Music 24 – Music of our Century
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Composers and Works:
Unit I: 1900-1930
Concert Music
2. Charles Ives- Three Places in New England, 2nd mvt.
3. Igor Stravinsky- Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring), Dance of the Adolescents
Opera/Musical Theater
4. Alban Berg- Wozzeck, conclusion
5. George Gershwin- Girl Crazy, I Got Rhythm
6. Giacomo Puccini- Turandot, Nessun Dorma!
Jazz
7. Louis Armstrong- Hotter Than That
8. Scott Joplin- Maple Leaf Rag
9. Bessie Smith- Lost Your Head Blues
Unit II: 1931 – 1960
Concert Music
1. Bela Bartok- Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, 1st mvt.
2. Arnold Schoenberg- Variations for Orchestra (excerpt)
3. Igor Stravinsky- Sonata for Two Pianos, 2nd mvt.
Opera/Musical Theater
4. Leonard Bernstein- West Side Story, Cool
5. Benjamin Britten- Peter Grimes, Prologue
6. Rodgers and Hammerstein- Oklahoma, "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning"
Jazz
9. Charlie Parker- Anthropology
Unit III: 1961-2003
Concert Music
1. George Crumb- Ancient Voices of Children, movements 3 and 4
2. James MacMillan- Veni, Veni, Emmanuel, Gaude, Gaude
3. Steve Reich- Sextet, 5th movement
Opera/Musical Theater
4. Philip Glass- Einstein on the Beach, Knee Play 5
5. Osvaldo Golijov- Ainadamar, “Mariana, tus ojos”
6. Stephen Sondheim- A Little Night Music, “Now”
Jazz
7. Ornette Coleman- Street Woman