Description: Prelude: The Fundamentals of Music Chapter 1 Elements of Music: Sound, Rhythm, Melody, and Harmony Sound Rhythm Melody Harmony Chapter 2 Elements that Structure Music--Key, Texture, and Form Key Texture Form Chapter 3 Musical Instruments and Ensembles Voices and Vocal Ensembles Stringed Instruments Plucked Stringed Instruments Bowed Stringed Instruments Woodwinds Brasses Percussion Instruments DeFinite Pitch IndeFinite Pitch Keyboard Instruments Electronic Instruments Instruments in Non-Western Cultures Instrumental Ensembles Chamber Ensembles The Orchestra The Wind Ensemble The Conductor Prelude: The Culture of Medieval Europe Chapter 4 Medieval Music Medieval Sacred Music Gregorian Chant Listening Guide: "Dies irae" ("Day of Wrath"), beginning section, by Anonymous Hildegard of Bingen Listening Guide: "O pastor animarum" ("Shepherd of Souls"), by Hildegard of Bingen MusiCurious: Medieval Nuns'' Daily Lives The Mass Polyphony and Measured Rhythm Featured Listening: "Viderunt omnes" ("All Have Seen"), beginning section, by Lonin Guillaume de Machaut Listening Guide: "Agnus Dei" ("Lamb of God") from Messe de Nostre Dame (Mass of Our Lady), by Guillaume de Machaut Medieval Secular Music Hearing the Difference "Dies irae" and Machaut''s "Agnus Dei" 39 Improvised Accompaniment to Monophonic Songs Listening Guide: "Tant m''abelis" ("So Much I Love"), by Berenguier de Palou 40 The Motet 43 Characteristics of Medieval Music 45 Prelude: The Renaissance: The Rebirth of Humanism Chapter 5 Renaissance Music Renaissance Sacred Music Josquin des Prez Featured Listening: "Ave Maria" ("Hail, Mary"), by Josquin des Prez Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Listening Guide: "Kyrie" ("Lord") from Missa Papae Marcelli (Pope Marcellus Mass), by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Renaissance Secular Music Hearing the Difference Josquin''s "Ave Maria" and Palestrina''s "Kyrie" The Madrigal in Italy MusiCurious: Home Entertainment during the Renaissance The Madrigal in England Listening Guide: "Fair Phyllis," by John Farmer The Chanson in France The Lied in Germany Lute Songs Listening Guide: "Flow My Tears," by John Dowland Renaissance Instrumental Music Listening Guide: Three Dances from Terpsichore, by Michael Praetorius Characteristics of Renaissance Music Prelude: The Triumph of Baroque Style 62 Chapter 6 Baroque Opera The Birth of Opera Baroque Vocal Styles MusiCurious: What Makes Opera Singers into International Stars Claudio Monteverdi MUSICURIOUS How Opera Makes Singers into International Stars Listening Guide: "Tu se'' morta" ("You Are Dead") from Act Two of Orfeo, by Claudio Monteverdi Opera Outside of Italy Featured Listening: "Thy Hand, Belinda" and "When I Am Laid in Earth" from Act Three of Dido and Aeneas, by Henry Purcell Hearing the Difference: Dowland''s "Flow My Tears" and Purcell''s "When I Am Laid in Earth" Chapter 7 Cantata The Secular Cantata The Chorale The Sacred Cantata Listening Guide: "Wachet auf" ("Sleepers Awake"), Cantata no. 140, fourth movement, by Johann Sebastian Bach Featured Listening: "Wachet auf" ("Sleepers Awake"), Cantata no. 140, seventh movement, by Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach Chapter 8 Oratorio Oratorio MusiCurious: Oratorio or Opera?: Know the Difference George Frideric Handel Messiah Listening Guide: "Comfort Ye" from Messiah, by George Frideric Handel Featured Listening: "Ev''ry Valley" from Messiah, by George Frideric Handel Listening Guide: "Hallelujah" from Messiah, by George Frideric Handel The Passion Hearing the Difference: Bach''s "Wachet auf," Cantata no. 140, seventh movement, and Handel''s "Hallelujah" Chorus Chapter 9 Baroque Solo and Chamber Music Keyboard Music Fugue Featured Listening: "The Little Fugue in G Minor," by Johann Sebastian Bach Suite MusiCurious: The King of Instruments Listening Guide: "Bourree I" from Cello Suite no. 3 in C major, BWV 1009, by Johann Sebastian Bach Baroque Sonata Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre Listening Guide: "Aria," sixth movement, from Sonata in D Minor for Violin and Basso Continuo, by Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre Chapter 10 The Baroque Orchestra The Orchestra Listening Guide: "Minuet" from Water Music, by George Frideric Handel MusiCurious: How Baroque Players and Singers "Decorate" Music Concerto Grosso Listening Guide: Brandenburg Concerto no. 5, First movement, by Johann Sebastian Bach Solo Concerto Antonio Vivaldi Featured Listening: "La Primavera" ("Spring"), First movement, from Le Quattro Stagione (The Four Seasons), by Antonio Vivaldi MusiCurious: Attending a Concert Listening Guide: "La Primavera" ("Spring"), second movement, from Le Quattro Stagione (The Four Seasons), by Antonio Vivaldi Listening Guide: "La Primavera" ("Spring"), third movement, from Le Quattro Stagione (The Four Seasons), by Antonio Vivaldi Characteristics of Baroque Music Prelude: The Classical Era: Reason and Revolution Chapter 11 The Classical Symphony The Form of Classical Multimovement Works Single-Movement Sonata Form Theme and Variations Form Minuet and Trio Form The Classical Orchestra MusiCurious: Why Composers Write "Boring" Slow Movements MusiCurious: What Does the Conductor Do? Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Listening Guide: Symphony no. 40 in G Minor, First movement, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Featured Listening: "Surprise," Symphony no. 94 in G Major, second movement, by Franz Joseph Haydn Listening Guide: Symphony no. 40 in G Minor, third movement, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Hearing the Difference: Vivaldi''s "Spring," First movement, and Mozart''s Symphony no. 40 in G Minor, First movement Chapter 12 The Classical Concerto Concerto Soloists Double-Exposition Sonata Form Featured Listening: Piano Concerto no. 23 in A Major, First movement, K. 488, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Hearing the Difference: Bach''s Brandenburg Concerto no. 5, First movement,and Mozart''s Piano Concerto no. 23, First movement Chapter 13 Classical Chamber Music Chamber Sonatas Franz Joseph Haydn MusiCurious: Chamber Music Concerts Featured Listening: String Quartet op. 33, no. 3 ("The Bird"), fourth movement, by Franz Joseph Haydn Rondo Form A Sonata for Flute and Guitar Listening Guide: Grande Sonata no. 85 for ute and guitar, third movement, Scherzo, by Mauro Giuliani Chapter 14 Classical Vocal Music Haydn''s Vocal Music Classical Opera The Marriage of Figaro MusiCurious: Classical and Romantic Opera (The Castrato Bows Out) The Characters The Plot Listening Guide: "Non so pi cosa son" ("I Don''t Know What I Am Anymore") from Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Featured Listening: "Non pi andrai" ("No More Will You") from Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Chapter 15 The Music of Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven Featured Listening: Symphony no. 5 in C Minor, First movement, by Ludwig van Beethoven Listening Guide: Symphony no. 5 in C Minor, second movement, by Ludwig van Beethoven Listening Guide: Symphony no. 5 in C Minor, third movement, by Ludwig van Beethoven Listening Guide: Symphony no. 5 in C Minor, fourth movement, by Ludwig van Beethoven The Classical Piano Hearing the Difference: Haydn''s Symphony no. 94, second movement, and Beethoven''s Symphony no. 5, second movement Listening Guide: "Moonlight," Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, op. 27, no. 2, First movement, by Ludwig van Beethoven Characteristics of Classical Music Prelude: Music of the Romantic Era Chapter 16 Romantic Songs The Salon Art Song MusicCurious: How Does a Composer Write a Piece of Music? Franz Schubert Featured Listening: "Erlknig" ("King of the Elves"), by Franz Schubert Robert and Clara Schumann Listening Guide: "Im wunderschnen Monat Mai" ("In the Wonderfully Lovely Month of May") from Dichterliebe (A Poet''s Love), by Robert Schumann Listening Guide: "Leibst du um Schnheit" ("If You Love for Beauty''s Sake"), by Clara Wieck Schumann Chapter 17 Romantic Piano Music Frdric Chopin and Franz Liszt Featured Listening: Nocturne, op.9, no.2, by Frdric Chopin Listening Guide: Transcendental tude No. 10 in F minor by Franz Liszt Chapter 18 Romantic Program Music MusiCurious: Does the Listener need to know the Program in Program Music? Hector Berlioz Symphonie fantastique Featured Listening: Symphonie fantastique, Fifth movement, "Dream of a

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