Listening Examples

Here is a more extensive list of listening examples to help you with your final project

Middle Ages (Music Guide)

: Alleluia: Vidimus Stellam

: Hildegard of Bingen: “O Successores”

: Guillaume de Machaut- Puis qu'en oubli

: Guillaume de Machaut: La Messe de Nostre Dame - Agnus Dei

Renaissance (Music Guide)

: Josquin Desprez - Ave Maria Virgo serena

: 'Kyrie': Missa Papae Marcelli * Palestrina

: Weelkes - As Vesta was descending

: "Flow my tears" by John Dowland

Baroque (Music Guide)

: Brandenburg Concerto, No. 5 by Bach

: Organ Fugue in G Minor (Little Fugue) by Bach

: Tu se' morta from Orfeo by Monteverdi

: Dido's Lament by Purcell

: La Primavera from The Four Seasons by Vivaldi

: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme by Bach - Movement 1

: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme by Bach - Movement 4

: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme by Bach - Movement 7 (starts at 5:25)

: Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted from Messiah by Handel

: Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah by Handel

Classical (Music Guide)

: Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, I by Mozart

: Symphony No. 94 in G major (Surprise), II by Haydn

: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525, III by Mozart

: String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4, IV by Beethoven

: Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I, Introduction by Mozart

: Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I, La' ci darem la mano by Mozart

: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488, I by Mozart

: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67, I by Beethoven

: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67, II by Beethoven

: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67, III by Beethoven

: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67, IV by Beethoven

Romantic (Music Guide)

: Erlkonig (The Erlking) by Schubert

: Carnaval, Estrella by Schumann

: Carnaval, Reconnaisance by Schumann

: Nocturne in E Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2 by Chopin

: Etude in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 12 (Revolutionary) by Chopin

: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E Minor, Op. 64, I by Mendelssohn

: Symphonie fantastique, IV, March to the Scaffold by Berlioz

: The Moldau by Smetana

: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 (From the New World), I by Dvorak

: Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90, III by Brahms

: La Boheme, Act I, Scene between Rodolfo and Mimi by Puccini

: Die Walkure, Act I, Love Scene, Conclusion by Wagner

Questions to think about while listening -

• What are the performing forces? Only voices, only instruments, or a combination of the two?

• What is the texture of the music? Do you notice the use of a drone?

• How would you characterize the rhythm? Does it seem to float, or flow smoothly, or is there a clearly defined beat?

• If the music has more than one part, do you hear instances of imitation between the parts, especially in choral music?

• In vocal music, is the text sacred or secular? In what language is it sung? Are their instances of word painting to enhance the meaning of the text?

• For instrumental music, what instruments are performing? What do they look like? What kind of sounds do they produce?