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The Elements of Music: A Brief Introduction    PART ONE: THE MIDDLE AGES   Chapter 1. Hildegard von Bingen: Play of Virtues (excerpt)  Chapter 2. San Ildefonso Indians of New Mexico: Eagle Dance  Chapter 3. Francesco Landini: Behold, Spring Chapter 4: Guillaume de Machaut: I Can All Too Well Compare My Lady Chapter 5. Alfonso el Sabio: Songs to the Virgin Mary no. 249, He Who Gladly Serves   PART TWO: THE RENAISSANCE  Chapter 6. Josquin des Prez: The Cricket Chapter 7. Thomas Weelkes: Since Robin Hood Chapter 8. William Byrd: Sing Joyfully Chapter 9. Rhyming Singers of the Bahamas: My Lord Help Me To Pray (Global Connection: Polyphony)   PART THREE: THE BAROQUE ERA  Chapter 10. Claudio Monteverdi: Orpheus, selection from Act II  Chapter 11. Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas: Overture and Act I, nos. 1-4 Chapter 12. Mbuti Pygmies: "Marriage Celebration Song"  Chapter 13. Barbara Strozzi: "Revenge" Chapter 14. Antonio Vivaldi: Four Seasons, "Winter," first movement. Chapter 15. Johann Sebastian Bach: Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 ("Little")  Chapter 16. Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047, finale  Chapter 17. Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata 140 ("Awake, a Voice Calls to Us"), selections Chapter 18. George Frideric Handel: Messiah, selections   PART FOUR: THE CLASSICAL ERA  Chapter 19. Joseph Haydn: String Quartet op. 76, no. 3, second movement Chapter 20. Master Musicians of the Ikuta-ryu (Japan): Cherry Blossom Chapter 21. Joseph Haydn: Symphony no. 102, Bm third and fourth movements  Chapter 22. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, first movement Chapter 23. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488 first movement Chapter 24. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro, Act I, "Cosa sento" Chapter 25. William Billings: "Chester"   PART FIVE: THE NINETEENTH CENTURY  Chapter 26. Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op.7 Chapter 27. Franz Schubert: "Erlking,"D. 328  Chapter 28. Felix Mendelssohn: Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream  Chapter 29. Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, fourth movement ("March to the Scaffold")  Chapter 30 Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel: Piano Trio, op. 11, third movement  Chapter 31. Clara Schumann: "Forward!"  Chapter 32. Frederic Chopin: Mazurka in Bb, op. 7, no. 1 Chapter 33. Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Union: Concert Paraphrase on National Airs  Chapter 34. Ravi Shankar (India): Raga Sindhi-Bhairavi Chapter 35. Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata, Act I, selection  Chapter 36. Richard Wagner: The Valkyrie, Act III, selection ("Wotan's farewell")    Chapter 37. Johannes Brahms: Symphony no. 4, in E minor, op.98, finale Chapter 38. Antonin DvoYak: String Quartet in F Major, op. 96 ("American"), third movement    PART SIX: SINCE 1900 Chapter 39. Claude Debussy: Voiles  Chapter 40. Charles Ives: The Unanswered Question Chapter 41. Arnold Schoenberg: "Columbine" from Pierrot lunaire  Chapter 42. Igor Stravinsky: Rite of Spring, Part One  (excerpt)  Chapter 43. Scott Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag  Chapter 44. Robert Johnson: "Terraplane Blues" Chapter 45. Duke Ellington: Cotton Tail  Chapter 46. Charlie Parker: Ornithology  Chapter 47. Ruth Crawford: Piano Study in Mixed Accents  Chapter 48. Germaine Tailleferre: Concertino for Harp and Orchestra, finale Chapter 49. William Grant Still: "A Black Pierrot" from Songs of Separation Chapter 50. Aaron Copland: "Hoe-Down" from Rodeo (3:05) Chapter 51. Bela Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra, second movement ("Game of Paris") Chapter 52. Leonard Bernstein: "Tonight" from West Side Story (ensemble)  Chapter 53. John Cage: Sonata II from Sonetas and Interludes Chapter 54. Gamelan Gong Kebyar of Belaluan, Bali: Kebyar Ding III, "Oncang-oncangan" Chapter 55. Philip Glass: "Knee Play 1" from Einstein on the Beach Chapter 56. Chuck Berry: "School Day" Chapter 57. Public Enemy: "Fight the Power"  Chapter 58. Tania Leon: A la Par, second movement("Guaguanco") Chapter 59. John Williams: "The Walls Converge," from Star Wars Chapter 60. Corey Dargel: "On This Date Every Year" Chapter 61. Austin Wietory: "Nascence," From Journey    PART SEVEN: YOUR MUSIC