Listed below are many items that have been used in class or are referenced in the Ross textbook. Most of these are links to external web sitees with straming audio and video (often YouTube), while others may be links to Classical Music Library in the UCF collection.

Richard Wagner

Richard Wagner, Die Walküre, Act III, opening ("Ride of the Valkyries")

Richard Wagner, Die Walküre, Act III, Finale [part I] (Wotan: "Leb wohl")

Richard Wagner, Die Walküre, Act III, Finale [part II] ("Magic Fire music")

Gustav Mahler

Mahler, "Ging heut Morgen übers Feld" (cf. Sym. 1, 1st mvt, T1)

Mahler, Symphony No. 1, 1st mvt (beginning) (part 1/6)

Mahler, Symphony No. 1, 1st mvt (cont'd) (part 2/6)

Mahler, Symphony No. 1, 2nd mvt (complete), 3rd mvt (begins c. 9:00) (part 3/6)

Mahler, Symphony No. 1, 3rd mvt (cont'd to end) (part 4/6)

Mahler, Symphony No. 1, 4th mvt (beginning) (part 5/6)

Mahler, Symphony No. 1, 4th mvt (cont'd to end) (part 6/6)

Mahler, Symphony No. 6, 1st mvt (beginning) (part 1/9)

Mahler, Symphony No. 6, 1st mvt (cont'd) (part 2/9)

Mahler, Symphony No. 6, 2nd mvt (begining) (part 3/9)

Mahler, Symphony No. 6, 2nd mvt (cont'd) (part 4/9)

Mahler, Symphony No. 6, 3rd mvt (beginning) (part 5/9)

Mahler, Symphony No. 6, 3rd mvt (cont'd) (part 6/9)

Mahler, Symphony No. 6, 4th mvt (beginning) (part 7/9)

Mahler, Symphony No. 6, 4th mvt (cont'd) (part 8/9)

Mahler, Symphony No. 6, 4th mvt (end) (part 9/9)

Richard Strauss

Strauss, Don Juan, op. 20 (part 1) (1889)

Strauss, Don Juan, op. 20 (part 2)

Strauss, Salome, (opening) "Wie schön ist die Prinzessin Salome heute Nacht"

Strauss, Salome, Final Scene (part 1)

Strauss, Salome, Final Scene (part 2)

Strauss, Salome, Final Scene (part 3)

Claude Debussy

Debussy, Prelude to "The afternoon of a Faun" (1895)

Debussy, Pelléas et Mélisande (opening) (1904)

Debussy, Preludes, Book 1, No. 2, "Voiles" (1909)

Debussy, Preludes, Book 1, No. 8, "La fille aux cheveux de lin" (1910)

Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern, Alban Berg

Schoenberg, Transfigured Night (1899) (part 1/3)

Schoenberg, String Quartet No. 2, 1st mvt (1/4)

Schoenberg, String Quartet No. 2, 2nd mvt (2/4)

Schoenberg, String Quartet No. 2, 3rd mvt (3/4)

Schoenberg, String Quartet No. 2, 4th mvt (4/4)

Anton Webern, Six Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6 (1909)

Alban Berg, Wozzeck, Act III, Sc. 3

Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio Espagnole, Op. 34 (1887) [UCF: CML]

Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade, op. 35 (1888) [UCF: CML]

Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian Easter Festival Overture, op. 36 (1888)

Igor Stravinsky

Stravinsky, The Firebird Suite (1919) (Part I)

Stravinsky, The Firebird Suite (1919) (Part II)

Stravinsky, The Firebird Suite (1919) (Part III)

Stravinsky, The Firebird (1910) (Stravinsky conducts "Lullaby" and "Finale")

Stravinsky, Petrushka (1911) (Scene I, "Shrovetide Fair")

Stravinsky, Petrushka (1911) (Scene II, "Petrushka's Room")

Stravinsky, Petrushka (1911) (Scene III, "The Moor's Room")

Stravinsky, Petrushka (1911) (Scene IV, "Shrovetide Fair (evening)")

Stravinsky, Rite of Spring (1913) (1 of 3)

Stravinsky, Rite of Spring (2 of 3)

Stravinsky, Rite of Spring (3 of 3)

Igor Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring (Thomas Kelly discusses on "NPR Milestones")

Béla Bartók

Bartók, Contrasts, Mvt 3

Bartók, String Quartet No. 4, 1st & 2nd Mvts

Bartók, String Quartet No. 4, 3rd & 4th Mvts

Bartók, String Quartet No. 4, 5th Mvt

Bartók, The Miraculous Mandarin (Suite, 1919-1927) [Video part I]

Bartók, The Miraculous Mandarin (Suite, 1919-1927) [Video part II]

Bartók, Concerto for Orchestra, 4th mvt

Leos Janácek

Leos Janácek, Sinfonietta, 5th mvt ("The Town Hall, Brno")

Leos Janácek, Jenufa (Act I, excerpt)

Maurice Ravel

Ravel, Jeux d'eau (1901)

Ravel, Rapsodie espagnole, 4. Feria [piano, 4 hands]

Ravel, Rapsodie espagnole, 4. Feria (1907-08) [orchestra]

Ravel, Miroirs, Alborado del gracioso (1904-05) [piano]

Ravel, Alborado del gracioso (1918) [orchestra]

Erik Satie

Satie, Parade (1917) [Video part I]

Satie, Parade (1917) [Video part II]

Darius Milhaud

Milhaud, Le bœuf sur le toît (1919) [Video part I]

Milhaud, Le bœuf sur le toît [Video part II]

Milhaud, Le bœuf sur le toît [Video part III]

Antonín Dvorák

Dvorák, Symphony No. 9, Op. 95, 'From the New World'," 2nd mvt [Video part I]

Dvorák, Symphony No. 9, Op. 95, 'From the New World'," 2nd mvt [Video part II]

Will Marion Cook

Cook, "Emancipation Day from In Dahomey (1902)

Leo Ornstein

Ornstein, "Suicide in an Airplane"

Edgard Varèse

Varèse, Amériques (1919-22) [Video Part I]

Varèse, Amériques (1919-22) [Video Part II]

Varèse, Amériques (1919-22) [Video Part III]

George Antheil

Antheil, Ballet mèchanique (1927) [Video Part I]

Antheil, Ballet mèchanique (1927) [Video Part II]

Charles Ives

Ives, Symphony No. 2, 1st mvt (1901-2)

Ives, Symphony No. 2, 2nd mvt

Ives, Symphony No. 2, 3rd mvt

Ives, Symphony No. 2, 4rd mvt

Ives, Symphony No. 2, 5th mvt

Ives, Unanswered Question

Ives, Concord Sonata, III. "The Alcotts"

Ives, Three Places in New England, I. "The St. Gaudens in Boston Common (Col. Shaw and His Colored Regiment)"

George Gershwin

George Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue (multiple performances in "Red Hot Jazz Archive"; choose any link)

Duke Ellington

Ellington and his Kentucky Club Orchestra, "East St. Louis Toodle-oo"

Duke Ellington Orchestra, "Ko-Ko" (1939)

Duke Ellington, Black, Brown and Beige (1943) [Video part I]

Duke Ellington, Black, Brown and Beige (1943) [Video part II]

Jean Sibelius

Sibelius, Symphony No. 2, mvt 1

Sibelius, Symphony No. 2, mvt 2 (beginning)

Sibelius, Symphony No. 2, mvt 2 (cont'd)

Sibelius, Symphony No. 2, mvt 3

Sibelius, Symphony No. 2, mvt 4 (beginning)

Sibelius, Symphony No. 2, mvt 4 (end)

Paul Hindemith

Hindemith, Trumpet Sonata

Hindemith, Piano Sonata No. 3, Fugue

Carl Orff

Orff, Schulwerk, No. 1, "Gassenhauer"

Ernst Krenek

Krenek, Johnny spielt auf, "So hier bin ich"

Kurt Weill

Louis Armstrong - Mack The Knife - 1959

Frank Sinatra - Mack the Knife (1993)

Bobby Darin Mack The Knife

Mack the Knife Sung by Lotte Lenya

Lotte Lenya Singing "Seeräuber Jenny" (Pirate Jenny)

Lotte Lenya sings Alabama Song (vaimusic.com)

Hanns Eisler

hanns eisler bankenlied (für die opelbelegschaft)

Hanns Eisler - Supply and Demand - Robyn Archer

Twelve Tone Composers

Arnold Schoenberg - Suite for Piano Op. 25 - Part I, "Prelude"

Anton Webern: Symphonie, op. 21 [with score], "1st mvt"

Anton Webern: Six Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op. 9 (1911-13)

Berg's violin concerto (1/3)

Berg's violin concerto (2/3)

Berg's violin concerto (3/3)

Dmitri Shostakovich

Shostakovich, Symphony No. 1, 1st Mvt

Shostakovich, Symphony No. 1, 2nd Mvt

Shostakovich, Symphony No. 1, 3rd Mvt

Shostakovich, Symphony No. 1, 4th Mvt

Shostakovich, Lady Macbeth (Act I, Sc. 1)

Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5, 1st Mvt (beginning) (1/6)

Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5, 1st Mvt (cont'd) (2/6)

Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5, 2nd Mvt (3/6)

Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5 3rd Mvt (beginning) (4/6)

Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5 3rd Mvt (cont'd) (5/6)

Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5, 4th Mvt (6/6)

Shostakovich, Symphony No. 7, "Leningrad", 1st mvt (beginning)(1/10)

Shostakovich, Symphony No. 7, "Leningrad", 1st mvt (cont'd) (2/10)

Shostakovich, Symphony No. 7, "Leningrad", 1st mvt (cont'd) (3/10)

Shostakovich, Symphony No. 7, "Leningrad", 1st mvt (end) (4/10)

Sergei Prokofiev

Prokofiev, Symphony No. 1, "Classical", mvts 1 (Allegro) & 2 (Larghetto)

Prokofiev, Symphony No. 1, "Classical", mvts 3 (Gavotta) & 4 (Finale)

Prokofiev, Symphony No. 5, 1st mvt (1/6)

Prokofiev, Symphony No. 5, 1st mvt (cont'd) (2/6)

Prokofiev, Symphony No. 5, 2nd mvt (3/6)

Prokofiev, Symphony No. 5, 3rd mvt (4/6)

Prokofiev, Symphony No. 5, 4th mvt (5/6)

Prokofiev, Symphony No. 5, 4th mvt (cont'd) (6/6)

Eisenstein & Profokiev, Alexander Nevsky, "Battle on the Ice" (1938)

Copland : Organ Symphony (1/3)

Copland : Organ Symphony (2/3)

Copland : Organ Symphony (3/3)

Copland, El Salón México

Copland, Billy the Kid, Concert Suite (1/3)

Copland, Billy the Kid, Concert Suite (2/3)

Copland, Billy the Kid, Concert Suite (3/3)

Copland, Fanfare for the Common Man

Copland, Appalachian Spring (1/3)

Copland, Appalachian Spring (2/3)

Copland, Appalachian Spring (3/3)

Marian Anderson 1939 Lincoln Memorial Speech and Song

Marian Anderson Sings at Lincoln Memorial

Motion Picture Music

[Copland] Of Mice and Men - Lenny and Curly fight

[Copland] Of Mice and Men - 1939 Classic - Ending

[Korngold] Robin Hood (Robin meets Sir Guy)

[Korngold] The Adventures of Robin Hood (trailer)

[Hermann] Citizen Kane Opening

[Herrmann] The Day the Earth Stood Still (trailer)

[Herrmann] Vertigo (trailer)

[Herrmann] Vertigo

[Herrmann] Psycho (Shower scene)

[Herrmann] Psycho (Shower scene without music 1:20)

Beethoven, Sympony No. 3, "Eroica", Mvt 2 (Funeral March) (1/2)

Richard Strauss - "Metamorphosen" - 1/2

Richard Strauss - "Metamorphosen" - 2/2

Pfitzner, Palestrina (Trailer for Bavarian State Production)

Hindemith, Mathis der Maler (with paintings by Grunewald)

Paul Hindemith, Ouverture "Neues vom Tage"

Karl Amadeus Hartmann: Symphony NO. 1 (1935-36), 1st & 2nd mvts

Karl Amadeus Hartmann: Concerto Funèbre (1)

Anton Webern - Piano Variations

Serialists and beyond

Messiaen - Quatuor Pour La Fin Du Temps (Quartet for the End of Time) I

Pierre Boulez, Piano Sonata No. 1

Pierre Boulez, Piano Sonata No. 2, "Extrêmement rapide" (1st mvt)

John Cage

Cage, Imaginery Landscape No. 1

Cage, Concerto for Prepared Piano and Orchestra (1/3)

Cage, Concerto for Prepared Piano and Orchestra (2/3)

Cage, Concerto for Prepared Piano and Orchestra (3/3)

Cage, String Quartet, 1. "Quietly Flowing Along"

Cage, String Quartet, 2. "Slowly Rocking"

Cage, String Quartet, 3. "Nearly Stationary"

Cage, String Quartet, 4. "Quodlibet"

John Cage, Water Walk (as performed on TV's "What's My Line?")

Pierre Schaeffer, Etude aux chemins de fer (1948)

Varèse, Poeme electonique [explanation]

Varèse, Poeme electonique

Iannis Xenakis, Metastaseis

Karlheinz Stockhausen, Gesang der Jünglinge (1956)

Karlheinz Stockhausen, Gruppen (1958) [1 of 3]

Karlheinz Stockhausen, Gruppen (1958) [2 of 3]

Karlheinz Stockhausen, Gruppen (1958) [3 of 3]

Milton Babbitt, Philomel [1/2]

Milton Babbitt, Philomel [2/2]

Morton Feldman, Rothko Chapel

La Monte Young, The Second Dream of the High Tension Line Step

Philip Glass, Music in 5ths (part 1)

Philip Glass, Music in 5ths (part 2)

Steve Reich, Violin Phase, Part I

Steve Reich, Violin Phase, Part II

Steve Reich, Music for 18 Musicians (beginning)

The California Avant-garde

Terry Riley, In C (Part 1)

Terry Riley, In C (Part 2)

Terry Riley, In C (Part 3)

Terry Riley, In C (Part 4)

Terry Riley, A Rainbow in Curved Air

The Music of Harry Partch, Part I

The Music of Harry Partch, Part II

The Music of Harry Partch, Part III

The Music of Harry Partch, Part IV

John Adams, Harmonielehre (excerpt, Part I)

Arvo Pärt, Cantus In Memory of Benjamin Briten

Last updated on 30 November 2010

These items include many of the assigned listenings for the course. Most are from "YouTube", but other sources may also be included. Simply click the link and listen. Note also that some of these items may be downloaded to your computers for futher study.

• Will Marion Cook (American Popular Song Series on NPR's "Fresh Air")
• Edgard Varèse, Ionisation
• Velvet Underground, "Heroin"