LESSON 14: UNBALANCED METER
u SUGGESTIONS FOR LISTENING lesson examples: • Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849), Piano Sonata in C Minor, op. 4, third movement (1828). • Serge Rachmaninoff (1873–1943), The Isle of the Dead, orchestral tone poem, op. 29 (1909). • “Oh, Happy We” (Leonard Bernstein, Richard Wilbur, from Candide, 1956). examples of unbalanced meter: • Carl Loewe (1796–1869), Prinz Eugen (1844). ù • Piotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893), Symphony No. 6 in B Minor (“Pathétique”), second movement (1893). ù • Sergey Prokofiev (1891–1953), Four Pieces for Piano, op. 3, no. 4 (1911). é • Gustav Holst (1874–1934), The Planets, orchestral suite, “Mars, the Bringer of War” (1916). ù • Maurice Ravel (1875–1937), Don Quichotte à Dulcinée, “Chanson épique” (1933). ù • Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975), Preludes for piano (1933), nos. 4, 21. ù • Béla Bartók (1881–1945), Mikrokosmos (1926, 1932–39): “In Mixolydian Mode” (volume 2, no. 48) ù “Scherzo” (volume 3, no. 82) ú “Bulgarian Rhythm (1)” (volume 4, no. 113) ú “Bulgarian Rhythm (2)” (volume 4, no. 115) é “Syncopation (3)” (volume 5, no. 133) ù • Alberto Ginastera (1916–1983), Twelve American Preludes for piano, no. 5 (“In the First Pentatonic Minor Mode”) (1944). ú • “The Ballad of Eldorado” (Leonard Bernstein, Richard Wilbur, from Candide, 1956). é • “Take Five” (Paul Desmond, 1959). ù • Theme from “Mission Impossible” (Lalo Schifrin, 1966). ù • “Living in the Past” ( Jethro Tull [Ian Anderson, Terry Ellis], 1969). ù • “Everything’s Alright” (Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice, from Jesus Christ Superstar, 1970). ù • “And the Money Kept Rolling In (and Out)” (Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice, from Evita, 1976). ú • “Estimated Prophet” (Grateful Dead [Bob Weir, John Barlow], 1977). &4 • “English Roundabout” (XTC [Colin Moulding], from English Settlement, 1982). ù • “Dreaming in Metaphors” (Seal [Gus Isidore, Seal], from Seal, 1994). &4 • “St. Augustine in Hell” (Sting, from Ten Summoner’s Tales, 1993). &4 • “Isengard Theme” (Howard Shore, from The Lord of the Rings [film trilogy], 2001). ù • “15 Step” (Radiohead, from In Rainbows, 2007). ù • “Last Night” (Vanessa Hudgens [Silya Nymoen, Scott Jacoby], 2008). ù • Fifteen Character Pieces: Dance. é
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