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These works are suggested as examples of different aspects of music.

Course study materials.
TOPICS	WORKS	RECORDINGS	SCORES
Timbres	Britten, Benjamin. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra.	Dame Edna Everage, narrator; Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; John Lanchbery. Peter and the wolf / Prokofiev; The story of Babar the little elephant / Poulenc; The young person's guide to the orchestra / Britten. Naxos, 1998.	The young person's guide to the orchestra; variations and fugue on a theme of Purcell, Op. 34. Minature score with commentary by Eric Crozier. London, UK: Boosey & Hawkes, 1947.
	Schubert, Franz. Quintet, Op. 163, D. 956, in C major.	Cleveland Quartet with Yo-Yo Ma. Quintet in C major. CBS Masterworks MK 39134, 1984.	Quintet in C major. Miniature edition. New York, NY: Eulenburg, [no date].
	Strauss, Richard. Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30.	Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati. Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30. Recorded in Detroit, October 1982. London/Decca, 1983 (reissued 1991).	Also sprach Zarathustra: Tondichtung (frei nach Friedrich Nietszche): for full orchestra: Op. 30. London, UK: Editions Eulenberg, 1932.
Triple meter	Beethoven, Ludwig van. Bagatelle for Piano in A Minor (Für Elise).	Version 1: Anatol Ugorski. Für Elise: Romantic Piano Pieces. Deutsche Grammophon, 2001. Version 2: Vladimir Ashkenazy. Beethoven: Piano Sonatas/Piano Concertos/Bagatelle. London/Decca, 1993.	Klavierstücke / Beethoven. Munich, Germany: G. Henle, 1978. p. 165.
	Haydn, Joseph. Minuet from String Quartet op. 17 no. 2 (Menuetto: Allegro)	Kodály Quartet. Haydn: String quartets op. 17, nos. 1, 2, and 4. Recorded Sept. 7-9, 1996. Naxos, 1999.	String quartets, op. 17 (complete) / Joseph Haydn. Edited by Wilhelm Altmann. New York, NY: Dover Publications, 2000 (reprint of Eulenberg edition).
	Strauss, Johann. The Blue Danube Waltz (An der schönen, blauen Donau), Op. 314.	New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein. Strauss / Royal Edition, vol. 85: Waltzes/Polkas/Radetzky March. Sony Classical SMK 47627, 1993.	Drei Walzer. Leipzig, Germany: Aug. Cranz, [no date].
	Strauss, Johann. Frühlingsstimmen, Op. 410.	New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein. Strauss / Royal Edition, vol. 85: Waltzes/Polkas/Radetzky March. Sony Classical SMK 47627, 1993.	Voices of spring (Fruhlingsstimmen valse), op. 410). Edited by Andor Pintér; "Popular dance music for the piano" series. New York, NY: G. Schirmer, 1916.
	Strauss, Johann. Küntslerleben, Op. 316.	New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein. Strauss / Royal Edition, vol. 85: Waltzes/Polkas/Radetzky March. Sony Classical SMK 47627, 1993.	Künstlerleben (Artists' life) / Johann Strauss. Concert paraphrase by Leopold Godowsky. New York, NY: Southern Music Publishing, 1939.
	Tchaikovsky, Peter. "Waltz of the Flowers," from The Nutcracker ballet.	New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein. The Nutcracker Suite. Recorded May 1960. Sony Classical, 1998.	Suite from the ballet 'The Nutcracker,' for full orchestra, Op. 71a. Foreword by Dr. Max Unger; miniature score edition no. 824. New York, NY: Edition Eulenberg, [no date].
Comparison of major and minor modes	Bach, J. S. Well Tempered Clavier (Das Wohltemperierte Klavier) Prelude and fugue no. 1 in C major; Prelude and fugue no. 2 in C minor.	Version 1: Ralph Kirkpatrick, Harpsichord. The Well Tempered Clavier. Recorded 1965. Archiv Produktion, 2001. Version 2: Kenneth Gilbert, Harpsichord. The Well Tempered Clavier. Recorded 1983. Archiv Produktion, 2003.	Version 1: The Well-tempered Clavier: Books I and II, Complete. New York, NY: Dover Publications, 1983. ISBN: 9780486245324. Version 2: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier. Vol. 1. Edited by Hans Bischoff and translation by Alexander Lipsky. New York, NY: Belwin Mills, 1960.
Scales and modes: Pentatonic	Dvorak, Antonin. Symphony no. 9 in E Minor "From the New World," mvmt. II (Largo).	Version 1: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Vaclav Neumann. Symphony no. 9 in E Minor "From the New World." Recorded 1982. Supraphon 33C377702, 1986. Version 2: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini. Symphony no. 9 in E Minor "From the New World." Recorded in [1977?]. Deutsche Grammophon, 1990.	Symphony no. 9 (From the New World). Forward by Gerald Abraham; miniature score edition no. 433. New York, NY: Edition Eulenberg [no date].
Scales and modes: Pentatonic	Vaughn Williams, Ralph. The Lark Ascending.	Israel Philharmonic, Dalia Atlas, Zina Schiff. The Lark Ascending. Stradivari Classics SCD 8011, 1989.	The Lark Ascending. Miniature score. New York, NY: Edition Eulenberg, 1982. (reissue of 1925 edition)
Scales and modes: Chromatic scale	Debussy, Claude. Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faun).	Orchestra Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit. La mer; Images; Nocturnes; etc. London/Decca, 1999.	Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun. An Authoritative Score; Mallarmé's Poem; Backgrounds and Sources; Criticism and Analysis. Edited by William W. Austin. New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 1970. ISBN: 9780393099393.
Scales and modes: Chromatic scale	Purcell, Henry. Dido's Lament ("When I am laid in earth"), from Dido and Aeneas.	Version 1: Jessye Norman, Marie McLaughlin, Thomas Allen; English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard. Dido and Aeneas. Recorded May 1985. Philips, 1990. Version 2: Anne Sofie von Otter, Lynne Dawson, Stephen Varcoe, Nigel Rogers; English Concert and Choir, Trevor Pinnock. Dido and Aeneas. Recorded July 1988, Henry Wood Hall, London. Achiv Produktion, 1989.	Dido and Aeneas. Edited by Ellen Harris. New York, NY: Edition Eulenberg, 1987, pp. 87, no. 43.
Scales and modes: Whole tone passages	Berg, Alban. 7 Early Songs (Sieben Frühe Lieder).	Brigitte Balleys, soprano; Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (RSO), Vladimir Ashkenazy. Altenberglieder: 7 frühe Lieder; 3 orchesterstücke, op. 6; 3 stücke aus der "Lyrischen Suite." Recorded Feb. 1992. London/Decca, 1993.	7 [i.e. Sieben] frühe Lieder, 1907. English version by Eric Smith, for voice and piano. Vienna, Germany: Universal Edition, 1955.
Scales and modes: Whole tone passages	Debussy, Claude. Preludes, Vol. 1.	Gordon Fergus-Thompson. Complete Piano Music / Debussy. Recorded [1989?]. Academy Sound and Vision, 2004.	Préludes book 1. Munich, Germany: G. Henle Verlag, 1986.
Large-Scale works	Handel, George Frederic. Messiah.	Elizabeth Harwood, Janet Baker, Paul Esswood, Robert Tear, Raimund Herincx; Ambrosian Singers, and the English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras. Messiah. Recorded in London, 1966. EMI/Angel, 2000.	Messiah: an oratorio. Miniature score. New York, NY: Kalmus/CPP Belwin, [no date.]
Ostinati	Purcell, Henry. Dido's Lament ("When I am laid in earth"), from Dido and Aeneas.	Version 1: Jessye Norman, Marie McLaughlin, Thomas Allen; English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard. Dido and Aeneas. Recorded May 1985. Philips, 1990. Version 2: Anne Sofie von Otter, Lynne Dawson, Stephen Varcoe, Nigel Rogers; English Concert and Choir, Trevor Pinnock. Dido and Aeneas. Recorded July 1988, Henry Wood Hall, London. Achiv Produktion, 1989.	Dido and Aeneas. Edited by Ellen Harris. New York, NY: Edition Eulenberg, 1987. pp 87, no. 43.
Ostinati	Ravel, Maurice. Bolero.	Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti. Boléro / Ravel; Les préludes / Liszt; Overture "1812", op. 49 / Tchaikovsky. Recorded 1982-1983. EMI, 2005.	Boléro / Marice Ravel. Miniature score. Paris, France: A. Durand, 1929.
Tonic/dominant or do-sol relationship	Mozart, Wofgang Amadeus. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik.	New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein. Symphony no. 36; Symphony no. 40; Serenade in G major; "Eine kleine Nachtmusik." Sony Classical, 1993.	Eine kleine Nachtmusik (serenade) in G major, K.525. Edited by Rudolf Gerber. London, UK: Edition Eulenberg, [no date].
	Mozart, Wofgang Amadeus. Piano Sonata in A, K.331.	Alicia de Larrocha, piano. Mozart Piano Sonatas. Recorded Dec. 9-11, 1989. RCA Red Seal, 1990.	Mozart: Sonatas and Fantasias for the piano. Prepared by Nathan Broder. Bryn Mawr, PA: T. Presser Co., 1960.
	Strauss, Richard. Also Sprach Zarathustra, op.30.	Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati. Also Sprach Zarathustra. Recorded in Detroit, October 1982. London/Decca, 1983 (reissued 1991).	Also sprach Zarathustra: Tondichtung (frei nach Friedrich Nietszche): for full orchestra: op. 30. London, UK: Editions Eulenberg, 1932.