21M.011 | Fall 2024 | Undergraduate

Introduction to Western Music

First Impressions Repertoire

Medieval Era

  • Hildegard, “O Frondens Virga” (chant)
  • Azalais (de Porcairagues), “Ar em al freg temps” (troubadour song) (2 performances)

Renaissance Era

  • Dufay, “Se la face ay pale” (French chanson)
  • Morley, “Fire, fire!” (madrigal)

Baroque Era

  • Monteverdi, “Pur ti miro” from The Coronation of Poppea (opera duet)
  • Antonio Vivaldi, Mandolin Concerto in C Major (concerto)
  • J.S. Bach, Variation 30, “Quodlibet” from Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (solo keyboard)

Classical Era

  • Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Sinfonia in A major, I. Presto (symphony)
  • Mozart, Symphony No. 40, I. Molto allegro (symphony)
  • Joseph Bologne, Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 3, No. 1, II. Adagio (concerto)

Romantic Era

  • Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Piano Trio in D minor, op. 11, III. Lied: Allegretto (piano trio)

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Fall 2024
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