Lesson 18: Intervals Iv
1 LESSON 18: INTERVALS IV u SUGGESTIONS FOR LISTENING lesson examples: • Robert Schumann (1810–1856), Symphony No. 2 in C Major, first movement (1846). • Modest Musorgsky (1839–1881) Pictures at an Exhibition for piano, “The Gnome” (1874). • Claude Debussy (1862–1918), Petite Suite for piano four hands, “Ballet” (1889). melodies featuring thirds: • John Dunstable (c. 1390–1453), “Quam pulchra es” (1400s). • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins and Orchestra, third movement (1731). • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude in D# Minor (1740). • Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), Piano Concerto No. 2 in B∫ Major, op. 19, third move- ment (1795). • Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809), Trio in G Major for violin, cello, and piano, third move- ment (“Gypsy Rondo”) (1795). • Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), String Quartet in C Minor, op. 18, no. 4, fourth move- ment (1800). • Johannes Brahms (1833–1897), Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, op. 108, third movement (1888). • “The Caisson Song” (Edmund L. Gruber, 1908). “O-ver hill, o-ver dale / We will hit the dust-y trail . .” • Claude Debussy (1862–1918), “Les tierces alternées,” Préludes, book 2, no. 11 (1913). • Béla Bartók (1881–1945), String Quartet No. 2, op. 17, second movement (1917). • “Always” (Irving Berlin, 1925). “I’ll be loving you / Al-ways / With a love that’s true / Al-ways . .” • George Gershwin (1898–1937), Prelude No. 2 for piano (1926). • “ ’S Wonderful” (George and Ira Gershwin, from Funny Face, 1927). “ ’S Won-der-ful, ’S Mar-ve-lous / You should care for me .
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