Anthology of Twentieth-Century Music (The Norton Introduction to Music History)

by Morgan, Robert P.

• ISBN13: 9780393952841
• ISBN10: 0393952843
• Edition: 00
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-04-17
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Summary

Since the music is characterized principally by its diversity - by the different schools and movements moving forward simultaneously - it poses special problems for those lacking extensive analytical experience. Therefore, Morgan has included, for each selection, an analytical essay in which he discusses the overall character of the music in question, avoiding special terminology and technical jargon wherever possible. All musical genres are represented and only complete works, movements or integral sections are included. To assist the reader, the book includes instructions on how to read a score and a chart of instrumental names and abbreviations.

Table of Contents

Concordance with Morgan: Twentieth-Century Music	viii	(2)
Introductory Note	x	(1)
Preface	xi
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
1. Estampes, No. 2 (La Soiree dans Grenade)	1	(8)
RICHARD STRAUSS
2. Salome (Scene 1)	9	(12)
ALEXANDER SKRYABIN
3. Piano Pieces	21	(9)
a. Prelude, Op. 35, No. 3	21	(2)
b. Etude, Op. 56, No. 4	23	(2)
c. Prelude, Op. 74, No. 3	25	(5)
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
4. from Five Orchestral Pieces, Op. 16	30	(34)
a. No. 1, Vorgefuhle	30	(15)
b. No. 5, Das obligate Rezitativ	45	(19)
SCHOENBERG
5. Piano Piece, Op. 33a	64	(7)
CHARLES IVES
6. General William Booth Enters into Heaven	71	(9)
BELA BARTOK
7. Bluebeard's Castle (opening segment)	80	(13)
BARTOK
8. from Mikrokosmos, Vol. VI	93	(14)
a. No. 148, Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm, No. 1	93	(3)
b. No. 140, Free Variations	96	(3)
c. No. 144, Minor Seconds, Major Sevenths	99	(8)
IGOR STRAVINSKY
9. from The Rite of Spring	107	(31)
a. Augurs of Spring: Dances of the Young Girls	107	(19)
b. Rounds of Spring	126	(12)
STRAVINSKY
10. Concerto for Piano and Winds (first movement)	138	(36)
11. ANTON WEBERN	174	(7)
a. Song, Op. 3, No. 1	174	(1)
b. Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op. 9, Nos. 4 and 5	175	(6)
WEBERN
12. String Quartet, Op. 28 (second movement)	181	(6)
EDGARD VARESE
13. Hyperprism	187	(33)
ALBAN BERG
14. Five Orchestral Songs, Op. 4 (Altenberg Lieder)	220	(15)
a. No. 2, Sahst du nach dem Gewitterregen den Wald?	220	(1)
b. No. 5, Hier ist Friede	221	(14)
BERG
15. Lyric Suite (first movement)	235	(14)
PAUL HINDEMITH
16. Ludus tonalis (second Interludium and third Fuga)	249	(6)
ROGER SESSIONS
17. from From My Diary	255	(9)
a. No. 2	255	(5)
b. No. 3	260	(4)
HENRY COWELL
18. Piano Pieces	264	(6)
a. Aeolian Harp	264	(1)
b. Fabric	265	(5)
AARON COPLAND
19. Rodeo ("Hoedown")	270	(31)
ELLIOTT CARTER
20. A Mirror on Which to Dwell ("Argument")	301	(15)
JOHN CAGE
21. TV Koln	316	(3)
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
22. Peter Grimes (Interlude IV and Act II, Scene 2)	319	(31)
MILTON BABBITT
23. Semi-Simple Variations	350	(6)
GYORGY LIGETI
24. Three Fantasies, No. 2 (Wenn aus der Ferne)	356	(20)
KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN
25. Kreuzspiel (first movement)	376	(10)
GEORGE CRUMB
26. Night of the Four Moons, No. 1 (La luna esta muerta, muerta ...)	386	(7)
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
27. Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima	393	(20)
PETER MAXWELL DAVIES
28. Vesalii icones (Nos. 1, 6, 8, and 14)	413	(17)
STEVE REICH
29. Music for Pieces of Wood	430	(9)
Appendix A: Reading an Orchestral Score	439	(2)
Appendix B: Instrumental Names and Abbreviations	441	(3)
Appendix C: Glossary of Terms in the Scores	444	(3)
Index A: Forms and Genres	447	(2)
Index B: Analytical Categories	449