| TOPICS | WORKS | RECORDINGS | SCORES |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timbres | Britten, Benjamin. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. |  Dame Edna Everage, narrator; Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; John Lanchbery. Peter and the wolf / Prokofiev; The story of Babar the little elephant / Poulenc; The young person's guide to the orchestra / Britten. Naxos, 1998. | The young person's guide to the orchestra; variations and fugue on a theme of Purcell, Op. 34. Minature score with commentary by Eric Crozier. London, UK: Boosey & Hawkes, 1947. |
| Schubert, Franz. Quintet, Op. 163, D. 956, in C major. | Cleveland Quartet with Yo-Yo Ma. Quintet in C major. CBS Masterworks MK 39134, 1984. | Quintet in C major. Miniature edition. New York, NY: Eulenburg, [no date]. | |
| Strauss, Richard. Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30. | Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati. Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30. Recorded in Detroit, October 1982. London/Decca, 1983 (reissued 1991). | Also sprach Zarathustra: Tondichtung (frei nach Friedrich Nietszche): for full orchestra: Op. 30. London, UK: Editions Eulenberg, 1932. | |
| Triple meter | Beethoven, Ludwig van. Bagatelle for Piano in A Minor (Für Elise). |
| Klavierstücke / Beethoven. Munich, Germany: G. Henle, 1978. p. 165. |
| Haydn, Joseph. Minuet from String Quartet op. 17 no. 2 (Menuetto: Allegro) | Kodály Quartet. Haydn: String quartets op. 17, nos. 1, 2, and 4. Recorded Sept. 7-9, 1996. Naxos, 1999. | String quartets, op. 17 (complete) / Joseph Haydn. Edited by Wilhelm Altmann. New York, NY: Dover Publications, 2000 (reprint of Eulenberg edition). | |
| Strauss, Johann. The Blue Danube Waltz (An der schönen, blauen Donau), Op. 314. | New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein. Strauss / Royal Edition, vol. 85: Waltzes/Polkas/Radetzky March. Sony Classical SMK 47627, 1993. | Drei Walzer. Leipzig, Germany: Aug. Cranz, [no date]. | |
| Strauss, Johann. Frühlingsstimmen, Op. 410. | New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein. Strauss / Royal Edition, vol. 85: Waltzes/Polkas/Radetzky March. Sony Classical SMK 47627, 1993. | Voices of spring (Fruhlingsstimmen valse), op. 410). Edited by Andor Pintér; "Popular dance music for the piano" series. New York, NY: G. Schirmer, 1916. | |
| Strauss, Johann. Küntslerleben, Op. 316. | New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein. Strauss / Royal Edition, vol. 85: Waltzes/Polkas/Radetzky March. Sony Classical SMK 47627, 1993. | Künstlerleben (Artists' life) / Johann Strauss. Concert paraphrase by Leopold Godowsky. New York, NY: Southern Music Publishing, 1939. | |
| Tchaikovsky, Peter. "Waltz of the Flowers," from The Nutcracker ballet. | New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein. The Nutcracker Suite. Recorded May 1960. Sony Classical, 1998. | Suite from the ballet 'The Nutcracker,' for full orchestra, Op. 71a. Foreword by Dr. Max Unger; miniature score edition no. 824. New York, NY: Edition Eulenberg, [no date]. | |
| Comparison of major and minor modes | Bach, J. S. Well Tempered Clavier (Das Wohltemperierte Klavier) Prelude and fugue no. 1 in C major; Prelude and fugue no. 2 in C minor. |
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Version 2: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier. Vol. 1. Edited by Hans Bischoff and translation by Alexander Lipsky. New York, NY: Belwin Mills, 1960. |
| Scales and modes: Pentatonic | Dvorak, Antonin. Symphony no. 9 in E Minor "From the New World," mvmt. II (Largo). | Version 1: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Vaclav Neumann. Symphony no. 9 in E Minor "From the New World." Recorded 1982. Supraphon 33C377702, 1986.
| Symphony no. 9 (From the New World). Forward by Gerald Abraham; miniature score edition no. 433. New York, NY: Edition Eulenberg [no date]. |
| Vaughn Williams, Ralph. The Lark Ascending. | Israel Philharmonic, Dalia Atlas, Zina Schiff. The Lark Ascending. Stradivari Classics SCD 8011, 1989. | The Lark Ascending. Miniature score. New York, NY: Edition Eulenberg, 1982. (reissue of 1925 edition) | |
| Scales and modes: Chromatic scale | Debussy, Claude. Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faun). |
| Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun. An Authoritative Score; Mallarmé's Poem; Backgrounds and Sources; Criticism and Analysis. Edited by William W. Austin. New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 1970. ISBN: 9780393099393. |
| Purcell, Henry. Dido's Lament ("When I am laid in earth"), from Dido and Aeneas. |
| Dido and Aeneas. Edited by Ellen Harris. New York, NY: Edition Eulenberg, 1987, pp. 87, no. 43. | |
| Scales and modes: Whole tone passages | Berg, Alban. 7 Early Songs (Sieben Frühe Lieder). | Brigitte Balleys, soprano; Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (RSO), Vladimir Ashkenazy. Altenberglieder: 7 frühe Lieder; 3 orchesterstücke, op. 6; 3 stücke aus der "Lyrischen Suite." Recorded Feb. 1992. London/Decca, 1993. | 7 [i.e. Sieben] frühe Lieder, 1907. English version by Eric Smith, for voice and piano. Vienna, Germany: Universal Edition, 1955. |
| Debussy, Claude. Preludes, Vol. 1. |
| Préludes book 1. Munich, Germany: G. Henle Verlag, 1986. | |
| Large-Scale works | Handel, George Frederic. Messiah. | Elizabeth Harwood, Janet Baker, Paul Esswood, Robert Tear, Raimund Herincx; Ambrosian Singers, and the English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras. Messiah. Recorded in London, 1966. EMI/Angel, 2000. | Messiah: an oratorio. Miniature score. New York, NY: Kalmus/CPP Belwin, [no date.] |
| Ostinati | Purcell, Henry. Dido's Lament ("When I am laid in earth"), from Dido and Aeneas. |
| Dido and Aeneas. Edited by Ellen Harris. New York, NY: Edition Eulenberg, 1987. pp 87, no. 43. |
| Ravel, Maurice. Bolero. | Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti. Boléro / Ravel; Les préludes / Liszt; Overture "1812", op. 49 / Tchaikovsky. Recorded 1982-1983. EMI, 2005. | Boléro / Marice Ravel. Miniature score. Paris, France: A. Durand, 1929. | |
| Tonic/dominant or do-sol relationship | Mozart, Wofgang Amadeus. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik. | New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein. Symphony no. 36; Symphony no. 40; Serenade in G major; "Eine kleine Nachtmusik." Sony Classical, 1993. | Eine kleine Nachtmusik (serenade) in G major, K.525. Edited by Rudolf Gerber. London, UK: Edition Eulenberg, [no date]. |
| Mozart, Wofgang Amadeus. Piano Sonata in A, K.331. | Alicia de Larrocha, piano. Mozart Piano Sonatas. Recorded Dec. 9-11, 1989. RCA Red Seal, 1990. | Mozart: Sonatas and Fantasias for the piano. Prepared by Nathan Broder. Bryn Mawr, PA: T. Presser Co., 1960. | |
| Strauss, Richard. Also Sprach Zarathustra, op.30. | Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati. Also Sprach Zarathustra. Recorded in Detroit, October 1982. London/Decca, 1983 (reissued 1991). | Also sprach Zarathustra: Tondichtung (frei nach Friedrich Nietszche): for full orchestra: op. 30. London, UK: Editions Eulenberg, 1932. |
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