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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). š “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” (, 1925). š “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). š “ ’S Won-der-ful, ’S Mar-ve-lous / You should care for me . . .” • “Stormy Weather” (, Ted Koehler, 1933). š “Don’t know why / There’s no sun up in the sky / Storm-y weath-er . . .” • “It’s De-Lovely” (, from Red, Hot, and Blue, 1936). š “It’s de-light-ful, it’s de-li-cious, it’s de-love-ly . . .” • “” (Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg, from The Wizard of Oz [film], 1939). š “Some-day I’ll wish up-on a star . . .” • “The Surrey with the Fringe on Top” (, Oscar Hammerstein II, from Okla- homa!, 1943). š “When I take you out to-night with me . . .”

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• “Following the Leader” (Oliver Wallace, Ted Sears, , from Peter Pan [film], 1953). š “Tee dum, tee dee / A tee-dle-ee do tee day . . .” • Fifteen Character Pieces: Lullaby, Rag. melodies featuring fourths: • Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757), Sonata in A Major, L. 395 (1700s). • Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), Piano Sonata in A∫ Major, op. 110, third movement, fugue theme (1822). š The fugue begins after a slow introduction at around 3:23. • Frederick Chopin (1810–1849), Fantasy in F Minor, op. 49 (1841). • Richard Wagner (1813–1883), Lohengrin, Bridal Chorus (popularly known as “Here Comes the Bride”) (1850). • Johannes Brahms (1833–1897), Symphony No. 2 in D Major, op. 73, fourth movement (1877). • Aleksandr Borodin (1833–1887), String Quartet No. 1 in A Major, third movement (1879). • Gustav Mahler (1860–1911), Kindertotenlieder (Friedrich Rückert), no. 3, “Wenn dein Müt- terlein” (1904). • Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951), Kammersymphonie No. 1, op. 9 (1906). • Darius Milhaud (1892–1974), Saudades do Brazil, “Paysandu” (1921). • “Exactly Like You” (Jimmy McHugh, , from Lew Leslie’s International , 1930). š “I know why I’ve wait-ed / Know why I’ve been blue . . .” • “All the Things You Are” (, Oscar Hammerstein II, from Very Warm for May, 1939). š “You are the prom-ised kiss of spring-time / That makes the lone-ly win-ter seem long . . .” • “” (, Mack Gordon, from Diamond Horseshoe [film], 1945). š “The more I see you / The more I want you . . .” • “When I Fall In Love” (Victor Young, Edward Heyman, from One Minute to Zero [film], 1952). š “When I fall in love / It will be for-e-ver . . .” • “Lollipop” (The Chordettes [Beverly Ross, Julius Dixon], 1958). š “Lol-li-pop, Lol-li-pop, Oh, lol-li, lol-li, lol-li . . .” • “Tradition” (Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, from Fiddler on the Roof, 1964). š “Tra-di-tion . . .” • “The Look of Love” (, , from Casino Royale [film], 1967). š “The look of love / Is in your eyes . . .” melodies featuring fifths: • Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809), String Quartet, op. 76, no. 2 (“Fifths”), first movement (1797).

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• Anton Bruckner (1824–1896), Symphony No. 4 in E∫ Major, first movement (1874). • Antonin Dvorak (1841–1904), Symphony No. 9 in E Minor (“From the New World”), third movement (1893). • Richard Strauss (1864–1949), Also Sprach Zarathustra (1896). • Gustav Holst (1874–1934), The Planets, “Mars, the Bringer of War” (1916). • Maurice Ravel (1875–1937), String Quartet in F, second movement (1903). • “Blue Skies” (Irving Berlin, from Betsy, 1926). š “Blue skies, smil-ing at me . . .” • “March of the Winkies” from The Wizard of Oz (1939). š The ditty sung by the marching guards at the witch’s castle just moves back and forth between the two notes of a perfect fifth. • “One Boy” (Charles Strouse, Lee Adams, from Bye Bye Birdie, 1960). š “One boy, one spe-cial boy . . .” • “Can’t Help Falling in Love” (Elvis Presley [Luigi Creatore, Hugo Peretti, George David Weiss], from Blue Hawaii, 1961). š “Wise men say . . .” • “Hey Jude” (The Beatles [Paul McCartney], 1968). š “Hey Jude, don’t make it bad / Take a sad song . . .” • “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” (Iron Butterfly [Doug Ingle], from In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, 1968). š “In-A-Gad-da-Da-Vi-da . . .” • “Feelings” (Morris Albert, from Feelings, 1975). š “Feel-lings, nothing more than feel-ings . . .” melodies featuring sixths: • George Frideric Handel (1685–1759), Concerto Grosso in B∫ Major, op. 6, no. 7, first move- ment (1739). • Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), Piano Sonata in G Minor, op. 49, no. 1 first movement (1797). • Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), Piano Sonata in D Minor, op. 31, no. 2 (“Tempest”), third movement (1802). • Frederick Chopin (1810–1849), Nocturne in E∫ Major, op. 9, no. 2 (1832). • Robert Schumann (1810–1856), Scenes from Childhood, op. 15, first movement (“Of Foreign Lands and People”) (1838). • Richard Wagner (1813–1883), Prelude to Tristan und Isolde (1859). • Johannes Brahms (1833–1897), Hungarian Dance No. 4 in F Minor for piano four hands (1868). • Antonin Dvorak (1841–1904), Piano Trio, op. 90 (“Dumky”), first movement (1891). • Scott Joplin (1867/8–1917), “The Entertainer” (1902). • “Bye Bye Blues” (David Bennett, Chauncey Gray, Frederick Hamm, Bert Lown, 1930). š “Bye bye, blues . . .”

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• “Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea” (Harold Arlen, Ted Hoehler, from Rhyth-Mania, 1931). š “I don’t want you, but I’d hate to lose you / You’ve got me . . .” • “Take the ‘A’ Train” (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, 1941). • “Everybody Loves Somebody” (Ken Lane, Irving Taylor, 1948) š “Ev-’ry-bod-y loves some-bod-y some-time . . .” • “It Happens Every Spring” (Josef Myrow, Mack Gordon, from It Happens Every Spring [film], 1949). š “It hap-pens ev-’ry spring / The world is young a-gain . . .” • “Oliver!” (Lionel Bart, from Oliver!, 1960). š “Ol-i-ver! Ol-i-ver! . . .” • “Misery” (The Beatles [John Lennon, Paul McCartney], from Please Please Me, 1963). š “I’m the kind of guy / Who nev-er used to cry . . .” • “Surfer Girl” (The Beach Boys [Brian Wilson], from Surfer Girl, 1963). š “Lit-tle surf-er, lit-tle one / Made my heart come all un-done / Do you love me, do you surf-er girl?” • Theme (“Where Do I Begin?”) from Love Story [film] (Francis Lai, Carl Sigman, 1970). š The main melody is constructed almost entirely of minor and major sixths between consecutive notes. • “Jazzman” (Carole King [Carole King, David Palmer], from Wrap Around Joy, 1974). š “When the jazz-man’s tes-ti-fy-in’ . . .” • “My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean” (traditional). š “My Bon-nie lies o-ver the o-cean . . .” melodies featuring sevenths: • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), Partita No. 2 in C Minor for harpsichord, Rondeau (1731). • Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), String Quartet in D Major, op. 18, no. 3, first move- ment (1800). • Richard Wagner (1813–1883), Prelude to Tristan und Isolde, second theme (1859). š The second theme begins in the cellos at around 1:48. • “I Love You” (Cole Porter, from Mexican Hayride, 1944). š “ ‘I love you,’ hums the A-pril breeze. / ‘I love you,’ e-cho the hills . . .” • “Red Roses for a Blue Lady” (Sid Tepper, Roy Brodsky, 1948). š “I want some red ros-es for a blue la-dy . . .” • “Somewhere” (Leonard Bernstein, , from West Side Story, 1957). š “There’s a place for us . . .” • “Once in a Lifetime” (, Anthony Newley, from Stop the World—I Want to Get Off, 1962). š “Just once in a life-time . . .” • Theme from “Star Trek” (Alexander Courage, 1966). • “Don’t Know Why” (Norah Jones [Jesse Harris], from Come Away With Me, 2002). š “I wait-ed ’til I saw the sun . . .”

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melodies featuring octaves: • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), Two-Part Invention in F Major (1720). • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), Fugue from Fantasia and Fugue in G Minor (1725). • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), Italian Concerto for harpsichord, third movement (1735). • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Fugue in B Minor (1740). • Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805), String Quintet in E Major, op. 11, no. 5, third movement (Minuet) (1771). • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201, first move- ment (1774). • Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809), String Quartet in E∫ Major, op. 33, no. 2, second move- ment (1781). • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), Sonata for Violin and Piano in E∫ Major, K. 380, first movement (1781). • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385 (“Haffner”), first movement (1782). • Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809), String Quartet in G Minor, op. 74, no. 3, first movement (1793). • Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, op. 15, first move- ment (1795). • Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), Piano Sonata in G Major, op. 14, no. 2, first movement (1799). • Sergey Prokofiev (1891–1953), Symphony No. 1 in D (“Classical”), third movement (1917). • “Singin’ in the Rain” (Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed, 1929). š “I’m sing-in’ in the rain . . .” • “Over the Rainbow” (Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg, from The Wizard of Oz [film], 1939). š “Some-where o-ver the rain-bow . . .” • “When You Wish Upon a Star” (, , from Pinocchio [film], 1940). š “When you wish up-on a star / Makes no dif-f’rence who you are . . .” • “Bali Ha’i” (Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, from South Pacific, 1949). š “Ba-li Ha’i may call you . . .” melodies featuring compound intervals: • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), Harpsichord Partita no. 2 in C Minor, Capriccio (1731). • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), Piano Sonata in G Major, K. 283, first movement (1775). • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), String Quartet in B∫ Major, K. 458 (“Hunt”), sec- ond movement (1784). • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), Symphony No. 33 in B∫ Major, K. 319, third movement (1785).

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• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), Piano Sonata in C Minor, op. 10, no. 1, first movement (1797). • Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809), String Quartet in C Major, op. 76, no. 3 (“Emperor”), third movement (1797). • Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809), String Quartet in E∫ Major, op. 76, no. 6, third movement (1797). • Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), Sonata for Horn and Piano in F Major, op. 17, third movement (1800). • Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), String Quartet in E∫ Major, op. 74 (“Harp”), first movement (1809). • Nicolò Paganini (1782–1840), Violin Concerto No. 1, op. 6, first and third movements (1816). • Frederick Chopin (1810–1849), Ecossaise No. 1 in D Major, op. 72, no. 3 (1829). • Robert Schumann (1810–1856), Davidsbündlertänze for piano, no. 1 (1837). • “All I Ask of You” (, Charles Hart, from The Phantom of the Opera, 1986). š “Say you love me ev-’ry wak-ing mo-ment . . .”

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