Listening Program for Music 108

*ST=Supplementary tape - there are two of them; A = side one; B = side two. Example: ST1: A5 means supplementary tape one, side one, item 5.

All other selections are available on O'Brien cassettes and/or CD discs as indicated. Example: 2B11 means O'Brien cassette two, side B, item 11. CD V:9 means CD number 5 from the O'Brien set, track 9.

(Study tip) Though not required as a graded assignment for this class, I highly recommend keeping a listening journal. Record notes in the following three categories: Identification, Construction, Personal Response. For the identification category note the title of the item, the date of its original composition, composer or creator, performers, context where typ ically heard (historically and today). For the construction category, note features of musical structure that distinguish one selection from another (see O'Brien chapters 1-8). Don't forget to log your personal reaction to this piece. Did you enjoy list ening to it? Did your impressions change as you learned more about it? This journal is for you.

  1. Mickey Hart: "Sky Water" from At the Edge (ST1: A1)
  2. Claudio Monteverdi: "Possente spirto" from Orfeo (ST1: A2)
  3. "Tarantella D i Ogliastro" performed by I Giullari Di Piazza (ST1: A3)
  4. Temiar dream song "The Princess of Mt. Sewilu:?" performed by Along Indan (ST1: A4)
  5. Vodou Drumming - Yanvalou/Mayi - Rhythms to invoke the Rada spirits.(ST 1:A5)
  6. The Gyuto Monks: Tibetan Tantric Choir singing the Guyasamaya Tantra, Chapter II:23:33 (ST1: A6)
  7. Jewish Liturgical Chant, "Birchos Kohanim" (Priestly Blessing) sung by Gerson Sirota (ST1: A7) [very faint recroding - you'll have to adjust your volume]
  8. Kyrie Eleison - (2B11/CD V:7)
  9. Haec dies from the Gradual - (CD V:9)
  10. Kyrie form Messe du Jour de Noel Ensemble Organum; Marcel Péres, conductor -(2B12/CD V:10)
  11. Mitissima, Virgo, Haec dies - (2B13/CD V:12)
  12. J.S. Bach: Verse 7 from Christ Lag in Todesbanden
  13. Amazing Grace sung by the New Bethel Baptist Church, Detroit Michigan (ST1: A8)
  14. Josquin de Prez: Sanctus from Missa L'Homme arme sexti toni (1B12/CD III:4)
  15. Morley: Now is the Month of Maying (1B13/CD III: 5)
  16. Byrd: Fantasy in Four Parts, Viol Concert (CD III:12
  17. Juan Garcia de Zespiedes: Guaracha: Convidando esta la noche (ST A9)
  18. Monteverdi: Toccata from Orfeo (ST A10)
  19. Monteverdi: Prologue from Orfeo (ST B1)
  20. Handel: "For Unto Us A Child is Born" (1B:10 /CD II:19)
  21. Handel: Hornpipe from Suite No. 1 in F Major ("Water Music") (1A:1/CD 1:1)
  22. Navajo Squaw Dance Song "Shizhane e" (ST B2)
  23. "Tenderly" (by Jack Lawrence and Walter Gross, 1947) performed by Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald (ST B3)
  24. Selections from Le Nozze de Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) (ST B:5-8, also available in Library is the complete libretto) - Overture
  25. Duet - Susanna / Figaro: "Cinque...dieci...vienti " and "Se a caso madama"
  26. Recitative and cavatina - Figaro - "Se vuol ballare"
  27. Aria - Bartolo - "La vendetta"
  28. Haydn: Symphony No. 94 "Surprise" (2B:7/CD IV:12)
  29. Stravinsky: Gavotta con due variazione from Pulcinella  Suite ( 1A:7/ CD 1:11)
  30. Yatshuhashi: Rokudan No Shirabe
  31. Parker: Koko  (1B: 11/CD III:1)
  32. Beethoven: Symphony No.9 (consult library catalogue)
  33. Schoenberg: Prelude from Suite for Piano, Op. 25 (1B:4/CD 11:11)
  34. Satie: Preludes Flasques (po ur un chien) (ST B:9)
  35. Beach: "I Send my Heart to Thee" (2B1/ CD IV:4)
  36. Musgrave : Finale from Horn Concerto (1B8/ CD II:15)
  37. Strauss: "Ah! Du wollest mich nicht deinen Mund kuesse lassen, Jokanaan!" from Salome (ST B:10)
  38. Oliveros: Sound Patterns (1A:10/CD 1:15)
  39. Liszt: Les Jeux d'eau a la villa d'Este (ST2: A1)
  40. Gottschalk: Grande Tarantelle for Piano Orchestra (ST2: A2 )
  41. Michael Jackson: "Beat It" (ST2: A3 )
  42. Chopin: Mazurka (1A:15/CD II:3)
  43. Bartok: "Poarga Romanesca" and "Maruntel" from Rumanian Folk Dances  (2A5/ CD III:17)
  44. Ives: Putnam's Camp from Three Places in New England (1A:14 /CD II:2)
  45. Tchaikovsky: Trepak from Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a (1B:7/CD II:16)
  46. Copland: "Dance" from Music for the Theatre (2B:16/CD V:18)
  47. Hendrix: Star Spangled Banner (ST2: A4)
  48. Varese: Poeme Electronique (2B:9/ CD V:1)
  49. Cage: Aria and Fontana Mix (ST2:A5)
  50. Ligeti: Artikulationen (ST2: B:2)
  51. Feld and Hart: Voices of the Rainforest (ST2: A6)
  52. Obo Addy - Kronos Quartet: Wawshishjay "Our Beginning" (ST2:A7)
  53. Richard Lerman: Soundscape - Five Fence Pieces (ST2: A8)