Audio Examples for The Sense of Music

Part 6. The Romantic Period

  1. Romantic Themes in Song

    1. Accompaniment, opening measures of Erlkonig
    2. From Appassionata Sonata
    3. Rising, minor key run
    4. My son
    5. Darling child
    6. I shall use force
    7. Father, father
    8. Major chord
    9. Gretchen scene-painting
    10. Lefthand treadle pattern
    11. Righthand spinning pattern
    12. And oh, his kiss
    13. Two false starts
    14. Piano introduction
    15. Voice folk-like character
    16. Suspended, incomplete
    17. Closing measures, piano
    18. Piano pattern
    19. From my tears spring
    20. The rose, the lily
    21. But when you say
    22. Schumann's accompaniment

  2. Women Composers

    1. Er ist gekommen
    2. Liebst du um Schonheit

  3. Chopin and Brahms

    1. 2Original theme from Don Giovanni
    2. 2Chopin's 4th variation
    3. 2Chopin's 5th variation
    4. E-flat Nocturne measure 1
    5. E-flat Nocturne measure 2
    6. E-flat Nocturne measure 4
    7. E-flat Nocturne measure 6
    8. E-flat Nocturne measure 6 without chromatics
    9. E-flat Nocturne measures 8 and 9
    10. E-flat Nocturne measures 12 and 13
    11. E-flat Nocturne measure 25
    12. E-flat Nocturne measure 30
    13. NOT Chopin's opening measures
    14. E-flat Nocturne measures 34 and 35
    15. Liebeslieder, opening measures
    16. Romantic melodic phrase
    17. Simple lullaby
    18. Brahms 4th Symphony, opening phrases
    19. End of first statement
    20. Transition theme
    21. Fanfare introducing second theme
    22. Melody from second theme
    23. Trumpet call rhythm
    24. Three against two rhythm
    25. Start of recapitulation
    26. Final return of first theme

  4. Mendelssohn and Dvorák

    1. Opening theme
    2. Angular theme
    3. Lyrical 2nd theme
    4. Stepwise melody

  5. Romantic Opera

    1. Holy grail leitmotif
    2. Swam motive
    3. Fatal question motive
    4. Prelude of Act II, Ortrud's harm motive
    5. Prelude of Act III, theme
    6. Wedding March
    7. Elsa - Ach dich an mich zu
    8. Wie deine art
    9. Let's drink to love
    10. Ah, perhaps it is he
    11. Misterioso
    12. Whirlpool
    13. Forever free
    14. Yet sometimes

  6. Strauss and Mahler

    1. Flourish theme
    2. Don Juan theme
    3. Dotted rhythm in horns
    4. Minuet-like theme
    5. Lush melody
    6. Opening melody, song 1
    7. Is a sad day for me
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