HUX 503 - Defining the Humanities: Music


Listen to Music Selections for 503


Click (left mouse button) on each highlighted link below to hear that selection (if MP3 player software such as Windows Media Player* or iTunes** is installed on your computer the selection will begin playing immediately; otherwise you will have to download the free software first). If you wish to download the music files and listen to them at a later time, right click on the link (hold down the right mouse button or, for Macintosh users with a single-button mouse, hold down the Command/Apple key while clicking the mouse button).

Mozart Selections

1. “Minuet in D Major,” K. 355 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, performed on modern piano. (See score at the end of this course guide.)

2. “Minuet in D Major,” K. 355 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, performed on pianoforte (an early piano, built in 1790). (See score at the end of the course guide)

3. “Minuet in D Major,” K. 355 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, performed by orchestra.

4. “Minuetto” (including trio) from “String Quintet in D,” K. 593 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. (See score at the end of the course guide)


Beethoven Selection

5. First movement, “Symphony No. 8” in F, Op. 93, by Ludwig Von Beethoven performed on period instruments (18th c. style orchestra; 8 min. 28 sec.).

Schumann Selections

6. “Davidsbündlertanze,” Op. 6, (for piano) by Robert Schumann. Movement II. (See score at the end of the course guide)

7. “Davidsbündlertanze,” Op. 6, (for piano) by Robert Schumann. Movement III. (See score at the end of the course guide)

8. “Davidsbündlertanze,” Op. 6, (for piano) by Robert Schumann. Movement IV. (See score at the end of the course guide)

9. “Davidsbündlertanze,” Op. 6, (for piano) by Robert Schumann. Movement V. (See score at the end of the course guide)


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