MUSIC MEMORY is a nationally recognized curriculum designed to give students the life-long gift of love for music of the Western tradition through an in-depth study of sixteen selections per year. Music that students will hear the rest of their lives is carefully chosen for appropriateness from the five major historical periods: Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and 20th Century. Prominent composers of orchestral, vocal, choral, band, and keyboard pieces are featured. The curriculum is presented in an aural-visual format that enhances students' success in recognizing the major themes and remembering the names and composers of the selections.
(Click on song title to listen to audio clip)
2. Exsultate, jubilate: Alleluia by Mozart
3. Suite No. 2: March by Holst
5. Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, "Double": Movement 1 by Bach
6. The Red Poppy: Russian Sailor's Dance by Gliere
7. Railroad (Travel Song) by Monk
8. Also sprach Zarathustra: Introduction by R. Strauss
9. Symphony No. 5, "Fate": Movement 1 by Beethoven
10. Holberg Suite: Prelude by Greig
11. Missa Hodie Christus natus est, "Christmas Mass": Kyrie by Palestrina
12. Requiem: Pie Jesu by Webber
13. Polonaise in A Major, "Military": by Chopin
14. Table Music: Part 1: Overture: Movement 3. Rondeau by Telemann