Page with videos for Schoenberg and Webern (in case it’s handy)
Schoenberg (1874–1951) and Webern (1883–1945)
Listening:
Schoenberg:
Sechs Kleine Klavierstücke op 19 (1911) [LINK TO SCORE]
Leicht, zart
Langsam
Sehr langsam
Rasch, aber leicht
Etwas rasch
Sehr langsam
Takahashi
Suite for Piano, op.25 (1921–3)
Prelude, Gavotte
Musette
Gavotte (Da capo)
Intermezzo
Menuett
Gigue
Gould
Webern: Variationen op 27 (1935–6)
Sehr mässig
Sehr schnell
Ruhig fliessend
Takahashi
Reading:
Patricia Carpenter: “The Piano Music of Arnold Schoenberg.” Theory and Practice, Vol. 30 (2005), pp. 5-33
Peter Westergaard: “Webern and ‘Total Organization’: An Analysis of the Second Movement of Piano Variations, Op. 27.” Perspectives of New Music, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Spring, 1963), pp. 107-12
Russians: Scriabin (1872–1915) and Rachmaninov(1873–1943)
Listening:
Scriabin:
G minor, Op. 27 no. 1 (1900)
F# major, Op. 48 no. 1 (1903)
Op. 74 no. 3 (1914)
Komen
Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 “Black Mass” (1913)
Vers la flamme, Op. 72 (1914)
Horowitz
Rachmaninov
Preludes (Op. 23 1903; Op. 32 1910)
B-flat Major, Op. 23 no. 2
E-flat minor, Op. 23 no 9
G major, Op. 32 no. 5
B minor, Op. 32 no. 10
Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat minor, Op. 36 (1913, rev. 1931) [Link to Library-Scanned SCORE]
Allegro agitato
Non allegro – Lento
L’istesso tempo – Allegro molto
Ashkenazy
Reading: (you don’t have to read all of this. Read the Garcia, and rthe Ruud. The rest are for interest)
Susanna Garcia: “Scriabin’s Symbolist Plot Archetype in the Late Piano Sonatas.” 19th-Century Music, Vol. 23, No. 3 (Spring, 2000), pp. 273-300
B. M. Galeyev and I. L. Vanechkina: “Was Scriabin a Synesthete?” Leonardo, Vol. 34, No. 4 (2001), pp. 357-361
Bulat Galeyev: “Open Letter on Synesthesia” Leonardo, Vol. 34, No. 4 (2001), pp. 362-363
Charles Ruud: “Fin de siècle culture and the shaping of Rachmaninoff”. SM 15, 1995, pp. 23–38
Robert Threlfall: “Rachmaninoff’s 24 Preludes, and Some Thoughts on Editing His Piano Music.” Tempo, New Series, No. 180 (Mar., 1992), pp. 15-17
Joseph Yasser: “Progressive Tendencies in Rachmaninoff’s Music.” Tempo, No. 22, Rachmaninoff Number (Winter, 1951-1952), pp. 11-25
Glen Carruthers: “The (Re)Appraisal of Rachmaninov’s Music: Contradictions and Fallacies.” The Musical Times, Vol. 147, No. 1896 (Autumn, 2006), pp. 44-50.
David Cartledge 