Study Guide Table of Contents
Minnesota High School Music Listening Contest 2005-06
Authored by K. Christian McGuire
Early Music (-1599)
Mesmodes of Crete, Hymn to the Sun
Francesco Landini, Non avra ma pieta
Antoine Busnois, Missa O crux lignum
Carlo Gesualdo, Arde il
mio cor
Baroque Period (1600-1750)
Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto in D, RV 93, 1st movement
Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto in D, RV 93, 2nd movement
Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto in D, RV 93, 3rd movement
Johann Sebastian Bach, Fugue in A Minor, BWV 543
Domenico Scarlatti, Sonata in C, L. 104
Classical Period (1750-1820)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Horn Concerto No. 3, 1st movement
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Horn Concerto No. 3, 2nd movement
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Horn Concerto No. 3, 3rd movement
Franz Joseph Haydn, Missa in Angustiis
Ludwig van Beethoven, Waldstein Sonata
Romantic Period (1820-1900)
Frederic Chopin, Nocturne in F-sharp, Op. 15, No.2
Gabriel Faure, Pie Jesu
from Requiem, op. 48
Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Auferstehung'
20th Century (1901-2000)
Lili Boulanger, Vieille Priere bouddhique (Old Buddhist Prayer)
Karlheinz Stockhausen, Gesang der Junglinge (Song of the Youths)
Queen, "The Prophet's Song" from A Night at the Opera
Rush, "Red Sector A" from Grace Under Pressure
Featured Composer: Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
Symphony for Organ and Orchestra, 1st movement
Symphony for Organ and Orchestra, 2nd movement
Rodeo, 1st movement - Buckaroo Holiday
Rodeo, 4th movement - Hoe-Down
Appalachian Spring
Third Symphony, 4th movement
Quartet for Piano and Strings, 1st movement
Quartet for Piano and Strings, 2nd movement
Featured Genre: Opera (1600-present)
Jacopo Peri, L'Euridice
Henry Purcell, "Now the Night is Chased Away" from The
Fairy Queen
W.A. Mozart, "Don Giovanni...a cenar teco" from Don Giovanni
Giuseppe Verdi, "Caro nome" from Rigoletto
Richard Wagner, Das Rheingold
Andrew Lloyd Webber, "The Last Supper" from Jesus Christ
Superstar
Featured Global Music: Music of the Middle East
A Turkish version of an Azhan (A call to prayer)
Iraqi folk song, My Heart Promised Me...
Music of Egypt
solo - Tabalah
solo - Qanun
solo - Riqq
Egyptian folk tune, The Beautiful Girl in the Window
Maluf (Classical Tunisian Music), Abyat movement from a Nuba
Al-Ramal
Franghiz Ali-Zadeh, Mugam Sayagi