Paris! Berlioz to the Ballets Russes LISTENING TEST NOTES

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Covers Seminar and Reading Notes Grand Opera: - Berlioz, Les Troyens Act I “Nuit D’ivresse” - Halevy, La Juive Act IV “Rachel quand du Seigneur!” Symphony Orchestra: - Gluck, Alceste “Divinites dy Styx” The Salon: - Farrenc, Louise, Trio for flute, cello and piano in E minor, op. 45 Scherzo: Vivace - Thalberg, Fantasy on Robert le Diable Opera-Comique, Opera bouffe-Lyrique Opera: - Herold, Le Pre-au-Clercs Air de Mergy “Ce soir j’arrive donc dans cette ville immense” - Massenet, Thais “C’est toi, mon pere” - Debussy, Pelleas et Melisande Act IV, scene iv Spaniards in Paris: - Bizet, Carmen (Habanera) - Ravel, Rhapsodie Espagnole “Prelude a la nuit” - Falla, Noches en los jardines de Espana, Nights in the Gardens of Spain The Early Music/Church Music Revival in France: - Faure, Pavane - Ravel, Tombeau de Couperin Symphonic Concerts (Con) - Saint Saens, Organ Symphony (last movt) - Dukas, L’Apprenti Sorcier Rolland (1919) Cafe concerts, Cabaret Artists and Music Hall: - Satie, “La Diva de l’empire” Modernism in Music: - Ravel, 3 Mallarme Songs no1 - Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring (part 1)