Table of Contents
Introduction to Third Edition 1
Sample Syllabus Complete Text 3
Sample Syllabus Alternate Version 10
Other Syllabus Ideas Pathways 13
The Elements of Music: A Brief Introduction 17
Part 1 Middle Ages: At a Glance 18
Chapter 1 Hildegard von Bingen, Play of Virtues (excerpt) 20
Chapter 2 San Ildefonso Indians of New Mexico, Eagle Dance 23
eText Bonus Chapter 1 Plainchant Alleluia 26
Part 2 The Renaissance 38
Chapter 6 Josquin des Prez, 40
Chapter 7 Thomas Weelkes, 43
Chapter 8 William Byrd , 46
Part 3 The Baroque Era: At a Glance 55
Chapter 10 Claudio Monteverdi, Orpheus, selection from Act II 57
Chapter 11 Henry Purcell, Dido and Aeneas, Overture
and Act I, nos. 1 4 60
Chapter 12 63
Chapter 13 66
Chapter 14 Antonio Vivaldi, The Four Seasons
first movement 69
Chapter 15 Johann Sebastian Bach, Fugue in G Minor,
72
Part 4 The Classical Era: At a Glance 84
Chapter 19 Joseph Haydn, String Quartet in C Major, op. 76,
no. 3, second movement 86
Chapter 20 Master Musicians of the Ikuta-ryu, Cherry Blossom 89
Chapter 21 Joseph Haydn, Symphony no. 102 in B Major,
third and fourth movements 92
Part 5 The Nineteenth Century: At a Glance 110
Chapter 26 Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony no. 5
in C Minor, op. 67 113
Chapter 27 116
Chapter 28 Felix Mendelssohn, Overture to A Midsummer
119
Chapter 29 Hector Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique,
122
Chapter 30 Fanny Mendelssohn Hansel, Piano Trio
in D Minor, op. 11, third movement 125
Part 6 The Twentieth Century: At a Glance 155
Chapter 39 Claude Debussy, Voiles 158
Chapter 40 Charles Ives, The Unanswered Question 161
Chapter 41
from Pierrot lunaire 164
Chapter 42 Igor Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring, Part One 167
Chapter 51 Béla Bartók, Concerto for Orchestra, second movement
194
Chapter 52 West Side Story 197
Chapter 53 John Cage, Sonata II from Sonatas and Interludes 200
Chapter 54 Gamelan Gong Kebyar of Belaluan, Kebyar