberQC Library RecordingDurationTitle/Movement
M22 S43 P7Circ CD 3660 2:58Etude, Op. 2, No. 1 (1892)
M22 S43 P7Circ CD 365924 Preludes, Op. 11 (1889-96) (score)
0:471. Vivace
1:422. Allegretto
0:433. Vivo
2:054. Lento
1:319. Andantino
1:3610. Andante
2:1011. Allegro assai
M11 S43E4Circ CD 36608 Etudes, Op. 42 (1903) (complete score)
1:421. Presto (score)
1:022. (score)
0:593. Prestissimo (score)
2:184. Andante (score)
3:365. Affanato (score)
M23 S43 S6Circ CD 3436 7:29Piano Sonata No. 4 in F sharp, Op. 30 (1903) (score)
3:271. Andante
4:222. Prestissimo volando
Circ CD 36582 Morceaux, Op. 57 (score)
1:091. Désir
1:032. Caresse dansée
M22 S43 P5Circ CD 3658Two Poèmes, Op. 63 (1911) (score)
0:471. Masque
1:532. Etrangeté ("strangeness")
M22 S43 P7Circ CD 3660 1:56Etude, Op. 65, No. 3 (1912) (score)
M23 S43 S6Circ CD 3436 9:57Piano Sonata No. 9 (1913) (score)
M22 S43 P7Circ CD 3659Preludes, Op. 74 (1914) (score)
0:541. Douloureux déchirant
2:082. Très lent, contemplatif
1:023. Allegro drammatico
1:384. Lent, vague, indécis
1:185. Fier, belliqueux
M1002.S39 P63Circ CD 3473 20:29Prometheus: Poem of Fire, Op. 60 (1909-11) (Score)

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) (List of Works)

QC Library Catalog NumberQC Library RecordingDurationTitle/Movement
M1001 S915 S91Schwarz CD 122Symphony in E-flat (1905-07) (score)
11:261. Allegro Moderato
6:032. Scherzo, allegretto
M1002.W54 F3Circ CD 3856 3:30Feux d'artifice ("Fireworks", 1908) (score)
M1520 S97 O5 Circ CD 3856 19:27Suite from The Firebird (1909-10) (score)
3:00Introduction
0:17Firebird's Dance
1:13Firebird's Variation
4:32Princesses' Round
4:28King Katschei's Dance
3:04Lullaby
2:54Finale
M1520 S97 S3Circ CD 3856Le sacre du printemps ("The Rite of Spring", 1912-13) (score)
15:06Part I: The Adoration of the Earth
3:07Introduction
3:09Dances of the Young Girls
1:22Ritual of Abduction
3:34Spring Rounds
1:48Games of Rival Cities
0:39Procession of the Sage
0:20Adoration of the Earth
1:07Dance of the Earth
20:58Part II: The Sacrifice
4:26Introduction
3:14Mystic Circles of the Young Girls
1:25Glorification of the Chosen One
0:53Evocation of the Ancestors
3:31Ritual Action of the Ancestors
3:59Sacrificial Dance
M1520 S97 H5Circ CD 80L'Histoire du Soldat ("The Soldier's Tale", 1918) (score)
1:40The Soldier's March
3:00Music to Scene I (Song at River's Bank)
3:02Music to Scene II (Pastorale)
2:35The Royal March
3:09The Little Concert
6:32Three Dances (Tango, Waltz, Ragtime)
1:21The Devil's Dance
4:11Grand Chorale
2:16Triumphal March of the Devil
M1520 .S9 P7 1966 Circ CD 3860Pulcinella (ballet after Petgolesi, 1919) (score)
2:05Sinfonia (Overture)
M1001.S915 S93Circ CD 4194Symphony in Three Movements (1942-45) (score)
9:26I. (160)
5:58II. Andante
6:02III. Con moto
Circ CD 1300Movements for Piano and Orchestra (1958) (score)
1:571. 110 (tempo indications)
1:352. 52
1:073. 72
1:364. 80
2:045. 104

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) (List of Works)

QC Library Catalog NumberQC Library RecordingDurationTitle/Movement
M1533.S355 G9Circ CD 3012Gurrelieder ("Songs of Gurre", 1901-03) (part I score)
7:10I. Orchestervorspiel (orchestral prelude)
M1620.S377 S602Circ Cd 544Six Orchestral Songs, Op. 8 (1903-5) (score)
3:511. Natur (“Nature”) (score)
3:512. Das Wappenschild (“The Coat of Arms”) (score)
2:013. Sehnsucht (“Longing”) (score)
4:144. “Nie ward ich, Herrin müd” (“I have never grown tired, Lady”) (score)
5:395. “Voll jener süsse” (“Full of that sweetness”) (score)
5:076. “Wenn Vöglein klagen” (“When birds lament”) (score)
M452 S36 Q82Circ CD 2789String Quartet No. 2 in F# minor, Op. 10 (1907-08) (score)
6:14Mässig (moderato)
6:38Sehr rasch (very quick)
5:30Litanei ("Litany"), Langsam (slow)
10:59Entrückung ("Rapture"), Sehr langsam (very slow)
M1620 S377 S602LP 1307Das Buch der hangenden Gärten ("The Book of the Hanging Gardens"), Op. 15 (1909) (score)
2:38I. "Unterm Schutz von dichten Blättergründen...” (score)
1:19II. "Hain in diesen Paradiesen..." (score)
1:42III. “Als Neuling trat ich ein...” score)
1:29IV. “Da meine Lippen reglos sind und brennen...” (score)
1:10V. "Saget mir, auf welchem Pfade..." (score)
1:10VII. "Angst und Hoffen..." (score)
3:24"Als wir hinter dem beblümten Tore..." score)
M25 S36 S711Circ CD 18Drei Klavierstücke ("Three Piano Pieces"), Op. 11 (1909) (score)
4:20I. Mässig ("moderate") (score)
8:53II. Sehr Langsam ("very slow") (score)
2:43III. Bewegt ("agitated") (score)
M1045.S363 S7Circ CD 72Fünf Orchesterstücke ("Five Pieces for Orchestra"), Op. 16 (1909) (score)
2:19I. Vorgefühle ("Premonitions") (* motivic analysis)
5:19II. Vergangenes ("Yesteryears") (analysis)
3:20III. Farben ("Colors") (analysis)
1:56IV. Peripetie ("Peripetea")
3:54V. Das obligate Rezitativ ("The Obligatory Recitative")
M25 S36 S723Circ CD 18Five Piano Pieces, Op. 23 (1923) (score)
1:581. Sehr langsam (score)
2:365. Waltzer (score)
M25 S36 S733aCirc CD 18 2:12 Piano Piece, Op. 33a (1929) (score) (analysis)

Béla Bartók (1881-1945) (List of Works)

QC Library Catalog NumberQC Library RecordingDurationTitle/Movement
M1002 B227 K6Circ CD 3415 19:59Kossuth, Symphonic Poem for large orchestra (1903) (score)
M24 B377 S814Circ CD 532Suite, Op. 14 (1916) (score)
1:591. Allegretto
1:422. Scherzo
2:053. Allego molto
2:584. Sostenuto
M1520 B27 C7Circ CD 172118:06The Miraculous Mandarin Suite (1918-19, rev. 1924, 1935)
0:54101. Diminished Fifth (score)
M1140 B38 M8Circ CD 1020Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta (1936) (score)
6:341. Andante
7:232. Allegro
6:513. Adagio
6:424. Allegro molto

Alban Berg (1885-1935) (List of Works)

QC Library Catalog NumberQC Library RecordingDurationTitle/Movement
M23.B47 S61Schwarz CD 1674 9:28Sonata, Op. 1 (1908) (score)
M1614.B47 L5Circ CD 5568Fünf Orchesterlieder nach Ansichtskarten von Peter Altenberg, Op. 4 (1911-12) (score)
2:53I. Seele, wie bist du schöner ("Soul, how much more beautiful are you")
1:12II. Sahst du nach dem Gewitterregen del Wald ("Did you see the forest after the rainstorm")
1:30III. Über die Grenzen des All ("Beyond the boundaries of the universe")
1:23IV. Nichts is gekommen ("Nothing has come")
3:50V. Hier ist Friede ("Here is Peace")
M1045.B47 S7Circ CD 20683 Orchesterstücke, Op. 6 (1913-15) (score)
5:15I. Praeludium
5:59II. Reigen
9:58III. Marsch
M1503.B465 W6Circ CD 20701:44:14Wozzeck, Opera in Three Acts (1914-21)
Act III: Six Inventions (Act III begins at 1:17:06)
2:59Scene 1a: Theme, 7 variations and a double fugue
2:03Scene 1b
5:00Scene 2: Invention on a single note (Bb)
3:27Scene 3: Invention on a rhythm
7:50Scene 4: Invention on a 6-note chord / Invention on a key (D minor)
1:40Scene 5: Invention on an eighth-note rhythm (perpetual motion)
M1013.B474 C6Circ CD 6103Violin Concerto (1935) (score)
11:33I. Andante
16:24II. Allegro

Composers Presented by Students

Silvestre Revueltas (1899-1940)

QC Library Catalog NumberQC Library RecordingDurationTitle/Movement
3:14El afiliador (1924)
7:35Janitzio (1933) (score)
7:00Sensemayá (1938) (score)

Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901-1953)

QC Library Catalog NumberQC Library RecordingDurationTitle/Movement
M1613 .S445 S6Circ CD 4446Five Songs Set to Poems by Carl Sandburg (1929)
4:14"Home Thoughts"
2:17"White Moon"
M452 .S44 Q8Circ CD 5511String Quartet (1931)
5:181. Rubato assai, 2. Leggiero
6:343. Andante, 4. Allegro possible
3:01Rissolty, Rossolty (1939-41)

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

QC Library Catalog NumberQC Library RecordingDurationTitle/Movement
M1002 .S56 F5Circ CD 12248:42Finlandia, Op. 26 (1899)
M1001 .S567 S92bCirc CD 651524:31Symphony No. 2, Movements 3 and 4 Op. 43 (1902)
M1003 .S56 K3Circ CD 780914:55Karelia Suite, Op. 11 (1993)

Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871-1942)

QC Library Catalog NumberQC Library RecordingDurationTitle/Movement
41:22Die Seejungfrau (1903)
M1528 .Z45 L945:46Lyric Symphony (1922)
Sinfonietta, Op. 23 (1923)
7:17II movement

Arthur Honegger (1892-1955)

QC Library Catalog NumberQC Library RecordingDurationTitle/Movement
3:46Danse de la chère ("Dance of the Goat") (1921)
M1002 .H78 M61 Circ CD 9779:19Pacific 231 (Symphonic Movement No. 1) (1923)

Luigi Dallapiccola (1904-1975)

QC Library Catalog NumberQC Library RecordingDurationTitle/Movement
XM1530.D25 C34Circ CD 402Canti di Prigionia (1939-1941)
7:26I. Preghiera di Maria Stuarda (1/2)
4:48II. Invocazione di Boezio
10:04III. Congedo di Girolamo Savonarola
M25.D3 Q8Circ CD 174015:05Quaderno Musicale di Annalibera
M1533.D18 C45Canti di Liberazione (1955)
5:35II. Dominus quasi vir pugnator

Marc Blitzstein (1905-1964)

QC Library Catalog NumberQC Library RecordingDurationTitle/Movement
7:02Piano Sonata (1927-28)
11:59Piano Percussion Music (1929)
5:00Stay in My Arms (1935)
2:09:00The Cradle Will Rock (1936)
The Airborne Symphony (1943-46)
4:09I. Theory of Flight
8:09XII. The Open Sky
LP 1519Regina (opera, 1946-49)
4:23The Best Thing of All