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The Elements of Music: A Brief Introduction

Part One: The Middle Ages

Chapter 1. Hildegard von Bingen: Play of Virtues (excerpt)

Web Bonus 1: Plainchant Alleluia “Caro mea” from the Mass for the Feast of Corpus Christi

Chapter 2. San Ildefonso Indians of New Mexico: Eagle Dance

Chapter 3. Francesco Landini: "Behold, Spring"

Chapter 4: Guillaume de Machaut, ““I can all too well compare my lady”

Chapter 5. Alfonso el Sabio: Songs to the Virgin Mary no. 249, "He Who Gladly Serves"

Part Two: The Renaissance

Chapter 6. Josquin des Prez: "The Cricket"

Chapter 7. Thomas Weelkes: "Since Robin Hood"

Chapter 8. William Byrd: "Sing Joyfully"

Chapter 9. Rhyming Singers of the Bahamas: "My Lord Help Me To Pray"

(Global Connection: Polyphony)

WEB BONUS CHAPTER 2. Tielman Susato: Moorish Dance

Part Three: The Baroque Era

Chapter 10. Claudio Monteverdi: Orpheus, selection from Act II

Chapter 11. Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas: Overture and Act I, nos. 1-4

Chapter 12. Mbuti Pygmies: "Marriage Celebration Song"

Chapter 13. Barbara Strozzi: "Revenge"

Chapter 14. J. S. Bach: Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 (“Little”)

Chapter 15. Antonio Vivaldi: Four Seasons, "Winter," first movement

Chapter 16. J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047, finale

Chapter 17. George Frideric Handel: Water Music: Hornpipe

Chapter 18. Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata 140 (“Awake, a Voice Calls to Us”), selections

Chorus: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme

Chorale: Gloria sei dir gesungen

Chapter 19. G. F. Handel: Messiah, selections

He that dwelleth in heaven (recitative)

Thou shalt break them (aria)

Halleluiah (chorus)

Part Four: The Classical Era

Chapter 20. Joseph Haydn: String Quartet op. 76, no. 3, second movement

Chapter 21. Master Musicians of the Ikuta-ryu (Japan): Cherry Blossom

Chapter 22. Haydn: Symphony no. 102, second and third movements

Minuet

Rondo

Chapter 23. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no. 40, first movement

Chapter 24. W. A. Mozart: Piano Concerto K. 488, first movement

Chapter 25. W. A. Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro, Act I, selection

Web Bonus Chapter 3. Lisa Lu and the Beijing Opera Company: The Reunion

Chapter 26: Billings: Chester

Part Five: The Nineteenth Century

Chapter 27. Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 (complete)

Chapter 28. Franz Schubert: "Erlking,"D. 328

Chapter 29. Felix Mendelssohn: Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Chapter 30. Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, fourth movement ("March to the Scaffold")

Chapter 31. Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel: Piano Trio, op. 11, second movement

WEB BONUS CHAPTER4 Robert Schumann: "Dedication"

Chapter 32. Clara Schumann: "Forward!"

Chapter 33. Chopin: Mazurka in Bb, op. 7, no. 1

Chapter 34. Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Union

Chapter 35. Ravi Shankar (India): Raga Bairaga

(Global Connection: Virtuosity)

Chapter 36. Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata, Act I, selection

Chapter 37. Richard Wagner: The Valkyrie, Act III, selection ("Wotan’s farewell")

Chapter 38. Johannes Brahms: Symphony no. 4, finale

Chapter 39. Antonin DvoYák: String Quartet in F Major, op. 96 (“American”), third movement

Part Six: The Twentieth Century

Chapter 40. Claude Debussy: Voiles from Preludes, book 1

Chapter 41. Gamelan Gong Kebyar of Belaluan (Bali): Kebyar Ding III, "Oncang-oncangan"

Chapter 42. Charles Ives: The Unanswered Question

Chapter 43. Arnold Schoenberg: "Columbine" from Pierrot lunaire

Chapter 44. Igor Stravinsky: Rite of Spring, Part 1 (excerpt)

Chapter 45. Scott Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag

Chapter 46. Robert Johnson: "Terraplane Blues"

Chapter 47. Duke Ellington: Cotton Tail

Chapter 48. Charlie Parker: Ornithology

Chapter 49. Ruth Crawford: Piano Study in Mixed Accents

Chapter 50. Germaine Tailleferre: Concertino for Harp and Orchestra, finale

Chapter 51. William Grant Still: "A Black Pierrot"from Songs of Separation

Chapter 52. Aaron Copland: "Hoe-Down" from Rodeo

Chapter 53. Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, “Game of Pairs”

Chapter 54. Leonard Bernstein: "Tonight" from West Side Story (ensemble)

Chapter 55. John Cage: Indeterminacy (excerpt)

Chapter 56. Philip Glass: "Knee Play 1" from Einstein on the Beach.

Chapter 57. Chuck Berry: "School Day"

WEB BONUS CHAPTER5. Mahalia Jackson: "It Don't Cost Very Much"

Chapter 58. Marvelettes: "Please, Mr. Postman"

Chapter 59. Beach Boys: "Good Vibrations"

WEB BONUS CHAPTER6. Sex Pistols, “God Save the Queen”

Chapter 60. Public Enemy: "Fight the Power"

Chapter 61. Tania Léon: A la Par, second movement("Guaguancó")

Chapter 62. Tan Dun: “Farewell” from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Part Seven: Music Today

Appendix: Instruments

Glossary

Index