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31 Cards in this Set
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Bach - St Matthew Passion (1729)
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-gmn
-choirs at times, flutes -recitatives, choruses, arias |
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Bach - Singet dem Herm ein neues Lied (1727)
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-has a lot of "singet"
-choir |
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Bach - Partita II in d minor for violin (1720)
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-chaconne
-sounds like chords -variations from simple to complex |
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Bach - English Suite II in a minor (1715)
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-harpsichord
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Mozart - viola quintet in g mionr (1787)
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-viola obviously with strings
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Mozart - clarinet quintet (1789)
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clarinet with strings
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John Adams - Short ride in a fast machine (1986)
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-very aaron copland sound
-mid-western -cowboy song -fanfare -use of minimalist techniques in a dramatic setting |
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Reich - Drumming (1970-71)
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drumming....
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Stockhausen - gesang der junglinge (1956-57)
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-ghostlike
-women murmuring in the back, almost chanting -childlike chanting too -water and electric sounds/ scifi -is this french? -synthesizer stuff -alien bubbles |
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Berio - Sinfonia mov't 2 (1968-69)
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-8 amplified voices and orchestra
-accented notes with voices in the back -whole tone scale motifs -eerie sounds -O King |
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Berio - Sinfonia mov't 3 (1968-69)
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-English
-harsh sounds -dialogue in the background, like several convos going around -like Harry Potter's house where there are lots of spirits talking to each other -a guy talks throughout the whole thing, like a film score |
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Babbitt - Philomel (1964)
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-synthesizer and soprano
-he he he heheheeh!!!!!! -serial composition -english singing, talking about forests and becoming a nightingale |
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Sessions - Rhapsody (1970)
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-forte, dramatic, percussive
-for orchestra |
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Varese - Poeme Electronique (1958)
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-death bells in the beginning
-synthesizer, laser guns -electronic music -noise liberation between sounds -horror film score |
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Copland - Piano Variations (1930)
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-random piano notes
-piano solo from the abstract period, only instrumental -serious piano piece |
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Chopin - Ballade no.4 op.52 (1843)
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-3/4 time
-very intricate structure -slow trill-like theme -allegro. scalar and variations |
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Tchaik - violin concerto op.35 (1878)
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movt1- allegro moderato
movt2- andante movt3- allegro -crazy violin techniques -unique sound |
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Schumann - piano quintet op44 (1842)
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-mainly piano and has strings
-does call and response thing |
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Liszt - Sonata in B minor (1853)
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1- forte and lush harmonies, clunking chords
-twinkling agile passages... starry night, romantic, makes me feel like lying down on the grass by the lake and watching a swan dance over the water -at times, very les mis |
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Scriabin - Sonata no.9 (1913)
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-jazzy, detective show, black and white
-woman with cigarette and furry scarf thing explaining how she "lost" her fiance in an alleyway while walking home |
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Debussy - Preludes (1910)
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2-very Debussy like... waves and stuff
-like the Bastien Octopus song everyone has trouble with 7-more active, rumble rumble 10-chordal, royal sounding |
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Barber - Sonata (1949)
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Ligeti - Atmospheres (1961)
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-soundtrack for horror film, like alfred hitchcock
-screeching and drones |
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Ligeti - Lux Aeterna (1966)
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sounds like a long hallway of a cathedral and someone singing in the back
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Webern - Funf Satze op.5 (1909)
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1- horns
2- percussive, sounds like clapping, banging on stuff |
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Beethoven - symphony no. 9 (1824)
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Brahms - Piano Sonata (1949
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Carter - Piano Sonata (1945-46)
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Lansky - Six Fantasies on a Poem (1978-79)
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Stravinsky - Octet for Winds (1922-23)
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the only thing with horns and stuff
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Beethoven - Piano Concerto no.4 op.58 (1806)
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