UC Davis Music Department
Class reserve listening


Fall 2009
Music 24C
Levy


Class reserve listening contained on the Alexander Street Press Classical Music Library (CML) will link
directly to Alexander Street.
If the CML has more than one performance available, the link will go to the CML index
of the composer's work to allow you to pick a preferred performance.

For material not included on CML, the link will go to RealAudio files served by the UCD Music Department Streaming server.
See the Instructions for Accessing and Listening for information regarding the RealAudio player and access information.
For legal and security reasons, you may have to re-enter your kerberos login and password to access these files.


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WEEK 1

Charles Ives, "The Unanswered Question"
Arnold Schoenberg, scene 3 from Erwartung (Expectation)


WEEK 2

Claude Debussy, "Prélude a l'apres-midi d'un Faun"

Claude Debussy, "Pelleas et Melisande"
     Act 1, Scene 1
     Act 3, Scene 1

WEEK 3

Links for REQUIRED non-NAWM Listening: Week 3
Anton Webern, Bagatelles for String Quartet

Links for OPTIONAL non-NAWM Listening: Week 3
Arnold Schoenberg, Three Piano Pieces, op. 11
Arnold Schoenberg, Piano Pieces, op. 19
Arnold Schoenberg, Five Orchestral Pieces
Anton Webern, Variations, op. 27
Alban Berg, Violin Concerto: use one of the Music Library CDs, e.g. CD2934.

NOTE that the Alexander Street Classical Music Library contains the complete pieces that are only excerpted in NAWM
including Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire and Piano Suite, and Berg's Wozzeck.
Only the excerpts in NAWM are required listening.

WEEK 4

Links for REQUIRED non-NAWM Listening: Week 4
Igor Stravinsky, Octet


Links for OPTIONAL non-NAWM Listening: Week 4
Igor Stravinsky, Les Noces or Svadebka (The Wedding)
Erik Satie, Parade
Kurt Weill, excerpts from The Threepenny Opera
[excerpts will be played in class; the rest is available in the Music Library on CD 2059.]
Béla Bartók, Bagatelles
[excerpts will be played in class; feel free to browse the Alexander Street Classical Music Library for other examples of Bartók's piano music.]

NOTE that the Alexander Street Classical Music Library contains the complete pieces that are only excerpted in NAWM,
including Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms and Bartók's Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta.
Only the excerpts in NAWM are required listening.

WEEK 5 [TOP]

Links for REQUIRED non-NAWM Listening: Week 5
George Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue
Aaron Copland, Piano Variations

NOTE that the Alexander Street Classical Music Library contains complete pieces that are only excerpted in NAWM,
including Copland, Suite from Appalachian Spring. Only the excerpts in NAWM are required listening.

WEEK 6 [TOP]

None.

Links for OPTIONAL non-NAWM Listening: Week 6

NOTE that the Alexander Street Classical Music Library contains complete pieces that are only excerpted in NAWM,
including Shostakovich, Symphony no. 5 and Prokofiev, Alexander Nevsky. Only the excerpts in NAWM are required listening.

WEEK 7 [TOP]

Links for REQUIRED non-NAWM Listening: Week 7
Edgard Varèse, Poème Electronique


WEEK 8 [TOP]

Links for REQUIRED non-NAWM Listening: Week 8
Luciano Berio, Sinfonia, movements 2 and 3

Links for OPTIONAL non-NAWM Listening: Week 8
Benjamin Britten, "Sanctus" and "Agnus Dei" from the War Requiem [use a CD from the Music Library, e.g. CD 6197]
Olivier Messiaen, Turangalila Symphony, movement I
Olivier Messiaen, Turangalila Symphony, movement IX

NOTE that the Alexander Street Classical Music Library contains complete pieces that are only excerpted in NAWM, including Britten, Peter Grimes, and Crumb, Black Angels. Only the excerpts in NAWM are required listening.

WEEK 9 [TOP]

Links for REQUIRED non-NAWM Listening: Week 9
Steve Reich, Come Out
John Adams, Nixon in China, Act I, scene 1, "News"
John Williams, excerpt from Star Wars

Links for OPTIONAL non-NAWM Listening: Week 9
Terry Riley, In C [use a CD from the Music Library, e.g. CD6840]
Steve Reich, Different Trains [use a CD from the Music Library, e.g. CD1498]
John Adams, excerpts from Nixon in China (Act I, scene 1; Act III, scene 1) [use youtube or Music Library CD1815]
Philip Glass, excerpts from Einstein on the Beach and Koyaanisqatsi [excerpts played in class, or use Music Library CD1654 and CD1915]


WEEK 10 [TOP]

Links for REQUIRED non-NAWM Listening: Week 10
[NONE]

NOTE that the Alexander Street Classical Music Library contains complete pieces that are only excerpted in NAWM, including Arvo Pärt, Seven Magnificat Antiphons.
Only the excerpts in NAWM are required.



Additional listening may be assigned from Alexander Street Press streaming collections:

Classical Music Library
Contains recordings covering the history of Western art music from Gregorian chant to the works of contemporary composers. The recordings are from major labels such as EMI, as well as independents like Sanctuary Classics and Hyperion. Performances feature major artists including Neville Marriner, Yehudi Menuhin, Glenn Gould, Maria Callas and hundreds of others.
http://ucdavis.classical.com

Smithsonian Global Sound
Includes music, spoken word, and natural and human-made sounds. Recordings come from the non-profit Smithsonian Folkways Recordings label and the archives of other labels. It includes music from around the world as well as spoken word recordings of biography, memoir, drama, and poetry. Langston Hughes, W.E.B. Dubois, Mahalia Jackson, Sterling Brown and others can be heard reading from their own works. Other non-musical material includes sounds of biological origin, sounds of the rainforest, documentary sounds (such as aircraft, cars and tools) and more.
http://ucdavis2.classical.com

African American Song
Documents the history of African American music with recordings by major names in the history of black American music. Artists include Ma Rainey, Lead Belly, Mahalia Jackson, Alberta Hunter, Tampa Red, and William "Bunk" Johnson. Some recordings have never before been available. Access to the field recordings of folklorist Alan Lomax is also included.
http://ucdavis4classical.com

Visit the Library's music subject guide for instructions: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/index.php?heading=7

For information on connecting from off campus, see http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/services/connect/