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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.
Time Periods:
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Music History
Ralf Behrens (1958- )
Behrens
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
SATB
Debussy
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Children's Corner, Movement 6
SATBG
Prélude: Des pas sur la neige, Book 1, No. 6
ATBBGC
Eijkhout
Victor Eijkhout (1959- )
Double, Double, Toil and Treble
AAAA or BBBB/CCCC
Las Vacas
AATTTBBG
Timberlake
SATB
George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Gershwin
Prelude No. 2
SATBGC
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)
Hartmann
Joseph Hartmann (1946- )
Rondino
SAATB
A Simple Lovesong
SATB
Janáček
Leoš Janáček (1854-1928)
V Pláči
TTBGG
Joplin
Scott Joplin (1868-1917)
Elite Syncopations
ATTBGC
Kenneth Langer (1959- )
Langer
Birds will be Birds
SATB or TBGC
Erkki Gustaf Melartin (1875-1937)
Melartin
Syyskuva
SAATBG
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
Nielsen
Serenade
SATB / TBGC
Peisinger
Joel Peisinger (1955- )
Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella
NSATB
Locrian Lament
SATB
Ostinato: For Five in Fivish
SATBG
Prospect
SATB
Rondo
ATBG (S)
Three Anthems
ATBG (S) / ATGC (S)
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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