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Contemporary (around 1900 - Today)
This is the period where European and Western composers start to free themselves from the constraints of centuries of Counterpoint and Harmony. New, radical theories of music abound, and experimentation is the name of the game. Dissonance becomes popular, and complicated and difficult rhythms are introduced. Unfortunately, due to copyright issues, much of the music of this period is not represented on the Play at Home page. A few contemporary composers have given me permission to
use their pieces.
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Ralf Behrens
Claude Debussy
Children's Corner, Movement 6
SATBG
MP3 Playback: Slow
00:00 / 04:36
MP3 Playback
00:00 / 03:29
This is an actual recording of the composer playing his own composition, a little fuzzy but historically important.
Victor Eijkhout
Las Vacas
AATTTBBG
No Youtube video available for this piece, but there are recordings available on the IMSLP site.
MP3 Playback
00:00 / 04:13
Timberlake
SATB
No Youtube video available for this piece, but there are recordings available on the IMSLP site.
MP3 Playback
00:00 / 05:04
S score and recording differ slightly in measures 80, 88, and 96.
Recorders + 6 guitars
Joseph Hartmann
Rondino
SAATB
No Youtube video available for this piece.
MP3 Playback: Slow
00:00 / 05:18
MP3 Playback
00:00 / 04:11
Joel Peisinger
Rondo
ATBG (S)
No Youtube video available for this piece.
00:00 / 04:45
MP3 Playback: Slow
00:00 / 03:30
MP3 Playback: Expert
00:00 / 03:53
MP3 Playback: Medium
Transcribed for Soprano
Three Anthems
ATBG (S) / ATGC (S)
No Youtube video available for this piece.
MP3 Playback: Anthem I
00:00 / 02:11
MP3 Playback: Anthem II
00:00 / 01:40
MP3 Playback: Anthem III
00:00 / 01:39
Anthems 1 and III are ATBG. Anthem II is ATGC.
Transcribed for Soprano
Maurice Ravel
Menuet from Le Tombeau de Couperin
AATTBBGGC
MP3 Playback
00:00 / 05:28
Transcribed for Soprano
Alexander Scriabin
Prelude Opus 35, No. 2
SAT/TBG + piano
MP3 Playback: SAT
00:00 / 03:19
00:00 / 03:19
MP3 Playback: TBG
Prelude Opus 35, No. 3
AATBBGC
MP3 Playback: Slow
00:00 / 02:39
MP3 Playback: Medium
00:00 / 01:46
MP3 Playback: Expert
00:00 / 01:22
Charles Villiers Stanford
Igor Stravinsky
March from 3 Easy Pieces
SSATTBB + piano
MP3 Playback: Slow
00:00 / 02:00
MP3 Playback: Medium
00:00 / 01:27
MP3 Playback: Expert
00:00 / 01:17
Christopher Upton
Amazing Grace
SATB / TBGC
MP3 Playback: SATB + piano
00:00 / 02:01
MP3 Playback: TBGC + piano
00:00 / 02:01