Piano music of the Modern Era

Dr. Shane Anderson – Texas A&M UniversityAt Corpus Christi

Tonality breaks down

Late 19th Century chromaticism gives rise to:

Debussy

Ravel

Faure

Wagner

Eric Satie

Gnosiennes - 1890

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)

Sonata no. 5 (1907)

Arnold Schoenberg(1874-1951)

Op. 11, no. 1 Piano Piece

Anton Webern (1883-1945)

Piano Variations, Op. 27, no. 11

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Three Movements from Petrouchka

Bela Bartok (1881-1945)

Suite Out of Doors

With Drums and PipesBarcarollaMusettesNight MusicThe Chase

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)

Sonata no. 7, III. Precipitato

Scott Joplin (1867-1917)

Maple Leaf Rag

Henry Cowell (1897-1965)

Aeolian Harp

Charles Griffes (1884-1920)

Sonata for piano

Part 2

Charles Ives (1874-1954)

Piano Sonata no. 2, “Concord” III

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

Piano variations

Part 2

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)

20 Contemplations of the Infant Jesus

1st Communion of the Virgin

The Spirit of Joy

John Cage (1912-1992)

Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano, I

Lowell Liebermann b. 1961

Piano Sonata Op. 1, no. 1, mvmt 4

Gyorgy Ligeti (1923-2006)

Etude: the Devil’s Staircase

William Bolcom (b. 1938)

Poltergeist Rag