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Contents

• The Elements of Music: A Brief
• Introduction
• PART I : THE MIDDLE AGES
• 1. Hildegard von Bingen, Play of Virtues (excerpt)
• 2. San Ildefonso Indians of New Mexico, Eagle Dance
• 3. Plainchant Alleluia, "Caro mea"
• 4. Francesco Landini, "Behold, Spring"
• 5. Guillaume de Machaut, "No More than One Man Could Count the Stars"
• 6. Alfonso el Sabio, Songs to the Virgin Mary, no. 147, "The Talking Sheep"
• PART II : THE RENAISSANCE
• 7. Josquin des Prez, "The Cricket"
• 8. Thomas Weelkes, "Since Robin Hood"
• 9. William Byrd, "Sing Joyfully"
• 10. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Pope Marcellus Mass, "Gloria"
• 11. Rhyming Singers of the Bahamas, "My Lord Help Me to Pray"
• 12. Tielman Susato, Moorish Dance
• PART III : THE BAROQUE ERA
• 13. Claudio Monteverdi, Orpheus, selection from Act II
• 14. Henry Purcell, Dido and Aeneas, selections
• 15. Mbuti Pygmies, "Marriage Celebration Song"
• 16. Barbara Strozzi, "Revenge"
• 17. Antonio Vivaldi, The Four Seasons, "Winter," first movement
• 18. Johann Sebastian Bach, Fugue in G Minor, BWV 578 ("Little" Fugue)
• 19. Johann Sebastian Bach, Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047, finale
• 20. Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata 140: Awake, a Voice Calls to Us, selections
• 21. George Frideric Handel, Messiah, selections
• PART IV : THE CLASSICAL ERA
• 22. Joseph Haydn, String Quartet in C Major, op. 76, no. 3, second movement
• 23. Master Musicians of the Ikuta-ryu, Cherry Blossom
• 24. Joseph Haydn, Symphony no. 102 in B-flat Major, third and fourth movements
• 25. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony no. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, first movement
• 26. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488, first movement
• 27. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro, Act I, "Cosa sento"
• 28. Jingju, "The Reunion"
• 29. William Billings, "Chester"
• PART V : THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
• 30. Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony no. 5 in C Minor, op. 67
• 31. Franz Schubert, "Erlkoenig," D. 328
• 32. Felix Mendelssohn, Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream
• 33. Hector Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique, fourth movement ("March to the Scaffold")
• 34. Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Piano Trio in D Minor, op. 11, third movement ("Song")
• 35. Robert Schumann, "Dedication"
• 36. Clara Wieck Schumann, "Forward!"
• 37. Frederic Chopin, Mazurka in B-flat Major, op. 7, no. 1
• 38. Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Union: Concert Paraphrase on National Airs
• 39. Ravi Shankar, Raga Sindhi-Bhairavi
• 40. Giuseppe Verdi, La Traviata, Act I, selection ("Follie!")
• 41. Richard Wagner, The Valkyrie, Act III, selection ("Wotan's Farewell")
• 42. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake, Act IV, finale
• 43. Johannes Brahms, Symphony no. 4 in E Minor, op. 98, finale
• 44. Antonin DvoYak, String Quartet in F Major, op. 96 ("American"), third movement
• PART VI : SINCE 1900
• 45. Claude Debussy, Voiles
• 46. Charles Ives, The Unanswered Question
• 47. Arnold Schoenberg, "Columbine" from Pierrot lunaire
• 48. Igor Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring, Part One
• 49. Scott Joplin, Maple Leaf Rag
• 50. Robert Johnson, "Terraplane Blues"
• 51. Duke Ellington, "Cotton Tail"
• 52. Charlie Parker, "Ornithology"
• 53. Ruth Crawford, Piano Study in Mixed Accents
• 54. Germaine Tailleferre, Concertino for Harp and Orchestra, finale
• 55. William Grant Still, "A Black Pierrot" from Songs of Separation
• 56. Aaron Copland, "Hoe-Down" from Rodeo
• 57. Bela Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra, second movement ("Game of Pairs")
• 58. Leonard Bernstein, "Tonight" from West Side Story
• 59. John Cage, Sonata II from Sonatas and Interludes
• 60. Gamelan Gong Kebyar of Belaluan, Bali, Kebyar Ding III, "Oncang-oncangan"
• 61. Philip Glass, "Knee Play 1" from Einstein on the Beach
• 62. Mahalia Jackson, "It Don't Cost Very Much"
• 63. Tania Leon, A la Par, second movement ("Guaguanco")
• 64. Corey Dargel, "On This Date Every Year"
• 65. Austin Wintory, "Nascence," from Journey Revel Bonus Chapters
• 66. Chuck Berry, "School Day"
• 67. The Sex Pistols, "God Save the Queen"
• 68. Public Enemy, "Fight the Power"
• 69. John Williams, "The Walls Converge," from Star Wars