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New Directions: The context

• Schaeffer, Etude aux chemins de fer

Organisation of pitch

‘Louange à l’éternité de Jésus’ from Quartet for the End of Time (1940) by Messiaen

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‘Le loriot’ from the Catalogue d’oiseaux (1956–1958), Book 1 by Messiaen

Webern’s Quartet Op. 22 (1928–1930): first movement

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• Score
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Tonality

‘Der kranke Mond’ (The sick moon) from Pierrot Lunaire (1912) by Schoenberg

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‘Das obligate Rezitative’ from Schoenberg’s Five Orchestral Pieces (1909)

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Bartók’s Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta (1936)

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Structure

Intercession (1991) by James MacMillan

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• Score

Hildegard von Bingen, Spiritus Sanctus Vificans

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Folio by Earle Brown

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In C (1964) by Terry Riley

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Naxos Quartet No. 10 by Peter Maxwell Davies (2007): fifth movement

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Sonority

Instruments

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‘La grive des bois’ from Des canyons aux étoiles (1971) by Messiaen

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‘Les ressuscités et le chant de l’étoile Aldébaran’ from Des canyons aux étoiles (1971) by Messiaen

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Turangalîla-Symphonie (1949) by Messiaen

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Déserts by Edgard Varèse

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Texture

Sequenza III for female voice by Luciano Berio (1966)

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Waltz from Stravinsky’s ballet Petroushka (1910–1911, revised 1947)

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Tempo, metre and rhythm

Miraculous Mandarin ‘Second Decoy Game’ by Bartók

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Strathclyde Concerto No. 2 for Cello: third movement by Maxwell Davies

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Quartet for the End of Time, ‘Liturgie de cristal’ by Messiaen

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Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta (1936) by Bartók

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Miraculous Mandarin opening Allegro by Bartók

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‘Russian Dance’ from Stravinsky’s ballet Petrushka (1910–1911, revised 1947)

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‘Masqueraders’ from Stravinsky’s ballet Petrushka (1910–1911, revised 1947)

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Spontaneous Earth by John Cage

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Labyrinth to Light bu Maxwell Davies

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Performance directions, including dynamics, articulation and extended techniques

Eight Songs for a Mad King (1969) by Peter Maxwell Davies

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Revision Summary

Organisation of pitch – melody and harmony

• Webern, Op. 22, first movement - Spotify recording
• Messiaen, Quartet for the End of Time, ‘Louange à l’éternité de Jésus’ - Spotify recording

Tonality

• Schoenberg, ‘Der kranke Mond’ from Pierrot Lunaire - Spotify recording
• Bartók, Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta: opening of fourth movement - Spotify recording

Structure

• MacMillan, Intercession - Spotify recording
• Maxwell Davies, Naxos Quartet No. 10, fifth movement - Spotify recording
• Riley, In C - Spotify recording

Sonority

• Messaien, Des canyons aux étoiles, ‘La grive des bois’ - Spotify recording
• Messiaen, Turangalîla-Symphonie - Spotify recording
• Varèse, Déserts - Spotify recording

Texture

• Stravinsky, Petroushka, Waltz (opening) - Spotify recording
• Berio, Sequenza III for female voice - Spotify recording

Tempo, metre and rhythm

• Bartók, Miraculous Mandarin, ‘Second Decoy Game’ - Spotify recording
• Messiaen, Quartet for the end of Time, ‘Abîme des oiseaux’ - Spotify recording
• Bartók, Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, first movement - Spotify recording
• Bartók, The Miraculous Mandarin, opening Allegro - Spotify recording
• Stravinsky, Petrushka, ‘Russian Dance’ - Spotify recording

Performance directions: dynamics, articulation and extended techniques

• Maxwell Davies, Eight Songs for a Mad King - Spotify recording

Practice exam questions

AS

• Question 5a: Boulez, Notations I–IV, VII: IV, ‘Rythmique’ - Spotify recording
• Question 5b: Xenakis, Eonta - Spotify recording
• Question 5c: Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring, ‘Glorification of the Chosen One’ - Spotify recording

A Level

• Question 5a: Messiaen, Des canyons aux étoiles, ‘Les orioles’ - Spotify recording
• Question 5b: Shostakovich, Symphony No. 15, second movement - Spotify recording
• Question 5c: Bartók, Concerto for Orchestra, ‘Elegia’ - Spotify recording