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Classical:
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Samples:
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Classical Top 100
(YouTube.com)
("The most popular classical music made
famous in movies, commercials, cartoons, songs, video games and
ringtones." Most of these I have heard on "Bugs
Bunny" - S. K. Smith.)
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(21-30)
(41-50)
(61-70)
(81-90)
(11-20)
(31-40)
(51-60)
(71-80)
(91-100)
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Ultimate
Playlist - Classical (YouTube.com)
("This is a ever growing interactive music playlist...")
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18th Century:
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J.
S. Bach:
Toccata e Fuga (YouTube.com)
("Johann
Sebastian Bach
(31 March 1685 – 28 July 1750) (often referred to simply as Bach)
was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and
violinist whose ecclesiastical and secular works for choir,
orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the
Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity.")
Note:
This is really fun to hear around Halloween.
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Beethoven:
Planet
Scape with Beethoven's 6th Symphony "Pastoral" (YouTube.com)
("Ludwig
van Beethoven
(baptised 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German
composer and pianist. He was the most crucial figure in the
transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras in
Western classical music, and remains one of the most famous and
influential composers of all time.")
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Händel:
The Messiah - Hallelujah Chorus (YouTube.com)
("George Frideric Handel
(23 February
1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-English Baroque composer who is
famous for his operas, oratorios, and concertos. Handel was born in
Germany in the same year as JS Bach and Domenico Scarlatti. He
received critical musical training in Italy before settling in
London and becoming a naturalised British subject.
His works include Messiah, Water Music, and Music
for the Royal Fireworks.")
Note:
In many parts of the world,
it is the accepted practice for the audience to stand for this
section of the performance - The
Hallelujah Chorus. The tradition is said to have originated
with the first London performance of The Messiah, which was attended
by King George II. As the first notes of the triumphant Hallelujah
Chorus rang out, the king rose to his feet and remained standing
until the end of the chorus. Royal protocol has always dictated that
when the monarch stands, everyone in his (or her) presence is also
required to stand. Thus, the entire audience and orchestra stood
when the king stood during the performance, initiating a tradition
that has lasted more than two centuries.
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Mozart:
The Magic Flute, Queen of the Night Aria (YouTube.com)
("Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791),
was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era.")
Note:
The vocal performance in this Aria of The
Magic Flute is awesome!
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Pachelbel:
Canon in D - Original Instruments
(YouTube.com)
("Johann
Pachelbel (baptized September 1, 1653 – buried March 9,
1706) was a German Baroque composer, organist and teacher, who
brought the south German organ tradition to its peak.")
Note:
The Cannon
in D is is the most famous piece of music by this composer.
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Vivaldi:
Concerto for Two Violins in A Minor (YouTube.com)
("Antonio
Lucio Vivaldi
(March 4, 1678 – July 28, 1741), nicknamed il Prete Rosso
("The Red Priest"), was a Venetian Baroque composer,
priest, and famous virtuoso violinist. He was born and raised in the
Republic of Venice.")
Note:
Concerto for two violins, strings, and basso continuo in A
minor RV522 Op. 3 No. 8 "L'estro Armonico" 1.
Allegro 2. Larghetto e spiritoso 3. Allegro, Performed
by Tafelmusik, Featuring Jeanne Lamon and Genevieve Gilardeau,
violins,
Conducted by Jeanne Lamon
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19th Century:
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Bizet:
Carmen, Entr'acte Act III (YouTube.com)
("Georges
Bizet (25 October 1838 – 3 June 1875) was a French
composer and pianist of the Romantic era. He is best known for the
opera Carmen.")
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Johannes
Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor
(YouTube.com)
("The German composer, pianist, and
conductor Johannes Brahms
(1833-1897) was one of the most
significant composers of the 19th century. His works greatly
enriched the romantic repertory.")
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Frederick
Chopin: Grand Valse Brillante in E flat major, Op. 18
(YouTube.com)
("Frédéric François Chopin
(March
1810 – 17 October 1849), was a Polish composer and virtuoso
pianist of French-Polish parentage. He was one of the great masters
of Romantic music.")
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Dvorak
- New World Symphony - 4th Movement
(YouTube.com)
("Antonín
Leopold Dvořák (September 8, 1841 – May 1, 1904) was
a Czech composer of Romantic music, who employed the idioms of the
folk music of Moravia
and
his native Bohemia.")
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Edward Elgar
- Nimrod
(YouTube.com)
("Sir
Edward William Elgar, (2 June 1857 – 23 February
1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have achieved
enduring popularity. Among his best-known compositions are
orchestral works including the Enigma
Variations, the Pomp
and Circumstance Marches, concertos for violin
and cello,
and two symphonies.")
Note: Enigma Variations,
Op. 36, Variation No. 9, NIMROD by Edward Elgar (1857 -1934)
with scenes from the documentary "The blue planet" by the
BBC
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Edvard
Grieg: Peer Gynt, Op. 46, In the Hall of the Mountain
King - Hallé Orchestra Sir John Barbirolli
(YouTube.com)
("Edvard Hagerup Grieg (15 June 1843 –
4 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist who composed
in the Romantic period.")
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Liszt:
Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 (YouTube.com)
("Franz
Liszt (October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886) was a
Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist and
teacher. Liszt became renowned throughout Europe during the
19th century for his great skill as a performer. He was said by his
contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of
his age and perhaps the greatest pianist of all time.")
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Rossini:
William Tell Overture: Final (YouTube.com)
("Gioachino
Antonio Rossini (February 29, 1792 – November 13,
1868) was an Italian composer who wrote 39 operas as well as sacred
music, chamber music, songs, and some instrumental and piano pieces.
His best known operatic works include The
Barber of Seville and
William Tell.")
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Franz
Peter Schubert: Ave Maria Op.52 No. 6, sung by Andrea
Bocelli (YouTube.com)
("Franz Peter Schubert (January 31,
1797 – November 19, 1828) was an Austrian composer.")
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Smetana:
Má vlast (My Fatherland) (YouTube.com)
("Bedřich
Smetana
(2 March 1824 – 12 May 1884) was a Czech composer who
pioneered the development of a musical style which became closely
identified with his country's aspirations to independent statehood.
He is thus widely regarded in his homeland as the father of Czech
music.")
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Richard
Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra Op. 30, Introduction
(YouTube.com)
("Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864
– 8 September 1949) was a leading German composer of the late
Romantic and early modern eras, particularly of operas, Lieder and
tone poems.")
Note:
This Introduction was played in
2001:
A Space Odyssey
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Piotr
Ilich Tchaikovsky, 1812 Overture Finale (YouTube.com)
("Pyotr Ilyich
Tchaikovsky (May 7, 1840 – November 6, 1893) was a Russian
composer of the Romantic era.")
Note:
This piece can be confused
with the War of 1812 , but it was written to commemorate the Russian
victory over Napoleon.
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Verdi:
La Traviata
- Drinking Song (YouTube.com)
("Giuseppe
Fortunino Francesco Verdi
(I9 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an
Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most
influential composers of the 19th century. His works are frequently
performed in opera houses throughout the world and, transcending the
boundaries of the genre, some of his themes have long since taken
root in popular culture")
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Richard
Wagner: The ride of the Valkyries, from Die Walküre
(YouTube.com)
("Richard Wagner is considered the master of
German opera, and one of the most progressive composers in history.
The philosophical issues that Wagner considered vital to society
were the tension between good and evil, between the physical and
spiritual, and between selfishness and redemptive love. Wagner
is also one to the most controversial composers of our time, his
music was breathtaking, his politics left many cold.")
Note:
The first time I heard this
song was in the Bugs Bunny cartoon, What's
Opera, Doc? Elmer Fudd opened with "Kill the Wabbit,
Kill the Wabbit ....)
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Aaron
Copland: America: Fanfare for the Common Man
(YouTube.com)
("Aaron
Copland
(November 14, 1900 – December 2, 1990) was an American
composer of concert and film music, as well as an accomplished
pianist. Instrumental in forging a distinctly American style of
composition, he was widely known as "the dean of American
composers".)
Note:
Fanfare
for the Common Man is a
20th-century American classical music was written in 1942 for the
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
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Gustav
Holst: The Planets - Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
(YouTube.com)
("Gustav
Theodore Holst
(born Gustavus Theodor von Holst, 21 September 1874 –
25 May 1934) was an English composer. He is most famous for his
orchestral suite The
Planets.")
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Jean
Sibelius: Symphony No.2 - 4. Finale, Allegro Moderato
(YouTube.com)
("Jean
Sibelius (8 December 1865 – 20 September 1957) was a
Finnish composer of the later Romantic period whose music played an
important role in the formation of the Finnish national identity.
His mastery of the orchestra has been described as
"prodigious"")
Note:
Symphony No. 2
in D
major, Opus 43 was started in winter 1900 in Rapallo, Italy, and
finished in 1902 in Finland. It was first performed by the Helsinki
Philharmonic Society on 8 March 1902 with the composer conducting.
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Ragtime:
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Scott
Joplin: The Entertainer " (1902)
(YouTube.com)
(Scott
Joplin (1867 - 1917) piece, The
Entertainer (1902), made a revival in the 1970 movie, The
Sting.)
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michigan
j frog songs (youtube.com)
(Michigan
J. Frog first appeared in the Warner Brother's cartoon, One
Froggy Evening, in 1955. In the 1990s the WB television
network brought Michigan
J. Frog back as the network's official mascot. For a
frog (voice by Bill
Roberts), he has a wonderful voice.)
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Jazz / Blues / BigBand:
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Gershwin:
Rhapsody In Blue (1924) - Original Piano Roll
(YouTube.com)
(George
Gershwin (September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an
American composer and pianist. Gershwin's compositions spanned both
popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are
widely known.)
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The Dorsey Brothers:
Dream A Little Dream Of Me (1931)
(YouTube.com)
(The
Dorsey Brothers rendition of great great tune of the early 1930s.
Recording: The Troubadors (Dorsey
Brothers Orch.) - Dream
A Little Dream Of Me, Melotone 1931)
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Glenn
Miller: In the Mood (1939)
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("'In the Mood"'is a song popularized by the
American bandleader Glenn
Miller in 1939, and one of the best-known arrangements of the big
band era.)
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Ervin
Drake: It Was a Very Good Year (1961) - sung by Frank Sinatra
(YouTube.com)
("'When I was 17 it was a very good year ..." Music by Ervin
Drake. Sung by Frank
Sinatra .)
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Mary
Hopkin: Those Were the Days (1968)
(YouTube.com)
("Those
Were the Days" is a song credited to Gene
Raskin, who put English lyrics to the Russian song "Dorogoi
dlinnoyu" ("By the long road"), written by Boris
Fomin (1900–1948) with words by the poet Konstantin
Podrevskii. It deals with reminiscence upon youth and romantic
idealism. The Georgian Tamara
Tsereteli (1900–1968) in 1925
and
Alexander
Vertinsky in 1926 made
what were probably the earliest recordings of the song. However, it
is best remembered for Mary
Hopkin's 1968 recording, which was a top-ten hit in both the
U.S. and the U.K.)
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Stephen Foster:
Old Folks At Home (1851) (YouTube.com)
("Stephen
Foster (1826-1864) as the "father of American
music", was the pre-eminent songwriter in the United States of
the 19th century. )
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The
Beatles: Let it Be
(YouTube.com)
("The
Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in
1960 and one of the most commercially successful and critically
acclaimed acts in the history of popular music.")
Note:
Let
It Be is the twelfth and final studio album released by The Beatles. It
was released on 8 May 1970 by the band's Apple Records label shortly after the
group's announced breakup.
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Harry Chapin - Cats in the cradle and silver spoon
(YouTube.com)
(Harry
Chapin (December 7, 1942 – July 16, 1981) was an American
singer-songwriter best known in particular for the number-one hit
"Cat's
in the Cradle." I found this song so sad, as time is commodity
that cannot be redeemed.)
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Crosby,
Stills, & Nash: Teach the children well
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("Crosby,
Stills & Nash (CSN) are a folk rock supergroup
made up of David
Crosby, Stephen
Stills and Graham
Nash, also known as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (CSNY)
when joined by occasional fourth member Neil
Young.")
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The
Grateful Dead - Ripple
(YouTube.com)
("The
Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in
the San Francisco Bay Area.")
Note:
Ripple
was composed and written by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter.
Lyrics written in London, 1970
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Kingston
Trio - Where
Have All the Flowers Gone?
(YouTube.com)
("Where
Have All the Flowers Gone?" (1961) is a folk song. The
first three verses were written by Pete
Seeger in 1955. The
Kingston Trio recorded the song in 1961. Believing it to be a
traditional song, they claimed authorship, although upon notice from
Seeger they had their name removed and credited Seeger and Hickerson.)
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Blondie
- Call Me
(YouTube.com)
(Blondie
is an American rock band, founded by singer Debbie
Harry and guitarist Chris
Stein in the mid 1970s. " Call
me" was released in 1980 became a number one hit.)
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June
Carter Cash: Keep
On The Sunny Side
(YouTube.com)
(Valerie
June Carter Cash (June 23, 1929 – May 15, 2003)
was a
singer, dancer, songwriter, actress, comedian and author who was a
member of the Carter
Family and the second wife of singer Johnny
Cash.)
Note: Keep
on the Sunny Side was written
by Ada Blenkhorn in 1899
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Jimmy
Davis & Charles Mitchell: You are My Sunshine (1939)
(YouTube.com)
(The state
song of Louisiana. James
Houston Davis (September 11, 1899–November 5, 2000),
better known as Jimmie Davis, was a noted singer of both sacred and
popular songs who served two nonconsecutive terms as the 47th
Governor of Louisiana (1944–1948 and 1960–1964).)
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Irving
Berlin: Blue Skies (1926) as sung by Willie Nelson (1978)
(YouTube.com)
("Blue
Skies" is a popular song, written by Irving
Berlin in 1926. The song was composed as a last
minute addition to the musical, Betsy.
Crossing genres, Willie
Nelson's recording of "Blue Skies" was a #1 country
music hit in 1978.
The fact that it became a No. 1 country song (especially by a Texan
artist) was not entirely surprising as it clearly has a major
western swing)
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The
Carter Family: Can the Circle Be Unbroken?(bye and bye)
(YouTube.com)
(Can
the Circle Be Unbroken (Bye and Bye) (1935) is a
country/folk song reworked by A.
P. Carter of the
Carter Family from the hymn Will
the Circle Be Unbroken? (1904) The song's lyrics
concern the death, funeral, and mourning of the narrator's mother.)
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Inspirational:
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Sissel:
You`ll Never Walk Alone (YouTube.com)
("Sissel,
the international singing sensation from Norway, is widely regarded
as one of the finest and most talented sopranos in the world.")
Note:
This piece, You'll
Never Walk Alone, is from the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein
musical, Carousel
(1956). Since 1964 Jerry Lewis has concluded the Jerry
Lewis MDA Telethon with an emotional version of You'll
Never Walk Alone. Lewis said at the end of the 2007
telethon that the song was suggested to him in 1964 by a disabled
child.
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New Age:
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21st Century:
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Requiem
For A Dream (YouTube.com)
("Requiem for a Dream is the title of
a soundtrack album released in 2000 to accompany the Darren
Aronofsky film Requiem
for a Dream. The album was composed by Clint
Mansell and performed by the Kronos Quartet.")
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Enya
- "Only Time" with beautiful impressions of nature
(YouTube.com)
("Enya
(born 17 May 1961 is an Irish vocalist, instrumentalist and
composer.")
Note:
After the September
11, 2001 attacks, Only
Time was used as a soundtrack in many radio and
television reports about the attacks.
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