Music

Music

Write a 5,000 word essay about a classical contemporary composition written after 1960

Analyze the work in terms of its thematic material.  Discuss how the composer’s notion of theme deviates from a traditional definition. Include example passages from the score.

Discuss the work in terms of how it can be seen as a reaction to European avant-garde Modernism. Include example passages from the score.

Discuss aspects of the work that make it a good example of a particular musical movement – Minimalism, Postmodernism, Spectralism, Aleatoric music, or Theatrical music. Include example passages from the score.

Steve Reich

Steve Reich – Tehillim (I have a score)

Steve Reich – Different Trains

Ligeti – Lux Aeterna (I have a score)

Philip Glass – einstien on the beach
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmX_GgozpQs

Stockhausen – Kontakte (I have a score)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNt6a5xFOnE

Stockhausen – Mantra (1970) (I have a score)

Morton Feldman – For Philip Guston (I have a score)

George Crumb – Ancient Voices of Children

George Crumb – Black Angles