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Term 1:September-November Term 2:January-March Term 3:April-June

We encourage Ambleside Online listmembers to follow this term calendar as a group for Artists, Composers, Plutarch, Shakespeare, Folksongs and Hymns. Staying on schedule together for these subjects is voluntary, but greatly enriches our studies as it enables us to share timely and topical resources and experiences on the list.

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2002-2003 TERM 1 (This term's artists are Copley, Gilbert Stuart)

Franz Josef Haydn (1780) (Classical)

Listening selections for this term:

String Quartet Op 76 no 3 "Emperor" OR String Quartet Op 76 no 4 "Sunrise" (2 weeks)

London Symphony no 104 (4 weeks)

The Creation (4 weeks)

a horn concerto (2 weeks)

2002-2003 TERM 2 (This term's artist is Degas, Manet)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1880) (Romantic)

Listening selections for this term:

Symphony no 6 "Pathetique"

Serenade for Strings

String Quartet in D maj (Andante Cantabile)

2002-2003 TERM 3 (This term's art is representing the Hudson River School)

Mark O'Connor (1961- ) Modern, American

Igor Stravinsky 1882-1971 (Modern, b. Russia, France 1920-1939, US citizenship 1939 til death)

Listening selections for this term:

Mark O'Connor - Fanfare for the Volunteer

Mark O'Connor - The American Seasons

Mark O'Connor - Strings and Threads Suite

Igor Stravinsky - The Firebird

Igor Stravinsky - Rite of Spring

Igor Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms

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2003-2004 TERM 1 (This term's artists are Rubens, Velasquez)

Listening selections for this term:

Benjamin Britten-Young person's Guide to the Orchestra

Sergei Prokofiev-Peter and the Wolf

Paul Dukas-Sorcerer's Apprentice

Engelbert Humperdinck-Hansel and Gretel

Claude Debussy-La Boite A Joujoux (The Toy Box, a ballet for children)

Georges Bizet-Jeux d'enfants, op. 22 (Children's games)

We suggest you schedule as many of these selections as you can comfortably find resources for. These particular pieces are usually easily found at public libraries. If your local branch doesn't have them, ask for them through interlibrary loan. You should also be able to find many used copies available at local used bookstores or internet sites such as www.half.com or www.ebay.com .

2003-2004 TERM 2 (This term's artists are Corot, Courbet)

Johannes Brahms (1880) (Romantic)

Listening selections for this term:

Variations on a theme of Haydn

Symphony no 1 Opus 68

Violin Concerto in D

Piano Concerto no 2 Op 83

Tragic Overture Op 81

Wiegenlied (Lullaby)

2003-2004 TERM 3 (This term's artists are Ingres, David)

Franz Schubert (1823) (Late Classical/Early Romantic)

Listening selections for this term:

Symphony no. 8 ("Unfinished")

Symphony no. 9 ("The Great") (2 weeks)

Impromptus op. 90 (D. 899)

Die schone Mullerin (a song cycle)

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2004-2005 TERM 1 (This term's artist is Mary Cassatt)

Antonin Dvorak (1888) (AN-toe-NEEN d-VOR-zhak) 1841-1904, Late Romantic

Listening selections for this term:

Symphony 9 From the New World

Carnaval Overture (may also be spelled Karneval)

Humoresques for piano

Quartet in F maj ("American")

Trio in E min ("Dumky")

Recordings of these pieces may be available at public libraries. If your local branch doesn't have them, ask for them through interlibrary loan. You should also be able to find many used copies available at local used bookstores or internet sites such as www.half.com or www.ebay.com .

2004-2005 TERM 2 (This term's artists are Giotto, Masacchio)

Early Music/Medieval

Listening selections for this term:

Selections will be based on what's on the CD "early Music Festival"

2004-2005 TERM 3 (This term's artists are Homer, Eakins)

Aaron Copland (1930) & Gershwin (American)

Listening selections for this term:

Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring

Aaron Copland Billy the Kid or Fanfare for the Common Man

George Gershwin American in Paris

George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue

George Gershwin Concerto in F maj

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2005-2006 TERM 1 (This term's artist is Michelangelo)

Beethoven is also done year 1 term 1

Listening selections for this term:

Ludwig von Beethoven (1810) (Classical/Romantic) see also year 1 term 2

Symphony no. 5 OR 6 (4 weeks)

Symphony no. 7 (4 weeks)

Septet in E-flat, op. 20 (2 weeks)

2005-2006 TERM 2 (This term's artist is Jan Vermeer)

Henry Purcell (Baroque)

Listening selections for this term:

We will most likely make selections based on the CD "Essential Purcell."

2005-2006 TERM 3 (This term's artists are Matisse, Kandinsky, Mondrain)

Richard Strauss (1920) & Johann Strauss, Jr. (1880) (Romantic)

Listening selections for this term:

Richard Strauss Don Juan

Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

Richard Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra)

Johann Strauss, Jr Emperor Waltz

Johann Strauss, Jr Tales from the Vienna Woods

Johann Strauss, Jr On the Beautiful Blue Danube

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2006-2007 TERM 1 (This term's artists are Holbein, Breugel)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785) (Classical/Roccoco) see also year 2 term 1

Listening selections for this term:

Piano Concerto 20 (2 weeks)

Symphony 40 (4 weeks)

Quintet in A maj for clarinet (2 weeks)

Piano Sonata in A maj K.331 (2 weeks)

Concerto for bassoon and orchestra in B-flat major, K. 191 (the only

bassoon concerto he wrote)

2006-2007 TERM 2 (This term's artists are Turner, Constable)

Robert Schumann (1848) (Early Romantic)

Listening selections for this term:

Carnaval (for piano)

Scenes from Childhood for piano

Symphony no 1 in B flat Op 38 "Spring"

Symphony no 2 in C Op 61

an arabeske or humoreske

Liederkreis or other song cycle

2006-2007 TERM 3 (This term's artists are Titain, Veronese)

Richard Wagner (1813-1883); Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) (German Romantic)

Listening selections for this term:

Wagner: Siefried's Idyl (orchestral)

Wagner: Selections from The Valkyries (opera)

Wagner: The Love Feast of the Twelve Apostles (choral) (massive work

requiring 1200 singers and 100 instruments!) (4 weeks)

Offenbach: Selections from Orpheus in the Underworld (opera)

Offenbach: Selections from The Tales of Hoffmann (opera)

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2007-2008 TERM 1 (This term's artist is Da Vinci)

Music: Russian nationalists

Listening selections for this term:

Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov- Scheherazade

Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov-Symphony 2 'Antar'

Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov-Cappriccio Espagnol

Alexander Borodin-Polovtsian Dances

Modest Mussorgsky-Pictures at an Exhibition

Modest Mussorgsky-Night on Bald Mountain

2007-2008 TERM 2 (This term's artist is Rembrandt)

George Frideric Handel (1750) (Baroque)

Listening selections for this term:

Messiah (an oratorio) (4 weeks)

Any of the organ concerti (such as Organ Concerto in B-flat Major, op. 7,no. 6)

Harmonious Blacksmith (from suite in E major)

2007-2008 TERM 3 (This term's artists are Grunwalde, Van Eyck)

Camille Saint-Saens & Hector Berlioz (1850) (Early Romantic)

Listening selections for this term:

Saint-Saens Symphony no 3 in C min

Saint-Saens Danse Macabre

Saint-Saens Carnaval of Animals

Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique

Berlioz Dance of the Sylphs

Berlioz Rakoczy March from the Damnation of Faust

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2008-2009 TERM 1 (This term's artists are Hals, Steen)

Johann Sebastain Bach (1730) (Baroque) see also Year 3 term 2

Listening selections for this term:

Magnificat in D (4 weeks)

any Church cantata (2 weeks)

Brandenburg Concerto no. 6 (2 weeks)

Art of the Fugue (2 weeks)

2008-2009 TERM 2 (This term's artist is Goya)

Franz Liszt (1855) (Early Romantic)

Listening selections for this term:

Hungarian Rhapsodies (esp no 2)

Liebestraum for piano

Piano Sonata in B min

2008-2009 TERM 3 (This term's artist is Van Gogh)

Gustav Mahler (1895) and Anton Bruckner (Late Romantic/20th Century)

Listening selections for this term:

Mahler: Symphony 1 (Titan)

Mahler: Kindertotenlieder (song cycle)

Bruckner: Symphony no 4

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2009-2010 TERM 1 (This term's artist is Raphael)

Music: 20th Century British

Listening selections for this term:

Ralph Vaughn Williams-Symphony 1

Ralph Vaughn Williams-Fantasia on Greensleeves

Ralph Vaughn Williams-Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis

Edward Elgar-Serenade for String Orchestra

Edward Elgar-Pomp and Circumstance

Edward Elgar-"Enigma" Variations

2009-2010 TERM 2 (This term's artists are O'Keefe, Singer-Sargent)

Edvard Grieg (1890) & Jean Sibelius (nationalists)



	Acknowledgements www.amblesideonline.org Ambleside Online has a new website! Come visit us at www.amblesideonline.org! This page will remain up for a few weeks; its new location is http://www.amblesideonline.org/ComposerSch.shtml Composer Schedule This term's composer and scheduled works How Did Charlotte Mason Teach Music? Do I have to use Ambleside's music selections? Listen to MIDI files online Websites dedicated to public education in classical music: http://www.naxos.com/qcomp.htm http://www.classicalarchives.com/ http://www.composers.net/ A Music Glossary Listen to classical music online! www.wdav.org 24-hour commercial-free http://wcpe.org/ listener supported commercial-free http://www.king.org Features helps for beginner Parents Review articles that discuss music appreciation: Art and Literature in the Parents' Union School Music and Art in PNEU Schools Ambleside Online Term Schedule Term 1:September-November Term 2:January-March Term 3:April-June We encourage Ambleside Online listmembers to follow this term calendar as a group for Artists, Composers, Plutarch, Shakespeare, Folksongs and Hymns. Staying on schedule together for these subjects is voluntary, but greatly enriches our studies as it enables us to share timely and topical resources and experiences on the list. __________________________________________________________ 2002-2003 TERM 1 (This term's artists are Copley, Gilbert Stuart) Franz Josef Haydn (1780) (Classical) Listening selections for this term: String Quartet Op 76 no 3 "Emperor" OR String Quartet Op 76 no 4 "Sunrise" (2 weeks) London Symphony no 104 (4 weeks) The Creation (4 weeks) a horn concerto (2 weeks) 2002-2003 TERM 2 (This term's artist is Degas, Manet) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1880) (Romantic) Listening selections for this term: Symphony no 6 "Pathetique" Piano Concerto no 1 Serenade for Strings 1812 Overture String Quartet in D maj (Andante Cantabile) Swan Lake 2002-2003 TERM 3 (This term's art is representing the Hudson River School) Mark O'Connor (1961- ) Modern, American Igor Stravinsky 1882-1971 (Modern, b. Russia, France 1920-1939, US citizenship 1939 til death) Listening selections for this term: Mark O'Connor - Fanfare for the Volunteer Mark O'Connor - The American Seasons Mark O'Connor - Strings and Threads Suite Igor Stravinsky - The Firebird Igor Stravinsky - Rite of Spring Igor Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms ____________________ 2003-2004 TERM 1 (This term's artists are Rubens, Velasquez) Children's Classics Listening selections for this term: Benjamin Britten-Young person's Guide to the Orchestra Sergei Prokofiev-Peter and the Wolf Paul Dukas-Sorcerer's Apprentice Engelbert Humperdinck-Hansel and Gretel Claude Debussy-La Boite A Joujoux (The Toy Box, a ballet for children) Georges Bizet-Jeux d'enfants, op. 22 (Children's games) We suggest you schedule as many of these selections as you can comfortably find resources for. These particular pieces are usually easily found at public libraries. If your local branch doesn't have them, ask for them through interlibrary loan. You should also be able to find many used copies available at local used bookstores or internet sites such as www.half.com or www.ebay.com . 2003-2004 TERM 2 (This term's artists are Corot, Courbet) Johannes Brahms (1880) (Romantic) Listening selections for this term: Variations on a theme of Haydn Symphony no 1 Opus 68 Violin Concerto in D Piano Concerto no 2 Op 83 Tragic Overture Op 81 Wiegenlied (Lullaby) 2003-2004 TERM 3 (This term's artists are Ingres, David) Franz Schubert (1823) (Late Classical/Early Romantic) Listening selections for this term: Trout quintet Symphony no. 8 ("Unfinished") Symphony no. 9 ("The Great") (2 weeks) Impromptus op. 90 (D. 899) Die schone Mullerin (a song cycle) ____________________ 2004-2005 TERM 1 (This term's artist is Mary Cassatt) Antonin Dvorak (1888) (AN-toe-NEEN d-VOR-zhak) 1841-1904, Late Romantic Listening selections for this term: Symphony 9 From the New World Slavonic Dances Carnaval Overture (may also be spelled Karneval) Humoresques for piano Quartet in F maj ("American") Trio in E min ("Dumky") Recordings of these pieces may be available at public libraries. If your local branch doesn't have them, ask for them through interlibrary loan. You should also be able to find many used copies available at local used bookstores or internet sites such as www.half.com or www.ebay.com . 2004-2005 TERM 2 (This term's artists are Giotto, Masacchio) Early Music/Medieval Listening selections for this term: Selections will be based on what's on the CD "early Music Festival" 2004-2005 TERM 3 (This term's artists are Homer, Eakins) Aaron Copland (1930) & Gershwin (American) Listening selections for this term: Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring Aaron Copland Billy the Kid or Fanfare for the Common Man Aaron Copland Rodeo George Gershwin American in Paris George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue George Gershwin Concerto in F maj ____________________ 2005-2006 TERM 1 (This term's artist is Michelangelo) Beethoven is also done year 1 term 1 Listening selections for this term: Ludwig von Beethoven (1810) (Classical/Romantic) see also year 1 term 2 Symphony no. 5 OR 6 (4 weeks) Symphony no. 7 (4 weeks) Fidelio (2 weeks) Septet in E-flat, op. 20 (2 weeks) 2005-2006 TERM 2 (This term's artist is Jan Vermeer) Henry Purcell (Baroque) Listening selections for this term: Dido and Aeneas We will most likely make selections based on the CD "Essential Purcell." 2005-2006 TERM 3 (This term's artists are Matisse, Kandinsky, Mondrain) Richard Strauss (1920) & Johann Strauss, Jr. (1880) (Romantic) Listening selections for this term: Richard Strauss Don Juan Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks Richard Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra) Johann Strauss, Jr Emperor Waltz Johann Strauss, Jr Tales from the Vienna Woods Johann Strauss, Jr On the Beautiful Blue Danube ____________________ 2006-2007 TERM 1 (This term's artists are Holbein, Breugel) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785) (Classical/Roccoco) see also year 2 term 1 Listening selections for this term: Piano Concerto 20 (2 weeks) Symphony 40 (4 weeks) Quintet in A maj for clarinet (2 weeks) Piano Sonata in A maj K.331 (2 weeks) Concerto for bassoon and orchestra in B-flat major, K. 191 (the only bassoon concerto he wrote) 2006-2007 TERM 2 (This term's artists are Turner, Constable) Robert Schumann (1848) (Early Romantic) Listening selections for this term: Carnaval (for piano) Scenes from Childhood for piano Symphony no 1 in B flat Op 38 "Spring" Symphony no 2 in C Op 61 an arabeske or humoreske Liederkreis or other song cycle 2006-2007 TERM 3 (This term's artists are Titain, Veronese) Richard Wagner (1813-1883); Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) (German Romantic) Listening selections for this term: Wagner: Siefried's Idyl (orchestral) Wagner: Selections from The Valkyries (opera) Wagner: The Love Feast of the Twelve Apostles (choral) (massive work requiring 1200 singers and 100 instruments!) (4 weeks) Offenbach: Selections from Orpheus in the Underworld (opera) Offenbach: Selections from The Tales of Hoffmann (opera) ____________________ 2007-2008 TERM 1 (This term's artist is Da Vinci) Music: Russian nationalists Listening selections for this term: Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov- Scheherazade Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov-Symphony 2 'Antar' Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov-Cappriccio Espagnol Alexander Borodin-Polovtsian Dances Modest Mussorgsky-Pictures at an Exhibition Modest Mussorgsky-Night on Bald Mountain 2007-2008 TERM 2 (This term's artist is Rembrandt) George Frideric Handel (1750) (Baroque) Listening selections for this term: Messiah (an oratorio) (4 weeks) Water music Any of the organ concerti (such as Organ Concerto in B-flat Major, op. 7,no. 6) Rinaldo (opera) Harmonious Blacksmith (from suite in E major) 2007-2008 TERM 3 (This term's artists are Grunwalde, Van Eyck) Camille Saint-Saens & Hector Berlioz (1850) (Early Romantic) Listening selections for this term: Saint-Saens Symphony no 3 in C min Saint-Saens Danse Macabre Saint-Saens Carnaval of Animals Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique Berlioz Dance of the Sylphs Berlioz Rakoczy March from the Damnation of Faust ____________________ 2008-2009 TERM 1 (This term's artists are Hals, Steen) Johann Sebastain Bach (1730) (Baroque) see also Year 3 term 2 Listening selections for this term: Magnificat in D (4 weeks) Chaconne (2 weeks) any Church cantata (2 weeks) Brandenburg Concerto no. 6 (2 weeks) Art of the Fugue (2 weeks) 2008-2009 TERM 2 (This term's artist is Goya) Franz Liszt (1855) (Early Romantic) Listening selections for this term: Piano Concerto no 1 Hungarian Rhapsodies (esp no 2) Les Preludes Liebestraum for piano Piano Sonata in B min Mephisto Waltz 2008-2009 TERM 3 (This term's artist is Van Gogh) Gustav Mahler (1895) and Anton Bruckner (Late Romantic/20th Century) Listening selections for this term: Mahler: Symphony 1 (Titan) Mahler: Symphony 9 Mahler: Kindertotenlieder (song cycle) Bruckner: Symphony no 4 ____________________ 2009-2010 TERM 1 (This term's artist is Raphael) Music: 20th Century British Listening selections for this term: Ralph Vaughn Williams-Symphony 1 Ralph Vaughn Williams-Fantasia on Greensleeves Ralph Vaughn Williams-Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis Edward Elgar-Serenade for String Orchestra Edward Elgar-Pomp and Circumstance Edward Elgar-"Enigma" Variations 2009-2010 TERM 2 (This term's artists are O'Keefe, Singer-Sargent) Edvard Grieg (1890) & Jean Sibelius (nationalists) Listening selections for this term: Grieg Peer Gynt Suite no 1 Grieg Piano Concerto in A Grieg Norwegian Dance no 2 Sibelius Finlandia Sibelius Symphony 1 OR 2 (4 weeks) 2009-2010 TERM 3 (This term's artist is Monet) Maurice Ravel (1915) (Impressionist) Listening selections for this term: Daphne et Chloe - selections Bolero Mother Goose Suite Pavane pour une infante dufunte Piano Concerto in D for left hand Rhapsody espagnole ____________________ 2010-2011 TERM 1 (This term's artist is Albrecht Durer -1500, Renaissance) Ludwig von Beethoven (1810) (Classical/Romantic) Listening selections for this term: Piano Sonata 8 (Pathetique) Opus 13 Piano Sonata 14 (Moonlight) Op 27 Symphony No. 3 (Erocia-meaning 'heroic') Opus 55 String Quartets opus 59, no.1-3 (Razumovsky Quartets) Piano Concerto 5 (Emporer) Op 73 Symphony No. 9 (the one with Ode to Joy at the end) Opus 125 2010-2011 TERM 2 (This term's artist is Carravagio 1600, Baroque) Antonio Vivaldi (1730) (Baroque) Listening selections for this term: Gloria (choral work); The Four Seasons; Trio Sonata in C major, RV.82; plus 3 concerti - Maybe one for violin, one for guitar and one for a woodwind instrument such as oboe or bassoon. 2010-2011 TERM 3 (This term's artists are Theodore Gericault 1820, Eugene Delacroix 1838 Romantic) Frederic Chopin (1840) (Romantic) Listening selections for this term: Op 09 no 2 Nocturne in E flat maj Op 10 no 3 Etude in E-maj Op 10 no 12 Revolutionary Etude in C minor Op 21 Piano Concerto number 2 in f minor Op 28 Preludes no's 15, 20 and either 16 or 17 Op 53 Polonaise in A flat, Heroic ____________________ 2011-2012 TERM 1 (This term's artists are Antoine Watteau, Jean Honore Fragonard Rococo) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (early classical) Listening selections for this term: Eine Kleine Nacht Musik Requiem [A Vocal work] Symphony no. 41 in C major (Jupiter) Sinfonia Concertante Piano Concerto no. 21 in C major (K.467) 2011-2012 TERM 2 (This term's artist is Boticelli) Felix Mendelssohn (1840) (Romantic) Listening selections for this term: Songs without words Violin Concerto in E minor Symphony no. 4 in A major (Italian) (4 weeks) Octet in E-flat major Fingal's Cave ("Hebrides") Overture 2011-2012 TERM 3 (This term's artists are Pollack, Rockwell, Hopper) Listening selections for this term: Bela Bartok: String quartet no. 1 Bela Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra Bela Bartok: Mikrokosmos Paul Hindemith: Mathis der Maler (an orchestral work) Paul Hindemith: Ludas Tonalis (solo piano) Paul Hindemith: Viola Concerto, op. 36, no. 4 ____________________ 2001-2002 TERM 1 (This term's artists are Renoir, Rodin) Claude Debussy (1910) (Impressionist) Listening Selections for this term: Prelude to the Afternoon of the Faun La Mer Nocturnes for Orchestra Suite Bergamasqe includesClaire de Lune Children's Corner Jeux 2001-2002 TERM 2 (This term's artists are Ruisdale, de Hooch) Johann Sebastian Bach Listening selections for this term: Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 St. Matthew Passion (for 4 weeks) Toccata and Fugue in d minor (do-able in 2 weeks) Well-Tempered Clavier (Prelude and Fugue in C minor, Book I) Goldberg Variations 2001-2002 TERM 3 (This term's artists are Gauguin, Cezanne, Seurat) Opera Overtures Listening selections for this term: Giuseppi Verdi Aida overture Giuseppi Verdi Rigoletto overture Giacomo Puccini Madame Butterfly overture Giacamo Puccini La Boheme overture Gioacchino Rossini Barber of Seville overture Gioacchino Rossini William Tell overture ____________________ Thank You! The Advisory wishes to express our gratitude to the members of the former CMMusic list (now The Classical Review), especially Don Fairchild and Patrice Atwell, for their help with conceptualizing the Music Schedule..