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Music 315
Public School Music
Dr. Peter LaRue

Selected Musical Examples
(These few examples from varying musical eras and genres might be very suitable or helpful in your future classrooms. This is by no means a comprehensive list - just a brief listing of selections that I think are of particular note)

Early Music

assorted [from the Liturgical Tradition]
assorted [composers such as Holborne, Praetorius]
assorted [composers such as Byrd, Tallis, Purcell]
assorted [composers such as G. Gabrielli, Isaac]

Gregorian Chants
Recorder Music
Madrigals
Renaissance Brass Music

Baroque Music

J. S. Bach
J. S. Bach
J. S. Bach
J. S. Bach
G. F. Handel
G. F. Handel
G. F. Handel
A. Vivaldi

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Sheep May Safely Graze
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Royal Fireworks Music
Water Music
The Messiah
"Spring" from the Four Seasons

Classical Music

F. J. Haydn
F. J. Haydn
W. A. Mozart
W. A. Mozart
L. Beethoven
L. Beethoven
L. Beethoven

Surprise Symphony
Clock Symphony
Overture from the Marriage of Figaro
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Symphony No. 5
Symphony No. 9
Moonlight Sonata

Romantic Music

J. Brahms
R. Wagner
H. Berlioz
P. Tchaikovsky
P. Tchaikovsky
M. Mussorgsky
A. Dvorak
B. Smetana

Academic Festival Overture
Ride of the Valkyries
Symphonie Fantastique
1812 Overture
Nutcracker Ballet
Pictures at an Exhibition
New World Symphony
The "Moldau" from My Vlas

American Music

W. Billings
Sacred Harp Hymnal
S. C. Foster
H. C. Works
S. Joplin
G. Gershwin
I. Berlin
A Copland
L. Bernstein

Chester
"Sherburne"
My Old Kentucky Home
My Grandfather's Clock
Maple Leaf Rag
Rhapsody in Blue
God Bless America
Rodeo
West Side Story

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