Ives, Charles (1874-1954)
American, male
114 Songs, No. LXVI (66): The Cage (1922)
Topics: Whole-tone scale, quartal/quintal harmony, clusters
Score: Ives-The Cage
Copyright: 1922, Redding, Conn.: C. E. Ives; Reprinted by: New York: New Music Edition Corporation, n.d.[1932].
Audio: YouTube
Jaell-Trautmann, Marie (1846-1925)
French, female
Feuillet D’Album pour Piano (1868)
Topics: Rondo
Score: Jaell-Feuillet D’Album
Publisher: Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(1868).
Copyright: Public Domain
Audio : YouTube
Jobim, Antonnio Carlos (1927-1994), de Moraes, Venicius (1913-1980), Gimbel, Norman (1927-2018)
Jobim and de Moraes: Brazilian, male; Gimbel: American, male
‘The Girl from Ipanema’ (1963) – NON-PD
Topics: Tritone substitution
Score: Non-public domain
Copyright: 1963 Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes, Brazil; renewd 1991 Songs of Universal Inc. and New Thunder Music Inc.
Audio: Youtube, performed by Frank Sinatra
Johnson, Francis (1792-1844)
African-American, male
Cotillions: First and second set
Topics: Binary, Ternary, Rounded binary, Rondo (simple examples)
Score: Johnson-Cotillions
Publisher:Megan Lavengood,
Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0
Audio: YouTube
Victoria Gallop
Topics: Ternary
Score: Victoria Gallop
Publisher: Megan Lavengood,
Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-ShareAlike 4.0
Audio: YouTube
Jones, Isham (1894-1936) and Symes, Marty (1904-1953)
American, male
‘(There Is) No Greater Love’ (1936) – NON-PD
Topics: Tritone sub, secondary dominants, ii-V-I progression, Aug 6
Score: Non-public domain
Copyright: 1936 World Music Inc, USA. In: The Real Book, 6th ed. Milwaukee, WI: Hall Leonard, 2004. ISBN: 978-0634060380
Audio: YouTube, Isham Jones and his Orchestra (1936)
More on this song here.
Joplin, Scott (1867-1917)
African-American composer most known as a composer of Ragtime.
See more about Scott Joplin here.
The Sycamore: A Concert Rag (1904)
Topics: Common tone o7, Aug 6, Mixture
Score: Joplin-The Sycamore
Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Audio: YouTube
Wall Street Rag (1909)
Topics: Common tone o7
Score: Joplin-Wall Street Rag
Copyright: Public Domain
Audio: YouTube, RagtimeDorianHenry uploads
Kafui, Kenneth (1951-2020)
Male, Ghanian composer. See more about Kenneth Kafui here.
Mele Ekpom (I Do See It), No. 4 from Six Easy African Piano Pieces (Tonal) (1986) – NON-PD
Topics: Ternary form, counterpoint
Score: Non-public domain
Copyright: 1986, Music by Black Composers, Piece 13, Violin Volume 1, published by LudwigMasters
Audio: YouTube – Music by Black Composers
Kern, Joseph (1885-1945)
American, male
‘Smoke Gets in Your Eyes’ (1933) – NON-PD
Topics: 32-bar song form, altered dominants, ii-V-I progression
Score: Non-public domain
Copyright: 1933, PolyGram International Publishing Inc.
Audio: Performance by The Platters
“Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” from the musical Roberta (1933).
Kern, Joseph (1885-1945) and Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-1960)
American, male
‘All the Things You Are’ (1939) – NON-PD
Topics: Circle of 5ths progression, altered dominant, ii-V-I progression, descending passing diminished 7th
Score: Non-public domain
Copyright: 1939, Universal – Polgram International Publishing. In: The Real Book, 6th ed. Milwaukee, WI: Hall Leonard, 2004. ISBN: 978-0634060380.
Audio: YouTube, Performed by Ella Fitzgerald
“All the Things You Are” from the musical Very Warm for May (1939)
Kosma, Joseph (1905-1969); Johnny Mercer (1909-1976), Jacques Prevert (1900-1977)
Hungarian, male; American, male; French (poet), male
‘Autumn Leaves’ (1945) – NON-PD
Topics: Circle of 5ths progression, guidetones, linear analysis
Score: Non-public domain
Copyright: 1947/1950, Morley Music Co. In: The Real Book, 6th ed. Milwaukee, WI: Hall Leonard, 2004. ISBN: 978-0634060380.
Chords only version can be found here.
Audio: YouTube, Performed by Nat King Cole
“Autumn Leaves” had original lyrics in French s by Jacques Prévert (“Les Feuilles mortes“), and English lyrics by Johnny Mercer