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MTM Composition Index

Composer	Period	Composer Category	Composition	Analytic Topics
Amalia, Anna	Classical	Female	Divertimento in Bb major (for Piano, Clarinet, Viola, Cello)	binary
Andree, Elfrida	Romantic	Swedish, female	Piano Trio No. 2 in G minor, Mvt. I	Sonata form, Aug 6
Andree, Elfrida	Romantic	Swedish, female	Piano Trio No. 2 in G minor, Mvt. II	Ternary form, cto7
Andree, Elfrida	Romantic	Swedish, female	Piano Trio No. 2 in G minor, Mvt. III	Rondo form
Anonymous	Pre-Baroque		Greensleeves	Binary
Arlen, Harold	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American	“Over the Rainbow” from The Wizard of Oz (1939-NON-PD)	32-bar song form
Arutunian, Alexander	20th century	Soviet, Armenian	Concerto for Trumpet and Piano (1950-NON-PD)	Rondo (small)
Auerbach, Lera	20th century	Female, Soviet born, American	Lonely Suite: Ballet for a Lonely Violinist (2002-NON-PD)	Ternary form, binary form, timbre related, quartal harmony
Auerbach, Lera	20th Century	Female	The Prayer for solo alto saxophone (1996, 2009)	Ternary form
Aufderheide, May	20th century	Female	Buzzer Rag	Secondary Dominants
Bach, C.P.E.	Baroque	German, male	March from Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach	Binary
Bach, C.P.E.	Baroque	German, Male	March in D major from four pieces for Anna Magdalena Bach	Binary
Bach, J.S.	Baroque	German, Male	Minuet in G major from Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach	Binary
Bach, J.S.	Baroque	German, Male	Well Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude 1 in C major, BWV 846	ii-V-I progression, secondary dominants
Bacharach, Burt and David, Hal	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American, male	“Alfie” (1966) – NON-PD	Tritone sub, cto7, ii-V-I progression
Barber, Samuel	20th century	American, male	Sonata for Piano, Op. 26, Mvt 1 (1949) -NON-PD	Sonata form
Bartok, Bela	20th Century	Hungarian, Male	44 Duos for Two Violins, No. 33 Harvest Song (1931) – NON-PD	ternary form, octatonic
Bartok, Bela	20th century	Hungarian, male	Mikrokosmos Vol. 2, No. 43a “In Hungarian Style”	Binary
Bartok, Bela	20th century	Hungarian, male	Mikrokosmos Vol. 2, No. 51 “Waves	Binary
Bartok, Bela	20th century	Hungarian, Male	Mikrokosmos, Vol. 2 No. 43a-b, “In Hungarian Style” (1926-1939)	Rounded binary form
Bartok, Bela	20th cnetury	Hungarian, Male	Mikrokosmos, Vol. 2, No. 65, Dialogue (1926-1939)	one-part form
Bartok, Bela	20th century	Hungarian, male	Mikrokosmos, Vol. 3, No. 77, Little Study (1926-1939)- NON-PD	Binary form
Bartok, Bela	20th Century	Hungarian, male	Mikrokosmos, Vol. 4, No. 101: Diminished Fifth (1926-1939)	Octatonic, pitch axis
Bartok, Bela	20th century	Hungarian, male	Mikrokosmos, Vol. 4, No. 115: Bulgarian Rhythm (1926-1939) – NON-PD	set theory
Beach, Amy	Romantic	Female	3 Browning Songs, Op. 44 No. 2: “Ah, Love, but a day”	Neapolitan, augmented 6
Beach, Amy	Romantic	Female	Cradle Song of the Lonely Mother, Op. 108	Ternary
Beach, Amy	Romantic	Female	Prelude and Fugue, Op. 81	Fugue
Beach, Amy	Romantic	Female	Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 23, Mvt. 3	Ternary form
Beach, Amy	Romantic	Female	Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 23, Mvt. I	Ternary form, Tritone sub
Beach, Amy	Romantic	Female	Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 23., Mvt. 4	Ternary form
Beach, Amy	Romantic	Female	Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 23.Mvt. 2	Ternary form, linear analysis
Beach, Amy	Romantic	Female	Violin Sonata, Op. 34, Mvt 1	Sonata form
Beethoven, Ludwig Van	Classical	male	Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2 No. 1, I: Allegro	Sonata form, Aug 6, secondary dominants
Beethoven, Ludwig Van	Classical	male	Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2 No. 1, III: Menuetto-Trio	Rounded binary
Beethoven, Ludwig Van	Classical	male	Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14 No. 2, IV: Scherzo	Rondo
Beethoven, Ludwig Van	Classical	male	Piano Sonata No. 10, Op. 14, No. 2, I: Allegro	Sonata form
Beethoven, Ludwig Van	Classical	male	Piano sonata No. 11 in Bb major, Op. 22, I: Allegro con brio	Sonata form
Beethoven, Ludwig Van	Classical	male	Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28, III, Scherzo-Trio	Rounded binary
Beethoven, Ludwig Van	Classical	male	Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28, IV: Rondo	Rondo
Beethoven, Ludwig van	Classical	male	Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31 No. 1, III: Rondo	Rondo
Beethoven, Ludwig Van	Classical	male	Piano Sonata No. 18 in Eb major, Op. 31, No. 3, I: Allegro	Sonata form
Beethoven, Ludwig Van	Classical	male	Piano Sonata No. 19, Op. 49 No. 1, I: Andante	Sonata form
Beethoven, Ludwig Van	Classical	male	PIano Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2 No. 2, III: Scherzo	Rounded binary
Beethoven, Ludwig Van	Classical	male	Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2 No. 2, IV: Rondo	Rondo
Beethoven, Ludwig Van	Classical	male	Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major (Waldstein), Op. 53, I: Allegro con brio	Sonata form, circle of 5ths progression, third relationship (key), Aug 6, Neapolitan,cto7
Beethoven, Ludwig Van	Classical	male	Piano Sonata No. 23, Op. 57 (Appassionata), I: Allegro assai	Sonata form, Neapolitan, Secondary Dominants
Beethoven, Ludwig Van	Classical	male	Piano Sonata No. 26 in Eb, op 81a, I: Das Lebewohl	Sonata form
Beethoven, Ludwig Van	Classical	male	Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2 No. 3, III	Rounded binary
Beethoven, Ludwig Van	Classical	male	Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 2 No. 3, IV: Allegro assai	Rondo
Beethoven, Ludwig Van	Classical	male	Piano Sonata No. 30, Op. 109, Mvt III	Binary
Beethoven, Ludwig Van	Classical	male	Piano Sonata No. 32, Op. 111, I: Maestoso	Sonata Form, third relationship (key), Aug 6
Beethoven, Ludwig Van	Classical	male	Piano Sonata No. 4 in Eb major, Op. 7, I: Allegro molto e con brio	Sonata form
Beethoven, Ludwig Van	Classical	male	Piano Sonata No. 4 in Eb major, Op. 7, IV: Rondo	Rondo
Beethoven, Ludwig Van	Classical	male	Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10, No 1, I: Allegro molto e con brio	Sonata Form
Beethoven, Ludwig Van	Classical	Male	Piano Sonata No. 5, Op 10, No 1, II: Adagio Molto	Binary
Beethoven, Ludwig Van	Classical	male	Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10 No. 3, I: Presto	Sonata form
Beethoven, Ludwig Van	Classical	male	Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor (Pathetique), Op. 1, I: Grave – Allegro di molto e con brio	Sonata form
Beethoven, Ludwig Van	Classical	male	Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor (Pathetique), Op. 13, II: Adagio cantabile	Rondo (small)
Beethoven, Ludwig Van	Classical	male	Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor (Pathetique), Op. 13, III: Rondo	Rondo (sonata), Aug 6, secondary dominants
Beethoven, Ludwig Van	Classical	male	Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, op 14. No. 1, Mvt. 2: Allegretto	Compound ternary, Rounded binary
Beethoven, Ludwig Van	Classical	male	Piano Sonata No. 9 in E Major, Op. 14 No. 1, I: Allegro	Sonata form, Neapolitan, Aug 6
Berg, Alban	20th Century		4 Gesange, Op 2, No. 2 ‘Schlafend Tragt Man Mich in mein Heimatland’	set theory
Berlin, Irving	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American	“Blue Skies” (1927)	32-bar song form
Berlin, Irving	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American, Male	“Easter Parade” (1933) – NON-PD	cto7, secondary dominants, ii-V-I progression
Bernstein, Leonard	20th century	American	Elegy for Mippy II (for trombone alone) (1940s) -NON-PD	Ternary form
Berryhill, Bob; Connolly, Pat; Fuller, Jim; and Wilson, Ron	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American	“Wipe Out” (1963) – NON-PD	12-bar blues
Blake, Eubie and Sissle, Noble	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	Black	“Gypsy Blues” (1921)	Augmented 6 chords, Secondary Dominants (circle of fifths progression)
Bloch, Ernest	20th Century	American	Poems of the Sea, B. 46, Mvt 1	ternary form/arch form, modes
Bloch, Ernest	20th century	American	Poems of the Sea, B. 46, Mvt 2	ternary form, modes
Bologne, Joseph (Chevalier de Saint-George)	Classical	Black	Sonata for Flute and Harp in Eb Major, Mvt. I	Ternary form
Bologne, Joseph (Chevalier de Saint-George)	Classical	Black	Sonata for Flute and Harp in Eb Major, Mvt. II	Compound Ternary
Bologne, Joseph (Chevalier de Saint-George)	Classical	Black	Sonata for Flute and Harp in Eb Major, Mvt. III	Ternary form
Bologne, Joseph (Chevalier de Saint-George)	Classical	Black	String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 1 No 4, Mvt. I: Allegro Moderato	Binary form
Bologne, Joseph (Chevalier de Saint-George)	Classical	Black	String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 1 No 4, Mvt. II: Rondeau	Rondo form
Bologne, Joseph (Chevalier de Saint-George)	Classical	Black	Symphony in D major, Op. XI No. 2 , Mvt. 1	Sonata form
Bon, Anna	Baroque	Female	Six Flute Sonatas, Sonata IV, Mvt. 1	sonata form
Bon, Anna	Baroque	Female	Six Flute Sonatas, Sonata IV, Mvt. 2	ternary form
Bon, Anna	Baroque	Female	Six Flute Sonatas, Sonata IV, Mvt. 3	rounded binary form
Bonis, Mel(anie)	20th Century	Female, French	Sonata pour piano and violincello, Op. 67, Mvt 1	Aug 6, Neapolitan
Boulanger, Lili	Impressionism	Female	Les Sirenes (1918)	Ternary form, whole tone scale, pentatonic scale
Boulanger, Lili	Impressionism	Female	No. 2, D’un Jardin Clair, from Trois Morceaux Pour Piano (1914) – NON-PD	Ternary form
Brahms, Johannes	Romantic		“Wie Melodien zieht es mir.” No 1 of 5 Lieder, Op 105	Strophic form, Neapolitan, Aug 6
Brahms, Johannes	Romantic		Cello Sonata No. 1, Op. 38, Mvt. 1	Sonata Form, Neapolitan, secondary dominants, mixture
Brahms, Johannes	Romantic		Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 76 no. 6	Ternary
Brahms, Johannes	Romantic	Germa	Six Pieces for Piano (Klavierstuke), Op. 118 No. 2: Intermezzo in A Major (1893)	Ternary form (compound), Aug 6
Brahms, Johannes	Romantic		Violin Sonata No. 3, Op. 108, I: Allegro	Sonata form
Brahms, Johannes	Romantic		Waltz, Op. 39, No. 2	Rounded binary, Aug 6
Brahms, Johannes	Romantic		Waltz, Op. 39, No. 3	Binary
Breval, Jean-Baptiste	Classical		Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 40 No. 1, I: Allegro	Sonata form
Breval, Jean-Baptiste	Classical		Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 40 No. 1, II: Rondo grazioso	Rondo
Brown, Clifford and Roach, Max	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American, male, black	“Daahoud” (1962) – NON-PD	Tritone sub, descending bass
Brubeck, Dave	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American	“Blue Rondo a la Turk” (1959) – NON-PD	Asymmertrical form (9/8 = 2+2+2+3)
Brubeck, Dave	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American	“Unsquare Dance” (1961) – NON-PD	asymmetrical meters (7/4), blues structure, use of 10ths
Chambonnieres			Sarabande	Binary
Chaminade, Cecile	Romantic	Female, French	Arabesque No. 1, Op. 61 (1892)	Compound ternary form
Chaminade, Cecile	Romantic	Female	Concertino for Flute and Piano, Op. 107	Concertino
Chaminade, Cecile	Romantic	Female	La Morena, Caprice Espagnol, Op. 67	Ternary
Chaminade, Cecile	Romantic	Female	Sonata in Ut Minor for Piano, Op. 21, Mvt 1	Sonata form, Fugue, Neapolitan
Chopin, Frederic	Romantic	Polish	Mazurka in A minor, Op. 7, No. 2	Compound ternary, Rounded binary, Neapolitan, Aug 6
Chopin, Frederic	Romantic	Polish	Nocturne, op. 55, No. 1	non-functional harmony, Linear analysis
Chopin, Frederic	Romantic	Polish	Prelude No. 1 in C major, Op. 28	One-part form, linear analysis
Chopin, Frederic	Romantic	Polish	Prelude No. 17 in Ab major, Op. 28	Rondo form (small)
Chopin, Frederic	Romantic	Polish	Prelude No. 20 in C minor, Op. 28	Binary, secondary dominants, Aug 6, Neapolitan
Chopin, Frederic	Romantic	Polish	Prelude No. 4 in E minor, Op. 28	Binary, Linear analysis, non-functional harmony
Chopin, Frederic	Romantic	Polish	Prelude No. 6 in B minor, Op. 28	Binary
Chopin, Frederic	Romantic	Polish	Prelude No. 7 in A major, Op. 28	Binary
Churchill, Frank and Morley, Larry	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American, Male	“Some Day My Prince Will Come” (1937) – NON-PD	(descending) passing diminished 7th chord, secondary dominants (deceptive resolution)
Clark, R. Alden	20th century	American	Four Cycles (NON-PD)	12-tone
Coleridge Taylor, Samuel	Romantic	African American	Sonata in D Minor for Violin and PIano, Op. 28, Mvt. 1	Sonata form, Aug 6, cto7
Coleridge Taylor, Sanuel	Romantic	African American	24 Negro Melodies, Op. 59. No 8: The Bamboula	Ternary, Aug 6
Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel	Impressionism	Black	Forest Scenes, Op. 66, No. 1: “The Lone Forest Maiden”	Extended tertian, Aug 6, Ternary
Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel	Impressionism	Black	Forest Scenes, Op. 66, No. 4. “Erstwhile They Ride, The Forest Maiden Acknowledges Her Love”	Rondo
Collins, Albert and Richard Penniman (Little Richard)	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American, Black	“Lucille” (1957) – NON-PD	12-bar blues
Coltrane, John	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	Black	“Giant Steps” (1959) – NON-PD	Augmented triads, Coltrane changes
Creston, Paul	20th century	Italian American	Sonata for Eb Alto saxophone and Piano, Op. 19, Mvt. 3	Rondo form (large)
Dallapccola, Luigi	20th century	Italian	Quaderno musicale di Annalibera (1952-53) – NON-PD	12-tone
Debussy, Claude	Impressionism	French	Pour le piano: Saraband	Ternary
Dede, Edmund	Romantic	black, Creole	El Pronunciamento (March)	compound ternary
Desmond, Paul	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American	“Eleven Four” (1967) – NON-PD	Asymmetrical Form (11/4)
Desmond, Paul	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American	“Take 5” (1959) – NON-PD	asymmetrical meters (5/4), ternary form
Dett, R. Nathaniel	20th century	Black, Canadian-American	Eight Bible Vignettes for the Piano (1941-43), No. 7: “Other Sheep” – NON-PD	Binary form, theme and variations
Dykes, John B.	Classical	English (UK)	Eternal Father, Strong to Save (Navy Hymn)	Modulation, Secondary Dominants
Ellington, Duke	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American, male, black	“Satin Doll” (1953) – NON-PD	Tritone sub, ii-V-I progression
Ellington, Duke	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American, male, black	“Sophisticated Lady” (1933) – NON-PD	Tritone sub (chain)
Ellington, Duke, and Bigard, Albany, and Mills, IrvingAlbany	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American, male, black	“Mood Indigo” (1930) – NON-PD	Tritone sub, altered dominants
Evans, George	20th Century	Welsh	“In the Good Old Summertime”	secondary dominants, cto7, Aug 6
Farrenc, Louise	Romantic	Female	Trio for Piano, Flute, and Cello, Op. 45, Mvt. 1	Sonata form, Aug 6, Neapoiltan
Faure, Gabriel	Impressionism	French	“Apres un Reve,” No. 1 of Op. 7 Three Songs	Modified strophic, extended tertian
Faure, Gabriel	Romantic	Male	Impromptu No. 2, Op. 31	non-functional harmony, linear anlaysis
Faure, Gabriel	Impressionism		Les roses d’isaphan	Ternary
Franck, Cesar	Romantic	French	Sonata in A Major for Violin and piano, Mvt. 1: Allegretto ben moderato	Aug 6, extended tertian chords
Garner, Erroll and Burke, Johnny	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American, Male, black (Garner)	“Misty” (1954) – NON-PD	Mixture, Tritone sub, 32-bar song form
Gershwin, George and Ira Gershwin	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American	“I Got Rhythm” (1930) – NON-PD	32-bar song form, Rhythm Changes
Gershwin, George and Ira Gershwin	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American	“Someone to Watch Over Me” from the musical Oh, Kay! (1926) – NON-PD	32-bar song form
Gillespie, John “Dizzy” and Paparelli, Frank	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	Black	“A Night in Tunisia” (1944) – NON-PD	Tritone sub
Gross, Walter and Lawrence, Jack	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American	“Tenderly” (1946) – NON-PD	Backdoor progression, passing diminished 7th
Grymn, James Tim	20th century	black, American	The Tar Heel Blues	compound binary, Aug 6, cto7, circle of 5ths progression, ragtime, fox trot
Haggart, Bob and Burke, Johnny	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American	“What’s New?” (1939) – NON-PD	32-bar song form, third relationships, turnaround
Hancock, Herbie	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American, Black	“Dolphin Dance” (1965) – NON-PD	Tritone sub
Hancock, Herbie	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	Afircan-American, Black	“Tell Me a Bedtime Story” (1969) – NON-PD	Jazz, octatonic, ternary form, pentatonic, third relationships
Handel, George Frideric	Baroque	German-British	Air from Suite No. 5	Binary
Hansen, Thorvald	Romantic	Danish	Cornet Sonata, Op. 18, Mvt. 1: Allegro con brio	Sonata (Sonatina) form
Harline, Leigh and Washington, Ned	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American	“When You Wish Upon a Star” from the Disney movie Pinocchio (1939) – NON-PD	32-bar song form, Mixture, altered dominants, passing diminished 7th
Harrell, Tom	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American	“Little Dancer” (1996) – NON-PD	Circle of 5ths progression, Tritone sub
Hawkins, Roy and Rick Darnell	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American, Black	“The Thrill is Gone” (1951) – NON-PD	12-bar blues (minor)
Haydn, Joseph	Classical	Austrian, Male	Divertimento in C major, Hob. HXVI, No. 1, Menuet-Trio	Rounded binary
Haydn, Joseph	Classical	Austrian, Male	Piano Sonata in G Major, Hob. XVI, No. 27, Mvt. 1	Sonata form
Haydn, Joseph	Classical	Austrian, Male	Symphony No 97 in C major, Hob. I, No. 97, IV: Presto assai	Rondo
Hensel, Fanny	Romantic	Female	“Februar/Scherzo” from Das Jahr,H. 385 (1841) – NON-PD	Theme and Variations
Hensel, Fanny	Romantic	female	“Juli” from Das Jahr, H. 385 (1841) – NON-PD	Ternary form, Aug 6
Hensel, Fanny	Romantic	Female	Six Lieder, Op. 7 No. 1: Nachtwanderer	Modulation, secondary dominants, Aug 6
Hensel, Fanny	Romantic	Female	Six Lieder, Op. 9 No. 6: Die Mainacht	Aug 6, Neapolitan
Hensel, Fanny	Romantic	Female	Vier Lieder fur Das Pianoforte, Op. 2 No 1: Andante	Ternary form, linear analysis
Hindemith, Paul	20th century	German	“The Moon,” No 3 of Nine English Songs (1942-1944) – NON-PD	Binary form
Holland, Justin	Romantic	African American	Andante and Variation in C Major (for guitar)	Compound Ternary
Holst, Imogen	20th century	Female	The Fall of the Leaf for Cello Solo (1963) – NON-PD	Theme and Variations
Howard, Bart	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American	“Fly Me To The Moon” (1954) – NON-PD	Circle of 5ths progression
Hutchinson, Abby	Romantic	Female	Bright Things Can Never Die	strophic
Jaell-Trautmann, Marie	Romantic	Female	Feuillet D’Album pour Piano	Rondo
Jobim, Antonio Carlos and Moreas, Vinicius	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	Brazil	“The Girl from Ipanema” (1963) – NON-PD	Tritone sub, neapolitan
Johnson, Francis	Classical	Black	Cotillions, First and Second Set	rondo, Binary, Ternary, Rounded binary (simple examples)
Johnson, Francis	Classical	African American	Victoria Gallop	Ternary
Jones, Isham and Symes, Marty	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American	“There Is No Greater Love” (1936) – NON-PD	Tritone sub, secondary dominants, ii-V-I progression, Aug 6
Joplin, Scott	20th century	African American	The Sycamore: A Concert Rag	ragtime, cto7, Aug 6, Mixture
Joplin, Scott	20th Century	Black	Wall Street Rag (1909)	Ragtime, cto7
Kafui, Kenneth	20th century	Ghanian	“Mele Ekpom (I Do See It),” No. 4 from Six Easy African Piano Pieces (Tonal) (1986) – NON-PD	Ternary form, counterpoint
Kern, Jerome	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American	“Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” from the musical Roberta (1933) – NON-PD	32-bar song form, Altered dominants, ii-V-I progression
Kern, Joseph and Oscar Hammerstein II	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American	“All the Things You Are” from the musical Very Warm for May (1939) – NON-PD	Circle of 5ths progression, altered dominant, ii-V-I progression, descending passing diminished 7th
Kosma, Joseph, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prevert	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	Hungary, French	“Autumn Leaves” (1945) – NON-PD	Circle of 5ths progression, guidetones/voice leading, linear analysis
Lang, Josephine	Romantic	female	Am bache, Op. 20	strophic
Lang, Josephine	Romantic	Female	Morgenlied eines armen Mannes	Ternary
Lang, Jospehine	Romantic	Female	Arabesque, from 3 Kalvierstucke	Ternary, Aug 6
Le Beau, Luise Adolpha	Romantic	Female	Piano Quartet, Op. 28, Mvt. 1: Adagio, Allegro con fuoco	Rondo, Aug 6, Neapolitan, Enharmonic modulation
Le Beau, Luise Adolpha	Romantic	female	Piano Quartet, Op. 28, Mvt. II: Adagio	cto7, Aug 6
Le Beau, Luise Adolpha	Romantic	female	Piano Quartet, Op. 28, Mvt. III: Tempo di Mazurka	Compound ternary, modulation
Le Beau, Luise Adolpha	Romantic	female	Piano Quartet, Op. 28, Mvt. IV: Finale	Sonata form
Le Beau, Luise Adolpha	Romantic	Female	Romanze fur Violine, Op. 35	Ternary form, Aug 6, cto7, secondary dominanats
Leiber, Jerry and Mike Stoller	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American	“Hound Dog” (1952) – NON-PD	12-bar blues
Lennon, John and McCartney	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	British	“Do you want to know a secret?” (1963) – NON-PD	Neapolitan
Lennon, John and McCartney, Paul	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	United Kingdom (England), Male	“Hey Jude” (1968) – NON-PD	Secondary Dominants. Turnaround
Lennon, John and Paul McCartney	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	British	“Yesterday” (1965) – NON-PD	32-bar song form
Lerner, Alan Jay and Lowe, Frederick	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American	“Almost Like Being in Love” (1947) – NON-PD	passing diminished 7th (descending), ii-V-I progression, “screendoor” progression – deceptive resolution in ii-V-I progression
Li Yinghai	20th century	Chinese	Music At Sunset (2017) – NON-PD	Pentatonic
Loesser, Frank	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American Broadway songwriter	“I’ve Never Been in Love Before” from Guys and Dolls (1950) – NON-PD	Mixture, Expanded ii-V-I progressions
MacDowell, Edward	Romantic	American	12 Etudes, Op. 39, No. 4: Arabeske	Ternary
Mack, Cecil and Johnson, James P (Jimmy)	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	Black, American	“Charleston” (1923)	Fox trot, Aug 6, cto7, circle of 5ths progression – ragtime progression (I-III7-VI7-II7-V7-I)
Mancini, Henry and Mercer, Johnny	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American, Male	“Days of Wine and Roses” (1962) – NON-PD	vi-ii-V-I progression, stanzas
Martinez, Maria	Classical	Female	Piano Sonata in A Major, I: Allegro	sonata form
Martinez, Maria	Classical	Female	Piano Sonata in A Major, III: Tempo di Minuetto	sonata form
Martinez, Maria	Classical	Female	Piano Sonata in E Major, I: Allegro	Sonata (Abbreviated)
Martinez, Maria	Classical	Female	Piano Sonata in E Major, II: Andante	sonata (abbreviated)
Martinez, Maria	Classical	Female	Piano Sonata in E Major, III: Allegro	sonata (abbreviated)
McLin, Lena J.	20th Century	Black, female	“Silence,” No. 1 from Songs of Love (2002)	One-part form
Mendelssohn, Felix	Romantic	German	Song without Words, Op. 19b, No. 1	Ternary
Milhaud, Darius	20th century	French	Saudades do Brazil: “Botafogo”	Ternary
Mingus, Charles	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American, Black	“Self Portrait in Three Colors” (1957) – NON-PD	Circle of 5ths progression, II-V-I
Montgeroult, Helene	Classical	Female	Piano Sonata in F# Minor, Op. 5 No. 3, Mvt. I	Sonata form
Morley, Thomas	Pre-Baroque	English (UK)	“Now is the month of Maying” from The First Book of Balletts to Five Voices	Binary
Mozart, Wolfgang A.	Classical	Austria	Allegro in Bb, K.3	Rounded binary
Mozart, Wolfgang A.	Classical	Austria	Clarinet Concerto, K 622, Mvt. I	Concerto
Mozart, Wolfgang A.	Classical	Austria	Menuetto No 6, KV355	Rounded Binary
Mozart, Wolfgang A.	Classical	Austria	Piano Concerto No 17, K 453, Mvt. I	Concerto form
Mozart, Wolfgang A.	Classical	Austria	Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K. 453, I: Allegro	Concerto Form
Mozart, Wolfgang A.	Classical	Austria	Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major, K. 330, I: Allegro moderato	Sonata form
Mozart, Wolfgang A.	Classical	Austria	Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K. 331, I: Theme	Rounded binary, linear analysis
Mozart, Wolfgang A.	Classical	Austria	Piano Sonata No. 13 in Bb Major, K. 333, I: Allegro	Sonata rondo, secondary dominants, Aug 6 (Gr6)
Mozart, Wolfgang A.	Classical	Austria	Piano Sonata No. 13 in Bb major, K. 333, III: Allegretto grazioso	Rondo form (large), Aug 6
Mozart, Wolfgang A.	Classical	Austria	Ridente la calma, KV 152	Ternary
Mozart, Wolfgang A.	Classical	Austria	Sonata for Piano and Violin, KV 494, II	Binary
Mozart, Wolfgang A.	Classical	Austria	Symphony No. 40, K.550, I: Molto allegro	Sonata form
Mozart, Wolfgang A.	Classical	Austria	Symphony No. 40, K.550, IV: Allegro assai	Sonata form
Mozart, Wolfgang A.	Classical	Austria	The London Sketchbook No 33 – Rondo In F Major, K 15hh	Rondo (small), secondary dominants
Nelson, Willie	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American, country	“Crazy” (1961) – NON-PD	32-bar song form
Noble, Ray	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	British, jazz	“Cherokee (Indian Love Song)” (1938) – NON-PD	Altered dominants (V+), Major-Minor movement of the same chord, sequence of ii-V-I progressions.
Paganini, Niccolo	Classical	Italian	Violin Concerto, Op. 7 No. 2, III: Rondo (“The Little Bell”)	Rondo
Paradis, Maria Theresa von	Classical	Female	Das Gertnerliedchen aus dem Siegwart	Secondary Dominants
Paradis, Maria Theresia von	Classical	Female	Sicilienne in Eb major	Neapolitan, Mixture
Paradis, Maria-Theresia von	Classical	Female	Morgenlied eines armen Mannes	Ternary form
Parker, Charlie	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American, Black	“Confirmation” (1946) – NON-PD	Tritone sub, circle of 5ths progression, 32-bar song form
Parker, Charlie and Gillespie, Dizzy	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American, male, black	“Anthropology” (1946/1974) – NON-PD	Rhythm Changes, Secondary Dominants, contrafact of “I Got Rhythm”
Penniman, Richard (Little Richard) and Dorothy La Bostrie	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American, Black	“Tutti Frutti” (1955) – NON-PD	12-bar blues
Persichetti, Vincent	20th century	American	Piano sonatina no 4, III	Ternary
Porter, Cole	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American	“Anything Goes” from the musical Anything Goes (1934) – NON-PD	32-bar song form, altered dominant
Porter, Cole	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American, Male	“Could It Be You” (1942) – NON-PD	mixture, ii-V-I progression, secondary dominants
Porter, Cole	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American, Male	“Night and Day” (1932) – NON-PD	32-bar song form, Mixture, Aug 6, Descending bass line
Price, Florence	20th century	Female	Adoration (for Organ)	Ternary
Price, Florence	20th century	Female, Black	Fantasie Negre (in E Minor)	Theme and variations
Price, Florence	20th century	Female, American, Black	Sonata in E Minor, Mvt. 1 (1932) – NON-PD	Sonata form, Aug 6, Pentatonic
Price, Florence	20th century	Female, American, Black	Sonata in E Minor, Mvt. II (1932) – NON-PD	Rondo form, pentatonic
Raum, Elizabeth	20th Century	Female, Canadian	Sweet Dances for Unaccompanied Tuba, Mvt, 1: Blew Tango	Ternary form, Tritone sub
Raum, Elizabeth	20th Century	Female, Canadian	Sweet Dances for Unaccompanied Tuba, Mvt, 2: Dot Polka	Ternary form, linear analysis
Raum, Elizabeth	20th Century	Female, Canadian	Sweet Dances for Unaccompanied Tuba, Mvt. 3: Waltzin’ Matuba	Ternary form
Raum, Elizabeth	20th Century	Female, Canadian	Sweet Dances for Unaccompanied Tuba, Mvt. 4:. A Hard Knight’s Day	Ternary form
Ravel, Maurice	Impressionism	French	Le Tombeau de Couperin, Menuet	Ternary (Compound)
Ravel, Maurice	Impressionism	French	Le Tombeau de Couperin, Rigaudon	Ternary
Ravel, Maurice	Impressionism	French	String Quartet in F Major, Mvt. 1: Allegro moderato	Sonata form
Reichardt, Louis	Classical	Female	Weihnachten (SATB)	modulation
Reichardt, Louise	Classical	Female	Herr, schaue auf uns nieder (SATB)	cto7
Rodgers and Hart	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American	“My Funny Valentine” (1937) – NON-PD	modulation from minor-rel major, Tritone sub
Rodgers, Richard and Hammerstein II, Oscar	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American, Male	“The Surrey with the Fringe on Top” (1943) – NON-PD	32-bar song form, vi-ii-V-I progression
Rodgers, Richard and Hammerstein, Oscar	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American	“Do-Re-Mi” (1959) from The Sound of Music – NON-PD	secondary dominants
Sampson, Edgar	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American, Male	“Stompin’ at the Savoy” (1936) – NON-PD	passing diminished 7th, Tritone sub
Sancho, Ignatius	Baroque	Black, British	Minuets etc. for Violin, Mandolin, German-Flute and Harpsichord	Binary, ternary, rounded binary
Sancho, Ignatius	Classical	Black, British	Twelve Country Dances	Binary form, Ternary form
Schubert, Franz	Romantic	Austrian, Male	“Die Liebe,” D. 210	Secondary dominants, Aug 6
Schubert, Franz	Romantic	Austrian, Male	“Erlkonig”	Neapolitan, secondary dominants
Schubert, Franz	Romantic	Austrian, Male	36 Originaltanze, D. 365, op. 9 no 2: Waltz in Ab Major (1816)	Binary form, Aug 6
Schubert, Franz	Romantic	Austrian, Male	Die schone Mullerin D. 795, No. 11 “Mein”	Ternary
Schubert, Franz	Romantic	Austrian, Male	Moments Musicaux in Ab Major, Op. 94 No. 6 D780	Ternary – compound, rounded binary, Aug 6, cto7, Neapolitan, enharmonic respelling
Schubert, Franz	Romantic	Austrian, Male	Schwanengesang, D. 957, No 13: “Der Doppelganger” (1828)	Aug 6, secondary dominants, Neapolitan
Schubert, Franz	Romantic	Austrian, Male	Sonatina for Piano and Violin, Op. post. 137 No. 2, D385, III	Rounded binary
Schubert, Franz	Romantic	Austrian, Male	String Quartet in D Minor, D. 810, IV:Presto	Rondo form
Schubert, Franz	Romantic	Austrian, Male	Symphony No. 5, D. 485, Mvt. 1	Sonata form, Secondary Dominants, Aug 6, Mixture
Schubert, Franz	Romantic	Austrian, Male	Wanderers Nachtlied, D. 768	One-part form
Schumann, Clara	Romantic	Female	Drei Romanzen (for piano), Op. 21, No. 1	Ternary form, Aug 6
Schumann, Clara	Romantic	Female	Drei Romanzen fur Violine und Kalvier, Op. 22, No. 1	Ternary form, Aug 6, secondary dominants
Schumann, Clara	Romantic	Female	Drei Romanzen fur Violine und Klavier, Op. 22, Mvt. 2	Ternary
Schumann, Clara	Romantic	Female	Six Lieder aus Jucunde, Op. 23	Strophic
Schumann, Clara	Romantic	Female	Three Prelude and Fugues, Op. 16, No. 3	Ternary form, Fugue, stretto
Schumann, Clara	Romantic	Female	Three Preludes and Fugues, Op. 16, No 1	Linear analysis, fugue, stretto, inversion
Schumann, Clara	Romantic	Female	Three Preludes and Fugues, Op. 16, No. 2	Fugue, stretto
Schumann, Clara	Romantic	Female	Trois Romances, Op. 11, No. 1	Ternary form
Schumann, Robert	Romantic	German	“Vogel als prophet” from Waldszenen, Op. 82	Ternary
Schumann, Robert	Romantic	German	“Widmung” No. 1 of Myrthen Op. 25	Ternary form
Schumann, Robert	Romantic	German	3 Gesange, Op. 31, No. 1, “Die Lowenbraut”	non-functional harmony, linear analysis
Schumann, Robert	Romantic	German	Album for the Young, Op. 68, No. 1, “Melodie (Melody)”	Rounded binary
Schumann, Robert	Romantic	German	Album for the Young, Op. 68, No. 10, “Frohlicher Landmann (Happy Farmer)”	Rounded binary
Schumann, Robert	Romantic	German	Album for the Young, Op. 68, No. 11, “Sicilianisch”	Compound Ternary
Schumann, Robert	Romantic	German	Album for the Young, Op. 68, No. 14, “Kleine Studie (Little Study)”	Rounded binary
Schumann, Robert	Romantic	German	Album for the Young, Op. 68, No. 17, “Kleiner Morgenwanderer (Little Morning Wanderer)”	Rounded binary
Schumann, Robert	Romantic	German	Album for the Young, Op. 68, No. 2, “Soldatenmarsch (Soldier’s March)”	Rounded binary
Schumann, Robert	Romantic	German	Album for the Young, Op. 68, No. 21, “Partitura E Interpretación”	Rounded Binary
Schumann, Robert	Romantic	German	Album for the Young, Op. 68, No. 3, “Trallerliedchen” (Humming Song)	Ternary
Schumann, Robert	Romantic	German	Album for the Young, Op. 68, No. 31, “Kriegslied”	Ternary form
Schumann, Robert	Romantic	German	Album for the Young, Op. 68, No. 4, “Ein Choral (A Chorale)”	Binary
Schumann, Robert	Romantic	German	Album for the Young, Op. 68, No. 5, “Stuckchen” (Little Piece)”	Rounded Binary
Schumann, Robert	Romantic	German	Album for the Young, Op. 68, No. 6, “Armes Wassenkind (Poor Orphan)”	Rounded binary
Schumann, Robert	Romantic	German	Album for the Young, Op. 68, No. 8, “Wilder Reiter” (Wild Rider)	Ternary
Schumann, Robert	Romantic	German	Album for the Young, Op. 68, No.9, “Volksliedchen” (Folk Song)	Ternary
Schumann, Robert	Romantic	German	Dichterliebe, “Ich Grolle Nicht”	Binary
Schumann, Robert	Romantic	German	Drei Klavier, Sonata for the Young, Kinder-Sonaten, op. 118	Ternary
Schumann, Robert	Romantic	German	Myrthen Op. 25, No. 24: Du bist eine Blume (1840)	Aug 6, secondary dominants
Schumann, Robert	Romantic	German	Papillons, op. 2 no. 5	Ternary
Scriabin, Alexander	20th cenutry	Russian	Five Preludes, Op. 74, No. 1	octatonic scale
Sibelius, Jean	20th century	Finland	Finlandia	Augmented 6
Smyth, Ethel	20th century	Female	3 Moods of the Sea, 1. Requies	Ternary form, Whole tone scale
Smyth, Ethel	20th century	Female	3 Moods of the Sea, 3. After Sunset	Binary (Strophic)
Smyth, Ethel	20th century	Female	Violin Sonata in A Minor, Op.n 7, Mvt. 1	Sonata form, Aug 6
Still, William Grant	20th century	Black	Afro-American Symphony (1930) – NON-PD	Arch Form, 12-bar blues
Still, William Grant	20th century	Black	Three Visions: A Suite for Piano (1935), No. 2: Summerland – NON-PD	Ternary form
Stravinsky, Igor	20th century	Russian	Dirge-Canons from In Memoriam Dylan Thomas (1954) – NON-PD	12-tone
Strayhorn, Billy	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American	“Take the A Train” (1939) – NON-PD	secondary dominants, passing diminished 7th
Strouse, Charles			“Once upon a time” from All American	Ternary
Szymanowska, Maria A.	Classical	Female	Nocturne in Bb Major	Rondo
Szymanwska, Maria A.	Classical	Female	March 1 from Six Marches	Ternary, compound ternary, Aug 6, Secondary Dominants
Szymanwska, Maria A.	Classical	Female	March 2 from Six Marches	Rondo
Szymanwska, Maria A.	Classical	Female	March 4 from Six Marches	Rondo
Tegner, Alice	Romantic	Female	Sonata in A minor for Violin and Piano, Mvt. III: Andante	ternary, Aug 6, Linear analysis
Tegner, Alice	Romantic	Female	Violin Sonata in A Minor, Mvt. I: Allegro	Sonata
Tegner, Alice	Romantic	Female	Violin Sonata in A Minor, Mvt. II: Minuetto	Ternary (compound)
Tegner, Alice	Romantic	Female	Violin Sonata in A minor, Mvt. IV: Allegro	Sonata
van Duuren, Skye	20th century	American	Theme and Variations No. 2 for violin, clarinet , and piano (2015) – NON-PD	set theory
Verdi, Guiseppe	Romantic	Italian	“Le donna e mobile” from Rigoletto	Binary
Warren, Harry and Gordon, Mack	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American, male	“There Will Never Be Another You” (1942) – NON-PD	ii-V-I, mixture, passing diminished 7th, 3rd relationship
Webern, Anton	20th century	Austrian, Male	Drei Lieder, Op 25, No. 1: Wie Bin Ich Froh (1935) – NON-PD	12-tone
Webern, Anton	20th century	Austrian, Male	Funf Satze for Streichquartett, Op. 5 No. 3	Ternary
Webern, Anton	20th century	Austrian, Male	Funf Satze fur Streichquartett, Op. 5, No. 1	set theory
Webern, Anton	20th Century	Austrian, Male	Funf Satze fur Streichquartett, Op. 5, No. 2	set theory
Webern, Anton	20th century	Austrian, Male	String Quartet, Op. 28, Mvt. 2 (1936-38) – NON-PD	12-tone
Wells, Robert and Torme, Mel	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American	“The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)” (1944) – NON-PD	ii-V-I progressions, Tritone sub
Williams, John	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American	“Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme)” from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back	Chromatic Mediants
Williams, John	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American	“Raiders March” (1981) from Raiders of the Lost Ark – NON-PD	Neapolitan
Wolf, Hugo	Romantic	Austrian, Male	“In der fruhe” from Morike-lieder	Binary form, cto7, Aug 6
Wolf, Hugo	Romantic	Austrian, Male	“Das Verlassene Magdlein” from Morike Lieder	Ternary, augmented triads, Aug 6, chromatic mediants
Wolf, Hugo	Romantic	Austrian, Male	“In dem Schatten meiner Locken” from Spanisches Liederbuch	Binary
Young, Victor and Heyman, Edward	Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	American	“When I Fall In Love” (1952) – NON-PD	Altered dominants, Aug 6, Tritone sub, secondary dominants

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