From b847e6bf2052ec13f0fbe1d73249d9656cec1a69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Richmond Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2024 11:31:10 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add listening notes --- listening.md | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+) create mode 100644 listening.md diff --git a/listening.md b/listening.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9010592 --- /dev/null +++ b/listening.md @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +# Recommended listening +## Because Scott always wanted to be a DJ. + +2024-01-23 + +### Musical listening list +1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, I. Allegro (1788). Performed by Lang Lang (). +2. Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 9, IV. Ode to Joy (1822). Performed by the Berlin Philharmonic (1983). +3. Erik Satie. _Musique d'ameublement_ (_Furniture Music_), "Tapisserie en fer forgé" ("Tapestry in forged iron") (1917). Performed by Ensemble Ars Nova (1980). +4. Nancy Hamilton and Morgan Lewis, "How High the Moon" (jazz standard, 1940). Performed by Ella Fitzgerald (1960). +5. Alvin Lucier, "I am Sitting in a Room" (1969), although I believe this recording is from the 1980s. +6. Philip Glass, "The Grid," from _Koyaanisqatsi_ (1982). +7. Donna Summer and Giorgio Moroder, "I Feel Love" (1977). +8. Eric Prydz, "Opus" (2015). +9. Eric Prydz, "Opus," Four Tet remix (2015). +10. The Axis of Awesome, "4 Chords" (2011). +11. Tears for Fears, "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" (1985). +12. Britney Spears, "Toxic" (2003). +13. Carly Rae Jepsen, "Call Me Maybe" (2012). +14. Chappell Roan, "Pink Pony Club" (2023). + +### Additional listening +If you'd like to listen to work that rewards the kind of listening that we're spending time with in CIN1101 together, I have a few recommendations. These are explicitly higer-brow, selections from the 70s and recently, which reflects mostly my taste. (I have not done Cavell's critic's work of making my musical taste general; you've just got my particular taste.) + +1. The entirety of Alvin Lucier, "I am Sitting in a Room" (1969) +2. Simeon Ten Holt, _Canto Ostinato_ (1976; look for the Erik Hall performance) +3. Steve Reich, _Music for 18 Musicians_ (1976; look also for the Erik Hall performance) +4. Hélène Vogelsinger, _Reminiscence (2023) +5. Brian Eno, _Music for Airports_ (1978) +6. JJJJJerome Ellis, _The Clearing_ (2021) +7. Dawn of Midi, _Dysnomia_ (2015) +8. Nils Frahm, "Says" (2015)