TheMusicoftheTwentiethCentury
TableofContents
Part1:TheTwentiethCentury:WeneedNoLongerbeAfraid!(41:14)
Opening/closingcreditmusic:
Greenberg:Child’sPlayforstringquartet(StringQuartetNo.2)(1988)
Part2:SettingtheTableandParsingOutBlame:France,GermanyandClaude
Debussy(37:05)
Opening/closingcreditmusic:
Greenberg:FunnyLikeaMonkeyforpianoquartet(2001)
Part3:ClaudeDebussyandtheFrenchLanguageinMusicalACTION(42:17)
Featuredworks,performances,URLs,andtimings:
ClaudeDebussy,PreludeX,Book1,TheSunkenCathedral:PavelKolesnikov,
piano;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-jmCNtgJ_g
Part1:00:00-01:24
Part2:01:25-02:11
Part3:02:12-03:15
Part4:03:16-04:24
Part5:04:25-05:38
ParallelOrganum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3sTpHVfcf0
JavaneseGamelan:SariRarasGamelanOrchestra,Midiyanto,director
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2937xfI_kKI
Opening/closingcreditmusic:
Greenberg:NewTimeforclarinet,violin,andpiano(1986)
Part4:RussiaandIgorStravinsky(39:58)
Featuredworks,performances,URLs,andtimings:
IgorStravinsky,TheFirebird:ValeryGergiev,ViennaPhilharmonic,https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZkIAVGlfWk
Khorovode:20:17-24:32
Finale:42:56-46:30
InfernalDanceoftheOgreKashchey:32.12-37.18
IgorStravinsky,Petrushka;ValeryGergiev,LondonPhilharmonic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX7aSsic7eM
ChezPetrushka:11:14-15:59
Opening/closingcreditmusic:
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Greenberg:FantasyVariationsforchamberorchestra(1979)
Part5:TheRiteofSpring(38:13)
Featuredworks,performances,URLs,andtimings:
IgorStravinsky,TheRiteofSpring:ClaudioAbbado,LondonPhilharmonic
Orchestra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRyd5zR_3Bc
DanceoftheAdolescents,kirsthalf:03:13-04:32
ProcessionoftheSage:13:08-13:50
DanceoftheEarth:14:21-15:27
GameoftheRivalTribes:06:22-07:17
Opening/closingcreditmusic:
Greenberg:LemursareAfraidofFossasfor‘celloandpiano(2011)
Part6:ArnoldSchoenberg(38:09)
Featuredworks,performances,URLs,andtimings:
ArnoldSchoenberg,TransBiguredNightforstringsextet:NewEngland
ConservatoryContemporaryEnsemble
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4eCHbBqfrA
OpeningTheme:00:50-02:10
TranskiguredConclusion:28:30-29:44
Opening/closingcreditmusic:
Greenberg:ByVariousMeansforclarinetquartet(1983)
Part7:TheEmancipationofMelody!(39:17)
Featuredworks,performances,URLs,andtimings:
ArnoldSchoenberg,SixLittlePiecesforPiano,Op.19,No.2:YevgenyYontov
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NSMjksGvaM
02:00-03:10
Opening/closingcreditmusic:
Greenberg:Dude‘Tudesforpiano(1992)
Part8:TheSecondVienneseSchool(34:56)
Featuredworks,performances,URLs,andtimings:
ArnoldSchoenberg,PierrotLunaire:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd2cBUJmDr8
Moondrunk:00:56-02:38
AlbanBerg,PianoSonata:Marc-AndreHamelin
2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpi8fJABVHo
AntonWebern,FivePiecesforOrchestra,Op.10,No.4:Philharmonia
OrchestraRobertCraft,conductor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzvkTgl9U_o
Opening/closingcreditmusic:
Greenberg:AmongFriendsforstringquartet(StringQuartetNo.3)(1995)
Part9:The“New”Classicism
Featuredworks,performances,URLs,andtimings:
GeorgeAntheil,Balletmécanique:KölnerPhilharmonie,EnsembleModern,
PeterRundel,conductor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp4bCSaKqKY
HarryPartch:MusicStudio(in2parts)
Part1:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8NIpPhXpfQ
Part2:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzfzT2NnmZs
CarlRuggles,SunTreader,TheClevelandOrchestra,ChristophvonDohnányi
conductor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6soFlEZAMYw
CharlesIvesBiography:TheBostonSymphonyClassicalCompanion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpDdYraYTwo
IgorStravinsky,Pulcinella:LondonSymphony,ClaudioAbbado,conductor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_ydaNBLzww
Sinfoniaopening:00:00-00:12
Sinfoniaconclusion:01:44-01:56
IgorStravinsky,Octet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuQd5bmTCgY
Opening/closingcreditmusic:
Greenberg:SuiteRevelationfor‘celloandpiano(2014)
Part10:SchoenbergandtheTwelve-ToneMethod
Featuredworks,performances,URLs,andtimings:
ArnoldSchoenberg,VariationsforOrchestra,Op.31:CityofBirmingham
SymphonyOrchestra,SimonRattle,conductor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7wefv98lvo
Theme:01:38-02:43
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Opening/closingcreditmusic:
Greenberg:180Shiftforpianotrio(2013)
Part11:SynthesisandNationalism:BélaBartók
Featuredworks,performances,URLs,andtimings:
BélaBartók,PianoConcertoNo.1:VladimirAshkenazy,pianoandthe
ChicagoSymphonyOrchestra,GeorgeSolti,conductor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWadpIl3O3U
BélaBartók,PianoConcertoNo.2:YugaWang,pianoandtheOrchestraofthe
AcademyofSantaCeciliaofRome,AntonioPappano,conductor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z_ICVD4nDU
BélaBartók,PianoConcertoNo.3:MarthaAgerich,pianoandtheToho
GakuenOrchestra,YuriBashmet,conductor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elaY_d3uG6A
BélaBartók,SonataforTwoPianosandPercussion:JoyceYangandJoseph
Kalichstein,pianos;MarcusRhotenandStevenSchick,percussion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pydEoJI8X84
BélaBartók,MusicforStrings,PercussionandCeleste:RIASSymphony
Orchestra,FerencFricsay,conductor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m129k5YcQnU
BélaBartók,ConcertoforOrchestra,ChicagoSymphonyOrchestra,George
Solti,conductor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQb3VUljpa0
BélaBartók,AllegroBarbaro:BélaBartók,piano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWadpIl3O3U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pydEoJI8X84
Opening/closingcreditmusic:
Greenberg:InShape:concertofortwopianosandmarimba(1990)
Part12:America’sGift
Featuredworks,performances,URLs,andtimings:
Polyrhythm:Fanga,asperformedbyBabatundeOlatunjiandfriends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT2J1Ot9N5c
MicrotonalMelody:RobertJohnson,CrossRoadBlues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd60nI4sa9A
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JohnPhilipSousa,TheStarsandStripesForever:UnitedStatesMarineBand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-7XWhyvIpE
ScottJoplin,MapleLeafRag:ScottJoplin,piano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_dI6BZt06U
ClaudeDebussy,Golliwog’sCakewalk:ClaudeDebussy,piano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMrdhgWR9Zk
IgorStravinsky,RagtimeforElevenInstruments:TheColumbiaJazzCombo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90dnOZZVicQ
GeorgeGershwinandIrvingCaesar,Swanee:AlJolson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPmBPvHzF2c
GeorgeGershwin,AnAmericaninParis:LosAngelesPhilharmonic,Gustavo
Dudamel,conductor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGt000iascg
GeorgeGershwin,PreludeNo.2inC-sharpMinor:GeorgeGershwin,piano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pNa6X_s3Rk
AaronCopland,MusicortheTheater,“Dance”:TheNewYorkPhilharmonic,
LeonardBernstein,conductor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhliU-gdgCQ
Opening/closingcreditmusic:
Greenberg:SnappyRejoinderforstringquartet(StringQuartetNo.4)(2005)
Part13:TheWorldTurnedUpsideDown
Featuredworks,performances,URLs,andtimings:
OlivierMessiaen,QuartetfortheEndofTime:WesleyWarnhoff,Oleg
Bezuglov,DmitriYanov-Yanovsky,andEdisherSavitski
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW4cF934bJE
MiltonBabbitt,ThreeCompositionsforPiano:RobertTaub,piano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wmvX_RVvjk
No.1:00:00-01:25
No.2:01:27-05:26
No.3:05:28-07:34
MiltonBabbitt,AllSet:BostonModernOrchestraProject
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX6P6Y6Nnbw
Opening/closingcreditmusic:
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Greenberg:RareBiedAirforclarinet,violin,andpiano(1999)
Part14:Music,Electronics,andEuropeanUltraserialism
Featuredworks,performances,URLs,andtimings:
EdgardVarèse,Poèmeélectronique
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-R3F3ZVbi8
MiltonBabbitt,Philomel:TonyArnold,soprano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SMR5WIgSUg
JohnHollander,Philomel(text)
http://pages.uoregon.edu/musicweb/
SP2010/100413-16BetaCollideSheltonTexts.pdf
OlivierMessiaen,Modedevaleursetd'intensités:FedericoMarchionda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRGqYyHfqQg
PierreBoulez,StructuresBookOnefortwopianos:AlfonsandAloys
Kontarsky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoTYK5mlmDY
Opening/closingcreditmusic:
Greenberg:OnTrial:concertoforvibraphoneandchamberorchestra(1994)
Part15:ForEveryActionanEqualReaction
Featuredworks,performances,URLs,andtimings:
HansWernerHenze,SymphonyNo.8,movement1:GürzenichOrchestraof
Cologne,MarkusStein,conductor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUonvDMNFj4
LuigiNono,PrometheusSuite;Luzerun,ClaudioAbbado,conductor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n-JuMnzVgA
IannisXenakis,Pithoprakta:BuffaloPhilharmonicOrchestra,LukasFoss,
conductor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE1M2iwjTsM
M.C.Escher:MetamorphosisII
https://www.klickr.com/photos/eschergranada/5597872486
KrzysztofPenderecki,ThrenodytotheVictimsofHiroshima:NationalPolish
RadioSymphonyOrchestra,AntoniWit,conductor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp3BlFZWJNA
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GyörgyLigeti,Atmosphères:RTVEOrchestra,CarlosKalmar,conductor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnn4Y9FbEaQ
Opening/closingcreditmusic:
Greenberg:TempusFugitforpiano(2008)
Part16:California
Featuredworks,performances,URLs,andtimings:
HenryCowell,AeolianHarp:FaustoBongelli,piano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L10DlNK-6Io
HenryCowell,TheTidesofManaunaun:HyunK.Kim,piano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BywSUMmTqI
HenryCowell,TheBanshee:SonyaKumikoLee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR_Vrc4YRO4
JohnCage,Bacchanale:GiancarloSimonacci,piano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JyWhfpO3fA
MortonFeldman,RothkoChapel:GreggSmithSingers,GreggSmith,conductor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZZ0DYIkaP8
Opening/closingcreditmusic:
Greenberg:PianoConcertoNo.2(1997)
Part17:RockAroundTheClock
Featuredworks,performances,URLs,andtimings:
JimmyRogers,Money,MarblesandChalk;JimmyRogers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PJSJYa-Pko
TerryRiley,InC:TerryRileyandtheNewMusicCenterinBuffalo,NewYork
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRaa34E8tXQ
SteveReich,It’sGonnaRain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vugqRAX7xQE
SteveReich,DifferentTrains:KronosQuartet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E4Bjt_zVJc
PhilipGlass,ViolinConcerto:KarenGomyo,violin,HagueResidentie
Orchestra,BradLubmanconductor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJW6T6WVn08
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JohnAdams,Harmonielehre
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmDBO-T9nio
Opening/closingcreditmusic:
Greenberg:AnythingYouCanDo...forvibraphoneandviolin(2006)
Part18:Post-Modernism:TheNewTonalityandEclecticism
Featuredworks,performances,URLs,andtimings:
GeorgeRochberg,StringQuartetNo.3:ConcordStringQuartet,1stand2nd
movements
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ4oFnlVK8&list=PLcmHwhAEGYbHjrAi6ej8nEAXQYsiv7q7J&index=1
Movement2:06:52-09:56
GeorgeRochberg,StringQuartetNo.3:ConcordStringQuartet,3rd
movement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=Ye8Roh_k11w&list=PLcmHwhAEGYbHjrAi6ej8nEAXQYsiv7q7J&index=2
GeorgeRochberg,StringQuartetNo.3:ConcordStringQuartet,4thand5th
movements
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=8QTmwISaCW4&index=3&list=PLcmHwhAEGYbHjrAi6ej8nEAXQYsiv7q7J
Movement5Mahlerquote:06:29-07:30
DavidDelTredici,ChildAlice(InMemoryofaSummer’sDay):BMOP
https://vimeo.com/164509967
LucianoBerio,Sinfonia,movement3:TheSwingleSingers,Orchestraofthe
AcademyofSantaCecilia,AntonioPappano,conductor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YU-V2C4ryU
PeterMaxwellDavies,EightSongsforaMadKing:JuliusEastman,baritone,
TheFiresofLondon,PeterMaxwellDavies,conductor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8mod9wAtMM
No.7:22:23-26:24
GeorgeCrumb,AncientVoicesofChildren:AdriannePieczonka,soprano,
SoundstreamsEnsemble,LesDala,Conductor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvpuiI3fGeU
13.28-16.04
Opening/closingcreditmusic:
Greenberg:InvasiveSpeciesforpianoQuintet(2012)
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