MUSIC 362, Listening Assignments 1-4 CONTENTS

(Please note that some of the video links may be taken off-line) You can
listen to any version of these works. Additional versions are also available
on i-Tunes, Spotify, Rhapsody, Apple, Google, etc. There are also versions
on CD available in the Fine Arts Library. Often the sound quality is much
better on these sources than on YouTube. Avoid listening on your phone.
A number of these works have multiple versions listed, offering different
interpretations. Trade off in listening to these. Whenever possible please
follow the scores to the listening. Many scores are available online at:
http://imslp.org. or in the UNM Fine Arts and Design Library. You should
listen to each example a minimum of four times and note why it is
important from a historical/musical standpoint. Spend time and learn this
music, absorb these great works of art. They can give you empathy, joy
and pleasure the rest of your life.

Listening Assignment I:
1) Scarlatti -Sonata K.119 Make note of the musical stylistic traits that are
different from the baroque style of JS Bach.
http://imslp.org/wiki/Keyboard_Sonata_in_D_major,_K.119_(Scarlatti,_Domenico
) (score)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G8ccVrVRQA (harpsichord)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSj24ge6sew (harpsichord)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWPy3h23YHA (harpsichord)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY8unrzyQmQ (piano w score)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiebZLfvIhA (piano)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwT9-93saKo (guitar duo)
2) CPE Bach – CPE Bach – Symphony in G, Wq 182/1, H. 657, (Mov.1)
Make note of the musical stylistic traits that are different from the baroque.
Also differences between modern and period instruments?
http://imslp.eu/Files/imglnks/euimg/4/40/IMSLP112586-PMLP229886-
Bach__CPE_- _6_Symphonies__Wq_182__No._1.pdf (score)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQL3I-jXyfA (period inst.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYK3uHr01Bk (modern instr.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WJlQC3ytMA (period inst.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xYRlOQzvlk (modern inst)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj0TQCiK72k (period inst.)
3) Johann Christian Bach – Sonata in D, Op. 5, No. 2 (Mov.1)
http://conquest.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/d/dd/IMSLP03895-
SonataOp5No2JCBach.pdf (score) Make note of the sonata structure and
the various melodic and tonal elements of the form.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O27AB3a38QE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDwjrK4EyiQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrE9GyzA-BM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU52Alftiyk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CXF9rC3tZc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7NP1EbxfIU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTP96alqnWc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SefhsRIi4Jo
4) Johann Stamitz Symphony in Eb major, Op 11, No. 3, Mov. 1
As you listen make note of the Mannheim stylistics traits found in this movement.
http://ks.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/d/d3/IMSLP428682-PMLP696251-
Symphony_in_Eb_Stamitz.pdf (score)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GiD5sq6NV4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO8R7MAOVrs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g7xypfDdFE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyjaSjNegr0
5) Christoph Willibald Gluck - Che faro senza Euridice (from the opera
Orfeo ed Euridice) Why was Gluck important in the history of music? How does
this aria demonstrate his contributions to opera?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bUAM0ER-Dw (mezzo-soprano)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J1UYGb2jH4 (baritone)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxhsCxT3y2w (counter tenor)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8dIevs0VlU (counter tenor)

Listening Assignment 2:
Franz Josef Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1) Haydn: Symphony No. 104, Mov. 1 (sonata form))
http://ks.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/6/6f/IMSLP08535-Haydn_-
_Symphony_No.104_Mvt.I_and_II_(Kalmus_reprint).pdf (score)
https://soundcloud.com/torontosymphony/what-makes-haydn-104-great-rob-
kapilow-explains (interesting background)
http://filestore.aqa.org.uk/subjects/AQA-2270-U01-SET-WORKS-2015.PDF
(great resource for this work)
Using this work as an example, what made Haydn such a great composer? Be
sure to compare a recording on period instruments to one with a modern
orchestra. What is the tonal and formal outline of sonata form?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OitPLIowJ70 (modern)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1FUw5whO-4 (period instruments)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKpAZ6jcguM (modern)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooZ0NW3KNXc (modern)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aR73zpX4BI (period instruments)
2) Haydn: Symphony No. 102, Mov. 3 (Minuet & Trio)
http://hz.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/5/59/IMSLP28921-PMLP07582-haydn-
sym-102-ccarh.pdf (score - p.28)
What is the formal outline of the typical M&T of the classical period?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XomkWBl8pQM @15’57” (modern)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-9Vd0HjUwQ (Mov. 3)(modern)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fAvwoBIidI @ 15’47” (modern)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoLzUnLye7c @13’41”(period
instruments)
3) Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 33, #2, Mov. 1 (sonata form) & Mov. 4 (rondo)
Analyze the form of both movements. What are some departures from the norm
in these movements? What is the formal outline of rondo form?
http://ks.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/0/04/IMSLP05278-Haydn_-
_Op._33,_No._2.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGsANaDfP4U (Mov. 1 only)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZo9FoajL4A (entire)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jweLoMVMdf8 (entire)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXdWidjL0K8 (Mov. 4)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DJd6Zt3gpE (Mov. 3,4)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYrT4nbVYKQ (Mov. 4)
4) Mozart: Piano Concerto, No. 20, Mov. 1 (first movement concerto form)
http://imslp.eu/files/imglnks/euimg/f/ff/IMSLP502716-PMLP15389-k.466_DME.pdf
(score)
How does the first movement concerto form differ from the standard sonata
form? How does Mozart integrate the soloist with the orchestra so that they share
equally with the musical material? Differences between modern piano and period
instrument?
http://www.classicalnotes.net/classics3/mozart466.html (historical notes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Okl87CCAVdY (analysis)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hbzy3AKh4OE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n8jp7OLBYY (period inst.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7An0PMYmCfI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y6ZpoQrZzc (period inst)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1WVYFVDf4E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8AaEE7hkLQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGldgW6mDnY

Listening Assignment 3
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
!) Symphony No. 41, K 551 – Mov. 4: sonata form
http://ks.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/5/53/IMSLP340627-PMLP01573-
mozart-41-mvt4_cropped.pdf (score)
Why is this considered one of the greatest of all symphonic movements?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTxYykhQZbI (video analysis)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRUlzJn8UeU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqoTtxxIJEI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TlG2zRWaLU (period inst.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I0-HiJOl0k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwcBjCE6gxA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r7Q7mdHSa4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QumFaO3heA (period Inst.)
OPERA
2) Don Giovanni
http://inmozartsfootsteps.com/2161/mozarts-don-giovanni-perfection-in-
musical-characterization/ (notes)
In what ways do these excerpts demonstrate Mozart’s genius as an opera
composer?
a) Act I No. 4: Madamia (Leporello)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtJ1VqeyrCI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCah83LOF9M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMXU5pjhPTM (@28’)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INF9r5jju0A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbIzl-F-jEY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug-0Djl2hBc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQxs8TYgakI
b) Act 1 No. 7: Duet (La ci darem la mano)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GATj9h2vTSE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqz3yH35Jjs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJnJjpMdT3Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgXGkdHg4wM
Optional (not required) listening
The demise of Don Giovanni
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR73Mai2hxI (@29’)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cb1QmTkOAI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy2Lk5ZcPlQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPEMZLJJ--s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH4gJWCV-8U

3) Zauberflöte (Magic Flute)

a) Queen of the Night aria The Queen is mercurial and emotional. In this aria
(one of the most difficult in all opera) she vents her fury and tries to convince her
daughter to stab Sarastro, or else be disowned.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuBeBjqKSGQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP9SX7V14Z4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqBwe9BCj4A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RObyyjdA9ek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLs-Z47oFYw
b) Papageno aria (Ein Mächen oder Weibchen)
Papageno, a simple lowly bird catcher is a kind of typical everyman. He loves life,
tries to avoid any kind of trouble, aspires to meet his ideal mate, fall in love and
get married. As a rather simple character, Papageno is given simple folk-like
melodies that perfectly express his character.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjAXCN7Q-Ow (w/subtitles)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNhoxzUXPt0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEItEuT1H7E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbn-G0Uq9lY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAiBdDJexLA

Listening 4 (Mozart and early Beethoven)

Mozart – Clarinet Quintet, K. 581 (Mov.1- sonata form)
http://ks.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/2/28/IMSLP01455-K581-score-a4.pdf
(score) An important element a Mozart sonata form differs from Haydn?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHv0on-eAyc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTNbclgU3h4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW49ewkoCJQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hato7j_MKo8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq00qf7HOHE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfVEbNdeCwY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1JR0gpTZDs

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Early Period (c. 1794 to 1800)

3) Piano Sonata No. 8, op. 13, Mov.3 (rondo)
What are some elements of this work that are clearly part of the classical style
and some elements that deviate from the Mozart/Haydn model. What are the
differences in sound (advantages/disadvantages) between a modern piano
and a fortepiano? http://hz.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/1/14/IMSLP51718-
PMLP01410-Beethoven_Werke_Breitkopf_Serie_16_No_131_Op_13.pdf
(score)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD1La6aUAng @15’05”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3z7vi6RLds @13’20” (on a fortepiano)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5ZTPb7rhc0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-aczxRZ6l0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fdb3RCB-NIg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3z7vi6RLds @15’54” (on a fortepiano)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GCW1bZc2kU (piano technology in 1797)

4) String Quartet, op. 18, No. 6, Mov. 3 (Scherzo) Beethoven replaced the
minuet and trio with the scherzo. What are the musical differences and
similarities between the typical minuet as found in the Haydn, Sym. 102 and this
scherzo movement by Beethoven.
http://ks4.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/9/9c/IMSLP01710-
Strng_qt_no.6_3rd_movement.pdf (score)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLFQRXfgD-A (@14’25)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOEwpuXsbBE (@14:35)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzyylizEiK4 (@12:58)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duUHXqYgn-o

According to a recent survey, the most-performed

composers in the concert world in 2019 were Mozart
and Beethoven.