Music History Resources

Spring 2012 Syllabus

Quiz 3: Classical Era Study Guide (ch. 20-23)

Quiz 2: Late Baroque Study Guide (ch. 16-19)

Quiz 1: Early Baroque Study Guide (ch. 13-15)

Text: A History of Western Music. Peter Burkholder (2009)

Youtube Videos in Historical Categories (work in progress)

ASSIGNMENTS:

Study for Quiz 3 and Listening Final (see below).

Links for Listening Final:

La serva padrona, “Aspettare” (Pergolesi)
Cleofide (Hasse)
The Beggar’s Opera,  Over the Hills and Far Away (John Gay)
Orfeo ed Euridice (Act 2) (Gluck)
Creation (William Billings)
Sonata in D (Domenico Scarlatti)
Sonata in A (C.P.E. Bach)
Sinfonia in F (Sammartini)
Symphony in Eb Major (Johann Stamitz)
Harpsichord Concerto No. 2 (John Bach)
L’amant anonyme (Joseph Boulogne)
Symphonie la Chasse (François Gossec)
“The Joke” Quartet Op. 33, No. 2 (Haydn)
Symphony No. 92 “The Oxford” (Haydn)
The Creation (Haydn)
Piano Sonata in F Major k.332 (Mozart)
Symphony No. 40 (Mozart)
The Magic Flute “Queen of the Night Aria” (Mozart)
Clarinet Quintet k.581 (Mozart)

Requiem “Lacrimosa” (Mozart)

Links for Listening Midterm Exam:

Cruda Amarilli (Claudio Monteverdi)
Nel pur ardor (Jacopo Peri) first 30 seconds
Amarilli mia bella (Giulio Caccini)
Lasciatemi Qui Solo (Francesca Caccini)
Lagrime mie (Barbara Strozzi)
O Quam tu pulchra est (Alessandro Grandi)
Saul, was verfolgst du mich? (Heinrich Schütz)
Shir Hamma’a lot (Salamone Rossi)
Ricercare (Girolamo Frescobaldi)
Sonata per violino e cornetto (Biagio Marini)
Overture to Armide (Jean-Baptiste Lully)
Te Deum (Marc-Antoine Charpentier)
Pavane ou Tombeau de Mr Raquette (Denis Gaultier)
Prélude (Elizabeth-Claude de la Guerre)
Dido and Aeneas, When I am Laid (Henry Purcell)
La púrpura de la rosa (Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco)
O cessate di piagarmi (Alessandro Scarlatti)
Trio Sonata, Op. 3, No. 2: III (Arcangelo Corelli)
Concerto for Four Violins (Giuseppe Torelli)
Praeludium in E Major (Dietrich Buxtehude)

Further Reading:

Baroque Music, Music in Western Europe, 1580-1750. John Walter Hill (2005)

Classical Music, the Era of Haydn Mozart and Beethoven. Phillip G. Downs (1992)

Composers of African descent including Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges

Source Readings in Music History. Oliver Strunk/Leo Treitler (1998)

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