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Discovering music through listening
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Acknowledgements

This free course was written by Emily Chambers. It was first published in July 2020.

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Figure 1: heliopix/iStockphoto.com

Figure 2: Amadeus Year: 1984 USA Roderick Cook, Jeffrey Jones, Tom Hulce Directed by Milos Forman/Alamy

Audios

Audio 6: extract: 00:04–00:34: C Jam Blues; composer: Oscar Peterson: Performers: Oscar Peterson Trio: from Night Train (0600753458891); Publishers: The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.; Record Label: Verve;

Audio 14: extract: 00:00–00:30: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Composers: Mozart; Performers: London Philharmonic Orchestra & David Parry; Publishers: Warner Classics; CD Title The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music (9029546822); Record Label: X5 Music Group. Courtesy X5 Music Group. http://www.x5musicgroup.com/

Audio 16: extract: 02:30–03:00 Philip Glass Violin Concerto, 2nd movement; Composers: Philip Glass; Performers: Adele Anthony, Ulster Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa; CD Title: Violin Concerto • Company • Prelude From Akhnaten (8 554568); Publisher: HNH International Ltd; Record Label Naxos;

Audio 24: extract 12:38–13:08: Third Symphony, Eroica 1st Movement; Composers: Beethoven; Performers: Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt; Publishers: Teldec / Warner Music Group; CD Title: Beethoven - Complete Symphonies (0927497682); Record Label: Teldec/Warner Music Group https://www.wmg.com/

Audio 25: extract 00:33–01:03: Lux Aurumque; Composers: Eric Whitace; Performers: Eric Whitace & Whitace Singers; Publishers: Classic FM; CD Title: Relaxing Classics by Classic FM (4806365 50); Record Label: Classic FM;

Audio 26: extract: 6.06-6.36: Fifth Symphony, First Movement; Composer: Beethoven; Performers: Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt; Publisher: Teldec/Warner Music Group; CD Title: Beethoven - Complete Symphonies (0927497682); Record Label; Teldec (Warner Music Group) https://www.wmg.com/

Audio 27: Extract: 6.08 to end: Fifth Symphony, First Movement; Composer: Beethoven; Performers: Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt; Publisher: Teldec/Warner Music Group; CD Title: Beethoven - Complete Symphonies (0927497682); Record Label; Teldec (Warner Music Group) https://www.wmg.com/

Audio 28: extract 03:20–03:50: Mozart A Musical Joke; Composer: Mozart; Performers: Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien; Publishers: Teldec / Warner Music Group; CD Title: 8573893326 Mozart: Seranades; Record Label: Teldec;

Audio 29: extract 00:00–00:30: Good Golly Miss Molly; Composers: John Marascalco and Robert "Bumps" Blackwell; Performers: Little Richard; Publishers: Concord Records, Inc.; Title: Little Richard – Rock 'N' Roll Legends (0600753056523); Record Label: Concord Records, Inc;

Audio 30: extract 00:00–00:30: Let’s Stick Together, Composers: Wilbert Harrison; Performer: Bryan Ferry; Publisher: Virgin Records Ltd; CD code: 7243 8 47603 2 8, FERRYCDX3; Record Label: Virgin Records Ltd, Universal

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