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80 The new Orpheus 128 The most tremendous
of our times genius raised Mozart
Concerti grossi, Op. 6, above all masters
Arcangelo Corelli Symphony No. 40 in
G minor, K. 550,
82 The uniting of the Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
French and Italian
styles must create the 132 The object of the
perfection of music piano is to substitute
Pièces de clavecin, one performer for
François Couperin a whole orchestra
Piano Sonata in F-sharp
84 What the English like minor, Op. 25, No. 5,
is something they can Muzio Clementi
beat time to 108 Bach is like an astronomer,
Water Music, who … finds the most 134 We walk, by the
George Frideric Handel wonderful stars power of music,
The Art of Fugue, in joy through death’s
90 Do not expect any Johann Sebastian Bach dark night
profound intention, The Magic Flute,
but rather an ingenious Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
jesting with art CLASSICAL
Sonata in D minor, 138 I live only in my notes
K. 9 “Pastorale,” 1750–1820 Symphony No. 3 in E-flat
Domenico Scarlatti major, “Eroica,” Op. 55,
116 Its forte is like Ludwig van Beethoven
92 Spring has come, thunder, its crescendo
and with it gaiety a cataract
The Four Seasons, Symphony in E-flat major, ROMANTIC
Antonio Vivaldi Op. 11, No. 3,
Johann Stamitz 1810–1920
98 The end and final
aim of all music 118 The most moving act 146 The violinist is
should be none in all of opera that peculiarly
other than the Orfeo ed Euridice, human phenomenon …
glory of God Christoph Willibald Gluck half tiger, half poet
St. Matthew Passion, 24 Caprices for Solo Violin,
Johann Sebastian Bach 120 We must play from Op. 1, Niccolò Paganini
the soul, not like
106 Telemann is above trained birds 148 Give me a laundry
all praise Flute Concerto in A major, list, and I will set it
Musique de table, WQ 168, Carl Philipp to music
Georg Philipp Telemann Emanuel Bach The Barber of Seville,
Gioachino Rossini
107 His whole heart and 122 I was forced to
soul were in his become original 149 Music is truly
harpsichord String Quartet in C major, love itself
Hippolyte et Aricie, Op. 54, No. 2, Hoboken III:57, Der Freischütz,
Jean-Philippe Rameau Joseph Haydn Carl Maria von Weber
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