Farrenc, Louise (1804-1875)
French, female
Trio for Piano, Flute and Cello, Op 45, Mvt 1 (1857)
Topics: Sonata form, Aug 6, Neapolitan
Score: Farrenc-Trio, Op 45, Mvt 1
Copyright: Public Domain
Audio : YouTube
Faure, Gabriel (1845-1924)
Male, French
Apres un Reve, No 1 of Three songs, Op 7. (1870-1877)
Topics: Modified strophic, extended tertian
Score: Faure-Apres Un Reve
Copyright: Creative Commons License Attribution 3.0; edited by YOKOYAMA Shin-Itchiro http://shin-itchiro.seesaa.net/
Lyrics: Oxford Lieder
Audio: YouTube
Les roses d’isaphan, No. 4 from 4 Melodies pour une voix Op 39 (1884)
Topics: Ternary form
Score: Faure-Les roses d’isaphan; J. Hamelle, 1885
Copyright – Public Domain
Lyrics: Oxford Lieder
Audio: YouTube
Impromptu No 2, Op 31 (1883)
Topics: Non-funtional harmony, linear analysis
Score: Faure-Impromptu no 2 Op 31
Copyright: Public Domain
Audio : YouTube
Franck, Cesar (1822-1890)
French composer, pianist, organist, and music teacher.
Sonata in A Major for Violin and piano, Mvt. 1: Allegretto ben moderato (1886)
Topics: Aug 6 chords, extended tertain chords
Score: Franck-Violin Sonata in A major, Mvt 1
Publisher: New York: G. Schirmer, 1915.
Copyright: Public Domain
Audio : YouTube, Performers: Krystian Zimerman (piano), Kaja Danczowska (violin) – Year of recording: 1981
Garner, Erroll (1921-1977) and Burke, Johnny (1908-1964)
American, male; Garner: Black/African-American, male
‘Misty’ (1954) – NON-PD
Topics: Mixture, Tritone sub, 32-bar song form
Score: Non-public domain (see below)
Copyright: 1954 Marke Music Publishing Co, Inc (ASCAP), administered by BMG Songs, Inc.
Audio: YouTube, Performed by Erroll Garner (instrumental). Performed by Johnny Mathis (1959).
Composed as an instrumental song, lyrics were added later. Used in Clint Eastwood’s film “Play Misty for Me” (1971).
A chords only version of the score is here. An audio of the chords only version is here.
Gershwin, George (1989-1937) and Ira Gershwin (1989-1983)
American, male
‘I Got Rhythm’ – NON-PD
Topics: 32-bar song form, Rhythm Changes
Score: Non-public domain
Copyright: 1930, WB Music Corp.
Audio: Piano version – played by Gershwin; Performance from Musical “Crazy for You”
“I Got Rhythm” from the musical “Crazy for you” (1930)
”Someone to Watch Over Me’ (1926) – NON-PD
Topics: 32-bar song form
Score: Non-public domain
Copyright: 1926, WB Music Corp.
Audio: Performance by Ella Fitzgerald
“Someone to Watch Over Me” from the musical Oh, Kay! (1926)
Gillespie, John ‘Dizzy’ (1917-1993) and Paparelli, Frank (1917-1973)
Gillespie: Black/African-American, male; Paparelli: American, male
‘A Night in Tunisia’ (1944) – NON-PD
Topics: Tritone sub
Score: Non-public domain (see below)
Copyright: 1944, Universal Music Group. In: The Real Book, 6th ed. Milwaukee, WI: Hall Leonard, 2004. ISBN: 978-0634060380
Audio: YouTube: Dizzy Gillespie featuring Charlie Parker
A chords only version of the score is here.
Gross, Walter (1909-1967) and Lawrence, Jack (1912-2009)
American, male
‘Tenderly’ (1946) – NON-PD
Topics: Backdoor progression, passing diminished 7th
Score: Non-public domain
Copyright: 1987 Edwin Morris & Co.
Audio: YouTube, Performed by Rosemary Clooney
Haggart, Bob (1914-1998) and Burke, Johnny (1908-1964)
American, male
‘What’s New?’ (1939) – NON-PD
Topics: 32-bar song form, third relationships, turnaround
Score: Non-public domain
Copyright: 1939, Warner Brothers.
Audio: YouTube, sung by Billie Holiday
Hancock, Herbie (1940-)
Black/African-American, male
‘Dolphin Dance’ (1965) – NON-PD
Topics: Tritone sub
Score: Non-public domain
Copyright: Hancock Music, 1966. In: The Real Book, 6th ed. Milwaukee, WI: Hall Leonard, 2004. ISBN: 978-0634060380
Audio: YouTube: Blue Note Records as BLP 4195 and BST 84195
On the album Maiden Voyage.
Analysis of this piece by Joe Walker, 22 Dec 2010 (“From the Woodshed”) here.
‘Tell Me A Bedtime Story’ (1969) – NON-PD
Topics: Jazz, octatonic, ternary form, pentatonic, third relationships
Score: Non-public domain
Copyright: 1969, Herbie Hancock. In: The Real Book, 6th ed. Milwaukee, WI: Hall Leonard, 2004. ISBN: 978-0634060380
Audio: Youtube, WMG (on behalf of Warner Jazz)
From the album “Fat Albert”
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)
Male, German-British
Suite in E major, HWV 430, IV. Air with 5 Variations ‘Harmonious Blacksmith’ (1720)
Topics: Binary form
Score: Handel-Harmonious Blacksmith Air
Copyright: Public Domain; This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project
Audio: Youtube
Hansen, Thorvald (1847-1915)
Male, Danish trumpeter and composer. Short bio is here.
Cornet Sonata, Op. 18, Mvt. 1: Allegro con brio (1903)
Topics: Sonata (sonatina) form
Score: Hansen-Cornet Sonata Op 18 Mvt1
Copyright: Public Domain
Audio : YouTube, Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group;
Harline, Leigh (1907-1969) and Washington, Ned (1901-1976)
American, male
When You Wish Upon a Star’ (1939) – NON-PD
Topics: 32-bar song form, Mixture, altered dominants, passing diminished 7th
Score: Non-public domain (see below)
Copyright: 1939, Bourne Co. Music Publishers.
Audio: YouTube, Sung by Cliff Edwards, from the movie
Written for the Walt Disney movie Pinocchio (released 1939).
A chords only version of the score is here. An audio of the chords only version is here.
Harrell, Tom (1946-)
American, male. Official website is here.
‘Little Dancer’ (1996) – NON-PD
Topics: Circle of 5ths progression, Tritone sub
Score: Non-public domain
Copyright: 1996, Tom Harrell
Audio: YouTube, l1996 SteepleChase Productions ApS
“Little Dancer” on album Look to the Sky
Hawkins, Roy (1903-1974) and Rick Darnell (1929-2008)
American, male
‘The Thrill is Gone’ (1951) – NON-PD
Topics: Jazz, 12-bar blues (minor)
Score: Non-public domain
Copyright: 1951, Universal Music
Audio: Youtube, Performed by B.B. King
On the album: Completely Well ( 1969 ) BluesWay Records / ABC Records
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Austrian, male
Divertimento in C major, HXVI: 1, Menuet-Trio (1765)
Topics: Rounded binary form
Score: Haydn Divertimento Menuet-Trio; Publisher: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1918
Copyright: Public Domain
Audio: YouTube (harpsichord)
Piano Sonata in G Major, Hob. XVI, No. 27, Mvt. 1 (1774-76)
Topics: Sonata form
Score: Haydn, Piano Sonata in G Major, Mvt 1: Allegro con brio
Publisher: Edition Peters, nd.
Copyright: Public Domain
Audio: YouTube
Piano Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI, No. 37, Mvt. 3: Finale (1780 or before)
Topics: Rondo form
Score: Haydn, Piano Sonata in D Major, Mvt 3: Finale
Publisher: Leipzig: Edition Peters, n.d.
Copyright: Public Domain
Audio: YouTube, Provided to YouTube by Hungaroton
Symphony No 97 in C major, Hob. I:97, Mvt IV: Presto assai (1792)
Topics: Rondo form
Score: Haydn Symphony 97 IV
Publisher: Palo Alto: CCARH, 2009.
Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial 3.0
Audio: YouTube
Hensel, Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847)
German, female. Older sister of Felix Mendelssohn
Das Jahr, H. 385 (1841): Februar/Scherzo – NON-PD
Topics: Theme and Variations
Score: Non-public domain
Copyright: 1989, Kassel: Furore Verlag
Audio : Provided to Youtube by Entertainment One U.S., LP
Das Jahr, H. 385 (1841): Juli – NON-PD
Topics: Ternary, Augmented 6th
Score: Non-public domain
Copyright: 1989, Kassel: Furore Verlag
Audio : Provided to YouTube by Believe SAS
Vier Lieder fur Das Pianoforte, Op. 2 No 1: Andante (1846)
Topics: Ternary Form, Linear analysis
Score: Schumann, C – Vier Lieder Op 2 no1
Copyright: Public Domain
Audio : YouTube, Performed by Pianist Virginia Eskin.
Six Lieder, Op. 7 No. 1: Nachwanderer
Topics: Modulation, Secondary Dominants, Augmented 6th
Score: “Six Lieder, Op. 7 No. 1: Nachwanderer (1839-46)”
Copyright: Public Domain
Audio : YouTube
Six Lieder, Op. 9, No. 6: Die Mainacht
Topics: Augmented 6, Neapolitan
Score: “Six Lieder, Op. 9, No 6: Die Mainacht“
Copyright: Public Domain
Audio : YouTube
Hindemith, Paul (1895-1963)
Male, German and American composer and theorist
Nine English Songs, No 3. The Moon (1942-1944) – NON-PD
Topics: Binary form
Score: Non-public domain (NON-PD)
Copyright: 1945, Associated Music Publishers
Audio: YouTube
Holland, Justin (1819-1887)
Black/African-American, male. More information here.
Andante and Variation in C Major (for guitar)
Topics: Compound Ternary
Score: Holland-Andante and Variation in C Major
Publisher: Vlotho: Stefan Apke, 2016
Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
Audio : YouTube
Holst, Imogen(1907-1984)
Female, English
The Fall of the Leaf for cello solo (1963)- NON-PD
Topics: Theme and Variations
Score: Non-public domain
Copyright: 1964, Oxford University Press (Allegro Music reprint)
Audio: Earsense recording
Howard, Bart (1915-2004)
American, male
‘Fly Me To The Moon (1954)’- NON-PD
Topics: Circle of 5ths progression
Score: Non-public domain
Copyright: 1954, Hampshire House Publishing Corp.
Audio: Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group (2008 remastered), sung by Frank Sinatra
Hutchinson, Abby (1829-1892)
American, female
Bright Things Can Never Die (1855)
Topics: Strophic
Score: Hutchinson-“Bright Things Can Never Die“
Publisher: New York: Horace Waters, 1855.
Copyright: Public Domain
Audio : YouTube
Based on Hymn by Hutchinson Family, “Kind Words can Never Die” (sheet music)