Masterpieces of Music Before 1750

by Parrish, Carl; Ohl, John F.

• ISBN13: 9780486418810
• ISBN10: 0486418812
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-11-30
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

Outstanding collection of musical examples - chants, motets, chansons, madrigals, more - illustrating the general course of musical style from the early Middle Ages to the mid-18th century. Works by Lassus, Josquin des Prez, Schutz, Handel, Bach, many others. Notes identify place of composition in history of music and suggest useful methods of analysis.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Antiphon: Laus Deo Patri, and Psalm 113: Laudate pueri	3	(3)
Alleluia: Vidimus stellam	6	(2)
Sequence: Victimae Paschali (11th century)	8	(3)
Trouvere Song, Virelai: Or la truix (12-13th century)	11	(2)
Minnelied: Willekommen Mayenschein, Neidhart von Reuenthal (13th century)	13	(3)
Parallel Organum, Sequence: Rex caeli, Domine (9th century)	16	(2)
Free Organum, Trope: Agnus Dei (12th century)	18	(2)
Melismatic Organum: Benedicamus Domino (12th century)	20	(2)
Organum: Alleluya, Perotin (12th century)	22	(5)
Motet: En non Diu! Quant voi; Eius in Oriente (13th century)	27	(4)
Conducts: De castitatis thalamo (13th century)	31	(2)
Estampie, Instrumental Dance (13th century)	33	(3)
Agnus Dei (I) from the Mass, Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300-c. 1377)	36	(4)
Ballata: Chi piu le vuol sapere, Francesco Landini (1325-1397)	40	(3)
Kyrie (I) from the Mass ``Se le face ay pale,'' Guillaume Dufay (c. 1400-1474)	43	(5)
Chanson: Adieu m'amour, Gilles Binchois (c. 1400-1460)	48	(3)
Sanctus from the ``Missa prolationum,'' Johannes Ockeghem (c. 1425-1495)	51	(4)
Motet: Parce, Domine, Jacob Obrecht (c. 1430-1505)	55	(3)
Motet: Ave Maria, Josquin des Prez (c. 1450-1521)	58	(6)
Chanson: Pour ung plaisir, Thomas Crequillon (d. c. 1557)	64	(1)
Canzona francese data Pour ung plaisir, Andrea Gabrieli (c. 1510-1586)	64	(10)
Lute Dances: Der Prinzen-Tanz; Proportz (c. 1550)	74	(4)
Motet: Tristis est anima mea, Orlandus Lassus (1532-1594)	78	(8)
Agnus Dei (I) from the Mass ``Veni sponsa Christi,'' G. P. da Palestrina (1525-1594)	86	(5)
Motet: Ego sum panis vivus, William Byrd (1542-1623)	91	(5)
Canzona: Canzona per l'epistola (early 17th century)	96	(4)
Madrigal: S'io parto, i' moro, Luca Marenzio (c. 1560-1599)	100	(9)
Madrigal: Thyrsis, Sleepest Thou? John Bennet (c. 1575-c. 1625)	109	(6)
Variations: Loth to Depart, Giles Farnaby (c. 1560-c. 1600)	115	(5)
Madrigal: Dovro dunque morire, Giulio Caccini (c. 1560-1618)	120	(4)
Recitative: Tu se' morta, from ``Orfeo,'' Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)	124	(5)
Scene: Afferte gladium, from ``Judicium Salomonis,'' Giacomo Carissimi (1605-1674)	129	(6)
Cantata: O Herr, hilf, Heinrich Schutz (1585-1672)	135	(9)
Ricercar, Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)	144	(3)
Suite in E minor, J. J. Froberger (1616-1667)	147	(5)
Overture to ``Armide,'' J. B. Lully (1632-1687)	152	(4)
Toccata in E minor, Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)	156	(3)
Ground: A New Ground, Henry Purcell (1659-1695)	159	(3)
Sonata da chiesa in E minor, Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)	162	(7)
Clavecin Piece: La Galante, Francois Couperin (1688-1759)	169	(3)
Scene from ``Castor et Pollux,'' Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)	172	(7)
Sonata in C minor, Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)	179	(3)
Concerto Grosso in C major, First Movement, G. F. Handel (1685-1759)	182	(7)
Recitative, Sinfonia, and Aria: Cara sposa, from ``Rinaldo,'' G. F. Handel	189	(11)
Chorus: Draw the Tear, from ``Solomon,'' G. F. Handel	200	(8)
Chorale: Christ lag in Todesbanden, from Cantata No. 4, J. S. Bach (1685-1750)	208	(4)
Chorale Prelude: Christ lag in Todesbanden, J. S. Bach	212	(3)
Chours: Es war ein wunderlicher Krieg, from Cantata No. 4, J. S. Bach	215	(11)
Arioso: Ach Golgatha, from the ``St. Matthew Passion,'' J. S. Bach	226	(4)
Fugue: Contrapunctus III, from ``Die Kunst der Fuge,'' J. S. Bach	230