Friday, January 9, 2015

Music History Listening Files

Click here to listen to playlist:

You will hear one of the selection played for each genre.
You must:
1.        Identify the piece and the composer
2.       Write a detailed analysis of the piece
3.       Write an essay 100-150 words about how this piece represents the stylistic elements of its genre.

Middle Ages
Trouvères : Chanson de Guillaume (Anonymous)
Alleluia O Virga Mediatrix (Hildegard von Bingen)
Renaissance
Pope Marcellus Mass (Palestrina)
If Ye Love Me (Thomas Tallis)
Baroque
Dido’s Lament from Dido and Aneas (Purcell)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major BWV 1046 (JS Bach)
Classical
Symphony #5 in c minor, 1st movement (Beethoven(
The Magic Flute Queen of the Night Aria (Mozart)
Romantic
Un Bel Di from Madama Butterfly (Puccini)
Minute Waltz Op. 64 No. 1 (Chopin)
20th Century
Rhapsody in Blue (Gershwin)
Rite of Spring (Stravinsky)