Famous Pieces Flashcards
Eroica Symphony
Beethoven
Pastoral Symphony
Beethoven
Choral Symphony
Beethoven
Die Winterreise (Winter Journey)
Schubert
Die Schoene Mullerin (Beautiful Miller’s Daughter)
Schubert
Schwanengesang (Swan Songs)
Schubert
Unfinished Symphony
Schubert
Great C Major
Schubert
Trout Piano Quintet
Schubert
String Quartet in D minor (Death and the Maiden)
Schubert
Symphonic Poems by Liszt
Late Preludes, Hamlet, Orpheus, Prometheus,
Liszt Solo Piano Pieces
Nuage Gris, Album d’un Voyageur, Hungarian Rhapsodies
Faust Symphony
Liszt
Piano pieces by Schumann
Papillions, Carnaval, David’s Wundertanze, Fantasiestucke
Spring Symphony
Schumann
Lieder Kreise
Schumann
24 Preludes
Chopin
27 Etudes
Chopin
Nocturne in E flat
Chopin
Lied ohne Worte (Song without words)
Mendelssohn
The Scottish (Symphony #3)
Mendelssohn
The Italian (Symphony #4)
Mendelssohn
Mid Summer-Night’s Dream
Mendelssohn
Elijah
Mendelssohn
St. Paul
Mendelssohn
Hebrides Overture
Mendelssohn
Calm Sea Prosperous Voyage
Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto (innovative)
Mendelssohn
Lobgesang (Symphony #2)
Mendelssohn
Symphonie Fantastique
Berlioz
Harold in Italy
Berlioz
Romeo et Juliette (symphony)
Berlioz
8 Scenes of Faust, Damnation of Faust
Berlioz
Beatrice et Benedict
Berlioz
Les Troyan
Berlioz
Lelio
Berlioz
King Lear
Berlioz
German Requiem
Brahms
Academic Festival Overture
Brahms
Tragic Overture
Brahms
Rossini Operas
Barber of Seville, Italian girl in Algeirs, William Tell, Otello, Moses, Cinderella
Bellini Operas
Norma, Puritani, La Sonambula
Donizetti Operas
Elixar of Love, Lucia de Lammermoor, Don Pasquale, Linda di Chamounix
Verdi Operas
first period Macbeth Second Period La Traviata, Il Trouvatore, Aida Third Period Othello, Falstaff
Puccini Operas
Madam Butterfly, La Boheme, Tosca, Turandot
Der Freischutz
Weber
Wagner operas (besides ring cycle)
Parsifal, Lohengrin, Tristan and Isolde, Der Fllegende Hollander (flying dutchman), Die Miestersinger von Nurnberg (his only comic opera)
Carmen
Bizet
Samson et Delila
Saint Saens
Orpheus in the Underworld
Offenbach
Die Fledermaus
Johann Strauss
Romeu et Juliette (opera)
Gounod
Cavalleria Rusticana
Mascagni
Sullivan
Mikado, Pirates of Penzance
I Pagliacci
Leoncavallo
Les Heugonauts
Meyerbeer
Romantic Symphony (No. 4)
Bruckner
Virga Jesse
Bruckner
Spanish Songbook, Italian Songbook
Wolf`
Elektra
Richard Strauss
Salome
Richard Strauss
Der Rosenkavalier
Richard Strauss
Strauss Tone Poems
Don Quixote, Don Juan, Macbeth, Also Sprach Zarathustra, Ein Heldenleben (a hero’s life), Death and Transifiguration
Das lied von der erde (songs of the earth) (symphony)
Mahler
Mahler Song Cycles
Songs of a Wayfarer (influence symphony 1), The Youth’s Magic Horn (influenced symphonies 2-4, Kindertotenlieder (influenced symphonies 5-7)
Resurrection Symphony
Mahler
Symphony of a Thousand
Mahler
Hansel and Gretel
Inglebert Humperdinck
Boris Gudanov (opera)
Musorgsky
Sheherazed
Rimsky-Korsakov
Tchaikovsky Ballets
Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker, Swan Lake
Queen of Spades (opera)
Tchaikovsky
New World Symphony
Dvorak
Sibelius Symphonic Poems
Finlandia, Tapiola, Pohjola, Swan of Twanella
Sea, London, Pastoral Symphonies
Vaughan Williams
The Planets
Holst
Falstaff (symphonic poem)
Elgar
Enigma Variations
Elgar
Pomp and Circumstance
Elgar
Romeo and Juliet (overture)
Tchaikovsky
Pictures at an Exhibition
Musorgsky
Bartered Bride
Smetana
Nights in the garden of Spain
de Falla
In the Steps of Central Asia (symphonic sketch)
Borodin
Pathetique symphony
Tcahikovsky
Jenufa
Janaceck
Ruslan and Lyudmilla
Glinka
Golden Cockerel
Rimsky-Korsakov
Prince Igor
Borodin
Bolero
Ravel
Claire de Lune
Debussy
Daphnis and Chloe
Ravel
Paleas and Melisande (his only opera)
Debussy
Prelude to an afternoon of a fawn
Debussy
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Ducat
Erwartune
Schoenberg
Pierrot Lunairre
Schoenberg (example of Sprechstimme)
Moses und Aron
Schoenberg
Wozzeck
Berg
Verklarte Nacht
Schoenberg
Lyric Suite
Berg
Firebird, Petrushka, Rite of Spring (ballets)
Stravinksy
Oedipus Rex (opera-oratorio)
Stravinsky
Symphony of Psalms
Stravinsky
Solider’s Tale
Stravinsky
The Flood (later work, serial)
Stravinsky
In Memoriam Dylan Thomas
Stravinsky
Requiem Cantacles (later work, serial)
Stravinsky
Miraculous Mandarin
Bartok
Love of Three Oranges
Prokofiev
War Requiem
Britten
A Child of our Time
Tippett
Mathis der Mahler
Hindemith
The Rake’s Progress (opera)
Stravinsky
Bluebeard’s Castle
Bartok
Peter Grimes
Britten
The Rise and fall of the city of Mahoganny
Weill
Dialogue of the Carmelites
Poulence
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsenka District
Shostakovich
King David
Honneger
Carmina Burana
Orff
Le Creation du Monde
Milhaud
Three Penny Opera
Weill
Peter and the Wolf
Prokofiev
Oh Suzanna
Stephen Foster
I dream of genie with the light brown hair
Stephen Foster
Camptown Races
Stephen Foster
Beautiful Dreamer
Stephner Foster
Night in the Tropics
Gottschalk
Gaelic Symphony
Amy Beach
The Unanswered Question
Charles Ives
Camp Meeting Symphony (no. 3)
Charles Ives
Porgy and Bess
Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Gershwin
Appalachian Spring
Copeland
Rodeo
Copeland
Billy the Kid
Copeland
West Side Story
Bernstein
Richard Rodgers Works
Oklahoma, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, The Sound of Music
Bernard Hermann (film scores)
film scores: psycho, vertigo, north by northwest, citzen kane
St. Francis of Assisi
Messiaen
Quartet for the End of Time
Messiaen
4’33’
John Cage
Thernody for the victims of Hiroshima
Penderecki
Black Angels
Crumb
Sonatas and Interludes for prepared piano
Cage