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Music Literature IV Music from the 20th Century to Today
!Mr. Benjamin Fall 2014
7th Period, MWF 1:50PM, Room 246 !
The Homework of THE RITE OF SPRING
(due Wednesday, October 1st!)
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You have been given the full orchestral score for The Augurs of
Spring- Dances of the Young Girls from through to the first page of
The Ritual of Abduction, as well as the score to the ballets
finale, The Sacrificial Dance, from Stravinskys own piano 4-hands
arrangement
!Your tasks are as follows:
1. Define the following vocabulary:
Polychord:
!! Dove-tailing:
!! Ostinato:
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2. Analyze the Polychords that start both The Augurs of Spring-
Dances of the Young Girls and The Ritual of Abduction. (bonus
points for any additional polychords analyzed)
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3. Using colors of some variety (you may choose but indicate by
marking the following categories with their corresponding color)
highlight/circle/box-off the following:
5 examples of dove-tailing
3 examples of ostinati (ostinatos)
2 examples of fighting the barline (suppression of regular meter
by irregular accents)
2 examples of hemiola
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4. Practice counting through the sacrificial dance and take note
of the rhythmic feeling of the movement
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Music Literature IV Music from the 20th Century to Today
!Mr. Benjamin Fall 2014
7th Period, MWF 1:50PM, Room 246 !
make a worksheet out of the score and give them vocal
definitions like Ostinato: !tail feathering !and have them circle
or highlight in dierent colors (make a blank key so that they can
choose their own colors) l !!!musico-skitzo textures and ambivalent
tonal !!!
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Music Literature IV Music from the 20th Century to Today
!Mr. Benjamin Fall 2014
7th Period, MWF 1:50PM, Room 246
CD 2 Playlist
!!5. Prlude LAprs-Midi DUn Faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a
Fawn) 1894
by Claude Debussy (18621918)
Sir Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
!6. La Cathdrale Engloutie (The Sunken Cathedral) from Preludes,
Book 1 1910
by Claude Debussy (18621918)
Pascal Rog, piano
!7. Jeux deua (Fountains // Playing Water // Water Games)
1901
by Maurice Ravel (18751937)
Philippe Entremont, piano
!8. Embryons Desschs (Desiccated Embryos) No. 3 de Podophtalma
1913
by Erik Satie (18661925)
Yuji Takahashi, piano
!9. 7. Salome, Op. 54: Final Scene 19031905
by Richard Strauss (18641949)
Catherine Malfitano (as Salome) and the Vienna Philharmonic
!8. 13. Don Quixote, Op. 35: Theme and Variations 1 and 2
1898
by Richard Strauss (18641949)
!14. 18. Verklarte Nacht (Transfigured Night) Op. 4 1899
by Arnold Schoenberg (18741951)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
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Music Literature IV Music from the 20th Century to Today
!Mr. Benjamin Fall 2014
7th Period, MWF 1:50PM, Room 246 !Draft:
Steve Reich Music for 18 Musicians
Arvo Prt Fratres
Luciano Berio Sinfonia
Henry Cowell The Tides of Manaunaun and The Banshee
!!Britten Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra
!!!!!Music to Xerox:
!From green Anthology of 20th Century Music:
!Henry Cowell, Aeolian Harp p. 264
!Hindemith Ludus Tonalis explanation p. 251
and Interludium 2 and Fuga 3 from my score
