Anthology of Post-Tonal Music

This collection of 41 selections and excerpts represents a wide range of music from the 20th century. Designed for use with Understanding Post-Tonal Music by Miguel Roig-Francolí, it can also stand alone as an anthology for study and analysis in other music theory courses.

Preface 1. Claude Debussy (1862-1918), "La cathédrale engloutie," no. 10 from Preludes, Book 1 (1910) 2. Claude Debussy, "Canope," no. 19 from Preludes, Book II (1910-13) 3. Claude Debussy, "Sarabande," from Pour le piano (1894-1901) 4. Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), Introduction to Part I, from The Rite of Spring (1913) 5. Béla Bartók (1881-1945), "Song of the Harvest," no. 33 from Forty-four Violin Duets (1931) 6. Béla Bartók, "Whole-tone Scale," no. 136 from Mikrokosmos, vol. 5 (1932-39) 7. Béla Bartók, "Diminished Fifth," no. 101 from Mikrokosmos, vol. 4 (1932-39) 8. Béla Bartók, "From the Island of Bali," no. 109 from Mikrokosmos, vol. 4 (1932-39) 9. Anton Webern (1883-1945), Five Movements for String Quartet, op. 5, II (1909) 10. Anton Webern, Five Movements for String Quartet, op. 5, III (1909) 11. Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951), "Angst und Hoffen," no. 7 from Book of the Hanging Gardens, op. 15 (1909) 12. Alban Berg (1885-1935), "Schlafend trägt man mich," no. 2 from Four Songs, op. 2 (1908-1909) 13. Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), Agnus Dei, from Mass (194-48) 14. Paul Hindemith (1895-1963), Interlude in G, from Ludus tonalis (1942) 15. Paul Hindemith, "Vom Tode Mariä I," from Das Marienleben (1923) 16. Charles Ives (187401954), "The Things Our Fathers Loved," from 114 Songs (ca. 1917) 17. Charles Ives, "The Cage," from 114 Songs (1906) 18. Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901-1953), Diaphonic Suite no. 4, III (1930) 19. Luigi Dallapiccola (1904-1975), "Contrapunctus secundus," no. 5 from Quaderno musicale di Annalibera (1952-53) 20. Luigi Dallapiccola, "Quartina," no. 11 from Quaderno musicale di Annalibera (1952-53) 21. Anton Webern (1883-1945), "Wie bin ich froh," no. 1 from Drei Lieder, op. 25 (1935) 22. Anton Webern, Piano Variations, op. 27, II (1935-36) 23. Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951), Klavierstück, op. 33a (1929) 24. Igor Sravinsky (1882-1971), "Lacrimosa," from Requiem Canticles (1966) 25. Pierre Boulez (b. 1925), Structures Ia, mm. 1-39 (1952) 26. Milton Babbitt (b. 1916), Composition for Twelve Instruments, mm. 1-26 (1948) 27. Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992), Turangalîa Symphony, Introduction, reh. 12-22 (1946-48) 28. Elliott Carter (b. 1908), String Quartet no. 2, I, mm. 35-134 (1959) 29. Karlheinz Stockhausen (b. 1928), Stimmung (three pages: Formschema, one sample page of Modelle, and one sample page of Magische Namen) (1968) 30. John Cage (1912-1992), Winter Music (one page) (1957) 31. Witold Lutoslowski (1913-1994), Jeux vénitiens, I (1960-61) 32. György Ligeti (1923-2006), Ramifications, mm. 1-44 (1968-69) 33. George Rochberg (1918-2005), Music for the Magic Theater, reh. 1-17 (1965) 34. Luciano Berio (1925-2003), Sinfonia, III ("In ruhig fliessender Bewegung"), mm. 1-120 (to reh. F) (1968) 35. George Crumb (b. 1923), "Dream Images (Love-Death-Music)," no. 11 from Makrokosmos, vol. 1 (1972-73) 36. Steve Reich (b. 1936), Violin Phase (1967) 37. Louis Andriessen (b. 1939), De Staat, mm. 1-161 (1972-76) 39. Augusta Read Thomas (b. 1964), Spring Song, mm. 1-41 (1995) 40. Thomas Adès (b. 1971), Aslya, II, mm. 1-43 (1997) 41. Kaija Saariaho (b. 1952), Ariel’s Hail (2000) Acknowledgment of Sources

Miguel A. Roig-Francolí is Distinguished Teaching Professor of Music Theory and Composition at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.