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 |