Preface
How to Follow the Highlighted Scores
A Note on the Recordings
A Note on the Performance Practice of Early Music
Medieval Music
1. Gregorian Chant (10th century), Kyrie
2. Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179), Alleluia, O virga mediatrix (Alleluia, O mediating branch)
3. Notre Dame School (early 13th century), Organum, Gaude Maria virgo (Rejoice Mary, virgin), excerpt
4. Raimbaut de Vaquieras (c. 1155-1207), Troubador dance song (estampie), Kalenda maya (The First of May)
5. Anonymous (c. 1250), Round, Sumer is icumen in (Summer is come in)
6. Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300-1377), Rondeau, Puis qu’en oubli (Since I am forgotten)
Renaissance Sacred Music
7. Guillaume Du Fay (c. 1397-1474), L’homme armé Mass (The Armed Man Mass), Kyrie
8. Josquin des Prez (c. 1450-1521), Motet, Ave Maria . . . virgo serena (Hail Mary . . . gentle virgin)
9. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594), Pope Marcellus Mass, Gloria
Renaissance Secular Music
10. Josquin des Prez, Chanson, Mille regretz (A thousand regrets)
11. Jacques Arcadelt (c. 1507-1568), Madrigal, Il bianco e dolce cigno (The white and sweet swan)
12. John Farmer (c. 1570-1603), Madrigal, Fair Phyllis
13. Tielman Susato (c. 1515-c. 1571), Three Dances
14. Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 1557-1612), Instrumental canzona, Canzona septimi toni (Canzona in the seventh tone)
Baroque Opera and Aria
15. Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643), L’incoronazione di Poppea (The Coronation of Poppea), Act III, Scene 7
16. Henry Purcell (1659-1695), Dido and Aeneas, Act III
- Prelude, Verse, and Chorus: "Come away, fellow sailors"
- Recitative and Aria: Dido’s Lament
17. Barbara Strozzi (1619-c. 1677), Aria, Amordormiglione (Sleepyhead, Cupid!)
Baroque Cantata and Oratorio
18. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Cantata No. 140, Wachet auf (Sleepers, Awake)
- First movement: Chorale fantasia
- Second movement: Recitative
- Third movement: Aria/Duet
- Fourth movement: Unison chorale
- Seventh movement: Chorale
19. George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Oratorio, Messiah, excerpts
- Nos. 1. Overture
- Nos. 14-16. Recitative, "There were shepherds abiding in the field"
- No. 17. Chorus, "Glory to God"
- No. 18. Aria, "Rejoice greatly"
- No. 44. Chorus, "Hallelujah"
Baroque Suite
20. Handel, Water Music, Suite in D major
21. Jean-Joseph Mouret (1682-1738), Rondeau, from Suite de symphonies
Baroque Concerto
22. Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), La primavera, from Le quattro stagioni (Spring, from The Four Seasons)
- First movement
- Second movement
- Third movement
23. Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, First movement
Baroque Sonata and Fugue
24. Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713), Trio Sonata, Op. 3, No. 2
- Third movement
- Fourth movement
25. Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757), Sonata in C major, K. 159 (La Caccia) (The Hunt)
26. Bach, Contrapunctus 1, from Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue)
Classical Chamber Music
27. Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), String Quartet in C major, Op. 76, No. 3 (Emperor), Second movement
28. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Eine kleine Nachtmusik (A Little Night Music), K. 525
- First movement
- Second movement
- Third movement
- Fourth movement
Classical Symphony
29. Mozart, Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550, First movement
30. Haydn, Symphony No. 100 in G major (Military), Second movement
31. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
- First movement
- Second movement
- Third movement
- Fourth movement
Classical Concerto
32. Mozart, Piano Concerto in G major, K. 453
- First movement
- Second movement
- Third movement
33. Haydn, Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major, Third movement
Classical Sonata
34. Mozart, Piano Sonata in A major, K. 331, Third movement
35. Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2 (Moonlight)
- First movement
- Second movement
- Third movement
Classical Choral Music and Opera
36. Mozart, Requiem
- 3. Dies irae
- 4. Tuba mirum
- 5. Rex tremendae
37. Haydn, Die Schöpfung (The Creation), Part I
- No. 12. Recitative, "Und Gott sprach: Es sei’n Lichter"
- No. 13. Recitative, "In vollem Glanze"
- No. 14. Chorus and Trio, "Die Himmel erzählen"
38. Mozart, Don Giovanni, Act I, Scene 2
- No. 3. Trio, "Ah! chi mi dice mai"
- No. 4. Aria, "Madamina!"
Appendix A: Reading a Musical Score
Appendix B: Instrument Names and Abbreviations
Appendix C: Glossary of Musical Terms Used in the Scores
Appendix D: Concordance Table for Recordings and Listening Guides
Index of Forms and Genres