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v. 1. The master builders of music. In the beginning was Bach. The "little fugue" in G minor -- "Christ lay in bonds of death" (chorale prelude) -- Suite no. 3 in D major -- The Brandenburg concertos. Concerto no. 2 in F major ; Concerto no. 3 in G major -- Mr. Handel of London. The Messiah -- The Water music -- Xerxes: largo -- The Fireworks music -- Haydn, master pattern maker. Symphony no. 94 in G major: "The surprise" -- Quartet in C major: "The emperor" -- Symphony no. 99 in E-flat major -- Mozart mirrors the eighteenth century. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik -- The Marriage of Figaro: overture -- The Magic Flute: overture -- Symphony in G major -- Beethoven, balance of expression and design. Symphony no. 5 in C minor -- Coriolanus: overture -- Symphony no. 3 in E-flat: marcia funebre -- Symphony no. 7 in A major: presto -- Leonora no. 3 overture -- Egmont: overture -- Schubert bridges romance and song. Symphony no. 8 in B minor: "Unfinished" -- Rosamunde: overture -- Rosamunde. Overture ; Ballet music no. 2 -- Moment musical no. 3 in F minor -- "Gretchen at the spinning wheel" -- "Erlking" -- "The hedge rose" -- "Winter journey" (song cycle) -- "Swan songs" (song cycle) -- Brahms, a musical philosopher. "Sapphic ode" -- Academic Festival Overture -- Serenade in D major: minuets -- Hungarian Dances nos. 5 and 6 -- Symphony no. 2 in D major -- César Franck, the mystic. Symphony in D minor -- Wagner and music drama. The Flying Dutchman: overture -- Tannhäuser: overture -- Lohengrin: prelude to act I -- The Mastersingers of Nuremberg. Dances of the apprentices ; Overture -- The Valkyrie. Magic fire music ; Ride of the Valkyries -- Parsifal: prelude -- Rimsky-Korsakov, a brilliant colorist. A May night: overture -- Capriccio espagnol -- Scheherazade (symphonic suite) -- Snegurochka: dance of the clowns -- Sadko: a song of India -- Claude Debussy and his musical impressions. L'après-midi d'un faune -- Nocturnes: nuages -- Fêtes -- Clair de lune -- La fille aux cheveux de lin -- Richard Strauss, an artistic realist. Till Eulenspiegel's merry pranks. |
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v. 2. The musician as poet, painter, and dramatist. Four great tone poets. Felix Mendelssohn. Fingal's Cave overture -- A Midsummer Night's Dream: overture, scherzo, nocturne, wedding march -- Songs without words -- "Italian" symphony: andante -- Robert Schumann. Fantasiestücke -- Manfred: overture -- Frédéric Chopin. Polonaise in A major, opus 40 -- Mazurka in B-flat, opus 7, no. 1 -- Valse in C-sharp minor, opus 64, no. 2 -- Prelude in D-flat, opus 28, no. 15 -- Prelude in B minor, opus 28, no. 6 -- Nocturne in G minor, opus 37, no. 1 -- Nocturne in G, opus 37, no. 2 -- Ballade in G major, opus 23 -- B-flat minor sonata for piano: marche funèbre -- Ottorino Respighi. The Fountains of Rome -- Voices of the north. Edward Hagerup Grieg. Peer Gynt Suite no. 1 -- Peer Gynt Suite no. 2 -- Sigurd Jorsalfar: march of allegiance -- Johan Halvorsen. Triumphal entrance of the Boyards -- Armas Järnefelt. Berceuse -- Praeludium -- Jan Sibelius. Symphony no. 2 in D major -- Valse triste -- The swan of Tuonela -- Finlandia -- Russia speaks. Alexander Borodin. Prince Igor: Polovtsian dances -- In the steppes of Central Asia -- Modeste Petrovitch Mussorgsky. Khovanshchina: introduction, entr'acte -- A Night on Bald Mountain -- Pictures at an Exhibition -- Peter Ilitch Tchaikovsky. String quartet, no. 1 in D major, opus 11: andante cantabile -- Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasie -- March Slav -- The Year 1812 Overture -- Symphony no. 4 in F minor -- Symphony no. 6 in B minor -- Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivannov. Caucasian sketches -- Serge Prokofiev. "Classical" Symphony -- The love for three oranges: marche and scherzo -- Dmitri Shostakovich -- The heart of Hungary. Franz Liszt. Les Préludes -- Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2 -- Karl Goldmark. "Country Wedding" Symphony -- Erno von Dohnányi. Suite for orchestra, opus 19 -- Variations on a nursery tune -- Ruralia Hungarica -- Bohemia greets you. Frederick Smetana. The Bartered Bride: overture -- Vltava, the River -- Antonin Dvořák. Carnival Overture -- Symphony no. 5 [9] in E minor, "From the New World" -- Jaromir Weinberger. Schwanda, the bagpipe player: polka, furiant, and fugue -- Under the spreading chestnut tree -- Sketches from Spain. Isaac Albéniz. Fête-Dieu à Seville -- Triana -- Enrique Granados. Goyescas: intermezzo -- Three Spanish dances -- Joaquin Turina. La Procesión de rocío -- Four from France. Hector Berlioz. "Romeo and Juliet" Symphony: "Queen Mab" scherzo -- Symphonie Fantastique -- The Damnation of Faust: Rakoczy March, Dance of the Sylphs, Minuet of the Will-o'-the-wisps -- Georges Bizet. L'Arlésienne: suite no. 1 -- Camille Saint-Saëns. Samson et Dalila: Bacchanale -- Le Rouet d'Omphale -- Danse Macabre -- Paul Dukas. The Sorcerer's Apprentice -- Music and the ballet. Léo Delibes. Sylvia (ballet suite) -- Igor Stravinsky. The Fire Bird (ballet suite) -- Music made in England. Henry Purcell. Suite for strings -- Frederick Delius. On hearing the first cuckoo in spring -- Brigg fair -- Gustav Holst. The Planets. Mars, the bringer of war ; Mercury, the winged messenger -- Edward Elgar. Pomp and Circumstance no. 1 -- Enigma Variations -- Ralph Vaughan Williams. Greensleeves Fantasia -- Eric Coates. London suite -- Americana. Edward MacDowell. Suite no. II: "Indian" -- George W. Chadwick. Symphonic Sketches: jubilee -- Arthur Foote. Suite for strings in E major -- John Alden Carpenter. Adventures in a perambulator -- Charles Griffes. The white peacock -- The pleasure dome of Kubla Khan -- John Powell. In old Virginia -- Natchez-on-the-hill -- George Gershwin. Rhapsody in Blue -- Porgy and Bess -- Ferde Grofé. The Grand Canyon suite -- Harl McDonald. The festival of the workers: dance of the workers -- Second symphony: rhumba -- William Grant Still. "Afro-American" Symphony: scherzo -- Latin America. |
