Title: Ordo virtutum

Composer: Hildegard von Bingen (1098 – 1179)Period: Medieval (800-1400)Genre: ChantVocab: monophonic-single line melody

Title: Viderunt Omnes

Composer: Perotin (early 13th Century)Period: Medieval (800-1400)Genre: Organum

Vocab: polyphonic- two or more melodies occurring simultaneously that harmonize with each other

Title: Agnus Dei from Notre Dame Mass

Composer: Guillaume de Machaut (1300 – 1377)Period: Medieval (800-1400)Genre: Mass Movement

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Title: Agnus Dei from Pope Marcellus Mass Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina (1525 – 1594)Period: Renaissance (1400-1600)Genre: Mass Movement

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Title: Sanctus from “Requiem”

Composer: Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548 – 1611)Period: Renaissance (1400-1600)Genre: Requiem Mass MovementVocab: Requiem-mass for the dead

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Title: O Magnum Mysterium

Composer: Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548 – 1611)Period: Renaissance (1400-1600)Genre: MotetVocab: Motet-sacred composition, usually in Latin and 4-8 parts

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Title: Si ch’io vorrei morireComposer: Claudio Monteverdi (1567 – 1643)Period: Renaissance (1400-1600)Genre: MadrigalVocab: Madrigal-a secular composition, usually in 4-6 parts in the language of the country of composition

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Title: Gloria from Gloria Composer: Antonio Vivaldi (1678 – 1741)Period: Baroque (1600-1750)Genre: Oratorio

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Title: Hallelujah from MessiahComposer: G. F. Handel (1685 – 1759)Period: Baroque (1600-1750)Genre: OratorioVocab: Oratorio-A major sacred work with choir, orchestra, and soloists, though no costumes or staging

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Title: Jesu bleibet meine Freude

Composer: J. S. Bach (1685 – 1750)

Period: Baroque (1600-1750)Genre: CantataVocab: Cantata-A sacred musical drama with chorus, orchestra, and soloists

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Title: Osanna from Mass in Bm Composer: J. S. Bach (1685 – 1750)Period: Baroque (1600-1750)Genre: Mass/Oratorio

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Title: Vollendet ist das grosse werk from The Creation Composer: F. J. Haydn (1732 – 1809)Period: Classical (1750-1820)Genre: Oratorio

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Title: Ave Verum Corpus Composer: W. A. Mozart (1750 – 1791)Period: Classical (1750-1820)Genre: Motet

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Title: Lacrymosa from Requiem Composer: W. A. Mozart (1750 – 1791)Period: Classical (1750-1820)Genre: Requiem Mass Movement

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Title: Hallelujah from Christ on the Mount of Olives Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

(1770 – 1827)Period: Classlcal (1750-1820)Genre: Oratorio

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Title: Dies Irae from RequiemComposer: Giuseppe Verdi (1813 – 1901)Period: Romantic (1820-1900)Genre: Requiem Mass Movement

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Title: Am Donaustrande & Nein, es ist nicht auszukommen from LiebesliederwalzerComposer: Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)Period: Romantic (1820-1900)Genre: Choral composition

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Title: Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungenfrom Ein deutsches Requiem (German Requiem)Composer: Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)Period: Romantic (1820-1900)Genre: Requiem Mass Movement

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Title: Cantique de Jean RacineComposer: Gabriel Faure (1845 – 1924)Period: Modern (1900-)Genre: Choral composition

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Title: Chorus Mysticus from Symphony #8Composer: Gustav Mahler (1860 – 1911)Period: Modern (1900-)Genre: Choral Symphony

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Title: Dieu, qu’il la fait bon regarder

Composer: Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918)

Period: Modern (1900-)Genre: Choral Composition

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Title: Bogoroditse Devo from VespersComposer: Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)Period: Modern (1900-)Genre: Choral composition

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Title: O Fortuna from Carmina BuranaComposer: Carl Orff (1895 – 1982)Period: Modern (1900-)Genre: Cantata

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Title: Ubi CaritasComposer: Maurice Durufle (1902 – 1986)Period: Modern (1900-)Genre: Motet

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Title: Dies Irae from War RequiemComposer: Benjamin Britten (1913 – 1976)Period: Modern (1900-)Genre: Requiem Mass Movement

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Title: O Magnum MysteriumComposer: Morten Lauridsen (1943 - )Period: Modern (1900-)Genre: Motet

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Title: Water NightComposer: Eric Whitacre (1970 - )Period: Modern (1900-)Genre: Choral Composition

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