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The Oxford Anthology of Western Music, Volume TwoCentury to the Late Nineteenth Century, accompanies the late eighteenth- and nineteenth-century portion of The Oxford History of Western Music, College Edition*, by Richard Taruskin and Christopher H. Gibbs (9780195097627).Beginning with Wilhelm Friedemann Bach and ending with Giacomo Puccini, this comprehensive volume features forty-four different composers from seven different countries. In addition to offering a number of landmark works, it also provides important pieces that are rarely anthologized, including Niccolo Piccinni's La buona figliuola, Johann Strauss II's "Blue Danube" Waltz, Bedrich Smetana's The Moldau, and Mikhail Glinka's Kamarinskaya. Designed with students in mind, this unique collection includes introductory essays at the beginning of each piece and an index of names and terms.A corresponding set of recordings* (3 CDs) contains musical examples from the anthology in high-quality MP3 format (9780199768295).ALSO AVAILABLE*Oxford Anthology of Western MusicVolume One: The Earliest Notations to the Early Eighteenth CenturyEdited by David J. Rothenberg and Robert R. Holzer> V1 Print Anthology: 9780199768257> V1 Recorded Anthology (2 CDs): 9780199768288Oxford Anthology of Western MusicVolume Three: The Twentieth CenturyEdited by Klara Moricz and David E. Schneider> V3 Print Anthology: 9780199768271> V3 Recorded Anthology (2 CDs): 9780199768301Oxford Recorded Anthology of Western MusicConcise Edition > Recorded Anthology (3 CDs): 9780199768318The Oxford History of Western MusicCollege EditionRichard Taruskin and Christopher H. Gibbs> Textbook: 9780195097627* Sold separately
Contents
Preface ; Note on Score Reading ; 1. Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Sonata in F Major (Falck 6a) ; 2. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Fantasia in C Minor, Wq. 63/6/iii ; 3. Johann Christian Bach, Sonata in D Major, Op. 5, No. 2, First movement ; 4. Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, La serva padrona (The maid as mistress) ; a) "A Serpina penserete" (You'll think of Serpina) ; b) "Son imbrogliato io gia" (I'm really in a fix) ; 5. Niccolo Piccinni, La buona figliuola (The virtuous maiden), Act 2, Finale ; 6. Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice (Orpheus and Eurydice) ; a) Opening chorus and recitative ; b) "Che faro senza Euridice?" (What am I to do without Eurydice?): Act 3, Scene 1 ; 7. Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Symphony No. 13 in G Major ; 8. Johann Christian Bach, Symphony in Bb Major, Op. 18, No. 2, First movement ; 9. Franz Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 45 in F# Minor ("Farewell"), First movement ; 10. Franz Joseph Haydn, String Quartet in Eb Major ("The Joke"), Op. 33, No. 2 ; 11. Franz Joseph Haydn, Symphony, No. 104 in D Major ("London") ; 12. Franz Joseph Haydn, The Creation, No. 1, Overture: "Die Vorstellung des Chaos" (The Representation of Chaos); and No. 2, Recitative and chorus ; 13. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Don Giovanni, K. 527 ; a) Act I, Overture and Introduction ; b) Act II, Finale ; 14. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, First movement ; 15. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony No. 41 in C Major ("Jupiter"), K. 551, Fourth movement ; 16. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K. 453 ; 17. Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata No. 8 in C Minor ("Pathetique"), Op. 13, First movement ; 18. Ludwig van Beethoven, Septet in Eb Major, Op. 20 ; Fourth Movement: Tema con Variazione (Andante) ; Fifth Movement: Scherzo (Allegro molto e vivace) ; 19. Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 3 in Eb Major, Sinfonia Eroica (Heroic Symphony), Op. 55, First movement ; 20. Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 ; 21. Ludwig van Beethoven, String Quartet in Bb Major, Op. 130, "Cavatina" ; 22. Gioachino Rossini, Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The barber of Seville), Overture ; 23. Gioachino Rossini, L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian woman in Algiers), Act I, Finale ; 24. Gioachino Rossini, Tancredi, Act 1, Scene 5, "Oh patria!... Tu che accendi questo core ... Di tanti palpiti" (O homeland ... You who set fire to this heart ... So many heart throbs) ; 25. Vincenzo Bellini, Norma, "Casta diva" (O pure Goddess) ; 26. Gaetano Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor (Lucy of Lammermoor), Act 3, Scene 2, Mad Scene, "Il dolce suono ... Spargi d'amaro pianto" (I hear the sweet sound ... Shed your bitter tears) ; 27. Carl Maria von Weber, Der Freischutz (The Free Marksman) ; a) Overture ; b) Wolf's Glen Scene, Act 2, Finale ; 28. Franz Schubert, Heidenroslein (Little rose on the heath) ; 29. Franz Schubert, Erlkonig (The Elf King) ; 30. Franz Schubert, Moments Musicaux (Musical moments), No. 6 (D. 780) ; 31. Franz Schubert, Symphony No. 8 in B Minor ("Unfinished"), D. 759, First movement ; 32. Franz Schubert, Piano Trio in Eb Major, Op. 100, D. 929, Second movement ; 33. Franz Schubert, Der Doppelganger (The Double) ; 34. Nicolo Paganini, Caprices, Op. 1, Nos. 17 and 24 ; 35. Franz Liszt, Grandes Etudes d'apres Paganini (Grand studies after Paganini), No. 6 ; 36. Franz Liszt, Reminiscences de Don Juan (The Don Juan Fantasy) ; 37. Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber, La muette de Portici (The mute girl of Portici), "Mieux vaut mourir" (It is better to die) ; 38. Giacomo Meyerbeer, Les Huguenots: "Benediction des poignards" (Blessing of the swords) and "Grand Duo" ; 39. Hector Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique, Fifth movement ; 40. Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn, Ein Sommernachtstraum (A Midsummer Night's Dream), Overture ; 41. Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn, Paulus (St. Paul), Op. 36, Overture and No. 36 ; 42. Robert Schumann, Phantasie (Fantasy), Op. 17, First movement ; 43. Robert Schumann, Dichterliebe (Poet's Love), Op. 48 ; a) No. 1, "Im wunderschonen Monat Mai" (In the lovely month of May) ; b) No. 2, "Aus meinen Tranen" (From my tears) ; 44. Clara Schumann, "Er ist gekommen in Sturm und Regen" (He has come in storm and rain), Op. 12, No. 2 ; 45. Frederic Chopin, Preludes, Op. 28, Nos. 1-4 ; 46. Frederic Chopin, Mazurka, Op. 17, No. 4 ; 47. Frederic Chopin, Ballade in G Minor, Op. 23 ; 48. Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Bamboula, danse des negres (negro dance), Op. 2 ; 49. Mikhail Glinka, A Life for the Tsar, Finale from Epilogue, "Slav'sya, slav'sya" (Glory, glory) ; 50. Mikhail Glinka, Kamarinskaya ; 51. Franz Liszt, Les preludes (Preludes), Symphonic Poem No. 3 (piano reduction) ; 52. Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64, First movement ; 53. Richard Wagner, Tristan und Isolde (Tristan und Isolde) ; a) Prelude ; b) Act 3, Isolde's Transfiguration ; 54. Giuseppe Verdi, Rigoletto, Act 3, conclusion ; 55. Bedrich Smetana, Ma vlast (My Fatherland), "Vltava" (The Moldau or Vltava River) ; 56. Modest Musorgsky, Boris Godunov, "Coronation Scene" ; 57. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin, Act 1, Scene 2 (Letter Scene) ; 58. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36: First movement ; 59. Johannes Brahms, Piano Quartet in G Minor, Op. 25, Fourth movement ; 60. Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68, Fourth movement ; 61. Antonin Dvorak, Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81, Second movement ("Dumka") ; 62. Antonin Dvorak, Symphony No. 9 in E Minor ("From the New World"), Second movement ; 63. Camille Saint-Saens, Samson et Dalila (Samson and Delilah): Bacchanale ; 64. George Bizet, Carmen, "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Love is a rebellious bird) ("Habanera") ; 65. Alexander Borodin, Prince Igor, "Polovtsian Dances," Act 2, No. 17 ; 66. Johann Strauss II, An der schonen, blauen Donau (On the Beautiful Blue Danube), Op. 314 ; 67. Arthur Sullivan and William S. Gilbert, Ruddigore, "My eyes are fully open to my awful situation" ("Patter Trio") ; 68. Ruggero Leoncavallo, Pagliacci (Clowns or Players), "Vesti la giubba" (Put on your costume) ; 69. Giacomo Puccini, Madama Butterfly: "Un bel di vedremo" (One fine day we'll see) ; Source Notes ; Index of Names ; Index of Terms
