M544 Week 14 (Week of December 2)

Bacewicz (1909–1969); Crumb (1929– )

Listening:

Bacewicz:

10 Etiud (1956): [TIMELINE ANALYSES]

I: Allegro non troppo
II: Vivace
III: Allegretto
IV
V: Andante
VI
VII: Giocoso
VIII
IX: Presto
X: Allegro

Crumb:

Makrokosmos, vol. I (1972) [LINK TO SCORE]

Part 1

1. Primeval Sounds (Genesis I), Cancer
2. Proteus, Pisces)
3. Pastorale (from the Kingdom of Atlantis, ca. 10,000 B.C.), Taurus
4. Crucifixus [SYMBOL], Capricorn

Part 2

5. The Phantom Gondolier, Scorpio
6. Night-Spell I, Sagittarius
7. Music of the Shadows (for Aeolian Harp), Libra
8. The Magic Circle of Infinity (moto perpetuo) [SYMBOL], Leo

Part 3

9. The Abyss of Time, Virgo
10. Spring-Fire, Aries
11. Dream Images (Love-Death Music), Gemini
12. Spiral Galaxy [SYMBOL], Aquarius

Shannon

Reading:

Carlton Gamer: “Current Chronicle.” [a concert review of the premiere of the Crumb] The Musical Quarterly, Vol. 59, No. 3 (Jul., 1973), pp. 462-473
Thomas Riis: “A Conversation with George Crumb”.AMRCJ 3, 1993 pp. 40–49
Judith Rosen: “Grażyna Bacewicz: Her Life and Works” (Digitized version at USC)
Mary Hellman: “Grażyna Bacewicz’s Ten Concert Etudes, 1956: An examination of etudes Nos. I, II, IV and VIII.” DMA document, University of Alabama

Ligeti (1923–2006); Bolcom (1938– )

Listening:

Ligeti:

Etudes

Premier livre (1985):

Desordre
Cordes a vide (timeline)
Touches bloquees
Fanfares
Arc-en-ciel
Automne a Varsovie (timeline)

Deuxieme livre

Galamb borong (1988)
Fem (timeline) (1989)
Vertige (1990)
Der Zauberlehrling (1994)
En suspens (1994)
Entrelacs (1993)
L’escalier du diable (timeline) (1993)
Coloana infinita (1993)

Aimard

Bolcom:

[For interest, here’s the foreword to his rags, and his afterword to the Etudes]

Twelve New Etudes (1977–86) [LINK TO SCORE]