Music History Listening Guide

These are simply my observations and notes. IF you dont have perfect or relative pitch, these tips may

not help you very much, also the teacher may choose to play different tracks. You have been warned.

As the middle class began to grow there was more interest in music from people who werent

necessarily musicians,

Pergolesi, La serva padrona, intermezzo harpsichord, deep male opera voice

Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice big orchestra, more dramatic/darker/minor tonality, whole orchestra

Hasse, Cleofide - high pitched female voice

Gay, The Beggars Opera English, higher pitched male voice, or other part has womens voice, key of A

Scarlatti, Sonata in D Major solo harpsichord, D major, watch for A pedals

C.P.E. Bach, Sonata in A Major solo piano, slower feel, might be in minor key, old out of tune piano

Sammartini, Symphony in F Major key of F, orchestral piece, harpsichord, instrumental, medium

tempo

Stamitz, Sinfonia a 8 in E-flat Major orchestral, instrumental only, key of Eb, up tempo, harpsichord

J.C. Bach, Concerto in E-flat Major piano with strings, not a large orchestral, KEY OF Eb

Haydn, String Quartet in E-flat Major string quartet, Eb, 6/8 feels like big 2, joke

Haydn, The Creation- choir, slow and sparse texture

Haydn, Symphony No. 92 in G Major- harsichord + orchestra,

Mozart, Piano Sonata in F Major key of F, some pedal arpeggiated left hand, busy left hand

Mozart, Piano Concerto in A Major key of A, hear mostly orchestra, piano solos in between, flute

Mozart, Symphony No. 41 (Jupiter) no harpsichord, no piano, timpanis

Mozart, Don Giovanni (excerpts)

Beethoven, Piano Sonata in C Minor, Op. 13 (Pathtique) jazz chords

Beethoven, Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55 (Eroica), I

Beethoven, String Quartet in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131 (excerpts)