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Listen to This
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Listen to This : Listening Guides and Recordings
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Developing Listen to This, Fourth Edition
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[PDF] [eBook] for Listen to This, 4th Edition, By Mark Evan Bonds
Listen to This
Listen to This
Contents
Listen to This : Listening Guides and Recordings
Dear Reader,
Developing Listen to This, Fourth Edition
The Elements of Music: A Brief Introduction
Melody
Dynamics
Rhythm
Harmony
Texture
Timbre
Voices: The Human Sound
Instruments of the Orchestra
The String Family.
The Woodwind Family.
The Brass Family.
The Percussion Family.
Form
Word–Music Relationships
A Framework for Listening: Genre
Hearing the Elements Together: Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Part 1 The Middle Ages 476 ce – Early Fifteenth Century
1 Hildegard von Bingen Play of Virtues (excerpt)Composed: ca. 1150
Learning Objectives
The Clarity of Monophonic Texture
Medieval Melody
Projecting Words through Music
Free Rhythm
2 San Ildefonso Indians of New Mexico Eagle DanceTraditional; recorded: ca. 1951
Learning Objectives
Texture: Monophony
Free versus Metered Rhythm
Melodic Contour
Form: ABA
3 Plainchant Alleluia “Caro mea”Composed: ca. 1275
Learning Objectives
Timbre: Soloist and Chorus
Texture: Monophony
Melody
Word–Music Relationships: Singing Syllables
4 Francesco Landini “Behold, Spring”Composed: ca. 1350–1397
Learning Objectives
The Richness of Polyphonic Texture
Rhythm: The Pulse of Meter
Units of Melody
Form: Turning Poetry into Music
Word–Music Relationships: Syllabic versus Melismatic
5 Guillaume de Machaut “No More than One Man Could Count the Stars”Composed: ca. 1350
Learning Objectives
Three-Voice Texture
A Melody Punctuated by Cadences
AAB Form
6 Alfonso el Sabio Songs to the Virgin Mary, no. 147, “The Talking Sheep” Composed: Late Thirteenth Century
Learning Objectives
Timbre: The Sound of Double Reeds
Form: Repetition and Contrast
Three Kinds of Texture
Part 1 Summary
Making Connections: Music of the Middle Ages
Part 2 The Renaissance ca. 1425–1600
7 Josquin des Prez “The Cricket” Composed: ca. 1500
Learning Objectives
Texture: Polyphony in Four Voices
Word Painting: Music Imitates the Text
Ternary Form: ABA
8 Thomas Weelkes “Since Robin Hood Composed: 1608
Learning Objectives
Texture: Polyphony in Three Voices
Poetic Rhythm in Music
Word Painting in the Renaissance Madrigal
9 William Byrd “Sing Joyfully”Composed: 1590
Learning Objectives
Texture: Polyphony in Six Voices
Sectional Form
Word–Music Relationships: The Music Paints the Words
10 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Pope Marcellus Mass, “Gloria”Composed: 1555
Learning Objectives
A capella Timbre
Varied Polyphonic Textures
Flowing Rhythm
Consonant and Dissonant Harmonies
11 Rhyming Singers of the Bahamas My Lord Help Me to PrayRecorded: 1965
Learning Objectives
Texture: Monophony versus Polyphony
Intoning the Melody
Word–Music Relationships
12 Tielman Susato Moorish Dance Composed: ca. 1550
Learning Objectives
A Rich and Varied Timbre
Dancing to Rhythmic Units
Binary Form
Part 2 Summary
Making Connections: Music of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
Part 3 1600–1750 The Baroque Era
13 Claudio Monteverdi Orpheus, selection from Act II Composed: 1607
Learning Objectives
Homophonic Texture: One Character, One Voice
Word–Music Relationships: Between Speech and Song
14 Henry Purcell Dido and Aeneas, selectionsComposed: 1689
Learning Objectives
Form by the Numbers
Word–Music Relationships: Speaking, Expressing, Commenting
15 Mbuti Pygmies “Marriage Celebration Song”Recorded: 1958
Learning Objectives
Form: A Call-and-Response Ostinato
Texture: Layers upon Layers
Interlocking Rhythms
16 Barbara Strozzi “Revenge”Composed: 1651
Learning Objectives
Decoration of the Melody
Form: Contrast and Repetition
Timbre: Contrast and Punctuation
17 Antonio Vivaldi The Four Seasons, “Winter,” first movementComposed: 1720
Learning Objectives
Contrasting Timbres
Form: The Ritornello Principle
Word–Music Relationships: Program Music
18 Johann Sebastian Bach Fugue in G Minor, BWV 578 (“Little” Fugue)Composed: 1705
Learning Objectives
Timbres of the Organ, Timbres of the Orchestra
A Distinctive Melody
Fugal Texture
19 Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047, finaleComposed: 1720
Learning Objectives
Extreme Timbres
Form: The Ritornello Principle Returns
Fugal Texture
20 Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata 140: Awake, a Voice Calls to Us, selectionsComposed: 1731
Learning Objectives
(1) The Chorale: Movement Seven
Unified Timbre
A Familiar Melody
Bar Form
Homophonic Texture: To Hear the Words
(2) The Chorus: Movement One
Melody Interrupted
Form: The Ritornello Principle
21 George Frideric Handel Messiah, selectionsComposed: 1747
Learning Objectives
(1) Recitative (“He That Dwelleth in Heaven”) and Aria (“Thou Shalt Break Them”)
Form: Paired Movements
Word–Music Relationships: Virtuosic Word Painting
A Single Melody
Homophonic Texture
A Stark Timbre
(2) Chorus (“Hallelujah”)
Sectional Form
The Same Melody for the Same Words
Varied Textures
Varied Timbres
Part 3 Summary
Making Connections: Music of the Renaissance and Baroque
Part 4 1750–1800 The Classical Era
22 Joseph Haydn String Quartet in C Major, op. 76, no. 3, second movement Composed: 1797
Learning Objectives
The Timbre of the String Quartet
Changing Textures
Melody: Periodic Phrase Structure
Theme and Variations Form
23 Master Musicians of the Ikuta-ryu Cherry BlossomRecorded: ca. 1965
Learning Objectives
The Timbre of the Koto
Melody: The Wilt of Sorrow
Theme and Variations Form
Textural Variety on the Koto
24 Joseph Haydn Symphony no. 102 in B Major, third and fourth movements Composed: 1795
Learning Objectives
The Timbre of the Full Orchestra
The Dynamics of Surprise
(1) Third Movement: Minuet
Minuet Form
(2) Fourth Movement: Finale
Rondo Form
25 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony no. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, first movement Composed: 1788
Learning Objectives
Sonata Form
Harmony: Minor to Major
Contrasting Principal Melodies
26 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488, first movement Composed: 1786
Learning Objectives
Timbre: The Drama of Contrast
Melodic Generosity
Theme 1
Theme 2
Theme 3
Theme 4
Form: Double-Exposition Concerto Form
27 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Marriage of Figaro, Act I, “Cosa sento” Composed: 1786
Learning Objectives
Word–Music Relationships: The Character of Each Voice
Contrasting Melodies
Dramatic Form, Musical Form
28 Jingju “The Reunion” Recorded: ca. 1995
Learning Objectives
A Mandarin Word-Melody
Timbre and Texture
Rhythm and Punctuation
29 William Billings “Chester”Composed: 1770
Learning Objectives
A Structured Melody
Changing Textures
Changing Harmonies
Part 4 Summary
Making Connections: Music of the Baroque and Classical Eras
Part 5 The Nineteenth Century
30 Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony no. 5 in C Minor, op. 67Composed: 1808
Learning Objectives
Rhythm: The Power of Four Notes
Dynamics: Loud versus Soft
Timbre: The Orchestra Grows
Four Movements, Cyclic Form
31 Franz Schubert “Erlkönig,” D. 328Composed: 1815
Learning Objectives
Modified Strophic Form
Word–Music Relationships: Creating Characters
32 Felix Mendelssohn Overture to A Midsummer Night’s DreamComposed: 1826
Learning Objectives
Word–Music Relationships: Creating Characters through Sound
The Drama of Sonata Form
33 Hector Berlioz Symphonie fantastique, fourth movement (“March to the Scaffold”) Composed: 1830
Learning Objectives
The Modern Orchestra
Word–Music Relationships: The Program
Musical Form, Programmatic Form
34 Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel Piano Trio in D Minor, op. 11, third movement (“Song”) Composed: 1846
Learning Objectives
The Timbre of the Piano Trio
A Song Without Words
Melodic Metamorphosis
35 Robert Schumann “Dedication”Composed: 1840
Learning Objectives
Ternary Form
Unconventional Harmony
Melody and Rhythm: Creating Contrast Together
36 Clara Wieck Schumann “Forward!”Composed: 1848
Learning Objectives
A Cappella Timbre
Contrasting Melodies
Painting Revolutionary Words
37 Frédéric Chopin Mazurka in B Major, op. 7, no. 1 Composed: 1830s
Learning Objectives
Texture: The Singing Piano
Melody: Scales Going Up, Scales Going Down
Form: Repetition, Variation, Contrast
Rhythm: The Pride of Poland
38 Louis Moreau Gottschalk Union: Concert Paraphrase on National Airs Composed: 1862
Learning Objectives
Patriotic Melodies Made Virtuosic
Same Melodies, Different Textures
39 Ravi Shankar Raga Sindhi-BhairaviRecorded: 1968
Learning Objectives
Timbre: The Sound of the Sitar
Melody of the Sunrise
A Triple Texture
Form by Four Sections
Rhythm: From Free to Established
40 Giuseppe Verdi La Traviata, Act I, selection (“Follie!”)Composed: 1853
Learning Objectives
Melody: Declamatory, Lyrical, Virtuosic
Word–Music Relationships: Signs of Contemplation, Ecstasy, Love
41 Richard Wagner The Valkyrie, Act III, selection (“Wotan’s Farewell”)Composed: 1856
Learning Objectives
Texture: The Relationship of Voice and Orchestra
Word–Music Relationships: The Themes and the Drama
42 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Swan Lake, Act IV, finale Composed: 1876
Learning Objectives
The “Swan Theme”
Orchestrating Events
Telling a Story through Music and Movement
43 Johannes Brahms Symphony no. 4 in E Minor, op. 98, finaleComposed: 1885
Learning Objectives
Form: Theme and Variations Plus
Timbre: The Drama of Orchestration
44 Antonín Dvořák String Quartet in F Major, op. 96 (“American”), third movement Composed: 1893
Learning Objectives
Timbre: Call-and-Response between Strings
Folk-Like Melodies
Scherzo Form: Repetition, Variation, Contrast
Part 5 Summary
Making Connections: Music of the Classical Era and the Nineteenth Century
Part 6 Since 1900
45 Claude Debussy Voiles Composed: 1910
Learning Objectives
Timbre: A Nonpercussive Sound
Melody: Fragments
Dynamics: Whispering, Hinting
Rhythm: Where’s the Downbeat?
Harmony: A Centerless Center
Form: Nondirectional
46 Charles Ives The Unanswered Question Composed: 1908
Learning Objectives
Contrasting Timbres
Layered Texture
Atonal versus Tonal Harmony
47 Arnold Schoenberg “Columbine” from Pierrot lunaire Composed: 1912
Learning Objectives
Timbre: The Sprechstimme
Harmony: Atonality
Word–Music Relationships: Expressing Anguish
48 Igor Stravinsky The Rite of Spring, Part One Composed: 1913
Learning Objectives
Polytonal Harmonies
Pentatonic Melodies
Irregular and Regular Rhythms
Timbre and the Mega-Orchestra
Unsung Words: The Scenario
49 Scott Joplin Maple Leaf RagComposed: 1899
Learning Objectives
Rhythmic Syncopation
Hidden Melodies and Stride Bass
Sectional Form
50 Robert Johnson “Terraplane Blues”Composed: 1936
Learning Objectives
A Blue-Note Melody
Historic Blues Timbre
12-Bar Blues Form
Word–Music Relationships: Metaphors and the Vernacular
51 Duke Ellington “Cotton Tail”Composed: 1940
Learning Objectives
Harmony: Rhythm Changes
Contrasting Textures
Swing Rhythms
32-Bar Standard Song Form
52 Charlie Parker “Ornithology”Composed: 1946
Learning Objectives
Jazz Combo Timbre
From Improvisation to Melody
Texture: Rhythm Section Plus Soloist
Sectional Form
53 Ruth Crawford Piano Study in Mixed AccentsComposed: 1930
Learning Objectives
Mixed Rhythms
Monophonic Texture
An Absence of Harmony
Registers of Melody
Sectional Form
54 Germaine Tailleferre Concertino for Harp and Orchestra, finaleComposed: 1927
Learning Objectives
Melody: A Return to Tradition
Tonal Harmony with Modern Inflections
Transparent Timbre
Clarity of Form
55 William Grant Still “A Black Pierrot” from Songs of Separation Composed: 1949
Learning Objectives
Chromatic Harmony
Melody: A Touch of Blue
Through-Composed Form
56 Aaron Copland “Hoe-Down” from Rodeo Composed: 1942
Learning Objectives
Folk Melodies
Timbre: Smaller Ensembles within the Orchestra
Dance Rhythms
Rondo Form
57 Béla Bartók Concerto for Orchestra, second movement (“Game of Pairs”)Composed: 1943
Learning Objectives
Wind Timbres
Folk-Inflected Melodies
Asymmetrical–Symmetrical Form
58 Leonard Bernstein “Tonight” from West Side StoryComposed: 1957
Learning Objectives
Representative Melodies
Additive Form
Increasingly Complex Textures
Word–Music Relationships: “Tonight,” Two Ways
59 John Cage Sonata II from Sonatas and InterludesComposed: 1946–1948
Learning Objectives
Timbre: The Prepared Piano
The Rhythm of Melody
Binary Form
60 Gamelan Gong Kebyar of Belaluan, Bali Kebyar Ding III, “Oncang-oncangan”Recorded: 1928
Learning Objectives
Shimmering Timbre
Textured Melody
Dynamics and Tempo
Form
61 Philip Glass “Knee Play 1” from Einstein on the BeachComposed: 1976
Learning Objectives
Layered Timbres
Simple Harmony
Variation Form
62 Mahalia Jackson “It Don’t Cost Very Much”Recorded: 1958
Learning Objectives
Simple Verse-Chorus Form
Black Gospel’s Timbre
Slow Shuffle Groove with Free Rhythmic Phrasing
Gospel Harmonies
63 Tania León A la Par, second movement (“Guaguancó”)Composed: 1986
Learning Objectives
Percussion Timbres
Pitched Instruments
Nonpitched Instruments
Male and Female Rhythmic Lines
Parallel (Non-) Harmonies
Sectional Form
64 Corey Dargel “On This Date Every Year”Composed: 2010
Learning Objectives
Looped, Overdubbed
Texture: One to Eight Voices
Form: On Again, Off Again
Rhythm: Five Is an Odd Number
Word–Music Relationships
65 Austin Wintory “Nascence,” from JourneyComposed: 2012
Learning Objectives
Word–Music Relationships: Beginnings
Timbre: Between Familiar and Exotic
Melody: A Journey in Sound
Texture: Layers of Meaning
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