THEORY IV

Theory IV Syllabus (This is the general syllabus. Please see the class packet available for purchase in the ASU Bookstore for specific information concerning the class.)

For Aural Theory IV, please visit this page.

COURSE MATERIALS

12tonerowspt1.pdf

12tonerowspt2.pdf

aleatoric.pdf

findingasetsprimeform.pdf

furtherelements.pdf

lateromanticharmony.pdf

minimalism.pdf

modes.pdf

otherscales.pdf

outlineofthe20c.pdf

pcsetanalysis.pdf

rhythmandmeter.pdf

schoenberg12tonetechniques.pdf

tonalityvsatonality.pdf

totalserialism.pdf

 

MP3 FILES FOR LISTENING

Listening Exam Works are in RED.

Extended Tertian Harmony and Pandiatonicism

Wagner, Richard, Prelude to Act 1 of Tristan und Isolde   mp3
Porter, Cole, Night and Day, p. 453 (MFA)   mp3
Ravel, Maurice, Mother Goose Suite: The Magic Garden, p. 360 (MFA)   mp3
Stravinsky, Igor, Sonata for Two Pianos, mvt. II, var. 1, p. 364 (MFA)   mp3
Poulenc, Francis, Gloria: Laudamus te, p. 365 (MFA)   mp3

Modes

Bartok, Bela, Little Pieces for Children, no. III, p. 348 (MFA)   mp3
Debussy, Claude, Trois Chansons, no. 1, p. 351 (MFA)   mp3
Britten, Benjamin, Ceremony of Carols, no. 8, p. 352 (MFA)   mp3
Debussy, Claude, “La Cathedral Engloutie” from Preludes, Book I, p. 431 (MFA)   mp3

Scales

Debussy, Claude, “Voiles” from Preludes, Book I, (excerpt) p. 369 (MFA)   mp3
Messiaen, Olivier, Quartet for the End of Time, mvt. 6 - “Danse de la fureur”   mp3
Bartok, Bela, “WT Scale” from Mikrokosmos, p. 370 (MFA)   mp3
Messiaen, Olivier, Quartet for the End of Time, mvt. 4 - “Intermède”   mp3
Bartok, Bela, “Five Tone Scale” from Mikrokosmos, p. 367 (MFA)   mp3
Stravinsky, Igor, The Rite of Spring (opening section)   mp3
Stravinsky, Igor, Three Pieces for Clarinet, no. 1   mp3

Polymodality and Process Music

Ravel, Maurice, “Nahando” from Chansons Madecasses   mp3
Bartok, Bela, Forty-Four Violin Duos, no. 33, p. 391 (MFA)   mp3
Bartok, Bela, “Boating” from Mikrokosmos, Book V   mp3
Bartok, Bela, “Isle of Bali” from Mikrokosmos, Book IV   mp3
Stravinsky, Igor, Les Noces, Fourth Tableaux, closing section   mp3
Ives, Charles, The Unanswered Question   mp3

Quartal and Secundal Sonorities

Cowell, Henry, Tiger, p. 383 (MFA)   mp3
Ives, Charles, Majority, p. 384 (MFA)   mp3

Rhythm and Meter

Bartok, Bela, “Change of Time” from Mikrokosmos, Book V   mp3
Stravinsky, Igor, The Soldier’s Tale, “The Soldier’s March”   mp3
Bartok, Bela, “Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm, No. 1” from Mikrokosmos, Book V I   mp3
Messiaen, Olivier, Quartet for the End of Time, mvt. 3 - “Abime des oiseaux”   mp3
Messiaen, Olivier, Couleurs de la Cité Celeste   mp3
Carter, Elliot, String Quartet No. 3, mvt. 1   mp3
Ferneyhough, Brian, Etudes Transcendantales, mvt. 1   mp3

Extended Instrumental/Vocal Techniques

Chamberlin, Richard, Elegy   mp3
Penderecki, Krzysztof, Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima   mp3
Davies, Sir Peter Maxwell, Eight Songs for a Mad King, no. 7, “Country Dance”   mp3
Sciarrino, Salvatore, Lo Spazio Inverso  mp3
Berberian, Cathy, Stripsody   mp3
Cowell, Henry, The Banshee   mp3
Lachenmann, Helmut, Mouvement   mp3
Crumb, George, “Sounds of Bones and Flutes” from Black Angels   mp3
Crumb, George, Madrigals, Book IV, p. 419 (MFA)   mp3

Pitch Class Set Analysis

Maxwell Davies, Sir Peter, All Sons of Adam   mp3
Crumb, George, Apparition, no. 3, “Dark Mother”   mp3
Schoenberg, Arnold, Six Little Pieces for Piano, Op. 19, no. 2, p. 395 (MFA)   mp3
Schoenberg, Arnold, Six Little Pieces for Piano, Op. 19, no. 6   mp3
Schoenberg, Arnold, Pierrot Lunaire, “Mondestrunken”, (excerpt) p. 396 (MFA)   mp3
Schoenberg, Arnold, Pierrot Lunaire, “Nacht”   mp3
Webern, Anton, Five Movements for String Quartet, Op. 5, no. 4, p. 399 (MFA)   mp3
Crumb, George, Night of the Four Moons, mvt. 4, “¡Huye luna, luna, luna!”   mp3
Crawford Seeger, Ruth, White Moon   mp3
Berio, Luciano, Sequenza IX for clarinet   mp3

12-Tone Music

Schoenberg, Arnold, String Quartet No. 4, mvt. 1   mp3
Webern, Anton, Symphonie, Op. 21, mvt. 2   mp3
Berg, Alban, Violin Concerto, mvt. 1 (mm. 1-104)   mp3

Serial Music

Boulez, Pierre, Structures 1a   mp3
Boulez, Pierre, Le Marteau sans maitre, mvt. 3   mp3
Babbitt, Milton, Three Compositions for Piano, #1   no audio

Aleatoric/Indeterminate Music

Cage, John, Music of Changes   mp3
Lewis, Peter Tod, Maze   no audio
Feldman, Morton, De Kooning   mp3

Minilmalism/Electronic/and Beyond

Reich, Steve, Come Out   mp3
Reich, Steve, Piano Phase   mp3
Takemitsu, Toru, Water Ways   mp3
Schaeffer, Pierre, 'Etude aux Chemins de Fer'   mp3
Xenakis, Iannis, Concret PH   mp3
Stockhausen, Karlheinz, Studie #1   mp3
Varese, Edgard, Poeme Electronique   mp3
Varese, Edgard, Deserts, through first Organized Sound section   mp3
Stockhausen, Karlheinz, Kontakte   mp3
Coltrane, John, Sun Ship   mp3