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2013-14 Study Guide pieces

NOTE: Testable titles might be different than what is listed here.  Refer to the Study Guide for testable titles.

Medieval Music (c. 476-1450)
• Hildegard von Bingen - O virga ac diadema
• Anonymous - 14th century Saltarello 
• Dunstable - Veni Sancte Spiritus - motet

Renaissance Music (1450-1600)
• Josquin - Scaramella Va Alla Guerra
• Monteverdi - Ecco mormorar l'onde - madrigal
• Palestrina - Sicut cervus - motet
• Gabrieli - Canzona septimi toni from Symphonae Sacrae 

Baroque Music (1600-1750)
• Purcell - An Evening Hymn
• Vivaldi - Concerto for Flute and Recorder in D "Il Cardellino" RV 90 - Mvt. III
• Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba - Solomon

Classic Music (1750-1825)
• C.P.E. Bach - Concerto for Piano and Harpsichord in Eb, Wq .47 - Mvt. III
• J.C. Bach - Sinfonia in D, op. 18 #6 - Mvt. I
• Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola, and Orchestra in eb minor (K 364) - Mvt. III
• Haydn - Symphony #100 - Mvt. IV
• Beethoven - String Quartet, op. 18 #5 - Mvt. III

Romantic Music (1825-1911)
• Brahms - Schaffe in mir, op. 29 - motet
• Wagner - Die Walküre - opera - Ride of the Valkyries
• Smetana - The Bartered Bride - opera - Overture
• Dvorák - String Quartet #12 in F - op. 96 (American) Mvt. IV
• Strauss - Don Quixote, op .35 - tone poem - Variation #10
• Elgar - Enigma Variations, op. 36 - Nimrod Variation
• Ravel - Daphnis and Chloé - Suite #2: Daybreak

Music of the Last Century (1911-2012)
• Ives - Three Places in New England - Mvt.II - Putnam's Camp
• Stravinsky - Histoire du Soldat - The Devil's Dance & Triumphal March of the Devil
• Barber - Violin Concerto, op. 14 - Mvt. III
• Poulenc - Sextet for Piano & Wind Quintet, FP 100
• Prokofiev - Piano Concerto #4 in Bb - Mvt. I
• Hindemith - Mathis der Maler - Mvt. I
• Schnittke - In Memoriam… - Mvt. II
• Larsen - Collage Boogie

Featured Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
• Fugue in g minor "The Great" BWV 542 - on organ, then sung
• Cantata #80 - Eine fest Burg - Mvt. I
• Partita #3 in E for violin - BWV 1006 - Mvt. 3
• Singet dem Herrn - BWV 225 - motet -  Mvt. I
• Orchestral Suite #2 in b - BWV 1067 -  Mvt. VII
• Mass in b minor - BWV 232 - Cum Sancto Spiritu
• Goldberg Variations - BWV 988 - Aria, Var.12 and Var. 28
• Canon #14 - Diverse Canons-  BWV 1087

Featured Genre: Film Music
• Steiner - Gone With the Wind - main title 
• Copland - The Red Pony - Morning on the Ranch
• Herrmann - Psycho - shower scene
• North - Spartacus - fight scene
• Rota - The Godfather - Italian idyll
• Williams - Star Wars - main title
• Williams - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - flying scene
• Horner - Titanic - main title
• Young - Spider Man 3 - fight scene
• Giacchino - Up - Married Life

Featured Ethnomusic: South of the Border
• Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras #4 - Mvt. IV
• Chávez - Sinfonia india - Mvt. 1
• Revueltas - Sensemayá
• Ginastera - Estancia - op. 8 - Mvt. I of suite
• Ramirez - Navidad Nuestra - #4 and #5
• Piazzolla - Libertango
• Golijov - La Pasión según San Marcos - #8 & #24

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