Music 784: Twentieth-Century Music I

Repertory Studied, Fall 2004

The Final Examination will be taken from highlighted works.

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

QC Library Catalog NumberQC Library Recording DurationTitle/Movement
MM61 D28P4CD 4310:41 Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune ("Prelude to the afternoon of a faun", 1894)
M61 D28NCD 460 Nocturnes (1897-99)
7:46Nuages ("Clouds")
6:00Fêtes ("Festivals")
10:40Sirènes ("Sirens")
M61 D28MCD 43 La Mer ("The Sea," 1903-05)
9:00 De l’aube à midi sur la mer ("From dawn till noon on the sea")
6:40 Jeux de vagues ("Games of waves")
8:20 Dialogue du vent et de la mer ("Dialogue of the wind and the sea")
M 11 D28 Pr1CD 1606 Préludes, book I (1910)
2:44II. Voiles ("Sails" or "Veils")
6:32X. Le cathédrale engloutie ("The sunken cathedral")

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

QC Library Catalog NumberQC Library Recording DurationTitle/Movement
M11 R25JCD 16605:33 Jeux d'eau ("Fountains", 1901)
M11 R25G1CD 1660 Gaspard de la Nuit (1908)
6:42I. Ondine
10:07II. Le Gibet
8:53III. Scarbo
M61 R25D2CD 144415:14Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2 (1912)
MM66.11 R25CpCD 498Piano Concerto in G Major (1930-31)
8:34I. Allegramente
10:07II. Adagio assai
4:08III. Presto

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)

QC Library Catalog NumberQC Library Recording DurationTitle/Movement
M11 S43E2CD 2202:58Etude, Op. 2, No. 1 (1892)
M11 S43E4Etudes, Op. 42 (1903)
LP 48321. Presto
LP 48322:184. Andante
LP 48323:365. Affanato
M11 S43S4CD 7677:29Piano Sonata No. 4 in F sharp, Op. 30 (1903)
2:391. Andante
4:502. Prestissimo volando
Schwarz CD 15902:122 Morceaux ("2 morsels"), Op. 57 (1907)
LP 54041:091. Désir ("desire")
LP 54041:032. Caresse dansée ("danced caress")
M11 S43 M412 Poèmes, Op. 63 (1911)
LP 48310:471. Masque
LP 48311:472. Etrangeté ("strangeness")
M11 S43V1LP 48326:03Vers la flamme: Poème, Op. 72 ("towards the flame", 1914)
M11 S43S9LP 594411:30Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 (1913)
M61 S62P9LP 735820:29Prometheus, the Poem of Fire, Op. 60 (1909-11)

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

QC Library Catalog NumberQC Library Recording DurationTitle/Movement
MM61 S913S91CD 1229Symphony in E-flat (1905-07)
6:03 2. Scherzo, allegretto
CD 21843:30Feux d'artifice ("Fireworks", 1908)
M61 S913 O382CD 218419:27Suite from The Firebird (1909-10)
3:00Introduction
0:17Firebird's Dance
1:13Firebird's Variation
4:32Princesses' Round
4:28King Katschei's Dance
4:03Lullaby
2:53Finale
M61 S913 S1CD 2184Le sacre du printemps ("The Rite of Spring", 1912-13)
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
0:20Dance 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
MM61 S913 RCD 21824:36Ragtime (1918)
MM61 S913 H2CD 1123L'Histoire du Soldat ("The Soldier's Tale", 1918)
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
MM61 S913 S9CD 1229Symphony in C (1938-40)
9:22I. Moderato alla breve
5:42II. Larghetto concertante
4:34III. Allegretto
7:18IV. Largo - Tempo Giusto, alla breve
MM66.11 S913 MCD 1231Movements for Piano and Orchestra (1958-59)
1:571. 110 (tempo indications)
1:452. 52
1:073. 72
1:364. 80
2:015. 104

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)

QC Library Catalog NumberQC Library Recording DurationTitle/Movement
M79.6 S37 GCD 497Gurrelieder ("Songs of Gurre", 1901-03)
7:10I. Orchestervorspiel (orchestral prelude)
M75.1 S37 S7Circ Cd 544Six Orchestral Songs, Op. 8 (1903-5)
3:511. Natur ("Nature")
3:512. Das Wappenschild ("The Coat of Arms")
2:013. Sehnsucht ("Longing")
4:144. "Nie ward ich, Herrin müd" ("I have never grown tired, Lady")
5:395. "Voll jener süsse" ("Full of that sweetness")
5:076. "Wenn Vöglein klagen" ("When birds lament")
M51 S37 Q1-2CD 647String Quartet No. 2 in F# minor, Op. 10 (1907-08)
5:55Mässig (moderato)
6:43Sehr rasch (very quick)
5:40Litanei ("Litany"), Langsam (slow)
M75.1 S37 B9LP 3103Das Buch der hangenden Gärten ("The Book of the Hanging Gardens"), Op. 15 (1909) (songs 1, 2, 5, 7, 11)
M11 S37 K1Circ CD 18Three Piano Pieces, Op. 11 (1909)
3:53I. Mässig
7:11II. Mässige Achtel
2:32III. Bewegt
M61 S37 O3CD 650Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 16 (1909)
2:19I. Vorgefühle ("Premonitions")
5:19II. Vergangenes ("Yesteryears")
3:20III. Farben ("Colors")
1:56IV. Peripetie ("Peripetea")
3:54V. Das obligate Rezitativ ("The Obligatory Recitative")
M11 S37 K3CD 1762Five Piano Pieces, Op. 23 (1923)
2:031. Sehr langsam
2:275. Waltzer
M11 S37 K4CD 1762 2:09Piano Piece, Op. 33a (1929)

Bela Bartók (1881-1944)

QC Library Catalog NumberQC Library Recording DurationTitle/Movement
M11 B29 S94CD 1770Suite for Piano (1916)
CD 676 1:45I. Allegretto
1:44II. Scherzo
1:57III. Allegro molto
2:25IV. Sostenuto
MM61 B29 MCD 2191Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta1 (1936)
8:05I. Andante tranquillo
7:15II. Allegro
8:32III. Adagio
7:15IV. Allegro molto

Composers presented by students

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

QC Library Catalog NumberQC Library Recording DurationTitle/Movement
61 S56 W1 1991CD 2086 9:27The Swan of Tuonela (1893-95)

Silvestre Revueltas (1899-1940)

QC Library Catalog NumberQC Library Recording DurationTitle/Movement
M 61 R45SSchwarz CD 2134 7:04Sensemayá (1938)

Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1885-1920)

QC Library Catalog NumberQC Library Recording DurationTitle/Movement
M 61 G85 R1Schwarz CD 21946:06The White Peacock (1919)

Arthur Honegger (1892-1955)

QC Library Catalog NumberQC Library Recording DurationTitle/Movement
MM 61 H77 M1Schwarz CD 1056 6:23Pacific 231, mouvement symphonique (1923)
MM 61 H77 S3Schwarz CD 1056Symphonie liturgique (1945)
11:25I. "Dies Irae"

Colin McPhee (1901-1964)

QC Library Catalog NumberQC Library Recording DurationTitle/Movement
M 61 M17TSchwarz CD 1731 Tabuh-tabuhan: toccata for orchestra and 2 pianos (1936)
7:26I. Ostinatos