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Composers Work Selection
Copland (American) Rodeo (ballet) Hoe-down
Bizet (French) Carmen (opera) Les Voici
Beach (American) Four Sketches (piano) In Autumn
Mozart (Austrian) Eine Kleine Nachtmusik: Movement 1
Beethoven (German) Fur Elise (piano)
Tchaikovsky (Russian) The Nutcracker (ballet) Overture
Sousa (American) Stars and Stripes Forever (band)
Bach (German) Cantata No. 147 Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Gliere (Russian) The Red Poppy (ballet) Russian Sailor's Dance
Handel (German) Water Music Suite No.2 Alla Hornpipe
Vaughan Williams (English) Songs of Travel The Vagabond
Desmond (American) Take Five (jazz)
Time Periods of Composers
Baroque: Bach (1685-1750), Handel (1685-1759)
Classical: Beethoven (1770-1827), Mozart (1756-1791)
Romantic: Bizet (1838-1875), Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
20th Century: Copland (1900-1990), Amy Beach (1867-1944), Sousa (1854-1932),
Gliere (1875-1956), Vaughan Williams (1873-1958), Desmond (1924-1977)