Music Appreciation - Links for enhanced learning

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Introduction Chapters

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http://listeningadventures.carnegiehall.org/ypgto/index.aspxBritten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra A Game format using Britten's work - on line from Carnegie Music Hall, NY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR9nDnyIhAUYoung Person's Guide to the Orchestra Part 1 Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the London Symphony Orchestra -presents main theme and introduces winds and most strings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi0DQNd6bCcYoung Person's Guide Part 2 Michael Tilson Thomas, The London Symphony - picks up with double bass, followed by brass and percussion and then goes to the Fugue
copland.pdfWhat to listen for (Copland) Composer Aaron Copland talks about how we listen

Medieval Links

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKxdCSbAtOE&feature=relatedDavid Munro plays the Shawm - medieval dance English early music performer demonstrates instruments including an original medieval organ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fMHms5CvswiDies Irae (12th c.) Performed by monks of Abbey of Notre Dame
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLpgj0s8o8s&playnext=1&list=PL4CBD62ACE85A2123Excerpt from Hildegard: Ordo Virtutuum Different from text excerpt but Devil still only speaks later in this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DJJQBk1wP8Anon: Estampie Medieval Dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy4XKrTwGmM&feature=relatedBeatrix de Dia: A chanter Secular song with instrumental accompaniment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lxDrIn14l4Pérotin: Alleluia Diffusa Chant - Followed by organum - Then chant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNMQu5LXaeIPérotin Alleluia nativitas Hillard ensemble organum (multiple parts) then chant (at 1:40) then back to organum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77t_bjYSDKAMachaut: Quant en moi Motet: two singers with differernt texts

Renaissance Links

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7W0G1c8fJ0&feature=relatedKings Singers: Passereau: Il est bel est bon French madrigal with chickens!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu5VQ1I7U7wKings Singers: Tanzen und Springing German Madrigal with video of town in Germany
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMDURI-mumISting sings Dowland Sting, Edin Karamazov and vocal ensemble perform Dowland: Come Again, Sweet Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj8GPdKttGwJosquin: Kyrie Pange Lingua Mass Kyrie based on chant "Pange Lingua"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKj1iK2WKS8Allegri: Miserere Tallis Scholars sing Allegri's Miserere at the Vatican - one of the greatest pieces of the Renaissance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5BKG0Sbz3QAttaignant: Tourdian (drinking song) Krummhorns and Viols
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI-bQ0RkArAJosquin: El Grillo (The Cricket) Rustic song (frottola). Translation under Show More

Baroque period

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s60a2QCLt6s&feature=relatedBach Cantata 140 Movement 7 Chorale
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXh7JR9oKVEFood court version of "Hallelujah Chorus"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHl6pQL0rXo&tracker=False&NR=1Monteverdi: Coronation of Poppea - selection from text begins at 6:18
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jv-wscIZo4Purcell: Dido's Lament Video fo Famous recitative and aria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvNQLJ1_HQ0Pachelbel: Canon in D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni8sP6WOFPwHandel: Hornpipe from Water Music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R03zBfuOvcQCorelli's trio sonata Opus 3#1 complete (4 movements) Mvt 2 begins 2:09, Mvt 3 begins about 3:35
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V7oujd9djkBach: Brandenburg Concerto V Mvt. 1 Bach performed on period instruments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ0GdfP58zcTon Koopman plays Bach Toccata in D minor Performance on period European instrument
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATbMw6X3T40Bargraph version of Bach's Toccata & Fugue in D minor Great way to "see" counterpoint
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tga5IgEUD70Voices in the Wind/Nature of things Pipe organ video - goes with worksheet

Classical period

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1FEvl2lcUoMozart piano concerto #21 movement 2 Vladimir Ashkanazy, piano - begins at 14:50
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdOeOl8tDsIHaydn Quartet Opus 76#3 Third movement Minuetto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqI2NYLuJWQMozart: Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581 - Mvt IV Theme and Variations form
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=272_6waHK_EMozart: Ave Verum corpus – Choir of St. Stephen’s Vienna This is a famous choral work by Mozart - NOT covered in the book but important for you to hear. This is performed in the church in Vienna where Mozart was married.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP8IBS0sh8kMozart Requiem “Lacrymosa” recorded in Poland Not covered in the book, but part of last work written by Mozart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hyqPjkFEvA&p=170649F74D42F4B9&playnext=1&index=38Mozart Alleluia from Exultate Jubilate - Kathleen Battle Part of Mozart's Exultate Jubilate - Not covered in the text but a wonderful work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTkCHdkZVyMMozart’s Exultate Jubilate part 2 Kiri Ta Kanawa Includes “Alleluia” which begins at about 7:00 minutes in on the clip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kVRBJ0gPRgBeethoven's Symphony #9 FINALE Very end of "Ode to Joy" with text by Schiller.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geER3iQDO5k&feature=relatedMozart: rondo alla turca from Piano sonata #11 Nice recording of famous work with Turkish flavor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A1IY3Wi8PsBeethoven's sonata pathetique - Third movement
mozartletters.pdfSelected letters by Mozart at various stages of his life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv2WJMVPQi8Beethoven 5th Mvt. 2 begins at 8:30, Mvt 3 at 19:15 Mvt 4 begins at 24:21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL0JLNt_3EEBeethoven Waldstein Sonata Performed by Claudio Arrau

Romantic period

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzbC39utkTwMendelssohn: Violin concerto in E minor, First movement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC4Akc-xcQMMendelssohn: Elijah No. 29 'He watching over Israel'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cxkLZoEFEkChopin nocturne Op 27 #2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5G0imFdEB4Clara Schumann Scherzo Opus 10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLnfP9XTn-kTchaikovsky: Waltz of the Flowers from 'Nutcracker'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A3zetSuYRgLa donna e mobile From Verdi's Rigoletto famous aria sung here by Luciano Pavoratti
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhdVNvd7yKo&NR=1Wagner's The Ring Götterdämmerung Final - Brünnhilde Immolation Scene II
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QLuYj2jxocBrahms Symphony No.4 (1st mov./ first part)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiPA2Iw4IGgDvorak American Quartet - 1st movement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od2IUvWcCvITschaikovsky Symphony #4 4th movement Movement #4- begins at 34:05
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHOwqQ1mDTsMussorgsky - Boris Godunov. Coronation scene. Performed at Russia's famous Bolshoi Theater in Moscow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdtLuyWuPDsBedřich Smetana - Má Vlast Moldau (Vltava): City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra Great photos of Prague
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M0boaBa6QMMaurice Ravel - Daphnis et Chloë - Suite No.2 ('Daybreak')
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4-_DiaF-RAThe choir of Westminster Abbey sing a favorite selection from the Brahms' Requiem.

20th Century Links

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kPdwwvr0qoBerg: Wozzeck Excerpt of opera using sprechstimme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCXFUqdu_KASousa: Stars and Stripes Forever Recording of Sousa conducting his own composition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYlIHI35oakGershwin: Summertime Famous aria from Porgy and Bess. 1935 opera set in Charleston, SC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1oKhVaKBRELost your head blues sung by Bessie Smith Famous Blues singer – recorded in 1927.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reI43yUCaUIMaple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin Piano 'rag' named for Maple Leaf Club where Joplin played
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9GgmGLPbWUBlue Rondo a la Turk - Dave Brubeck Quartet Piece based on Turkish rhythms from 1959.

Chapter Outlines

ChapterChapter Title
chapter_2.docRhythm
chapter_3.docMelody and Harmony
chapter_4.docDynamics
chapter_5.docOrchestral Instruments
chapter_7.docEarly Western Music
chapter_8.docMedieval Times
chapter_8_chant4e.rtfChant Origins
chapter_8_extra.docAntiphons of the Blessed Virgin Mary
notker_outline.docxNotker Outline
chapter_9.docRenaissance Music
chapter_10.docBaroque Period
chapter_11.docOratorio and Cantata
chapter_12.docOpera in the Baroque
chapter_13.docBaroque Suite and Sonata
chapter_14.docBaroque Concerto
chapter_15.docClassicism
chapter_16.docSonata Form
chapter_17.docThe Concerto
chapter_18.docClassical Opera
MLT_Chapter_18_EXTRA_Classical_Vocal_Music_outline.rtfChapter 18 Extra
chapter_19.docChamber Music
chapter_20.docPiano Sonatas
chapter_21.docSymphony and Beethoven
chapter_22.docRomance
chapter_23.docEarly Romantic Music
chapter_24.docRomantic Piano Music
chapter_25.docProgram
chapter_26.docRomantic Opera
chapter_27.docLate Romanticism
chapter_28.docNationalism
chapter_29.docImpressionism
chapter_30.docTwentieth Century
chapter_31.docThe Mainstream
chapter_32.docExpressionism
chapter_33.docNeoclassicism
chapter_34.docNew Sounds and New Techniques
chapter_35.docAmerican Music before 1920
chapter_36.docConcert Music since 1920
chapter_37.docPopular Music and Jazz to 1950
chapter_38.docPopular Music Since 1950
chapter_39.docMusic for Stage and Film

Voice

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24_italian_songs.pdf24 Italian Songs and Arias - Medium High Voice
24_italian_songs_med_low.pdf24 Italian Songs and Arias - Medium Low Voice
http://www.wcu.edu/6643.aspMP3 accompaniments for 24 Italian Songs and Arias - Medium Low and Medium High