Assigned Listening

• On listening tests, you will be asked to identify the composer, title, and date of composition. You need not indicate which movement or section you are hearing: the title of the composition as a whole will suffice. I will choose characteristic moments or moments that we have discussed in class. You must be prepared by having listened to the entire assignment.
• In cases of multi-movement pieces (concertos, symphonies, etc.), the complete piece is assigned unless otherwise noted.
• CDs and scores are on reserve in Dewitt Wallace Library. Videos are on reserve in Media Services (4th floor of the Humanities building).
• Use the detailed information on this list (titles in the original language, dates) for your tests and papers ¾ be specific, be exact!

 

1. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

            · Piano Sonata in C Major, op. 2 no. 3 (1794-95) [first and second movements]

                        CD: M23 .B4 no. 1-3 1995          Score: Score: M3 .B4 J57 1923 v. 1

 

2. Beethoven

            · Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, op. 67 (1807-08)

            CD: M1001 .B4 nos.1-9 1986     Score: M1001 .B4 nos.4-5 1976 and M1001 .B4 nos.1-9 1980z v.2

            · String Quartet in F Major, op. 59 no. 1, “Razumovsky” (1805-06) [first movement]

CD: M452 .B4 A6 1987                 Score: M452 .B4 A6 1937 v. 2

 

3. Beethoven

            · Piano Sonata in F Minor, op. 57, “Appassionata” (1804-05)

                        CD: M23 .B4 no. 21 1986     Score: M3 .B44 abt. 7 bd. 3

 

4. Beethoven

            · Piano Sonata in Ab Major, op. 110 (1821) [third (final, multi-sectional) movement]

                        CD (Dame Myra Hess): M21 .H47 B44 1990            Score: handout

· String Quartet in C# Minor, op. 131 (1826)

                        CD: M452 .B4 A6 1987                 Score: M452 .4 .B66 1998

 

5. Beethoven

            · Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, op. 125 (1823-25)

CD: M1001 .B4 Nos. 1-9 1986                        Score: M1001 .B4 Nos. 8-9 1976 and M1001 .B4 Nos. 1-9 1980z

 

6. Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

            · Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759, “Unfinished” (1822)

                        CD: M1001 .S355 No. 8 1984            Score: M1001 .S375 .D759 1940

            · Piano Sonata in Bb Major, D. 960 (1828) [first and second movements]

                        CD: M23 .S353 D960 1995            Score: M23 .S348 E7 1970         

 

7. Schubert

            · Two Lied:

               An die Musik (text by Schober; 1817)

               Gretchen am Spinnrade (text by Goethe; 1814)

                        CD: M1620 .S353 L53 1996            Score:  M1620 .S38 A6 1900z BD.1         

 

8. Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

            · Kreisleriana, op. 16 (1838): nos. 1-4

                        CD: M22 .S357 P535 1993            Score: handout

 

**Also 8. Clara Wieck Schumann (1819-1896)

            · Piano Trio in G Minor, op. 17 (1846) [first movement]

                        CD: M1 .A1 H58 1997               Score: M312 .S356 op.17 1989

 

9. Robert Schumann

· Dichterliebe, op. 48 (1840)

                        CD: M1621.4 .S357 D53 1998                      Score: M1620 .S357 S66 1900z

 

10. Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47)

· Overture, Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 21 (1826-27)

                        CD: M1004 .M425 O94 1999             Score: M1510 .M425 M34 1975

            · From Elijah, op. 70 (1846-47):

               Introduction: recitative

               Overture

               Nos. 1-7 (through chorus, “For he shall give his angels charge over thee”)

                        CD: M2000 .M425 E55 1989            Score: M2003 .M425 E55 1900z

 

11. Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)

            · Symphonie fantastique (1830)

CD: M1001 .B455 Op. 14 1997 and M1001 .B455 op. 14 1990            Score: M1001 .B53 Op. 14 K2X

 

12. Fryderyc Chopin (1810-1849)

            · Two Etudes for piano (1829-32):

               C Major, op. 10 no. 1

               C Minor, op. 10 no. 12, “Revolutionary”

                        CD: M22 .C566 A14 1997                 Score: M22 .C566 P52 1998

            · Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, op. 52 (1842)

                        CD: M22 .C566 B36 1994                 Score: M22 .C566 M44 1998

 

13. Nicolo Paganini (1782-1840)

            · From 24 Caprices for solo violin, op. 1 (1805): nos. 1-4

                        CD: M42 .P252 C36 1986                 Score: M41 .C32 1993

 

14. Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

            · Sonata in B Minor (1852-53)

                        CD: M3.1 .L58 S66 1997                 Score: M22 .L77 M73 1990

 

15. Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868)

            · From Il barbiere di Siviglia (1816):

               “Una voce poco fa” (Rosina’s Act 1 aria)

               “Largo al factotum” (Figaro’s Act 1 aria)

                        CD: M1500 .R74 B3 1992     Score: M1500 .R86 B234 1989

 

16. Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)

            · From Norma (1831):

               “Casta diva” (Norma’s Act One entrance aria)

                        CD: M1500 .B425 N67 1989            Score: M1503 .B44 N67x

 

17. Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)

            · From Lucia di Lammermoor (1835):

               “Il dolce suono mi colpì di sua voce! . . . Ardon gl’incensi” (Lucia’s Act 3 mad scene)

                        CD: M1500 .D63 L83 1985            Score: M1503 .D683 L82 1900z

 

18. Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

            · From La Traviata (1853), Act I:

               Preludio

               “Libiamo ne’ lieti calici” (Alfredo’s brindisi)

   “È strano . . . Ah fors’è lui . . . Follie! Follie! . . . Sempre libera” (Violetta’s concluding scene)

                        CD: M1500 .V4 T23 1995     Score: M1503 .V4.84 T5.2

 

19. Verdi

            · From Otello (1887):

               “Roderigo, beviam . . . inaffia l’ugola! Trinca, tracanna” (Iago’s Act I brindisi with chorus)

               “Già nella notte densa” (Otello and Desdemona’s Act I concluding love duet)

               Act IV, beginning through Desdemona’s “Ave Maria” (up to Otello’s entrance)

                        CD: M1500 .V4 O84 1991     Score: M1500 .V48 O8 1986

            · From Falstaff (1893):

               Act 2, part I

                        CD: M1500 .V4 F35 2001     Score: M1503 .V484 F28x 1968

 

20. Charles Gounod (1818-1893)

            · From Faust (1859):

“Je voudrais bien savoir . . . Un bouquet . . . Ah! Je ris de me voir!” (Marguerite’s Act II “Jewel” scene  and aria)

                        CD: M1500 .G68 F38 1994            Score: M1503 .G711 F44 1966x

 

21. Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

            · Overture to Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman, 1843)

                        CD: M1500 .W3 F55 2000     Score: M1503 .W14 F75 1900z

 

22. Wagner

            · From Das Rheingold  (1852-54): Prelude and Scene 1

                        CD: M1500 .W3 R44 1984            Score: M1500 .W3 R44 1900z

            · From Die Walküre (1851-56): Act III, three selections:

a)      Ride of the Valkyries (beginning of act, instrumental)

b)      Wotan’s Farewell (“Lebewohl”)

c)      Magic Fire Music (end of act, instrumental)

                        CD: M1500 .W3 W35 1984            Score:  M1500.W3 W35 1920z

 

23. Wagner

            · From Tristan und Isolde (1857-59):

               Prelude (Vorspiel) to Act 1

               Isolde’s Liebestod (“Mild und leise . . .”), conclusion of Act 3

                        CD: M1500 .W3 T75 1997            Score: M1500 .W13 T7 1973

 

24. Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

            · Trio for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano in A Minor, op. 114 (1891)

CD: M249 .B72 S38 2001 and M312 .B7 G37 1988            Score: M178 .B7 G37 1988

            · Four piano pieces, op. 119 (1893)

                        CD: M22 .B72 R43 1987     Score: M22 .B72 M33 1971

 

25. Brahms

            · Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, op. 68 (1876)

CD: M1001 .B72 No. 1 1995                        Score: M1001 .B72 A6 1935 and M1001 .B72 No. 1-2 1900z

 

26. Georges Bizet (1838-1875)

            · From Carmen (1875):

               No. 4 Havanaise, “L’amour est un oiseau rebelle” (Carmen, Act I)

               No. 16 Duo, “Je vais danser en votre honneur” (Carmen and Don José, Act II)

               No. 19 Trio des cartes, “Melons! Coupons!” (Carmen, Frasquita, Mercédès, Act III)

                        CD: M1500 .B5 C372 1988            Score: M1500 .B629 C4 1989

 

27. Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884)

            · Vltava (“The Moldau,” from cycle of symphonic poems, Má Vlast, 1874-79)

                        CD: M1002 .S64 M29 1995            Score: M1002 .S64 M29 1914

 

28. Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904)

            · From Slavonic Dances, op. 46 (1878): nos. 1-4

                        CD: M1060 .D86 op. 46 1988 and M1060 .D86 op. 46 1990 Score: M1060 .D86 op. 46 1941

 

29. Mikhaíl Glinka (1804-1857)

            · Overture to Russlan and Ludmilla (1838-41)

                        CD: M1500 .G56 Z45 1998            Score: M1004 .G56 R8 1900zx

 

30. Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)

            · From Boris Godunov (1868-69; rev. 1872):

               Prologue (scenes 1 and 2)

                        CD: M1500 .M88 B67 1988            Score: M1500 .M888 B872    DVD: ML50.M993 B675 2002

            · Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version, 1874)

CD: M22 .M88 K36 1997            Score: M22 .M975 P54 1990

 

31. Pyotr Il’yich Chaikovsky (1840-1893)

            · From Yevgeny Onegin, op. 24 (1877-78): Act III, scene II (concluding scene of opera)

                        CD: M1500 .T35 E8 1987

· Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, op. 74, “Pathetique” (1893)

                        CD: M1001 .T35 No.6 1986                     Score: M1001 .T35 No.6 1920cz

 

32. Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

            · From Haugtussa (1895-98):

               “The Encounter” (song 4)

               “At Gjaetle Brook” (song 8)

                        CD: M1620 .G74 L54 1993            Score: handout

 

33. Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

            · Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, op. 39 (1898-99)

                        CD: M1003 .S52 K37 1991            Score: M1001 .S567 Op. 39 1993

 

34. Amy (Marcy Cheney) Beach (1867-1944)

            · Symphony in E Minor, op. 32, “Gaelic” (1896) [first and second movements]

                        CD: M1001 .B393 op. 32 1989                   Score: M1001 .B393 op. 32 1990z

 

35. Enrique Granados (1867-1916)

            · From Goyescas, book I (1909-11): No. IV: Quejas ó la maja y el ruisenor

                        CD: M21 .A1 C67 1997                 Score: M22 .G756 P57 1990

 

36. Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)

            · From La Bohème (1896):

               “Che gelida manina” (Rodolfo’s Act 1 aria)

               “Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì” (Mimì’s Act 1 aria)

               “O soave fanciulla” (Mimì and Rodolfo’s Act 1 duet)

                        CD: M1500 .P83 B65 1987            Score: M1500 .P97 B5 1985

 

37. Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

            · “Morgen” (1897)

                        CD: M1505 .F545 B48 1998            Score: handout

            · Don Juan (1888-89) [first ten minutes]

                        CD: M1002 .S88 A6 1985     Score: M1002 .S88 T66 1979  Ser.1

 

38. Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)

            · Symphony No. 1 in D Major (1888)

                        CD: M1001 .M35 No. 1 1987                    Score: M1001 .M21 No. 1 1900zx