Messiaen (1908–1992)
Listening:
Vingt regards sur l’Enfant Jesus (1944)
I. Regard Du Pere
II. Regard De L’Etoile
III. L’Echange
IV. Regard De La Vierge
V. Regard Du Fils Sur Le Fils
Loriod
From Quatre etudes de rythme:
Ile de feu I: Presque vif (1949) [LINK TO SCORE]
Ile de feu II: Vif et feroce (1950) [LINK TO SCORE]
Cherkassky
Reading:
Olivier Messiaen and Bernard Gavoty: “Who Are You, Olivier Messiaen?” Tempo, New Series, No. 58 (Summer, 1961), pp. 33-36
John M. Lee: “Harmony in the Solo Piano Works of Olivier Messiaen: The First Twenty Years.” College Music Symposium, Vol. 23, No. 1 (Spring, 1983), pp. 65-80
Julian Anderson: “Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992). The Recent Death of a World Figure in Music Has Drawn This Appreciation from Julian Anderson.” The Musical Times, Vol. 133, No. 1795 (Sep., 1992), pp. 449-451
Cage (1912–1992); Boulez (1925–2016); Stockhausen (1928–2007)
Listening:
Cage:
Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano (1946–8) [LINK TO SCORE]
Sonata I
Sonata II
Sonata III
Sonata IV
First Interlude
Sonata V
Takahashi
Music of Changes (1951) [LINK TO SCORE]
Henck
Etudes Australes (1974–5)
Sultan
Boulez:
Piano Sonata No. 3 (1957, rev. 1963)
Formant 2: Trope [LINK TO SCORE]
Formant 3: Constellation [Helffer does not play the “Miroir” version]
[Score program note] [LINK TO SCORE]
Helffer
Klavierstücke VII [LINK TO SCORE]
Henck
Reading:
Daniel Charles: “About John Cage’s ‘Prepared Piano,’” from Writings about John Cage, Richard Kostelanetz, ed. Ann Arbor: UMP, 1993, pp. 46–54
Eric Salzman: “Cage’s Well-Tampered Clavier”, ibid, pp. 55–57
Pierre Boulez (translated by David Noakes and Paul Jacobs: “Sonate, Que me Veux-tu?” Perspectives of New Music, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Spring, 1963), pp. 32-44
Allen Edwards: “Unpublished Bouleziana at the Paul Sacher Foundation.” Tempo, New Series, No. 169, 50th Anniversary 1939-1989 (Jun., 1989), pp. 4-15
Anne Trenkamp: “The Concept of ‘Alea’ in Boulez’s ‘Constellation-Miroir.’” Music & Letters, Vol. 57, No. 1 (Jan., 1976), pp. 1-10
William G. Harbinson: “Performer Indeterminacy and Boulez’s Third Sonata.” Tempo, New Series, No. 169, 50th Anniversary 1939-1989 (Jun., 1989), pp. 16-20
Karlheinz Stockhausen: “Clavier Music 1992”. PNM 31/2, 1993, pp. 136–149
David Cartledge 