| Other author/creator | Parrish, Carl editor, compiler. |
| Other author/creator | Ohl, John F., editor, compiler. |
| Included Work | Neidhart, von Reuenthal, active 13th century. Willekommen Mayenschein. |
| Included Work | Pérotin, -1238? Alleluia, nativitas. |
| Included Work | Guillaume, de Machaut, approximately 1300-1377. Messe de Nostre Dame. Agnus Dei. |
| Included Work | Landini, Francesco, approximately 1325-1397. Chi più le vuol sapere. |
| Included Work | Dufay, Guillaume, 1397-1474. Missa Se la face ay pale. Kyrie. |
| Included Work | Binchois, Gilles, approximately 1400-1460. Adieu m'amour et ma maistresse. |
| Included Work | Ockeghem, Johannes, approximately 1410-1497. Missa prolationum. Sanctus. |
| Included Work | Obrecht, Jacob, -1505 Parce Domine. |
| Included Work | Josquin, des Prez, -1521 Ava Maria (Benedicta tu). |
| Included Work | Crecquillon, Thomas, -1557? Pour ung plaisir. |
| Included Work | Gabrieli, Andrea, approximately 1533-1585. Canzoni alla francese et ricercari ariosi. Canzon francese deta Pour ung plaisir. |
| Included Work | Lasso, Orlando di, 1532-1594. Moduli, voices (4-10). Tristis est anima mea. |
| Included Work | Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da, 1525?-1594. Masses, book 9. Missa Veni sponsa Christi. Agnus Dei. |
| Included Work | Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623. Gradualia, liber 2. Ego sum panis vivus. |
| Included Work | Marenzio, Luca, 1553-1599. Madrigals, voices (5), book 6. S'io parto, i' moro, e pur partir conviene. |
| Included Work | Bennet, John, active 1599-1614. Madrigals, voices (4). Thyrsis, sleepest thou. |
| Included Work | Farnaby, Giles, approximately 1565-1640. Loth to depart. |
| Included Work | Caccini, Giulio, 1551-1618. Nuove musiche. Dovrò dunque morire. |
| Included Work | Monteverdi, Claudio, 1567-1643. Orfeo. Tu se' morta. |
| Included Work | Carissimi, Giacomo, 1605-1674. Judicium Salomonis. Afferte gladium. |
| Included Work | Schütz, Heinrich, 1585-1672 Symphoniae sacrae, 3 pars. O Herr, hilf. |
| Included Work | Frescobaldi, Girolamo, 1583-1643. Fiori musicali. Messa della Madonna. Recercar dopo il Credo. |
| Included Work | Froberger, Johann Jacob, 1616-1667. Suites, keyboard instrument, no. 22, E minor. |
| Included Work | Lully, Jean-Baptiste, 1632-1687. Armide. Ouverture. |
| Included Work | Pachelbel, Johann, 1653-1706. Toccatas, organ, P. 462, E minor. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Welcome to all the pleasures. Here the deities approve; arranged. |
| Included Work | Corelli, Arcangelo, 1653-1713. Trio sonatas, violins (2), continuo, op. 3. No. 7. |
| Included Work | Couperin, François, 1668-1733. Pièces de clavecin, 2e livre. No 12. Galante. |
| Included Work | Rameau, Jean-Philippe, 1683-1764. Castor et Pollux (1737) Séjour de l'éternelle paix. |
| Included Work | Scarlatti, Domenico, 1685-1757. Sonatas, harpsichord, K. 11, C minor. |
| Included Work | Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Concerti grossi, violins (2), cello, orchestra, HWV 318, C major. Allegro. |
| Included Work | Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Rinaldo. Cara sposa. |
| Included Work | Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Solomon. Draw the tear from hopeless love. |
| Included Work | Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Christ lag in Todesbanden (Cantata). Christ lag in Todesbanden. |
| Included Work | Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Orgelbüchlein. Christ lag in Todesbanden. |
| Included Work | Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Christ lag in Todesbanden (Cantata). Es war ein wunderlicher Krieg. |
| Included Work | Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Matthäuspassion Ach, Golgatha. |
| Included Work | Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Kunst der Fuge. Contrapunctus, no. 3. |
| Contents |
Foreword -- Antiphon: Laus deo patri -- Psalm 113: Laudate pueri -- Alleluia: Vidimus stellam -- Sequence: Victimae paschali (11th century) -- Trouvère song, virelai: Or la truix -- Minnelied: Willekommen Mayenschein (13th century) / Neidhart von Reuenthal -- Parallel organum, Sequence: Rex caeli, Domine (9th century) -- Free organum, Trope: Agnus Dei (12th century) -- Melismatic organum, School of St. martial: Benedicamus Domino (12th century) -- Organum: Alleluya (Nativitas) / Perotin -- Motet: En non diu! Quant voi; Eius in Oriente (13th century) -- Conductus: De castitatis thalamo (13th century) -- Estampie, Instrumental dance (13th century) -- Agnus dei (I), from the Mass / Guillaumes de Machaut -- Ballata: Chi più le vuol sapere / Francesco Landini [illustrates the Landini cadence] -- Kyrie (I) from the Mass "Se la face ay pale" / Guillaume Dufay -- Chanson: Adieu m'amour / Gilles Binchois -- Sanctus from the "Missa prolationum" / Johannes Ockeghem -- Motet: Parce, Domine / Jacob Obrecht -- Motet: Ave Maria / Josquin des Prez -- Chanson: Pour ung plaisir / Thomas Crequillon [sic] -- Canzona francese deta Pour ung plaisir / Andrea Gabrieli -- Lute dances: Der prinzen-tanz ; Proportz (c. 1550) -- Motet: Tristis est anima mea / Orlandus Lassus -- Agnus Dei (I) from the Mass "Veni sponsa Christi" / G.P. da Palestrina -- Motet: Ego sum panis vivus / William Byrd -- Canzona per l'epistola (early 17th century) -- Madrigal: S'io parto, i' moro / Luca Marenzio -- Madrigal: Thyrsis, sleepest thou? / John Bennet -- Variations: Loth to depart / Giles Farnaby -- Madrigal: Dovrò dunque morire / Giulio Caccini -- Recitative: Tu se' morta from "Orfeo" / Claudio Monteverdi -- Scene: Afferte gladium, from "Judicium Salomonis" / Giacomo Carissimi -- Cantata: O herr, hilf / Heinrich Schütz -- Ricercar dopo il credo / Girolamo Frescobaldi -- Suite in E minor / J.J. Froberger -- Overture to "Armide" / J.B. Lully -- Toccata in E minor / Johann Pachelbel -- A new ground / Henry Purcell-- Sonata da chiesa in E minor / Arcangelo Corelli -- Clavecin piece: La galante / François Couperin -- Scene from "Castor et Pollux," Sejour de l'eternelle paix / Jean-Philippe Rameau -- Sonata in C minor / Domenico Scarlatti -- Concerto grosso in C major, first movement ; Recitative, Al valor del mio brando, sinfonia, and aria: Cara sposa, from "Rinaldo" ; Chorus: Draw the tear, from "Solomon" / G.F. Handel -- Chorale: Christ lag in Todesbanden, from "Cantata no. 4" ; Chorale prelude: Christ lag in Todesbanden [BWV 625] ; Chorus: Es war ein wunderlicher Krieg, from "Cantata no. 4" ; Arioso: Ach Golgotha, from the "St. Matthew passion" ; Fugue: Contrapunctus III, from "Die Kunst der Fuge" / J.S. Bach. |
| Abstract |
Anyone interested in the history and development of Western music will welcome this collection of outstanding musical examples illustrating the general course of musical style from the early Middle Ages to the mid-eighteenth century. Included are 50 carefully selected compositions of great historical importance--each masterful and beautiful in its own right. Selections include chants, the organum, parts of masses, motets, chansons, canzonas, lute dances, madrigals, ricercari, and clavecin pieces. Among the pieces are exquisite motets by Josquin, Lassus, and Byrd; madrigals by Marenzio and Caccini; brilliant instrumental displays by Frescobaldi, Pachelbel, Couperin, and Domenico Scarlatti; choral music by Handel and Bach, and much more. Each example is accompanied by notes that identify the place of the composition in the history of music and suggest ways for the reader to undertake a useful analysis of that music. Most examples are in easy-to-follow "short score"-- i.e., in two staves, lending themselves to analysis and performance by the student singly or in informal ensembles. The music can be performed either vocally or at the keyboard, allowing the reader to gain unmatched insight into the character and significance of a rich cross-section of historic styles. |
| Local note | Little-37473--305131053628. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographic references and index. |
| Action note |
Little- committed to retain 20200101 20401231 CUSP |