This page will be updated with musical examples featured in class or assignments.
The order is approximately reverse chronological (i.e. more recently featured examples at the top).
Bach, Fugue in F major, WTC book 1, no. 11 (Glenn Gould, piano)
Joseph Haydn, Finale from Sonata no. 50 in D Major, Hoboken XVI:37 (Ronald Brautigam, fortepiano)
Schumann, Ich Grolle Nicht (YouTube)
Schubert, “Du bist die Ruh’” (YouTube)
The Beatles, “Here, There, and Everywhere”
The Beatles, “Here, There, and Everywhere” (fabulous cover version by Weak—go support this fine artist!)
Bach, Chorale Prelude on “Vor Deinen Thron” (Wolfgang Rubsam, organ)
Bach,“Little” G minor Fugue, BWV 578
Bach, Fugue in C minor from the Well-Tempered Clavier, book 1, no. 2 (Sviatoslav Richter, piano)
The Beatles, “With A Little Help From My Friends”
John Lennon, “Beautiful Boy”
Mozart, Minuet in F, K. 2
Schumann, Wild Rider
Bach, Menuet in G
Bach, Polonaise in G minor
Petzold, Menuet in G minor
R. Schumann, “Important Event” from Kinderszenen
The Beatles, “From Me To You” (audio)
—and as seen in class! Sir Paul discussing the Beatles’ discovery of tonicization (video clip)
J.S. Bach, Prelude #1 from the Well-Tempered Clavier
(and here, in an incredible vocal realization by Bobby McFerrin:)
Mozart, Symphony no. 40, 1st mvt: phrase excerpt and whole movement (the antecedent phrase to the excerpt begins at 0:54)
Tchaikovsky, “Morning Prayer”
Blood, Sweat & Tears, “Spinning Wheel”
Otis Redding, “The Dock of the Bay”
Cee Lo Green “Forget You”
The Beatles, “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”
The Beatles, “She’s Leaving Home”
The Beatles, “You Won’t See Me”
The Beatles, “Eight Days A Week”
The Beatles, “Yesterday”The Beatles, “You Never Give Me Your Money”
Mozart, Quintet from The Magic Flute, Act I (the excerpt on assignment 4 begins at 3:34)
James Taylor, “Your Smiling Face”
Ben E. King, “Stand By Me”: Ben King original video; Playing for Change version