A Young Person’s Guide to the Avant-Garde

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A Young Person's Guide to the Avant-Garde is an accessible, comprehensive primer that surveys modernism and music in the 20th century, offering Futurist noise, dreamy Surrealism, Dada tone poetry, serialism, prepared pianos, musique concrète and early electronic composition.

Annotation last modified on 2013-11-02 23:24 UTC.

Tracklist

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1The Unanswered Question
Charles Ives6:05
2Sechs kleine Klavierstücke
recording of:
Sechs kleine Klavierstücke, op. 19
composer:
Arnold Schönberg (Arnold Schoenberg, composer) (in 1911)
part of:
Works of Arnold Schönberg by opus number (number: op. 19)
Arnold Schoenberg5:56
3The Rite of Spring (extract)
Igor Stravinsky8:05
4Tanz, op. 10
recording engineer:
Leo de Klerk (in 1999)
piano:
Peter Beijersbergen van Henegouwen
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Bloomline Coryphée
recorded at:
Bloomline Coryphée (s-Gravendeel) in Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (until 1999)
engineered at:
Bloomline Coryphée (s-Gravendeel) in Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (in 1999)
recording of:
Tanz, op. 10
composer:
Josef Matthias Hauer (Austrian composer)
Josef Matthias Hauer5:00
5Pacific 231
orchestra:
Oslo‐Filharmonien (Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra) (from 1993-11-24 until 1993-12-03)
conductor:
Mariss Jansons (Latvian conductor) (from 1993-11-24 until 1993-12-03)
recorded at:
Oslo Konserthus (The Oslo Concert Hall) in Oslo, Norway (from 1993-11-24 until 1993-12-03)
recording of:
Pacific 231 (from 1993-11-24 until 1993-12-03)
composer:
Arthur Honegger (composer) (in 1923)
premiered at:
[concert] (1924-05-08)
publisher:
Maurice Senart (in 1924)
part of:
Harry Halbreich's catalog of Arthur Honegger's works (H) (number: H 53)
Arthur Honegger6:05
6Iron Foundry
orchestra:
Orchestre symphonique de Paris
conductor:
Julius Ehrlich (conductor)
recording of:
Завод: музыка машин, op. 19 (Iron Foundry, op. 19, The Iron Foundry)
composer:
Александр Мосолов (Alexander Mosolov, Soviet composer) (from 1926 until 1927)
part of:
Works of Alexander Mosolov by opus number (number: op. 19)
Alexander Mosolov3:00
7The Aeolian Harp
piano:
Henry Cowell (in 1963)
recording of:
Aeolian Harp (in 1963)
composer:
Henry Cowell (until 1923)
part of:
Henry Cowell works catalog (number: HC 370)
Henry Cowell3:46
84′33″
recording of:
4′33″
composer:
John Cage (American composer) (in 1952)
premiered by:
David Tudor (American musician and composer) (on 1952-08-29)
premiered at:
David Tudor at Maverick Concert Hall (1952-08-29)
premiered at:
Maverick Concert Hall in Hurley, New York, United States (on 1952-08-29)
John Cage5:02
9Gesang der Jünglinge
recording of:
Gesang der Jünglinge, Nr. 8
composer:
Karlheinz Stockhausen (composer) (from 1955 until 1956)
dedicated to:
Doris Stockhausen-Andreae
publisher:
Stockhausen‐Verlag
part of:
Works of Karlheinz Stockhausen by Werk Nr. (number: Nr. 8)
Karlheinz Stockhausen13:04
10Poème électronique
recording of:
Poème électronique
composer:
Edgard Varèse (composer) (in 1957)
Edgard Varèse8:09
11Atmosphères
orchestra:
NDR Sinfonieorchester (NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, 1945–2016: NDR Sinfonieorchester) (in 1963)
conductor:
Hermann Scherchen (conductor) (in 1963)
recording of:
Atmosphères (in 1963)
composer:
György Ligeti (contemporary classical composer) (in 1961)
György Ligeti9:05