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Editor’s Note v
Introduction by Lawrence Gilman xvii
BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN
The Brandenburg Concertos 2
The Concertos for Pianoforte 4
The Orchestral Suites 5
BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN
Symphony No. 1, in C major 7
Symphony No. 2, in D major 10
Symphony No. 3, in E flat major 13
Symphony No. 4, in B flat major 18
Symphony No. 5, in C minor 22
Symphony No. 6, in F major 26
Symphony No. 7, in A major 29
Symphony No. 8, in F major 34
Symphony No. 9, in D minor 38
Overture to _Leonore_ No. 3 44
Overture to _Egmont_ 47
Overture to _Coriolanus_ 49
Concerto for Pianoforte, No. 4, in G major 51
Concerto for Pianoforte, No. 5, in E flat major 52
Concerto for Violin, in D major 54
BERLIOZ, HECTOR
_Symphonie Fantastique_, in C major 57
Overture, _The Roman Carnival_ 64
BLOCH, ERNEST
_Schelomo_, Hebrew Rhapsody for Violoncello and Orchestra 66
BORODIN, ALEXANDER
Symphony No. 2, in B minor 70
BRAHMS, JOHANNES
Symphony No. 1, in C minor 77
Symphony No. 2, in D major 80
Symphony No. 3, in F major 83
Symphony No. 4, in E minor 86
_Variations on a Theme by Josef Haydn_ 88
_Tragic_ Overture 90
_Academic Festival_ Overture 91
Concerto for Pianoforte, No. 1, in D minor 94
Concerto No. 2, in B flat major, for Pianoforte 95
Concerto for Violin, in D major 97
BRUCKNER, ANTON
Symphony No. 7, in E major 102
Symphony No. 8, in C minor 106
CARPENTER, JOHN ALDEN
_Adventures in a Perambulator_, Suite 114
DEBUSSY, CLAUDE ACHILLE
_Prélude à l’Après-Midi d’un Faune_ 119
_Nocturnes_ 122
_La Mer_ 124
_Ibéria_: “Images” for Orchestra, No. 2 127
DVOŘÁK, ANTON
Symphony No. 5, in E minor 131
ELGAR, EDWARD
Variations on an Original Theme, _Enigma_ 135
DE FALLA, MANUEL
Ballet-Pantomime: _El Amor Brujo_ 140
Three Dances from _El Sombrero de Tres Picos_ 142
FRANCK, CÉSAR
Symphony in D minor 146
HANDEL, GEORG FRIDERIC
Twelve Concerti Grossi, for String Orchestra 151
HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEF
(London Symphonies)
Symphony No. 104, in D major (B. & H. No. 2) 155
Symphony No. 94, in G major (“_Surprise_”) (B. & H. No. 6) 157
(Paris Symphonies)
Symphony No. 88, in G major (B. & H. No. 13) 158
HINDEMITH, PAUL
_Konzertmusik_ for String and Brass Instruments 161
HONEGGER, ARTHUR
_Pacific 231_, Orchestral Movement 164
D’INDY, VINCENT
Symphony No. 2, in B flat major 166
_Istar_, Symphonic Variations 170
LISZT, FRANZ
A _Faust_ Symphony 175
Symphonic Poem, No. 3, _Les Préludes_ 181
Pianoforte Concerto, No. 1, in E flat 182
LOEFFLER, CHARLES MARTIN
_A Pagan Poem_ 184
MacDOWELL, EDWARD
Orchestral Suite, No. 2, in E minor, _Indian_ 186
MAHLER, GUSTAV
The Symphonies 190
Symphony No. 5, in C sharp minor 192
MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY, FELIX
Symphony in A major, “_Italian_” 195
Overture and Incidental Music to _A Midsummer Night’s Dream_ 199
Concert Overture, _The Hebrides_, or _Fingal’s Cave_ 201
Concerto for Violin, in E minor 203
MOUSSORGSKY, MODESTE
_A Night on Bald Mountain_ 206
MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS
Symphony in E flat major (Koechel No. 543) 211
Symphony in G minor (Koechel No. 550) 212
Symphony in C major (“_Jupiter_”) (Koechel No. 551) 212
Overture to _The Marriage of Figaro_ 217
Overture to _The Magic Flute_ 219
The Concertos for Violin 221
Mozart as Pianist 222
PROKOFIEFF, SERGE
Scythian Suite 225
Classical Symphony 227
RACHMANINOFF, SERGEI
Symphony No. 2 in E minor 229
Concerto No. 2 in C minor, for Pianoforte 232
RAVEL, MAURICE
_Ma Mère l’Oye_: Five Children’s Pieces 234
_Daphnis et Chloé_, Ballet (Second Series) 237
_Bolero_ 239
RESPIGHI, OTTERINO
Symphonic Poem, _Pines of Rome_ 241
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, NICOLAS
Symphonic Suite, _Scheherazade_ 244
Caprice on Spanish Themes 250
SAINT-SAËNS, CHARLES CAMILLE
Symphony No. 3, in C minor (with organ) 255
SCHOENBERG, ARNOLD
_Verklärte Nacht_, Arranged for String Orchestra 259
SCHUBERT, FRANZ
Symphony No. 8, in B minor (“_Unfinished_”) 265
Symphony No. 7, in C major 267
SCHUMANN, ROBERT
Symphony No. 1, in B flat major 272
Symphony No. 2, in C major 275
Symphony No. 3, in E flat major 278
Symphony No. 4, in D minor 282
Concerto in A minor, for Pianoforte 285
SCRIABIN, ALEXANDER
_The Poem of Ecstasy_ (_Le Poème de l’Extase_) 288
SIBELIUS, JEAN
Symphony No. 1, in E minor 292
Symphony No. 2, in D major 295
Symphony No. 4, in A minor 298
Symphony No. 5, in E flat major 300
Symphony No. 7 301
_Finlandia_, Symphonic Poem 303
_The Swan of Tuonela_, Symphonic Poem 305
STRAUSS, RICHARD
_Don Juan_, Tone Poem 308
_Tod und Verklärung_, Death and Transfiguration, Tone Poem 310
_Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks_, Tone Poem 313
_Thus Spake Zarathustra_, Tone Poem 316
_Don Quixote_, Variations 320
_Ein Heldenleben_ (A Hero’s Life), Tone Poem 327
STRAVINSKY, IGOR
Suite from _L’Oiseau de Feu_ (The Fire-Bird) 331
Suite from _Petrouchka_ 333
_Le Sacre du Printemps_ (The Rite of Spring) Pictures of Pagan
Russia 336
TAYLOR, DEEMS
_Through the Looking Glass_, Suite 339
TCHAIKOVSKY, PETER
Symphony No. 4, in F minor 344
Symphony No. 5, in E minor 346
Symphony No. 6, in B minor, _Pathétique_ 350
_Romeo and Juliet_, Overture Fantasia 354
Concerto for Pianoforte, No. 1, in B flat minor 356
Concerto for Violin, in D major 359
WAGNER, RICHARD
Overture to _Rienzi_ 365
Overture to _Der Fliegende Holländer_ 366
Overture to _Tannhäuser_ 367
Prelude to _Lohengrin_ 368
Prelude and _Liebestod_ from _Tristan und Isolde_ 370
Prelude to _Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg_ 371
A _Siegfried_ Idyl 373
“_The Ride of the Valkyries_,” from _Die Walküre_ 375
Prelude to _Parsifal_ 376
_Good Friday Spell_, from _Parsifal_ 379
WEBER, CARL MARIA VON
Overture to _Oberon_ 381
Overture to _Der Freischütz_ 382
Overture to _Euryanthe_ 385
WILLIAMS, RALPH VAUGHAN
A London Symphony 389
Index 395