Sunday, April 25, 2010

Listening recap 2

Here's the list for the second half of the lecture sessions. Feel free to e-mail and correct me if I posted something wrong. I sometimes change my mind when giving the assignments from what I put in my syllabus. Please review the assignments from this, as well as the previous recap post, before the exam.

Lecture 5:

No assigned listening


Lecture 6: Minimalism, Process and Technology

Alvin Lucier: I am sitting in a room


Lecture 7: Minimalism and the symphony orchestra: A survey

John Adams: Harmonielehre, mvt. 1, Harmonium, mvt. 3, Common Tones in Simple Time, Steve Reich, The Four Sections, Philip Glass, Violin Concerto, mvt. 1

Recommended: Steve Reich, The Desert Music, mvt. 1


Lecture 8: Morton Feldman and Musical Time

Feldman: Coptic Light, Triadic Memories, Rothko Chapel


Lecture 9: Postminimalism & Totalism

William Duckworth: Time Curve Preludes nos. 1-12
John Luther Adams: In the White Silence (complete!)


That's about it. Good preparation to all!

-Matt