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Music: An Appreciation, Fifth Edition, Second Brief Edition

Tracklist

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Lohengrin, Prelude to Act III: 1a. Main Melody
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Lohengrin, Prelude to Act III: 1b. Brass Melody
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Lohengrin, Prelude to Act III: 2. Contrasting oboe melody
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Lohengrin, Prelude to Act III: 3a. Main Melody
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Hotter Than That: 1. All instruments, trumpet predominates
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Hotter Than That: 3. Clarinet
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Hotter Than That: 4. Voice, guitar accompaniment
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Hotter Than That: 5. Twangy voice imitated by guitar
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Hotter Than That: 6a. Muted trombone
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Hotter Than That: 6b. Trumpet, all instruments join
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"Farandole" from "L'Arlésienne" Suite No. 2: 1a. March theme, homophonic
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"Farandole" from "L'Arlésienne" Suite No. 2: 1b. March theme, polyphonic
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"Farandole" from "L'Arlésienne" Suite No. 2: 2a. Dance theme, homophonic
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"Farandole" from "L'Arlésienne" Suite No. 2: 3a. March theme, monophonic
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"Farandole" from "L'Arlésienne" Suite No. 2: 4. Dance and march themes combined, polyphonic
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"Dance of the Reed Pipes" from "Nutcracker" Suite, Op 71a: 1. A
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"Dance of the Reed Pipes" from "Nutcracker" Suite, Op 71a: 2. B
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"Dance of the Reed Pipes" from "Nutcracker" Suite, Op 71a: 3. A'
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"Badinerie" from Suite No. 2 in B Minor: 1. Part A (repeated)
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"Badinerie" from Suite No. 2 in B Minor: 2. Part B (repeated)
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Alleluia: Vidimus stellam: 1. Section A
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Alleluia: Vidimus stellam: 2. Section B
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Alleluia: Vidimus stellam: 3. Section A
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Agnus Dei from "Notre Dame" Mass: 1. Agnus Dei (I)
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Agnus Dei from "Notre Dame" Mass: 2. Agnus Dei (II)
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Agnus Dei from "Notre Dame" Mass: 3. Agnus Dei (III)
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"Ave Maria ...virgo serena": "Ave Maria gratia plena", duple meter
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"Ave Maria ...virgo serena": "Ave, vera virginitas", triple meter
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"Ave Maria ...virgo serena": "Ave, praeclara omnibus", duple meter
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As Vesta Was Descending
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"Brandenburg" Concerto No. 5 in D Major; First Movement: Allegro: 1a. Opening ritornello
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"Brandenburg" Concerto No. 5 in D Major; First Movement: Allegro: 1b. First solo section
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"Brandenburg" Concerto No. 5 in D Major; First Movement: Allegro: 2b. Solo section
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"Brandenburg" Concerto No. 5 in D Major; First Movement: Allegro: 5c. New theme in minor, solo section
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"Brandenburg" Concerto No. 5 in D Major; First Movement: Allegro: 8c. Harpsichord solo
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Organ Fugue in G Minor (Little Fugue): 1a. Subject, soprano voice alone
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Organ Fugue in G Minor (Little Fugue): 1e. Brief episode
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Organ Fugue in G Minor (Little Fugue): 3a. Sunject in alto, major key
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"Tu se' morta" from "Orfeo", Act II
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"La Primavera (Spring)", Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra, Op. 8, No. 1, from "The Four Seasons", first movement: Allegro: 1a. Opening ritornello: Spring has come
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"La Primavera (Spring)", Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra, Op. 8, No. 1, from "The Four Seasons", first movement: Allegro: 1b. Song of the birds
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"La Primavera (Spring)", Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra, Op. 8, No. 1, from "The Four Seasons", first movement: Allegro: 2b. Murmuring streams
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"La Primavera (Spring)", Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra, Op. 8, No. 1, from "The Four Seasons", first movement: Allegro: 3b. Thunder and lightning
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"La Primavera (Spring)", Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra, Op. 8, No. 1, from "The Four Seasons", first movement: Allegro: 4b. Song of the birds
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Cantata No. 140: Wachtet auf, ruft uns die Stimme: Fourth Movement, Chorale (tenor): "Zion hört die Wächter singen": String ritornello
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Cantata No. 140: Wachtet auf, ruft uns die Stimme: Fourth Movement, Chorale (tenor): "Zion hört die Wächter singen": "Zion hört die Wächter singen"
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Cantata No. 140: Wachtet auf, ruft uns die Stimme: Fourth Movement, Chorale (tenor): "Zion hört die Wächter singen": "Nun kommen, du werte Kron"
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Cantata No. 140: Wachtet auf, ruft uns die Stimme: Seventh Movement, Chorale: "Gloria sei dir gesungen"
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Messiah: Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted
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Messiah: "Hallelujah" Chorus: Opening, homophonic
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Messiah: "Hallelujah" Chorus: "For the Lord God", monophonic
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Messiah: "Hallelujah" Chorus: "For the Lord God" combined with "Hallelujah", polyphonic
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Messiah: "Hallelujah" Chorus: "The kingdom of this world", hymnlike homophonic texture
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Messiah: "Hallelujah" Chorus: "And He shall reign for ever and ever", monophonic, then polyphonic imitation
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Messiah: "Hallelujah" Chorus: Rising sequence on "King of Kings-for ever and ever"
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Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, first movement: Molto allegro: Exposition: 1a. First Theme
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Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, first movement: Molto allegro: Exposition: 2a. Bridge
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Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, first movement: Molto allegro: Exposition: 3a. Second theme
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Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, first movement: Molto allegro: Exposition: 4a. Closing section
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Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, first movement: Molto allegro: Exposition: 4b. Exposition is repeated
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Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, first movement: Molto allegro: Exposition: Development (LO 1-3)
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Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, first movement: Molto allegro: Recapitulation: 1a. First Theme
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Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, first movement: Molto allegro: Recapitulation: 3a. Second Theme
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Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, first movement: Molto allegro: Recapitulation: Coda (LO 1a)
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Symphony No. 94 in G Major ("Surprise"), second movemnt: Andante: Theme
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Symphony No. 94 in G Major ("Surprise"), second movemnt: Andante: Variation 1
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Symphony No. 94 in G Major ("Surprise"), second movemnt: Andante: Variation 2
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Symphony No. 94 in G Major ("Surprise"), second movemnt: Andante: Variation 3
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Symphony No. 94 in G Major ("Surprise"), second movemnt: Andante: Variation 4
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Symphony No. 94 in G Major ("Surprise"), second movemnt: Andante: Closing section
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"Eine kleine Nachtmusik" in G Major, K. 525, third movement: Minuet (Allegretto): Minuet (A)
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"Eine kleine Nachtmusik" in G Major, K. 525, third movement: Minuet (Allegretto): Trio (B)
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"Eine kleine Nachtmusik" in G Major, K. 525, third movement: Minuet (Allegretto): Minuet (A)
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String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4, fourth movement: Rondo: Theme A
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String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4, fourth movement: Rondo: Theme B
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String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4, fourth movement: Rondo: Theme A
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String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4, fourth movement: Rondo: Theme C
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Don Giovanni, Act I: Introduction (opening scene): Orchestral introduction
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Don Giovanni, Act I: Introduction (opening scene): String tremolo, the Commandant appears
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Don Giovanni, Act I: Introduction (opening scene): Andante, "Ah, soccorso!", the Commandant's agonized last gasps
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Don Giovanni, Act I: Introduction (opening scene): Recitative, accompanied by harpsichord, "Leporello, ove sei?"
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Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488, first movement: Allegro: First Exposition: 1a. First theme in orchestra
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Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488, first movement: Allegro: First Exposition: 2a. Bridge
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Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488, first movement: Allegro: First Exposition: 3a. Second theme
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Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488, first movement: Allegro: Second Exposition: 1a. First theme in piano
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Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488, first movement: Allegro: Development: 1a. Development theme in strings
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Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488, first movement: Allegro: Recapitulation: 1a. First theme in strings
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Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488, first movement: Allegro: Candenza: 5c. piano solo
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Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67; first movement: Allegro con brio: Exposition: 1a. First theme
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Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67; first movement: Allegro con brio: Exposition: 2a. Bridge
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Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67; first movement: Allegro con brio: Exposition: 3a. Second theme
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Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67; first movement: Allegro con brio: Exposition: 4a. Triumphant melody
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Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67; first movement: Allegro con brio: Exposition: Exposition is repeated
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Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67; first movement: Allegro con brio: Exposition: Development (LO,1-2)
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Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67; first movement: Allegro con brio: Exposition: Recapitulation (LO,1-4)
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Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67; first movement: Allegro con brio: Exposition: Coda (LO,1-3)
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Erlkönig: Piano introduction
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Erlkönig: Father, "Mein Sohn", low register
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Erlkönig: Son, "Siehst, Vater", higher register
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Erlkönig: Erlking, "Du liebes Kind", coaxing tune, major
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Erlkönig: Son, outcry, "Mein Vater"
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Erlkönig: Son, outcry, "Mein Vater", higher than before
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Romance in G Minor. for Violin and Piano, Op. 9, No. 2: Section A (minor): 1a. Main violin melody
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Romance in G Minor. for Violin and Piano, Op. 9, No. 2: Section A (minor): 1c. Long trills in violin
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Romance in G Minor. for Violin and Piano, Op. 9, No. 2: Section B (major): 2a. New soaring phrase beginning with trill
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Romance in G Minor. for Violin and Piano, Op. 9, No. 2: Section B (major): 2b. Playful phrase
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Romance in G Minor. for Violin and Piano, Op. 9, No. 2: Section A' (minor): 3a. Main violin melody
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Nocturne in E Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2: Main melody
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Nocturne in E Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2: Decorated repetition of main melody
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Nocturne in E Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2: Subordinate melody played with rubato
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"Transcendental Étude" No. 10 in F Minor: Allegro agitato molto: Section A: 1a. Rapid falling chords, syncopated fragment
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"Transcendental Étude" No. 10 in F Minor: Allegro agitato molto: Section A: 2a. High lyrical theme in octaves
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"Transcendental Étude" No. 10 in F Minor: Allegro agitato molto: Section A: 3. Low "processional theme"
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"Transcendental Étude" No. 10 in F Minor: Allegro agitato molto: Section B: 4a. Sudden p, syncopated main theme varied
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"Transcendental Étude" No. 10 in F Minor: Allegro agitato molto: Section A': 5. Syncopated main theme
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"Transcendental Étude" No. 10 in F Minor: Allegro agitato molto: Coda: 8a. Faster tempo
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"Symphonie fantastique", Op. 14; fifth movement: "Dream of a Witches' Sabbath": Introduction
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"Symphonie fantastique", Op. 14; fifth movement: "Dream of a Witches' Sabbath": "Idée fixe" as dance tune
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"Symphonie fantastique", Op. 14; fifth movement: "Dream of a Witches' Sabbath": "Dies irae" in tubas and bassoons
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"Symphonie fantastique", Op. 14; fifth movement: "Dream of a Witches' Sabbath": "Dies irae" in quick rhythm
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"Symphonie fantastique", Op. 14; fifth movement: "Dream of a Witches' Sabbath": Fugue subject (witches' dance)
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"Symphonie fantastique", Op. 14; fifth movement: "Dream of a Witches' Sabbath": Witches' dance set against "Dies irae"
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The Moldau: 1a. Two springs
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The Moldau: 2. The river
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The Moldau: 3a. Forest hunt
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The Moldau: 4a. Peasant wedding
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The Moldau: 5a. Moonlight: dance of water nymphs
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The Moldau: 7a. The rapids
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The Moldau: 8. The river at its widest point; river theme in major
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Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98, fourth movement: Allegro energetico e passionato: A: Theme (A)
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Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98, fourth movement: Allegro energetico e passionato: A: Variation 1
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Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98, fourth movement: Allegro energetico e passionato: B: Variation 12 (B)
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Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98, fourth movement: Allegro energetico e passionato: A': Variation 16 (A')
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La bohème: Act I. (Excerpt: Mimi's entrance through conclusion of her aria): Openings of scene
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La bohème: Act I. (Excerpt: Mimi's entrance through conclusion of her aria): Rodolfo's Aria: "Che gelida manina"
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La bohème: Act I. (Excerpt: Mimi's entrance through conclusion of her aria): Mimi's Aria: "Mi chiamano Mimi"
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"Die Walküre", Act I, scene 3 (Conclusion of love duet): Sieglinde, Wie die Stirn so offen steht
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"Die Walküre", Act I, scene 3 (Conclusion of love duet): "Valhalla" leitmotif
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"Die Walküre", Act I, scene 3 (Conclusion of love duet): "Love" leitmotif
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"Die Walküre", Act I, scene 3 (Conclusion of love duet): "Volsung" leitmotif together with "Sword" leitmotif
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"Die Walküre", Act I, scene 3 (Conclusion of love duet): Voice, downward octave leaps, "Notung"
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"Die Walküre", Act I, scene 3 (Conclusion of love duet): "Sword" leitmotif
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"Die Walküre", Act I, scene 3 (Conclusion of love duet): "Spring" leitmotif
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"Die Walküre", Act I, scene 3 (Conclusion of love duet): "Sword" leitmotif
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Prélude à "L'Après-midi d' un Faune": A: 1a. Main melody, unaccompanied flute (A)
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Prélude à "L'Après-midi d' un Faune": A: 1b. Flute melody, strings accompany
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Prélude à "L'Après-midi d' un Faune": A: 1c. Flute melody, strings accompany
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Prélude à "L'Après-midi d' un Faune": A: 2b. New oboe melody
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Prélude à "L'Après-midi d' un Faune": B: 3a. New legato melody in woodwinds (B)
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Prélude à "L'Après-midi d' un Faune": A': 4a. Harp accompanies flute melody (A')
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Prélude à "L'Après-midi d' un Faune": A': 5a. Antique cymbals, flute melody
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"Introduction, Omens of Spring-Dances of the Youths and Maidens, Ritual of Abduction", from "Le Sacre du Printemps", Part I: "Introduction", solo bassoonn
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"Introduction, Omens of Spring-Dances of the Youths and Maidens, Ritual of Abduction", from "Le Sacre du Printemps", Part I: Repeated four-note figure
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"Introduction, Omens of Spring-Dances of the Youths and Maidens, Ritual of Abduction", from "Le Sacre du Printemps", Part I: "Omens of Spring-Dances of the Youths and Maidens"
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"Introduction, Omens of Spring-Dances of the Youths and Maidens, Ritual of Abduction", from "Le Sacre du Printemps", Part I: "Omens of Spring-Dances of the Youths and Maidens", bassoons, melodic fragment a
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"Introduction, Omens of Spring-Dances of the Youths and Maidens, Ritual of Abduction", from "Le Sacre du Printemps", Part I: "Omens of Spring-Dances of the Youths and Maidens", French horn, melodic fragment b
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"Introduction, Omens of Spring-Dances of the Youths and Maidens, Ritual of Abduction", from "Le Sacre du Printemps", Part I: "Omens of Spring-Dances of the Youths and Maidens", trumpets, melodic fragment c
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"Introduction, Omens of Spring-Dances of the Youths and Maidens, Ritual of Abduction", from "Le Sacre du Printemps", Part I: "Ritual of Abduction"
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"Introduction, Omens of Spring-Dances of the Youths and Maidens, Ritual of Abduction", from "Le Sacre du Printemps", Part I: "Ritual of Abduction", powerful accents and rapid changes of meter
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A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46: Orchestral introduction
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A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46: "They started slowly, and irregularly"
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Fünf Stücke für Orchester, op. 10: III. Sehr langsam und äußerst ruhig
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Concerto for Orchestra, second movement: A: 1. Solo side drum
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Concerto for Orchestra, second movement: A: 3a. Two oboes
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Concerto for Orchestra, second movement: A: 4a. Two clarinets
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Concerto for Orchestra, second movement: A: 5a. Two flutes
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Concerto for Orchestra, second movement: A: 6. Two muted trumpets
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Concerto for Orchestra, second movement: B: 1a. Brasses, hymnlike melody
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Concerto for Orchestra, second movement: A': 1. Two bassoons, opening melody, third bassoon in background
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"Appalachian Spring", Section 7: Theme and Variations on "Simple Gifts": Theme
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"Appalachian Spring", Section 7: Theme and Variations on "Simple Gifts": Variation 1
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"Appalachian Spring", Section 7: Theme and Variations on "Simple Gifts": Variation 2
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"Appalachian Spring", Section 7: Theme and Variations on "Simple Gifts": Variation 3
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"Appalachian Spring", Section 7: Theme and Variations on "Simple Gifts": Variation 4
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"Appalachian Spring", Section 7: Theme and Variations on "Simple Gifts": Variation 5
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Poème électronique (excerpt)
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"Concerto Grosso 1985", first movement: Maestoso: 1a. Orchestra in unison
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"Concerto Grosso 1985", first movement: Maestoso: 1c. Handel quotation
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"Nixon in China", Act I, scene 2, opening
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"Tonight" Ensemble from "West Side Story": 1a. Orchestra
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"Tonight" Ensemble from "West Side Story": 1d. Tony, lyrical "Tonight" melody
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Song from Angola (Gangele song)
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Mitamba Yalagala Kumchuzi
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Godan Ginuta (excerpt)