Hum 2 Introduction to the Humanities
Music and the Arts in the Twentieth Century
Contents of Listening Tapes

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CD 1

Track Composer Title Date Performers Time
1 Richard Wagner Prelude from Tristan und Isolde 1857-59 Carlos Kleiber cond. Staatskapelle Dresden 10:27
2 Claude Debussy Prélude à l'Apres Midi d'un Faune [Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun"] 1894 Louis de Froment cond. the Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg 9:32
3 Erik Satie Sports et divertissement [Sports and Diversions] 1894 Frank Glazer, piano 11:28
4 Erik Satie Excerpt from Parade 1917 Louis de Froment cond. Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg 7:54
5 Igor Stravinsky Introduction from Le Sacre du Printemps [The Rite of Spring]  1913 Pierre Boulez cond. The Cleveland Orchestra 3:34
6 Igor Stravinsky Dance of the Young Girls from Le Sacre du Printemps [The Rite of Spring]  1913 Pierre Boulez cond. The Cleveland Orchestra 3:18
7 Arnold Schoenberg "Parodie" [Parody] from Pierrot Lunaire [Moonstruck Pierrot] op. 21  1912 1:08
8 Arnold Schoenberg "Der Mondfleck" [The Moonspeck] from Pierrot Lunaire [Moonstruck Pierrot] op. 21  1912 :51
9 Anton von Webern Excerpt from Symphony, op. 21 1928 Pierre Boulez cond. London Symphony Orchestra 7:16
10 Luigi Russolo Risveglio di una Citta [The Awakening of a City]  1913 3:58
11 Darius Milhaud "Marche Nuptiale" from Les Mariés de la Tour Eiffel [The Eiffel Tower Marriage] 1920-21 Geoffrey Simon cond. the Philharmonia Orchestra 2:04
12 Arthur Honegger "Marche Funébre" from Les Mariés de la Tour Eiffel [The Eiffel Tower Marriage] 1920-21 Geoffrey Simon cond. the Philharmonia Orchestra 3:52

CD 2

Track Composer Title Date Performers Time
1 Igor Stravinsky Movement 1 from Concerto in Eb "Dumbarton Oaks" 1937-38 4:53
2 Kurt Weill Overture from Die Dreigroschenoper [The Three-Penny Opera]  1927 From the New York Shakespeare Festival Production of 1976, cond. Stanley Silverman. 2:29
3 Kurt Weill "Die Morität von Mackie Messer" ["The Ballad of Mac the Knife"] from Die Dreigroschenoper [The Three-Penny Opera]  1927 From the New York Shakespeare Festival Production of 1976, cond. Stanley Silverman. 3:50
4 Kurt Weill "Kannonensong" ["Cannon Song"] from Die Dreigroschenoper [The Three-Penny Opera]  1927 From the New York Shakespeare Festival Production of 1976, cond. Stanley Silverman. 2:18
5 Dmitri Shostakovich Orchestral interlude between scenes four and five from Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District  1930-32 Mstislav Rostropovich cond. London Philharmonic Orchestra 7:23
6 Aaron Copland Excerpts from Appalachian Spring (orchestral version) 1944 Leonard Bernstein cond. New York Philharmonic 13:31
7 Pierre Boulez Structures Ia  1952 Alfons and Aloys Kontarsky, pianos 3:40
8 Milton Babbitt Composition for Synthesizer 1960-61 11:43
9 John Cage 4'33" 1952 David Tudor, piano 4:33
10 John Cage Excerpt from Indeterminacy 1950-59 John Cage, voice, and David Tudor, piano 5:52

CD 3

Track Composer Title Date Performers Time
1 George Crumb Sections 6 and 7 from Black Angels 1970 The Kronos String Quartet 3:08
2 John Lennon and Yoko Ono Excerpt from Two Virgins 1969 3:17
3 Terry Riley Two excerpts from In C 1964 4:18
4 Philip Glass "Building" from Einstein on the Beach 1976 The Philip Glass Ensemble, cond. Michael Riesman 7:30
5 Philip Glass "Knee 5 (Two Lovers)" from Einstein on the Beach 1976 The Philip Glass Ensemble, cond. Michael Riesman 5:30
6 Steve Reich Movement 1 from Different Trains 1988 The Kronos String Quartet 8:58
7 Steve Reich Movement 2 from Different Trains 1988 The Kronos String Quartet 7:30
8 John Adams Excerpt from Movement 1 of Harmonielehre 1984-85 Edo de Waart cond. San Francisco Symphony 9:57
9 Laurie Anderson "New Jersey Turnpike" from United States 1980 11:19
10 Lou Harrison Main Bersama-sama [Playing Together]  1978 Gamelan Sekar Kemba 7:53