Part One Antiquity and Medieval 1
1 Epitaph of Seikilos (1st century C.E.) 1
2 Plainchant Mass for Easter Sunday 1
a) Introit (Propers) 1
b) Kyrie (Ordinary) 2
c) Gloria (Ordinary) 2
d) Collect (Propers) 3
e) Epistle (Propers) 3
f) Gradual (Propers) 4
g) Alleluia (Propers) 4
h) Sequence (Propers) 5
i) Gospel (Propers) 6
j) Credo (Ordinary) 7
k) Offertory (Propers) 8
l) Preface (Ordinary) 9
m) Sanctus (Ordinary) 10
n) Pater noster (Ordinary) 10
o) Agnus Dei (Ordinary) 11
p) Communion (Propers) 11
q) Post-Communion (Ordinary) 11
r) Ite, missa est (Ordinary) 11
3 Plainchant Vespers on Trinity Sunday 12
a) Antiphon Laus Deo Patri 12
b) Psalm 112 Laudate Pueri 12
4 Plainchant Hymn Pange lingua gloriosi corporis mysterium
(late 13th century) 13
5 Ordo virtutum (excerpt) (ca. 1150) Hildegard von Bingen
(1098—1179) 14
6 A chantar (early 13th century) Beatriz de Dia (d. ca. 1212) 16
7 Cantigas de Santa Maria, no. 140:A Santa Maria dadas
(ca. 1270—1290) 17
8 Palästinalied, (ca. 1200) Walther von der Vogelweide
(ca. 1170—1230) 18
9 Melismatic organum, Kyrie Cunctipotens genitor deus (Codex Calixtinus, ca. 1120—1130) 19
10 Organum Haec dies (mid- to late 12th century) (ca. 1150)
Léonin (?) (fl. mid- to late 12th century) 20
11 Clausula In saeculum (second half of 12th century) 22
12 Motet Lonc tens ai mon cuer/ In seculum
(early 13th century) 22
13 Motet Huic main / Hec dies (early 13th century) 23
14 Motet A Paris / On parole / Frese nouvele
(late 13th century) 24
15 Conductus Flos ut rosa floruit (second half of 13th century) 26
16 Garrit Gallus / In nova fert / Neuma from the
Roman de Fauvel, (ca. 1315) Philippe de Vitry (?)
(1291—1361) 27
17 Messe de Nostre Dame: Kyrie (ca. 1360)
Guillaume de Machaut (ca. 1300—1377) 31
18 Je puis trop bien ma dame comparer, (ca. 1350?)
Guillaume de Machaut 34
19 Douce dame jolie (ca. 1330—1350?) Guillaume de Machaut 35
20 Ma fin est mon commencement (ca. 1350—1360?)
Guillaume de Machaut 36
21 Tout par compas (early 15th century) Baude Cordier
(fl. early 15th century) 38
22 Ecco la primavera (second half of 14th century)
Francesco Landini (ca. 1325—1397) 40
23 Non al suo amante (ca. 1340—1360) Jacopo da Bologna
(fl. 1340—1360) 41
24 A poste messe (ca. 1350—1372) Lorenzo da Firenze
(d. 1372 or 1373) 43
25 Doctorum principem / Melodia suavissima / Vir mitis
(ca. 1410) Johannes Ciconia (ca. 1370—1412) 45
26 Sumer is icumen in (ca. 1250) Anonymous 48
27 Edi be thu, heven-queene (late 13th century) Anonymous 49
28 La quinte estampie real (second half of 13th century)
Anonymous 50
Part Two The Renaissance 52
29 Quam pulchra es (ca. 1410—1430) John Dunstable (ca. 1390—1453) 52
30 Flos florum (ca. 1425—1430) Guillaume Du Fay (1397—1474) 54
31 Conditor alme siderum (ca. 1430?) Guillaume Du Fay 55
32 Nuper rosarum flores (1436) Guillaume Du Fay 57
33 Ave Maria . . . virgo serena (ca. 1475—1485?) Josquin des Prez
(ca. 1450—1521) 62
34 Se la face ay pale (ca. 1435) Guillaume Du Fay 66
35 Missa Se la face ay pale: Gloria (ca. 1450) Guillaume Du Fay 68
36 Missa prolationum: Kyrie I (last quarter of 15th century)
Johannes Ockeghem (ca. 1420—1496) 73
37 Fortuna desperata (ca. 1473—1478) Antoine Busnois (?)
(ca. 1430—1492) 74
38 Missa Fortuna desperata: Kyrie and Agnus Dei (ca. 1500?)
Josquin des Prez 75
39 Missa Pange lingua: Kyrie (ca. 1513—1521) Josquin des Prez 79
40 Absalon, fili mi (ca. 1510?) Josquin des Prez (?) or Pierre de la Rue (?)
(ca. 1452—1518) 81
41 Adieu ces bons vins de Lannoys (ca. 1425—ca. 1450)
Guillaume Du Fay 84
42 De tous biens plaine (ca. 1470) Hayne van Ghizeghem
(ca. 1445—1485) 85
43 Hélas, que pourra devenir (late 1480s) Heinrich Isaac
(ca. 1450—1517) 87
44 Hor venduto ho la speranza (ca. 1500—1504) Marchetto Cara
(ca. 1470—1525) 89
45 El grillo (ca. 1500—1505) Josquin des Prez (?) 91
46 Tant que vivray (ca. 1520—1528) Claudin de Sermisy
(ca. 1490—1562) 92
47 Il bianco e dolce cigno (ca. 1535—1539) Jacob Arcadelt
(ca. 1505—1568) 94
48 Da le belle contrade d’oriente (1566) Cipriano de Rore
(1516—1565) 95
49 Morir non può il mio cuore (1566) Maddalena Casulana
(ca. 1544—after 1583) 100
50 Solo e pensoso (ca. 1595—1599) Luca Marenzio
(1553 or 1554—1599) 102
51 T’amo mia vita (ca. 1590?) Luzzasco Luzzaschi (1545—1607) 109
52 Matona mia cara (ca. 1575—1581) Orlande de Lassus
(1530 or 1532—1594) 111
53 Zwischen Berg und tiefem Tal (ca. 1530—1534) Ludwig Senfl
(ca. 1486—1542 or 1543) 114
54 Silberweise (1513) Hans Sachs (1494—1576) 116
55 Al amor quiero vencer (1536) Luis Milán (ca. 1500—after 1561) 117
56 Now Is the Month of Maying (ca. 1595) Thomas Morley
(1557—1602) 119
57 Come, Heavy Sleep (ca. 1590—1597) John Dowland (1563—1626) 120
58 Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (1551) Johann Walter (1496—1570) 122
59 Verily, Verily I Say Unto You (ca. 1580?) Thomas Tallis (1505—1585) 123
60 Sing Joyfully Unto God (ca. 1590—1623) William Byrd (1540—1623) 125
61 Missa Papae Marcelli: Credo (ca. 1565—1567) Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525 or 1526—1594) 130
62 Diferencias sobre el canto de la Dama le demanda
(ca. 1540—1566?) Antonio de Cabezón (1510—1566) 136
63 Ricercar (ca. 1507) Francesco Spinacino (fl. early 16th century) 137
64 Ricercar del duodecimo tuono (ca. 1589) Andrea Gabrieli
(1532 or 1533—1585) 138
65 La morisque (ca. 1551) Tielman Susato (ca. 1500—ca. 1561) 141
66 Dances from Terpsichore (ca. 1595—1621) Michael Praetorius
(1571—1621) 142
67 Prophetiae Sibyllarum: Prologue (ca. 1550—1552)
Orlande de Lassus 143
68 Cum essem parvulus (ca. 1579) Orlande de Lassus 144
Part Three The Baroque Era 147
69 Dunque fra torbid’ onde from Il Canto d’Arione (1589)
Giacopo Peri (1561—1633) 147
70 Sfogava con le stelle (1602) Giulio Caccini (1545—1618) 152
71 Al fonte, al prato (1609) Giacopo Peri (1561—1633) 154
72 Cruda Amarilli (ca. 1598—1605) Claudio Monteverdi (1567—1643) 155
73 T’amo mia vitai (ca. 1598—1605) Monteverdi 158
74 Zefiro torna e di soavi accenti (ca. 1630) Monteverdi 161
75 Lasciatemi qui solo (1618) Francesca Caccini (1587—ca. 1640) 167
76 Tradimento! (1659) Barbara Strozzi (1619—1677) 170
77 Enfin la beauté que j’adore (1624) Etienne Moulinié
(ca. 1600—after 1669) 172
78 Orfeo, Act II, excerpt (1607) Monteverdi 173
79 L’incoronazione di Poppea, Act I, Scenes 2 and 3 Monteverdi 184
80 Singet dem Herren ein neues Lied, SWV 342 (1647)
Heinrich Schütz (1585—1672) 192
81 Saul, was verfolgst du mich? SWV 415 (1650) Schütz 198
82 Armide, Overture and Act II, Scene 5 (1686) Jean-Baptiste Lully
(1632—1687) 204
83 Giulio Cesare, Act I, Scenes 5—7 (1724) George Frideric Handel
(1685—1759) 209
84 Dido and Aeneas, Act I (excerpt) (1689) Henry Purcell (1659—1695) 216
85 The Beggar’s Opera (excerpts) (1728) John Gay (1685—1732) and
Johann Christoph Pepusch (1667—1752) 224
86 Jephte (excerpt) (ca. 1645—1649) Giacomo Carissimi (1605—1674) 225
87 Zadok the Priest (1727) Handel 231
88 Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78 (excerpts)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685—1750) 244
89 Concerto grosso in F Major, Op. 6, No. 2 (ca. 1685?)
Arcangelo Corelli (1653—1713) 259
90 Concerto in A minor, Op. 3, No. 8, first movement (1711)
Antonio Vivaldi (1678—1741) 268
91 Pièces de clavecin (1707): Courante and Gigue (1707)
Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre (1665—1729) 280
92 Les élémens: first movement (“Le cahos”) (1737)
Jean-Féry Rebel (1661—1747) 284
93 Toccata IX from Il Secondo Libro di Toccate (1627)
Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583—1643) 293
94 Praeludium in G minor, BuxWV 149 (ca. 1675—1689)
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637—1707) 296
95 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I (excerpts) (1722)
J. S. Bach 300
96 Chorale prelude on the Magnificat peregrini toni
(late 17th century) Johann Pachelbel (1652—1706) 304
97 Chorale prelude on Meine Seele erhebt den Herren‚
BWV 648 (1748) J. S. Bach 305
98 Aria mit dreißig Veränderungen BWV 988 (“Goldberg”
Variations) (excerpt) (1742) J. S. Bach 306