Aaron Copland
School Of Music
Office hours & location
Aaron Copland School of Music
Room 203
Queens College C.U.N.Y.
65-30 Kissena Blvd.
Queens, NY 11367-1597
(Tel) 718-997-3800
(Fax) 718-997-3849
Mon-Thurs 9:00 am - 4:45 pm
Friday 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
School Of Music
Office hours & location
Aaron Copland School of Music
Room 203
Queens College C.U.N.Y.
65-30 Kissena Blvd.
Queens, NY 11367-1597
(Tel) 718-997-3800
(Fax) 718-997-3849
Mon-Thurs 9:00 am - 4:45 pm
Friday 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Music Literature Listening List
O quam tu pulchra es
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Georg Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Symphony No. 9 (“From the New World”) (1893): I, II, III, IV
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Symphony No. 4 (1900): I, II, III, IV
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
La bohème (1896), Act 1: 1. Questo Mar Rosso, 2. Nei cieli bigi, 3. Già dell’ Apocalisse appariscono I segni, 4. Pensier profondo! 5. Legna! Sigari! Bordò, 6. Si può? Chi è là? Benoit! 7. Timido in gioventù, 8. Chi è la? Scusi. Una donna! 9. Oh! Sventata! 10. Che gelida manina, 11. Si Mi chiamano Mimi, 12. Ehi! Rodolfo! 13. O soave fanciulla
Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868)
Il barbiere di Siviglia (1816): 1. Overture and Act 1: 2.Introduzione (Piano, pianissimo), 3. Cavatina (“Ecco, ridente in cielo”), 4. Recitativo (“Gente indiscreta”), 5. Cavatina (“Largo al factotum”), 6. Recitativo/Canzone (“Se il mio nome saper voi bramate”)/Recitativo, 7. Duetto (“All’idea di quel metallo”), 8. Cavatina (“Una voce poco fa/lo sono docile”), 9. Recitativo (“Si, si, la vincerò”), 10. Aria (“La calunnia è un venticello”), 11. Recitativo (“Ah, che ne dite?”), 12. Duetto (“Dunque io son...tu non m’inganni?”), 13. Recitativo (“Ora mi sento meglio”), 14. Aria (“A un dottor della mia sorte”), 15. Recitativo/Finale (“Ehi, di casa! ... buona gente!...”)
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Piano Sonata No. 7 (1938-42): I, II, III
George Gershwin (1898-1937)
- Freshman Music Literature List
- Sophomore Music Literature List
- Junior Music Literature List
- Senior Music Literature List
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Freshman Music Literature List
Gregorian Chant- Hymn (text by Thomas Aquinas, ca. 1225-74): Pange lingua gloriosi
- Antiphon (medieval): Hodie Christus Natus Est
- Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), Sequence: O Virgo ac diadema
- Anon. (ca. 1250) Belle Doette
- Bernard of Ventadorn (1150-1195), Quan veh la lauzeta mover
- Francesco Landini (1325?-1397), Ochi dolente
- Johannes Ciconia (1335-1411), O Padua sidus praeclarum
- Josquin Desprez (c. 1440-1521), Mille regretz
- Giaches Wert (1535-1596), Giunto alla Tomba
- William Byrd (c. 1539-1623), Variations on John come kiss me now
- Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643), Capriccio sopra ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la
- Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677), L’eraclito amoroso
- Giulio Cesare, Act III (1724): 1. Sinfonia, Scene 1: 2. “You have fallen”, 3. “From the perilous waves” (Caesar), 4. “I am seeking Ptolemy”, 5. “Give me that seal!”; Scene 2: 6, “You who were my faithful handmaidens” (Cleopatra), 7. “Caesar – or his ghosts”, 8. “When broken by the storms” (Cleopatra); Scene 3: “Cornelia, the time has come” (Ptolemy); Scene 4: “The father’s revenge” (Caesar)
- Israel in Egypt, (1739) Part I (Exodus): 1. Recitative: "Now there arose a new king over Egypt", 2. Solo and Chorus: "And the children of Israel sigh'd", 3. Recitative: "Then sent He Moses", 4. Chorus: "They loathed to drink of the river", 5. Aria: "Their land brought forth frogs", 6. Chorus: "He spake the word", 7. Chorus: "He gave then hailstones for rain", 8. Chorus: "He sent a thick darkness", 9. Chorus: "He smote all the first-born of Egypt", 10. Chorus: "But as for His people", 11. Chorus: "Egypt was glad then they departed", 12. Chorus: "He rebuked the Red Sea", 13. "And Israel saw that great work."
- Fantasia and Fugue in g, BWV 542 (1708)
- Concerto for 2 violins in d, BWV 1043 (1717): I,, II,, III
- “Brandenburg” Concerto #4 in G, BWV 1049 (1720): I, II, III
- Piano Concerto, K. 491 (1786), C minor: I, II, III
- Symphony No. 40, K. 550 (1788): I, II, III, IV
- Symphony No. 41, K. 551 (1788): I, II, III, IV
- Piano Sonata, op. 13 (“Pathétique”) (1798): I, II, III
- Piano Sonata, op. 57 (“Appassionata”) (1805): I, II, III
- Symphony No. 7, op. 92 (1812): I, II, III, IV
- Overture, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1826)
- Symphony No. 4 (“Italian”) (1833): I, II, III, IV
- Violin Concerto, Op. 64 (1844) (26:33): I, II, III
- Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche op. 25 (1895)
- Overture to Der Freischütz (1821)
- Three Places in New England (1914): 1. The St. Gaudens in Boston Common, 2. Putnam's Camp, Redding, Connecticut, 3. The Housatonic at Stockbridge
- Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2 (1909-12)
- Le Sacre du Printemps (1910-13): Part 1: 1. Introduction, 2. The Augurs of Spring, 3. Mock Abduction, 4. Spring Rounds, 5. Games of Rival Tribes, 6. Procession of the Sage, 7. Adoration of the Earth, 8. Dance of the Earth Part 2: 9. Introduction, 10. Mystic Circles of the Young Girls, 11. Glorification of the Chosen One, 12. Evocation of the Ancestors, 13. Ritual Action of the Ancestors, 14. Sacrificial Dance
- Billy the Kid (1938): 1. Introduction. The Open Prairie, 2. Street in a Frontier Town, 3. Mexican Dance and Finale, 4. Prairie Night (Card game at night), 5. Gun Battle, 6. Celebration (after Billy’s capture), 7. Billy’s Death, 8. The open Prairie again
Sophomore Music Literature List
Medieval Polyphony- Pérotin (c. 1200), Viderunt omnes
- Guillaume de Machaut (1300-1377), De fortune
- Guillaume Du Fay (1400-1474), Ave regina caelorum III
- Josquin Desprez (c. 1440-1521), Inviolata, integra et casta est Maria
- Josquin Desprez (c. 1440-1521), Missa Pange lingua: Kyrie, Agnus dei
- William Byrd (c. 1539-1623), Mass for Four Voices: Kyrie, Credo, Agnus Dei
- Tomás Luis de Victoria (c. 1548-1611), O magnum mysterium
- Josquin Desprez (c. 1440-1521), Missa L'homme armé sexti toni: Kyrie, Agnus Dei
- Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 155?-1611), Canzon in echo duodecimi toni
- Vespers of 1610, Magnificat
- Cruda amarilla, che col nome ancora
- Orfeo, Toccata, Prologue, Act II: 1. Orpheus: Ecco pur ch'a voi, 2. Shepherd: Mira ch'a sé n'alletta, 3. Orpheus: Vi ricorda, o bosch'ombrosi, 4. Messenger: Ahi caso acerbo, 5. Chorus: Ahi caso acerbo, 6. Sinfonia Act III. 6. Orpheus: Possente spirto
- Dido and Aeneas (1688-90), Act III: 1. Song & Sailor’s Dance, 2. Recitative, Song, Chorus, The Witches’ Dance, 3.Recitative, Chorus, 4. Recitative & Song, 5. Chorus
- Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 (1708)
- The Well Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue in c# minor, BWV 849 (1722)
- Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78 (1724): 1. Chorus: “Jesu, der du meine Seele”, 2. Aria: “Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten”, 3. Recitative: “Ach! Ich bin ein Kind der Sünden”, 4. Aria: “Das Blut, so meine Schuld durchstreicht”, 5. Recitative: “Die Wunden, Nägel, Kron und Grab”, 6. Aria: “Nun du wirst mein Gewissen stillen”, 7. Chorale: “Herr, ich glaube, hilf mir Schwachen”
- Well Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude & Fugue in D, BWV 874 (1738)
- Symphony No. 49 ("La Passione") (1768): I, II, III, IV
- String Quartet, Op. 20, No. 5 (H.III,35 F minor, 1781): I, II, III, IV
- String Quartet, Op. 76, No. 2, D minor (1793-97): I, II, III, IV
- Die Schöpfung (“The Creation”) (1798): 1. Recitative with Chorus, 2. Aria with chorus, 3. Recitative, 4. Chorus with soprano solo, 5. Recitative, 6. Aria
- Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K. 310 (1778): I, II, III
- String Quartet, K. 465 ("Dissonant") (1785): I, II, III, IV
- The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492 (1786), Act I: Overture, Scene 1: 1. Duet “Cinque ... dieci”, 2. Recitative “Cosa stai misurando”, Scene 2: 3. Duettino “Se a caso Madama”, 4. Recitative “O bene ascolta”, 5. Recitative “Bravo, Signor padrone!”, Scene 3: 6. Cavatina “Se voul ballare”, 7. Recitative “Ed aspettaste il giorno”, Scene 4: 8. Aria “La vendetta”, 9. Recitative “tutto ancor non ho perso”, Scene 5: 10. Duettino “Via, resti servita”, 11. Recitative “Va la, vecchia pedante”, Scene 6. 12. Aria “Non so piu son, cosi faccio:, 13. Recitative “Ah, son perduto!”, Scene 7: 14. Terzetto: “Cosa sento! Tosto andate”, 15. Recitative: “Basilo, in traccia tosto di Figaro”, Scene 8: 16. Coro: “Giovanni lieti, fiori spargete”, 17. Recitative: “Cos’e questa commedia?”, Scene 8a: 18. Chorus: “Giovanni liete, fiori spargete”, 19. Recitative: “Evviva! ... ”, Scene 9: 20. Aria “Non piu andrai, farfallone amoroso”
- Requiem, K. 626 (1791): 1. Introitus, 2. Kyrie, 3. Dies irae
- Symphony No. 3, op. 55 (“Eroica”) (1803): I, II, III, IV
- Overture to Leonora No. 3, op. 72a (1806)
- Piano Sonata, op. 109 (E major) (1820): I, II, III
- Symphony No. 2, op. 73 (1877): I, II, III, IV
- Ein deutsches Requiem, op. 45 (1866), movements 1 and 2: I, II
- Preludes, op. 28 (1839), Nos. 1–12: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Mazurkas, op. 17 (1833): 1, 2, 3, 4
- Nocturnes, op. 27 (1835): 1, 2
- Scherzo No. 2, op. 31 (Bb minor/Db major) (1839)
- Impromptus, op. 90 (1827): 2, 3, 4
- Seven Songs (1815-1826): “An die Musik”, “An Silvia”, “Heidenröslein”, “Im Abendrot”, “Der Musensohn”, “Die Forelle”, “Der Tod und das Mädchen”
- Dichterliebe, op. 48 (1840): 1. Im wunderschönen Monat Mai, 2. Aus meinen Tränen spriessen, 3. Die Rose, die Lilie, 4. Wenn ich in deine augen seh', 5. Ich will meine Seele tauchen, 6. Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome, 7. Ich grolle nicht, 8. Und wüssten's die Blumen, 9. Das ist ein Flöten und Geigen, 10. Hör ich das Liedchen klingen, 11. Ein Jüngling liebt ein Mädchen 12. Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen, 13. Ich hab' im Traum geweinet, 14. Allnächtlich im Traume, 15. Aus alten Märchen winkt es, 16. Die alten bösen Lieder
- La Mer: (1903-05) 1. De l'aube a midi sur la mer, 2. Jeux de vagues, 3. Dialogue du vent et de la mer
- Three Piano Pieces, Op. 11 (1909): I, II, III
- Five Orchestra Pieces, Op. 16 (1909): 1. Vorgefühle (Premonitions), 2. Vergangenes (Yesteryears), 3. Summermorgen an einem See (Summer Morning by a Lake, 4. Peripetie (Peripetia), 5. Das obligate Rezitativ (The Obligatory Recitative)
- Duke Ellington (1899-1974), A Tone Parallel to Harlem (1951)
- Louis Armstrong (1901-1971), West End Blues (1928)
- Coleman Hawkins (1904-1969), Body and Soul (1939)
- Art Tatum (1909-1956), Tenderly (1951)
- Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993), Charlie Parker Salt Peanuts (1945)
- Machito Orchestra, Afro Cuban Jazz Suite (1950): 1. Cancion, 2. Mambo, 3. Mambo (cont.), 4. 6/8, 5. Jazz, 6. Rhumba Abierta
Junior Music Literature List
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)- St. Matthew Passion Passion, BWV 244 (1729), Nos. 1-23: 1. Chorus, 2. Recitative, 3. Chorale, 4. Recitative and Chorus, 5. Recitative, 6. Aria, 7. Recitative, 8. Aria, 9. Recitative and Chorus, 10. Chorale, 11. Recitative, 12. Recitative, 13. Aria, 14. Recitative, 15. Chorale, 16. Recitative, 17. Chorale, 18. Recitative, 19. Recitative, 20. Aria, 21. Recitative, 22. Recitative, 23. Aria
- Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225 (1727)
- Partita II in d for violin alone, BWV 1003 (1720): Chaconne
- English Suite II in a, BWV 808 (1715): 1. Prelude, 2. Allemande, 3. Courante, 4. Saraband, 5. Gavottes I and II, 6. Gigue
- “Italian” Concerto, BWV 971 (1735): I, II, III
- Viola Quintet, K. 516, G minor (1787): I, II, III, IV
- Clarinet Quintet, K. 581 (1789): I, II, III, IV
- Piano Concerto No. 4, op. 58 (G major) (1806): I, II, III
- Symphony No. 9, op. 125 (1824): I, II, III, IV, V
- Piano Quintet, op. 34 (1862): I, II, III, IV
- Violin Concerto, op. 77 (1878): I, II, III
- Symphony No. 4, op. 98 (1885): I, II, III, IV
- Clarinet Quintet, op. 115 (1891): I, II, III, IV
- Ballade No. 4, op. 52 (F minor) (1843)
- Préludes, Book I (1910): Nos. 2. Voiles, 7. Ce qu’a vu le vent de l’ouest, 10. La Cathédrale engloutie
- Sonata No. 9 (1913)
- Poème électronique (1958)
- Piano Variations (1930)
- Sextet: (1937) I, II, III
- Rhapsody (1970)
- Philomel (1964)
- Atmosphères (1961)
- Lux Aeterna (1966)
- Sinfonia, (1968-69) movements 2. (“O King”) and 3. (“In ruhig fliessender Bewegung”)
- Gesang der Jünglinge (1955-56)
- Drumming, Part I (1970-71)
- Six Fantasies on a Poem by Thomas Campion (1978-79): 1. Her Voice, 2. Her Presence, 3. Her Reflection, 4. Her Song, 5. Her Ritual, 6. Her Self
Senior Music Literature List
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)- Hyppolyte et Aricie (1733), Prologue & Act 1: Overture, Scene 1, Scene 2, Scene 3, Scene 4, Scene 5, Scene 6, Scene 7, Scene 8
- Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 (1724). Kyrie: Chorus: Kyrie eleison, Duet: Christe eleison, Chorus: Kyrie eleison. Gloria: 1. Chorus: Gloria in excelsis, 2. Chorus: Et in terra pax, 3. Aria: Laudamus te, 4. Chorus: Gratias agimus tibi, 5. Duet: Domine Deus, 6. Chorus: Qui tollis peccata mundi, 7. Aria: Qui sedes ad dextram Patris, 8. Aria: Quoniam tu solus sanctus, 9. Chorus: Cum Sancto Spiritu
- String Quartet, op. 59, no. 2 (E minor) (1806): I, II, III, IV
- String Quartet, op. 131 (C# minor) (1826): I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII
- Piano Pieces, op. 119 (1891): 1. Intermezzo, 2. Intermezzo, 3. Intermezzo, 4. Rhapsodie
- Rigoletto (1851), Act III: 1. E l’ami?, 2. La donna è mobila, 3. Un di, se ben rammentomi, 4. Bella figlia dell’amore, 5. Venti scudi hai tu detto?, 6. Ah, più non ragiono!, 7. Della dendetta alfin giunge l’instante, 8. V’ho ingannato, colpevole fui
- Otello (1887), Act I: 1. Una vela! Un vesillo!, 2. Esultate!, 3. Roderigo, ebben, che pensi?, 4. Fuoco di gioia, 5. Roderigo, beviam!, 6. Inaffia l’ugola! Trinca, tracanna!, 7. Capitano, v’attende la fazione al baluardi, 8. Già nella notte densa
- Tristan und Isolde (1858), 1. Prelude and Act I: Scene 1: 2. Westwärts schweift der Blick, 3. Brangäne, du? Sag - wo sind wir?, 4. O weh! Ach! Ach, des Ubels, das ich geahnt! Act I, Scene 2: 5. Frisch weht der Wind, 6. Mir erkoren, mir verloren, 7. Hab acht, Tristan!, 8. Darf ich die Antwort sagen? Act I, Scene 3: 9. Weh, ach wehe! Dies zu dulden!, 10. Wie lachend sie mir Lieder singen, 11. Von seinem Lager blickt’ et her, 12. O Wunder! Wo hatt’ ich die Augen?, 13. Da Friede, Sühn’ und Freundschaft, 14. O süsse, Traute! Teure! Holde! Goldne Herrin!, 15. Ungeminnt den hehrsten Mann, 16. Kensst du der Mutter Künste nicht? Act I, Scene 4: 17. Auf! Auf! Ihn Frauen!, 18. Herrn Tristan bringe meinen Gruss, 19. Nun leb wohl, Brangäne! Act I, Scene 5: 20. Langsam, 21. Begehrt, Herrin, was ihr wünscht, 22. Da du so sittsam, mein Herr Tristan, 23. Nun will ich des Eides walten, 24. War Morold dir so wert, 25. Ho! He! Ha! He! Am Obermast die Segel ein!, 26. Du hörst den Ruf?, 27. Auf das Tau! Anker los!, 28. Tristan! ... Isolde!, 29. Was träumte mir von Tristans Ehre?, 30. Schnell, den Mantel, den Königsschmuck!
- Gaspard de la Nuit (1908): 1. Ondine, 2. Le Gibet, 3. Scarbo
- Chansons madécasses (1925-26): 1. Nahandove, 2. Mefiez-vous des blancs, 3. Il est doux de se coucher
- Agon (1954-57): Part 1: 1. Pas de quatre, 2. Double pas de quatre, 3. Triple pas de quatre; Part 2: 4. Prelude, 5. Saraband Step, 6. Gailliarde, 7. Coda, 8. Interlude, 9. Bransle Simple, 10. Bransle Gay, 11. Bransle Double, 12. Interlude, 13. Pas de deux; Part 3: 14. Coda, 15. Four Duos, 16. Four Trios, 17. Coda
- String Quartet No. 4 (1928): I, II, III, IV, V
- Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta: I, II, III, IV
- Ionisation (1929-31)
- Porgy and Bess, Act I (1933-35): Scene 1: 1. Introduction, Jasbo Brown, 2. Summertime, 3. Oh, nobody knows when the Lawd is goin’ to call, 4. Give him to me, 5. Here’s the ol’ crap shark, 6. Here comes the big boy!, 7. Six to make!, 8. Jesus, he’s killed him. Scene 2: 9. Where is brudder Robbins?, 10. Overflow, overflow, 11. A saucer-burying set-up, I see, 12. My man’s gone now, 13. How de saucer stan’ now, my sister?, 14. Oh, the train is at the station.
- Quatre études de rythme (1950): 1. Ile de feu 1, 2. Mode de valeurs et d'intensités, 3. Neumes rythmiques, 4. Ile de feu 2
- Oiseaux Exotiques (1955-56)
- Metastaseis (1953-54)
- Pli selon pli 1. Don and 2. Improvisation sur Mallarmé I (1957)
- Ancient Voices of Children (1970), 1. El niño busca su voz, Dances of the Ancient Earth, 2. Me he perdido muchas veces por el mar