The document provides listening examples that were covered in class on October 14th relating to two musical traditions: the French spectralist tradition and the American drone/minimalist tradition. It lists composers and examples from each tradition, such as Debussy's "Nuages" representing spectralism and Partch's "The Rose" representing drone/minimalism. Students are assigned to write a 500 word double-spaced journal entry discussing the material and examples, and to submit it by the given deadline.

1. Journal #6
Write about the material covered in class on 10/14. All the files
we heard have been uploaded to iTunesU.
The French tradition (---> spectralism):
1. Debussy: Nocturnes: 1. Nuages (1899)
2. Messiaen: Couleurs de la Cite Celeste (1963)
3. Grisey: Partiels (18 musiciens) (1975)
The American tradition (---> drone, minimalism)
4. Partch: 11 Intrusions: The Rose (1950)
5. La Monte Young: The Well-Tuned Piano (No. 1) (1964)
6. The Velvet Underground: Venus in Furs (1967)
7. Brian Eno: Music for Airports (1/1) (1978)
8. Glenn Branca: The Ascension: Lesson No. 2 (1981)
9. Sonic Youth: Bad Moon Rising: Ghost Bitch (1985)
500 words, double-spaced, 12-pt. sans-serif font, word
document. Please make the file name your last name + journal6.
Submit your document by clicking on "Journal #6" above.