History of Western Music Listening Program

(2013 Sept-Dec)

Week

Era

Composer

Dates

Country

Title of piece

1

MEDIEVAL

MUSIC

Gregorian Chant

5th-

10th C

Europe

Genuit Puerpera Regem

2

500-1450

John Dunstable

1390-1453

England

Agnus Dei

3

RENAISSANCE

MUSIC

Josquin Des Pres

1440-1521

France

El Grillo

4

1450-1600

Giovanni Palestrina

1525-1594

Italy

Jubilate Deo

5

BAROQUE

MUSIC

Johann Sebastian Bach

1685-1750

Germany

Tocata in D minor

6

1600-1750

Antonio Vivaldi

1675-1741

Italy

Winter Four Seasons

7

CLASSICAL

MUSIC

Joseph Hadyn

1732-1809

Austria

Symphony No. 94 Surprise

8

1750-1820

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

1756-1791

Austria

Kyrie  from Requiem

9

 

Ludwig Van Beethoven

1770-1827

Germany

Moonlight Sonata

10

ROMANTIC

MUSIC

Johannes Brahms

1833-1897

Germany

Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor

11

1820-1910

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

1840-1893

Russia

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

12

 

Claude Debussy

1862-1918

France

Nocturnes ll-Fetes

13

20th CENTURY

MUSIC

Aaron Copland

1900-1990

USA

Appalachian Spring

Fanfare For The Common Man

14

 

 

1910- PRESENT DAY

Igor Stravinsky

1882-1971

Russia /USA

The Rite Of Spring

15

 

 

 

John Williams

1941-

Australia/England

Star Wars

The Imperial March

16

 

 

 

R Murray Schafer

1933-

Canada

Train