New Directions: Satie (1866–1925); Cowell (1897–1965) ; Berg (1885–1935), Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901–1953)
Listening:
Trois Gymnopedies (1888):
Gnossienne No. 1 (1890)
Embryons desseches (1913)
d’Holothurie
d’Edriophthalma
de Podophthalma
Pontinen
The Tides of Manaunaun (1912)
The Banshee (1925)
Study in Mixed Accents (1930)
Cowell
Berg: Sonata for Piano, op.1 (1907–8) [LINK TO SCORE]
Gould
Reading:
Eric Jensen: “Satie and the ‘Gymnopedie‘”. ML 75/2, 1994, pp. 236–240
Richard Steinbach: “Henry Cowell: Sound Explorations”. PQ 144 1988-89. pp. 28–37
Allen Forte: “Alban Berg’s Piano Sonata, Op. 1: A Landmark in Early Twentieth-Century Music.” Music Analysis, Vol. 26, No. 1/2 (Mar. – Jul., 2007), pp. 15-24
David Nicholls: Ruth Crawford Seeger: An Introduction (Links to an external site.). The Musical Times, Vol. 124, No. 1685, Anglo-American Issue (Jul., 1983), pp. 421+423-425
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. 107-120
David Cartledge 