Review of Post-tonal analysis; Scriabin
April 2 : overview of the course, review of post-tonal theory
Listen to Scriabin Etudes Op. 56, No. 4 and Op. 74, No. 4.
Assignment 1 (due April 9):
Analysis of Scriabin Prelude, Op. 64, No. 1.
Audio excerpts for Week and Assignment 1
Audio excerpts for for April 9 and Assignment 2
Scores: Debussy, "Les Collines d'Anacapri" and "Le vent dans la plaine" from Preludes, book I; L'Isle Joyeuse, "Cloches à travers les feuilles," from Images, book II.
Readings for April 9:
Clifton Callender, "Voice-Leading Parsimony in the Music of Alexander Scriabin," Journal of Music Theory, 42,:2, Neo-Riemannian Theory (1998), 219-33.
Dmitri Tymoczko, "Scale Networks in Debussy," Journal of Music Theory 48/2 (2004), 219–94.
Langson Library Music 201 page
Supplementary materials for post-tonal review:
Straus, Introduction to Post-tonal theory, chapter 1
Joseph N. Straus on Centric music;
A Brief Guide to Mathematical theory
Brief handout on post-tonal theory
Gary Tucker's Brief Introduction to post-tonal theory
Glossary of PC set theory terms
Larry Solomon's Set theory primer