cin1101s24/listening.md

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)