Audio Examples for The Sense of Music

Part 2. Forms

  1. A Single Phase: Stevie Wonder’s “You Are the Sunshine of My Life

    1. You Are the Sunshine of My Life
    2. Passable rock version

  2. Song: John Dowland’s “Lady, If You So Spite Me”

    1. Dowland, Lady if you so spite me
    2. Dowland Oppressed, oppressed
    3. Dowland and die well pleased

  3. Piano Piece: Chopin’s Prélude in B Minor

    1. Chopin Example 1
    2. Chopin Example 2
    3. Chopin Example 3
    4. Chopin Example 4
    5. Chopin Example 5
    6. Chopin Prelude Computerized

  4. Concerto: Tchaikovsky’s Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Orchestra in B♭ Minor

    1. Tchaikovsky intro theme
    2. Top Tchaikovsky first theme
    3. Tchaikovsky second theme
    4. Tchaikovsky third theme
    5. Tchaikovsky third movement, folk theme
    6. Tchaikovsky second theme, lilting

  5. Symphony: Haydn’s Symphony No. 100 (the “Military”)

    1. Haydn surprise technique
    2. Haydn 1st theme - chirpy
    3. Haydn 2nd theme - country dance
    4. Haydn sudden shifts
    5. Haydn principal theme of 2nd movement
    6. Haydn major 3rd
    7. Haydn minor 3rd
    8. Haydn 3rd movement, minuet melody
    9. Haydn principal 4th movement

  6. An Opera: Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas”

    1. Dido start of overture
    2. Belinda sings to Dido
    3. Ground bass
    4. Out of step with ground bass
    5. Yet would not, major
    6. How soft, how soft
    7. Yet would not, minor
    8. Deep vaulted cell
    9. Thus on the fatal bank
    10. Remember me
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