Week 1
Week 1.1, Introduction: Women in Music History | Historiographic Assumptions
Week 1.2, Paris in the Early Twentieth Century
Germaine Tailleferre (1892–1983), Sonata for Violin and Piano (1923), I. Moderne sans lenteur
Cecile Chaminade (1857–1944), Concertstück for piano and orchestra (1902)
Lili Boulanger (1893–1918), Clairières dans le ciel/Clearings in the Sky (Sing Cycle), “Demain fera un an”/”It will be a year tomorrow” (1913–15)
WEEK 2
Week 2 The English Musical Renaissance and Beyond
Ethyl Smyth (1858–1944), Overture to The Wreckers (1906)
Elizabeth Maconchy (1907–1994), Ophelia’s Song (1983)
Elisabeth Lutyens (1906–1983), Verses of Love (1970)
WEEK 3
Week 3.1, Trans-Atlantic Modernism
Amy Beach (1867–1944), Gaelic Symphony (1896), I, Allegro con fuoco
Rebecca Clarke (1886–1979), Piano Trio (1921), III. Allegro vigoroso
Week 3.2, The Blues in the USA
Bessie Smith (1894–1937), Back Water Blues (1927)
Gertrude “ma” Rainey, (1886–1939) “Blame it on the Blues” (1928/29)
Billie Holiday (1915–1959), “Strange Fruit” (1939)
WEEK 4
Week 4.1, Preparation for Assignment No. 1: Concert Program
Week 4.2, Sounds of the USA
Ruth Crawford Seeger, String Quartet (1931), IV. Finale
Meredith Monk. (1942–), “Airport,” excerpt from the opera Atlas (1991)
