These polyphonic pieces are organized by century and style.
16th & 17th Century
Composer | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594) | 2-part Motet | |
Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594) | Fulgebunt justi sicut lilium (PDF) | 2-part Motet |
Thomas Morley (1557-1603) | I go before, my darling (PDF) | 2-part Canzona |
Giovanni Gastoldi (1554-1609) | Bicinium (PDF) | 2-part Instrumental Duet |
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594) | Jesu, rex admirabilis (PDF) | 3-part Motet |
Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548-1611) | Kyrie from Missa O Magnum Mysterium (PDF) | 3-part Motet |
Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623) | The nightingale, the organ of delight (Youtube) | 3-part Canzonet |
William Byrd (1543-1623) | Benedictus from Mass for three Voyces (PDF) | 3-part Motet |
William Byrd (1543-1623) | Fantasia a 3 (Youtube) | 3-part Instrumental Trio |
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594) | Missa Brevis Kyrie (Youtube) | 4-part Motet |
Jacques Arcadelt (1507-1568) | Felice me, se de I bei un raggio (PDF) | 4-part Madrigal |
Giovanni Gabrieli (1557-1613) | 4-part Instrumental Canzona | |
Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) | The Silver Swan (Youtube) | 5-part Madrigal |
Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643) | Canzon Terza (PDF) | Keyboard |
Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643) | Fantasia Duodecima quattro soggetti (PDF) | Keyboard |
Henry Purcell (1659-1695) | A Ground in Gamut (PDF) | Harpsichord Variations |
Louis Couperin (1626-1661) | Passacaille de Mr. Couperin (PDF) | Harpsichord Variations |
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) | Trio Sonata Op. 4, No. 1 (PDF) | 2 violins and Continuo |
18th & 19th Century
Composer | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
J. S. Bach (1685-1750) BWV 600 | Gott durch deine Gute or Gottes Sohn ist Kommen (PDF) (Youtube) | Chorale Prelude, Organ |
J. S. Bach (1685-1750) BWV 610 | Chorale Prelude, Organ | |
J. S. Bach (1685-1750) BWV 625 | Chorale Prelude, Organ | |
J. S. Bach (1685-1750) BWV 775 | Keyboard | |
J. S. Bach (1685-1750) BWV 779 | Keyboard | |
J. S. Bach (1685-1750) BWV 784 | Keyboard | |
J. S. Bach (1685-1750) BWV 788 | Keyboard | |
J. S. Bach (1685-1750) BWV 790 | Keyboard | |
J. S. Bach (1685-1750) BWV 792 | Keyboard | |
J. S. Bach (1685-1750) BWV 847 | WTC Book I, Fugue No. II in C minor (PDF) (Youtube, begin at 1:46) | Keyboard |
J. S. Bach (1685-1750) BWV 857 | WTC Book I, Fugue No. VI in D minor (PDF) (Youtube, begin at 1:40) | Keyboard |
J. S. Bach (1685-1750) BWV 861 | WTC Book I, Fugue No. XVI in G minor (PDF) (Youtube, begin at 2:09) | Keyboard |
J. S. Bach (1685-1750) BWV 874 | WTC Book II, Fugue No. V in D major (PDF) (Youtube, begin at 5:28) | Keyboard |
J. S. Bach (1685-1750) BWV 876 | WTC Book II, Fugue No. VII in Eb major (PDF) (Youtube, begin at 2:22) | Keyboard |
J. S. Bach (1685-1750) BWV 988 | Keyboard | |
J. S. Bach (1685-1750) BWV 988 | Keyboard | |
J. S. Bach (1685-1750) BWV 988 | Keyboard | |
J. S. Bach (1685-1750) BWV 988 | Keyboard | |
W.A. Mozart (1756-1791) | String Quartet | |
W.A. Mozart (1756-1791) | Organ | |
Franz Josef Haydn (1732-1809) | The Creation, Final Chorus “Singt dem Herren” (Youtube, begin at 0:40) | Oratorio |
Franz Josef Haydn (1732-1809) | String Quartet | |
Ludvig van Beethoven (1770-1827) | String Quintet | |
Ludvig van Beethoven (1770-1827) | String Quintet | |
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) | Prelude and Fugue in G major, Op. 37, No. 2 (PDF) (Youtube, begin at 3:06) | Organ |
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) | Prelude and Fugue in D minor, Op. 37, No. 3 (PDF) (Youtube, begin at 5:20) | Organ |
Clara Schumann (1819-1896) | Piano | |
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) | Es ist ein Ros entsprungen, Op. 122 (PDF) Based on a chorale by Michael Praetorius (1609) (PDF) | Chorale Prelude, Organ |
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) | Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 52, No. 10 “O wie sanft die Quelle” (PDF) | SATB Choir |
Camille Saint Saëns (1835-1921) | Fugues, Op. 52 and Op. 111 (1877/99) (Youtube) | Piano |
20th Century Concert Music
Composer | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
Max Reger (1873-1916) | 6 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 99, No. 4, Mvt. II. Fuge (1907) (PDF) (Youtube) | Piano |
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) | Fantasia Contrappuntistica, BV 256, Fugue III (PDF) (Youtube) begin at 14:17, rnd at 20:11 | Piano |
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) | Le Printemps, Book 1, Op. 25 No. 2 Souple (1920) (PDF) (Youtube) begin at 2:51, end at 4:09 | Piano |
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) | Sonata for Violin and Cello, M. 73 Mvt. 3, Lent (fugue) (Youtube) begin at 7:58, end at 14:52 | Violin, Cello |
Béla Bartók (1881-1945) | Mikrokosmos, Book 2, No. 60 Canon with Sustained Notes (PDF) (Youtube) Begin at 39:12, end at 39:56 | Piano |
Béla Bartók (1881-1945) | Mikrokosmos, Book 3, No. 91 Chromatic Invention 1 (PDF) (Youtube) Begin at 1:05:53, end at 1:07:23 | Piano |
Béla Bartók (1881-1945) | Mikrokosmos, Book 4, No. 101 Diminished Fifth (PDF) (Youtube) Begin at 1:16:40, end at 1:17:54 | Piano |
Béla Bartók (1881-1945) | Mikrokosmos, Book 6, No. 145a Chromatic Invention 3a (PDF) (Youtube) Begin at 2:15:50, end at 2:16:59 | Piano |
Béla Bartók (1881-1945) | Mikrokosmos, Book 6, No. 145b Chromatic Invention 3b (PDF) (Youtube) Begin at 2:17:02, end at 2:19:20 | Piano |
Béla Bartók (1881-1945) | Concerto for Orchestra (brass fugato) (Youtube) Begin at 7:12, end at 8:10 | Orchestra |
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) | Fuga 2 in G (Gay) (PDF) (Youtube) Begin at 4:35, end at 6:09 | Piano |
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) | Fuga 5 in E (Fast) (PDF) (Youtube) Begin at 6:11, end at 7:31 | Piano |
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) | Six Chansons, A Swan (Youtube) Begin at 1:22, end at 3:27 | Choral |
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) | String Quartet | |
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) | Symphony of Psalms, Mvt II, (Double Fugue) (PDF) (Youtube) Begin at 3:23, end at 10:04 | Orchestra |
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) | Suite for String Orchestra in G Major, Overture (fugue) (Youtube) beginning to 6:06 | String Orchestra |
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) | Pierrot Lunaire No. 18. Der Mondfleck (Youtube) Begin at 28:54, end at 29:42 | Chamber Ensemble |
Anton Webern (1883-1945) | Variations for Piano, Op. 27, No. 2 (PDF) (Youtube) Begin at 1:35, end at 2:08 | Piano |
Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901-1953) | Sonata for Violin and Piano, Mvt. 2 (1926) (Youtube) Begin at 5:11, end at 8:20 | Violin/Piano |
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) | Preludes and Fugues for Piano, Op. 87, Fugue No. 6 in B Minor (1951) (Youtube) begin at 9:17, end at 12:55 | Piano |
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) | Preludes and Fugues for Piano, Op. 87, Fugue No. 23 in F (1951) (Youtube) begin at 41:50 to end | Piano |
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34, Fugue (Youtube) Begin at 14:27 to end | Orchestra |
Elliott Carter (1908-2012) | Piano Sonata, Movement II, Allegro giusto (1946) (Youtube) Begin at 14:14, end at 18:08 | Piano |
Samuel Barber (1910-1981) | Piano Sonata in E-flat minor, Op. 26, Movement IV, Fuga (1949) (Youtube) | Piano |
Gyorgy Ligeti (1923-2006) | Musica ricercata. Number VII, Cantabile, molto legato Piano (PDF) (Youtube) Begin at 11:39, end at 14:30 | Piano |
Gyorgy Ligeti (1923-2006) | Musica ricercata. Number XI, Andante misurato e tranquillo Piano (PDF) (Youtube) Begin at 18:54 to end | Piano |
John Cage (1912-1992) | Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano, Sonata V (Youtube) | Piano |
John Cage (1912-1992) | Living Room Music (Youtube) | Assorted noise makers |
20th & 21st Minimalist & Popular Music
Composer | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
La Monte Young (1935) | Trio for Strings (Youtube) Begin at 3:25 to end | Violin, Viola, Cello |
Terry Riley (1935) | ||
Terry Riley (1935) | A Rainbow in Curved Air (Youtube) | |
Steve Reich (1936) | It's Gonna Rain (Youtube) Beginning to 7:47 | Dual Tape Recorders |
Steve Reich (1936) | ||
Steve Reich (1936) | Drumming (Youtube) | |
Steve Reich (1936) | ||
Steve Reich (1936) | Music for 18 Musicians (Youtube) | Mixed Chamber |
Steve Reich (1936) | Desert Music (Youtube) | Mixed Chamber |
Philip Glass (1937) | Mad Rush (1979) (Youtube) | Piano |
Philip Glass (1937) | Glassworks (1982) (Youtube) | Mixed Chamber |
Philip Glass (1937) | Einstein on the Beach, Dance 2 (Youtube) | Opera |
John C. Adams (1947) | Shaker Loops (1982) (Youtube) | |
John C. Adams (1947) | A Short Ride in a Fast Machine (Youtube) | Orchestra |
John C. Adams (1947) | Naïve and Sentimental Music (Youtube) | Orchestra |
Louis Andriessen (1939-2021) | De Staat (1976) (Youtube) | |
Louis Andriessen (1939-2021) | De Stijl (1985) (Youtube) | |
William Duckworth (1943-2012) | The Time Curve Preludes (Youtube) | Piano |
Klaus Schulze (1942-2022) | Timewind (Youtube) | Synthesis and Recordings |
Klaus Schulze (1942-2022) | Into the Blue (Youtube) | Synthesis and Recordings |
Klaus Schulze (1942-2022) | Sense (1980 live) (Youtube) | Synthesis and Recordings |
Vangelis (1943-2022) | Soil Festivities, Mvt. 1 (Youtube) | |
B. B. King (1925-2015) | I'm a Blues Man (Youtube) | |
George Gershwin (1898-1937) | The Man I Love (Youtube) | |
George Benson (1943) | This Masquerade (Youtube) | |
Antonio Carlos Jobim (1997-1994) | Triste (Youtube) | |
Benny Golson (1929) | Killer Joe (arr. by Q. Jones) (Youtube) | |
Paul McCartney (1942) | Blackbird (Youtube) | |
Paul McCartney (1942) | For No One/Eleanor Rigby (1984) (Youtube) | |
Stevie Wonder (1950) | I Wish (Youtube) | |
Stevie Wonder (1950) | Superstition (Youtube) | |
Stevie Wonder (1950) | Boogie on Reggae Woman (Youtube) | |
Stevie Wonder (1950) | You and I (Youtube) | |
Michael Jackson (1958-2009) | Billie Jean (Youtube) | |
The Temptations | Papa Was a Rolling Stone (Youtube) | |
Tower of Power | What is Hip? (Youtube) | |
Sting (1951) | Every Breath You Take (Youtube) | |
Nas (1973), featuring Puff Daddy | Hate Me Now (Youtube) | |
Dr. Dre, Eminem, and Hittman | Forgot About Dre (Youtube) | |
The Game, 50 Cent | Hate It Or Love It (Youtube) | |
JAY Z and Kanye West | Otis (Youtube) | |
John Legend (1978) | Love Me Now (Youtube) | |
Beyonce (1981), featuring JAY-Z, Childish Gambino, Oumou Sangaré | MOOD 4 EVA (Youtube) |