Bacharach, Burt (1928-2023) and David, Hal (1921-2012)
American, male
‘Alfie’ (1965) – NON-PD
Topics: Tritone sub, cto7, ii-V-I progression
Score: Non-public domain
Copyright: 1966 (renewed 1994) by Famous Music Corporation. In: The Real Book, 6th ed. Milwaukee, WI: Hall Leonard, 2004. ISBN: 978-0634060380.
Audio: Youtube, Performed by Dave Brubeck Quartet.
Written for the 1966 movie Alfie.
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Male, German
Minuet in G, from Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach, BWV Anh. 114 (1725)
Topics: Binary form
Score: Bach-Minuet in G
Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike 3.0
Audio: YouTube
Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude 1 in C major, BWV 846 (1722)
Topics: ii-V-I progression, secondary dominants
Score: Bach-Prelude 1 in C Major, BWV 846
Copyright: Public Domain
Audio: YouTube
Notes: See other pieces based on this prelude: Charles Gounod’s Ave Maria, Arvo Part’s Credo, Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1, and progressive rock group Procol Harum’s “Repent Walpurgis”
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788)
Male, German
March in G, from Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach, BWV Anh. 124 (1730)
Topics: Binary form
Score: CPE Bach-March in G
Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial 3.0
Audio: YouTube
March in D major, from Four Pieces for Anna Magdalena Bach, BWV Anh. 122 (1730)
Topics: Binary form
Score: CPE Bach-March in D
Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial 3.0
Audio: YouTube
Barber, Samuel (1910-1981)
American, Male
Sonata for Piano, Op. 26, Mvt 1 (1949) – NON-PD
Topics: Sonata Form
Score: not available
Copyright: 1950, G Schirmer Inc.
Audio: YouTube video with score
Bartok, Bela (1881-1945)
Hungarian, male
44 Duos for Two Violins, No. 33 Harvest Song (1931) – NON-PD
Topics: Ternary, octatonic
Score: non-public domain
Copyright: 1933, Vienna: Universal Edition; Reissue – New York: Boosey & Hawkes, 1960.
Audio: YouTube video with score
Mikrokosmos, Volume 2, No 43a-b, In Hungarian Style (1926-1939) – NON-PD
Topics: Rounded binary form
Score: non-public domain
Copyright: 2004, Boosey & Hawkes
Audio: YouTube video with score
Mikrokosmos, Volume 2, No 65, Dialogue (1926-1939) – NON-PD
Topics: One-part form
Score: non-public domain
Copyright: 2004, Boosey & Hawkes
Audio: YouTube video with score
Mikrokosmos, Volume 3, No 77, Little Study (1926-1939) – NON-PD
Topics: Binary Form
Score: non-public domain
Copyright: 2004, Boosey & Hawkes
Audio: YouTube video with score
Mikrokosmos, Volume 4, No 101, Diminished Fifth (1926-1939) – NON-PD
Topics: Octatonic, Pitch Axis
Score: non-public domain
Copyright: 2004, Boosey & Hawkes
Audio: YouTube
Note: Pitch axis analysis by Maark Feezell, Ph.D.
Mikrokosmos, Volume 4, No. 115, Bulgarian Rhythm (1926-1939) – NON-PD
Topics: set theory
Score: non-public domain
Copyright: 2004, Boosey & Hawkes
Audio: YouTube
Beach, Amy (1867-1944)
American, Female
“Ah, Love, but a Day.” 3 Browning Songs, Op 44 No 2 (1899-1900)
Topics: Augmented 6th, Neapolitan
Score: Beach-Ah, Love but a day
Publisher: Arthur P. Schmidt, 1900.
Copyright: Public Domain
Audio : YouTube
“Cradle Song of the Lonely Mother,” Op. 108 (1924)
Topics: Ternary form
Score: Beach-Cradle Song
Publisher: Oliver Ditson, 1924; Reprinted: Masters Music Publications (Boca Raton)
Copyright: Public Domain
Audio : YouTube
Prelude and Fugue, Op. 81 (1917)
Topics: Ternary form
Score: Beach-Prelude and Fugue, Op. 81
Publisher: New York: G. Schirmer, 1918
Copyright: Public Domain
Audio : YouTube
Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 23 (1893)
Topics: Ternary form, Aug 6
Score: Beach-Romance for Violin and Piano Op. 23;
Publisher: Boston: Arthur P. Schmidt, 1893. Plate A.P.S. 2638.
Copyright: Public Domain
Audio : YouTube
Violin Sonata, Op. 34, Mvt 1 (1896)
Topics: Sonata form
Score: Beach-Violin Sonata, Op 34, Mvt 1
Publisher: Boston: Arthur P. Schmidt, 1899.
Copyright: Public Domain
Audio : YouTube
Berg, Alban (1885-1935)
Austrian, male
4 Gesange, Op 2, No. 2 ‘Schlafend Tragt Man Mich in mein Heimatland’ (1910)
Topics: Set theory
Score: Berg 4 Gesange, ‘Schlafend Tragt Man Mich in mein Heimatland’
Copyright: Public Domain
Lyrics: Oxford Lieder
Audio: YouTube, Performance with analysis
Berlin, Irving (1888-1989)
American, male
‘Blue Skies’ (1926)
Topics: 32-bar song form
Score: Blue Skies
Copyright: 1927, Irving Berlin Inc. Public Domain as of 1-1-2023.
Audio: Frank Sinatra, Blue Skies; Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye, from White Christmas (1954)
“Blue Skies” from the musical Betsy (1926)
‘Easter Parade’ (1933) – NON-PD
Topics: cto7, secondary dominants, ii-V-I progression
Score: Non-public domain
Copyright: 1933 Irving Berlin (Copyright renewed). In: The Real Book, 6th ed. Milwaukee, WI: Hall Leonard, 2004. ISBN: 978-0634060380.
Audio: Youtube, Performed by Judy Garland and Fred Astaire from the movie Easter Parade.
Originally written as the song “Smile and Show Your DImple” (1918). In 1933 adapted with current lyrics for the musical As Thousands Cheer. It was used in many movies including Holiday Inn (1942) and, of course, Easter Parade (1948) with Fred Astaire and Judy Garland.
Bernstein, Leonard (1918-1990)
American, male
Elegy for Mippy II (for trombone alone) (1940s) – NON-PD
Topics: Ternary Form
Score: Non-public domain
Copyright: 1950, Leonard Bernstein
Audio: YouTube, Performed by Jospeh Alessi
Berryhill, Bob (1947-); Connolly, Pat; Fuller, Jim (1947-2017) – The Surfaris
American, male
‘Wipe Out’ (1963) – NON-PD
Topics: 12-bar blues
Score: Non-public domain
Copyright: Dot as 45-16479 in April 1963. Dot reissued the single in April 1965 as 45-144.
Audio: YouTube, performed by the Surfaris.
An surf rock instrumental performed/recorded by the Surfaris.
A wipeout is a fall from a surfboard.
Blake, Eubie (1887-1983) and Sissle, Noble (1889-1975)
African-American, male
‘Gypsy Blues’ from Shuffle Along (1921)
Topics: Augmented 6 chords, Secondary Dominants (circle of fifths progression)
Score: Blake and Sissle-Gypsy Blues
Publisher: New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1921. Plate 16420.
Copyright: Public Domain, Non-PD-Canada
Audio: YouTube
Bloch, Ernest (1880-1959)
Swiss-born American, male
Poems of the Sea, B. 46, Mvt 1: Waves (1922)
Topics: Ternary form (Arch form), modes
Score: Bloch-Poems of the Sea, Mvt 1
Copyright: Public Domain; New York: G. Schirmer, 1923.
Audio: YouTube
Poems of the Sea, B. 46, Mvt 2: Chanty (1922)
Topics: Ternary form (Arch form), modes
Score: Bloch-Poems of the Sea, Mvt 2
Copyright: Public Domain; New York: G. Schirmer, 1923.
Audio: YouTube
Bologne, Joseph (Chevalier de Saint-George) (1745-1799)
French, Black
Sonata for Flute and Harp in Eb Major, Mvt. I
Topics: Ternary form
Score: Saint-Georges-Sonata for Flute and Harp, Mvt I
Publisher: Tim Willis 2014
Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0
Audio: YouTube
Sonata for Flute and Harp in Eb Major, Mvt. II
Topics: Compound Ternary form
Score: Saint-Georges-Sonata for Flute and Harp, Mvt II
Publisher: Tim Willis 2014
Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0
Audio: YouTube
Sonata for Flute and Harp in Eb Major, Mvt. III
Topics: Ternary form
Score: Saint-Georges-Sonata for Flute and Harp, Mvt III
Publisher: Tim Willis 2014
Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0
Audio: YouTube
String Quartet in C minor, Op 1, No 4, Mvt I (1773)
Topics: Binary form
Score: Saint-Georges-String Quartet Op 1 No 4 Mvt I
Publisher: Ronan Bellec
Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike 3.0
Audio: YouTube
String Quartet in C minor, Op 1, No 4, Mvt II (1773)
Topics: Rondo form
Score: Saint-Georges-String Quartet Op 1 No 4 Mvt II
Publisher: Ronan Bellec
Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike 3.0
Audio: YouTube
Symphony, op. XI No. 2 in D major, Mvt. 1 (1779)
Topics: Sonata form
Analysis by Sabrina Clarke of this entire symphony here.
Bon, Anna (1738-1769)
Female, Italian
Six Flute Sonatas, Sonata IV, 3 mvts. (1756)
Topics: Mvt. 1: Sonata form; Mvt. 2: Ternary form; Mvt. 3: Rounded binary form
Score: Bon-Flute Sonata IV
Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike 3.0
Audio: YouTube
Information on Anna Bon and her flute sonatas can be found in the Flutist Quarterly (Vol. 44, Issue 1) published by National Flute Association, Inc.
Bonis, Mel(anie) (1858-1937)
French, female
Sonata pour Piano and Violincello, Op. 67, Mvt. 1: Moderato quasi andante (1904-5)
Topics: Aug 6, Neapolitan
Score: Bonis-Cello Sonata
Copyright: Public Domain; Paris: E Demets, 1905,
Audio: YouTube
Melanie Bonis biography can be found on a website about her here.
Boulanger, Lili (1893-1918)
Female, French
No. 2, D’un Jardin Clair, from Trois Morceaux Pour Piano (1914)
Topics: Ternary form
Score: not available
Copyright: 1979, G Schirmer Inc.
Audio: YouTube
Les Sirenes (1918)
Topics: Ternary form, whole tone scale, pentatonic scale
Sheet Music: Boulanger-Les Sirenes
Copyright: Public Domain.
Audio: YouTube
For 3-part chorus of mixed voices, soprano solo, piano accompaniment
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
German, male
Acht Klavierstucke, Op 76 No. 6, Intermezzo (1878)
Topics: Ternary form
Score: Brahms-Intermezzo 6
Publisher: Breitkopf & Härtel
Copyright: Public Domain
Audio: YouTube
Cello Sonata No. 1, Op. 38, Mvt. 1 (1862-65)
Topics: Sonata Form, Neapolitan, secondary dominants, mixture
Six Pieces for Piano (Klavierstuke), Op. 118, No 2: Intermezzo in A Major (1893)
Topics: Ternary form, Aug 6
Score: Brahms-Intermezzo in a major op118 no2
Copyright: Public Domain
Audio: YouTube, Performed by Stephen Kovacevich
Violin Sonata No. 3, Op. 108, I: Allegro
Topics: Sonata form
Score: Brahms Violin Sonata 3, op 108, Mvt 1
Copyright: Public Domain
Audio: YouTube
Waltz, Op. 39 No. 2 (1865)
Topics: Rounded Binary form, Augmented 6
Score: Brahms-Waltz-39-2
Copyright: Public Domain
Audio: YouTube
Waltz, Op. 39 No. 3 (1865)
Topics: Binary form
Score: Brahms-Waltz op39 no3
Copyright: Public Domain
Audio: YouTube
“Wie Melodien zieht es mir,” No. 1 of 5 Lieder, Op. 105 (1886-88)
Topics: Strophic form, Neapolitan, Aug 6
Score: Brahms-Wie Melodien
Copyright: Public Domain
Audio: YouTube, Performed by Jesse Norman
Breval, Jean-Baptiste (1753-1823)
French, male
Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 40 No. 1, Mvt I: Allegro (1799)
Topics: Sonata form
Score: Breval Cello Sonata Op 40 No 1 Mvt 1
Publisher: Moscow: Muzgiz, 1957
Copyright: Public Domain
Audio: YouTube
Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 40 No. 1, Mvt II: Rondo grazioso (1799)
Topics: Rondo form
Score: Breval Cello Sonata, Op 40 no 1, II: Rondo
Publisher: Muzgiz, 1957. Plate 22370.
Copyright: Public Domain
Audio: YouTube – Movement II begins at 4:30
Brown, Clifford (1930-1956) and Roach, Max (1924-2007)
American, male, black
“Daahoud” (1962) – NON-PD
Topics: Tritone sub, descending bass
Score: Non-public domain
Copyright: Mainstream Records, 1973
Audio: YouTube
Brubeck, Dave (1920-2012)
American, male
‘Blue Rondo a la Turk’ (1959) – NON-PD
Topics: 32-bar song form, assymetrical meters
Score: Non-public domain
Copyright: 1959, Dave Brubeck Music.
Audio: Youtube, Performed by Dave Brubeck Quartet.
On album Time Out (1959).
Written in 9/8 time but written as 3 measures of 2+2+2+3 followed by one measure of 3+3+3.
‘Unsquare Dance’ (1961) – NON-PD
Topics: asymmetrical meters (7/4), blues structure, use of 10ths
Score: Non-public domain
Copyright: 1961 Brubeck Music.
Audio: Provided to YouTube by Columbia/Legacy
Released as a single in 1961. Included on the album Tim Further Out (1961)
Information on this song on Dave Brubeck’s website: https://www.davebrubeck.com/unsquare-dance
Brymn, James Tim (1874-1946)
African-American jazz musician, composer, conductor, and pianist from North Carolina.
The Tar Heel Blues (1915)
Topics: Ragtime, FoxTrot, Augmented 6 chords (Gr6), cto7, circle of fifths progression, Compound binary form
Score: The Tar heel Blues (Fox Trot-Ragtime);
Copyright: Public Domain; Publisher: New York: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., 1915.
Audio: YouTube
More information on James Brymn at Library of Congress