Project 1 – 1900 – 1945
Impressionism – Debussy Listening Log Page 14
Folk and Rhythm – Stravinsky Listening Log 15
Pitch organisation – Schoenberg – Listening Log Page 16
Exercise – Impressionism, rhythm and pitch – Learning Log Page 4
Sibelius’ and Nielsens 5th Symphonies – Listening Log Page 16
Exercise – Writing Programme Notes – Learning Log Page 5
Music Between the Wars 1919- 1945
Varese – Ameriques – Listening Log Page 17
Ravel – Bolero – Listening Log Page 18
Exercise – Music Between the Wars – Learning Log Page 6
Other artists – Listening Log Page 19
Project 2 – – After the second world war
Suggested listening for this part = Listening Log Page 20
Electronic Music – Learning Log Page 7
Roxburgh, Nono, Saariaho – Listening Log Page 21
Indeterminacy also known as Aleatory music
John Cage is mostly associated with this kind of music. Studied with Henry Cowell and most notably Stockhausen. Varese influenced his work too. His early music was based in serliallism and his rhythmic structures were built around eastern patterns, The development of these eastern ideas lead to the creation of his Aleatoric style. His most famous work is 4″33″
Research Point 4’33″” Listening Log Page 22
Exercise Considering chance and serial music – Listening Log Page 23
Extended tonality – Benjamin Britten
Research point – Gloriana by Benjamin Britten _ Learning Log Page 8
Shostakovich and politics
Exercise – Interpreting the final section of Shostakovich’s 5th Symphony – Learning Log Page 9
Additional listening – Listening Log Page 24
Project three – New Instrumental Sounds
Exercise – Exploring composition for percussion – Listening Log Page 25
Exercise – Unusual musical notation Learning Log Page 10
Exploring a graphic Score – Learning Log Page 11
Notes and References for Assignment 2 Learning Log Page 12
Other listening for this section – Listening Log Page 26
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