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Play At Home:

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.

Music History

Ralf Behrens (1958- )

Behrens

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

SATB

Debussy

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Children's Corner, Movement 6

SATBG

This is an actual recording of the composer playing his own composition, a little fuzzy but historically important.

Prélude: Des pas sur la neige, Book 1, No. 6

ATBBGC

Eijkhout

Victor Eijkhout (1959- )

Double, Double, Toil and Treble

AAAA or BBBB/CCCC

Both the normal AAAA and normal BBBB MP3 files were taken from the IMSLP site.

No Youtube video available for this piece, but there are recordings available on the IMSLP site.

Las Vacas

AATTTBBG

No Youtube video available for this piece, but there are recordings available on the IMSLP site.

Timberlake

SATB

S score and recording differ slightly in measures 80, 88, and 96.
Recorders + 6 guitars

No Youtube video available for this piece, but there are recordings available on the IMSLP site.

Griffes

Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884-1920)

Sketch 1 from Two Native American Themes

SATBGC

Tears from Five Poems of Ancient China and Japan Op. 10, No. 4

TTBBGC (S)

The vocal solo is played by a C trumpet on one MP3 and by a Soprano Recorder on the other.

Hartmann

Joseph Hartmann (1946- )

Rondino

SAATB

No Youtube video available for this piece.

A Simple Lovesong

SATB

No Youtube video available for this piece.

Janáček

Leoš Janáček (1854-1928)

V Pláči

TTBGG

Joplin

Scott Joplin (1868-1917)

Elite Syncopations

ATTBGC

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)

Nielsen

Serenade

SATB / TBGC

Peisinger

Joel Peisinger (1955- )

Ostinato: For Five in Fivish

SATBG

No Youtube video available for this piece.

Prospect

SATB

Rondo

ATBG (S)

No Youtube video available for this piece.

Three Anthems

ATBG (S) / ATGC (S)

The vocal solo is played by a C trumpet on one MP3 and by a Soprano Recorder on the other.

No Youtube video available for this piece.

Ravel

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Menuet from Le Tombeau de Couperin

AATTBBGGC (S)

Trois beaux oiseaux du Paradis

ATBG / TBGC

Erik Satie (1866-1925)

Satie

Nocturne #4

SATBGC + piano

Scriabin

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)

Prelude Opus 35, No. 2

SAT/TBG + piano

Prelude Opus 35, No. 3

AATBBGC

Stanford

Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)

The Blue Bird

ATTBG (S)

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Stravinsky

Balalaika from Five Easy Pieces

ATBG (S)

March from Three Easy Pieces

SSATTBB + piano

Christopher Upton (1979- )

Upton

Amazing Grace

SATB/TBGC; Hymn Format

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