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All volumes of ANTHOLOGY FOR MUSIC IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION by Wright, Simms, and Roden contain scores representing all the major European styles, genres, and composers. The anthologies include an introduction to, a score for, and (where applicable) lyrics and translation for each piece discussed in the text MUSIC IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION and included in its CD set. It is available in a two- and a three-volume set to provide instructors with maximum flexibility. It can also be customized through TextChoice.
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"I would be highly likely to use the anthology should I adopt the textbook. ... The choice of examples seems a good mix of pieces that are discussed in many textbooks."
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"These are skills that I find lacking in many of our incoming graduate students. While they tend to be adept at identifying styles and composers in listening exams, they tend to freeze up when a score is put in front of them. ... The proposed anthology goes a long way toward helping to address this general shortcoming in the training of undergraduate music majors."
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The perfect companion to MUSIC IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION! With an introduction to, a score for, and lyrics and translation for each piece, ANTHOLOGY FOR MUSIC IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION, VOLUME B: THE BAROQUE AND CLASSICAL ERAS enhances your understanding of the major European styles, genres, and composers.
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Prepared by Timothy Roden of Ohio Wesleyan University, the anthologies (in two or three volume sets) include an introduction to, a score for, and (where applicable) lyrics and translation for each piece discussed in the text and included in the CD set. Volume B includes chapters 29-51.
About the Author
Timothy J. Roden (Bachelor of Music, Houghton College, 1980; Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1992) teaches music history, world music, survey of music literature, and music appreciation at Ohio Wesleyan University. He received grants from Northwestern University and the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst that allowed him to complete research in Berlin, Germany, on German orchestral lieder. He has contributed an article on Schumann's lieder to the NATS Journal, is preparing an edition of orchestral lieder for a scholarly press, and has prepared ancillaries to accompany Wright's LISTENING TO MUSIC (Thomson-Schirmer). Craig M. Wright received his Bachelor of Music degree at the Eastman School of Music in 1966 and his Ph.D. in musicology from Harvard University in 1972. He began his teaching career at the University of Kentucky and for the past 40 years has been teaching at Yale University, where he is the Henry L. and Lucy G. Moses Professor of Music as well as Director of Online Education. He teaches his perennially popular introductory course "Listening to Music", also part of the offerings of Open Yale Courses, and his selective seminar "Exploring the Nature of Genius". The author of numerous scholarly books and articles on composers ranging from Leoninus to Bach, Dr. Wright has also received many awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Einstein and Kinkeldey Awards of the American Musicological Society, and the Dent Medal of the International Musicological Society. In 2004 he was awarded the honorary degree Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Chicago, and in 2010 he was elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, joining fellow inductee banjo player Steve Martin. Dr. Wright has also published LISTENING TO MUSIC, CHINESE EDITION (Cengage Learning/Three Union Press, 2012), translated and simplified by Profs. Li Xiujung (China Conservatory, Beijing) and Yu Zhigang (Central Conservatory, Beijing), both of whom worked with Wright at Yale; LISTENING TO MUSIC and LISTENING TO WESTERN MUSIC, Seventh Editions (Cengage Learning, 2015); and MUSIC IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION, MEDIA UPDATE (Cengage Learning, 2010) with coauthor Bryan Simms. He is presently at work on a volume titled MOZART'S BRAIN: EXPLORING THE NATURE OF GENIUS. Bryan R. Simms (Bachelor of Arts, Yale University, 1966; Ph.D., Yale University, 1971) has taught since 1976 at the University of Southern California, where he has been director of graduate studies and is currently chair of the department of musicology. He is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Fulbright Foundation. He is the author of books and articles on topics in twentieth-century music and music theory, including MUSIC OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (Schirmer 1996) and, most recently, THE ATONAL MUSIC OF ARNOLD SCHOENBERG, 1908-1923 (Oxford University Press).
Table of Contents
PART IV: BAROQUE MUSIC. 30. The Birth of Opera: Florence, Mantua, and Venice. Peri, EURIDICE, "Funeste piagge." Caccini, LE NUOVE MUSICHE, FILLI, MIRANDO IL CIELO. Monteverdi, ORFEO, "Toccata," "A l'amara novella," "Tu se' morta," "Possente spirto." Monteverdi, L'INCORONAZIONE DI POPPEA, "Pur ti miro." 31. The Concerted Style in Venice and Dresden. Gabrieli, IN ECCLESIIS. Monteverdi, HOR CHE 'L CIEL ET LA TERRA. Strozzi, L'AMANTE SECRETO: VOGLIO MORIRE. Schütz, SAUL, SAUL, WAS VERFOLGST DU MICH? 32. Religious Music in Baroque Rome. Allegri, MISERERE MEI, DEUS. Anonymous, KYRIE of the MISSA SALISBURGENSIS. Frescobaldi, FIORI MUSICALI, "Toccata," KYRIE, "Ricercar." Carissimi, JEPHTE, "Plorate, filii Israel." Scarlatti, Cantata OH DI BETLEMME, "Oh di Betlemme," "Dal bel seno d'una stella." 33. Instrumental Music in Italy. Rossi, SONATA SOPRA L'ARIA DI RUGGIERO. Corelli, Opus 4, No. 1, PRELUDIO, CORRENTE, ADAGIO, ALLEMANDA. Torelli, Trumpet Sinfonia in D major. Vivaldi, L'ESTRO ARMONICO, 1st mvt.. 34. Instrumental Music in Germany and Austria. Froberger, Suite No. 12, ALLEMANDE, COURANTE, SARABAND, GIGUE. Biber, "Mystery" Sonatas, THE RESURRECTION. Buxtehude, WIE SCHÖN LEUCTET DER MORGENSTERN. Pachelbel, WIE SCHÖN LEUCTET DER MORGENSTERN. Pachelbel, Canon in D major. 35. Music in Paris and at the Court of Versailles, Part I: Vocal Music. Lully, ARMIDE, Overture, "Enfin, il est en ma puissance." Jacquet de La Guerre, JEPHT, "Jephté revient," "La Fille de Jephté." 36. Music in Paris and at the Court of Versailles, Part II: Instrumental Music. Gaultier, LA RHTORIQUE DES DIEUX, TOMBEAU DE MADAMOISELLE GAULTIER. Couperin, PICES DE CLAVECIN, LA FAVORITE, L'ARLEQUINE. 37. Music in London, Part I: Henry Purcell. Purcell, DIDO AND AENEAS, "Thy hand Belinda," "When I am Laid in Earth." Purcell, COME, YE SONS OF ART, "Come, ye sons of art," "Sound the trumpet." Purcell, Funeral Music for Queen Mary, March, Canzona. 38. Music in London, Part II: George Frideric Handel. Handel, WATER MUSIC, Minuet and Trio, Hornpipe. Handel, GIULIO CESARE, "V'adoro, pupille." Handel, MESSIAH, "He shall feed his flock," "Hallelujah" chorus. 39. Johann Sebastian Bach: Instrumental Music in Weimar and Cöthen. Bach, ORGELBCHLEIN, "In dulci jubilo," "Durch Adams Fall." Bach, THE WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER, Prelude and Fugue in C minor. Bach, BRANDENBURG CONCERTO No. 5, 1st mvt. 40. Johann Sebastian Bach: Vocal Music in Leipzig. Bach, WACHET AUF (complete cantata). Bach, B-Minor Mass, CREDO, "Crucifixus," " Et resurrexit." PART V: THE ENLIGHTENMENT AND THE CLASSICAL ERA. 41. Music in the Age of Enlightenment: Opera. Hasse, CLEOFIDE, "Digli ch'io son fedele." Gay, THE BEGGAR'S OPERA, dialogue and songs from Act I. Pergolesi, LA SERVA PADRONA, "Lo conosco." Rousseau, LE DEVIN DU VILLAGE, " jamais Colin." Gluck, ORFEO ED EURIDICE, "Deh placatevi," "Misero giovane," "Ahim! Dove trascorsi?" "Che faro senza Euridice." 42. Music in the Age of Enlightenment: Orchestral Music. Sammartini, Symphony No. 3, 1st mvt. Stamitz, Symphony in E-flat major, 1st mvt. 43. Music in the Age of Enlightenment: Keyboard Music. Scarlatti, ESSERCIZI, Sonata No. 26. C. P. E. Bach, FANTASIA in C minor. J. C. Bach, Piano Sonata, 1st mvt. 45. Joseph Haydn: Instrumental Music. Haydn, Symphony No. 6, 1st mvt. Haydn, Op. 33, No. 3, "The Bird" Quartet, 1st mvt. 46. Joseph Haydn: Late Symphonies and Vocal Music. Haydn, Symphony No. 94, The "Surprise," 2nd mvt. Haydn, Symphony No. 99, 1st mvt. Haydn, THE CREATION, "The Heavens Are Telling." 47. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Instrumental Music. Mozart, Symphony No. 40, 1st mvt. Mozart, Symphony No. 41, "Jupiter," 4th mvt. Mozart, Piano Concerto in A major, 1st mvt. 48. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Vocal Music. Mozart, LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, "Se vuol ballare," "Porgi, amor," "Voi, che sapete," "Vostre dunque." Mozart, Requiem Mass, "Confutatis," "Lacrimosa." 49. The Early Music of Beethoven. Beethoven, Piano Sonata in C minor ("Pathétique"), 1st mvt. Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 1, 3rd mvt. 50. Beethoven's Middle Period: 1802-1814. Beethoven, Symphony No. 3 (EROICA), 2nd mvt. 51. After the Congress of Vienna: Beethoven's Late Music. Beethoven, String Quartet in B-flat major, 5th mvt. Beethoven, MISSA SOLEMNIS, KYRIE.