Violin Online: Violin Class Outline
Style Form ComposerPieceNotes
1)Medieval Plainchant Sequence
AA'BB'CC'
Hildegard of Bingen
(1098-1179)
Columba Aspexit
12th century
Columba aspexit
2)Medieval Dance - Estampie (instrumental)
Repeating sections
Anonymous Sixth Royal Estampie
from Chansonnier du Roy
(13th c. French)
Estampie
3)Renaissance Song
homophonic texture
AA1 B A2A3
King Henry 8th
( 1491-1547)
Helas Madame Helas Madame
4)Renaissance Dance – Jig
AA’ BC B’B’
Anonymous Kemp’s Jigg
(16th c. English)
Kemp’s Jigg
5)Renaissance Instrumental
Consort music
Fantasia
Lupo, Thomas (1571-1627) Fantasia (c. 1599-1625) Fantasia
6)Baroque Minuet
Binary form: AB
(two parts)
Crome, Robert
c. 1705-1770
Minuet from
The Fiddle New Model’d
(c. 1735)
Crome's Minuet
7)Baroque Incidental Music
Rondeau
A B C A
Purcell, Henry
(1659-1695)
Rondeau from
Aphra Behn's Abdelazar
(1695)
Rondeau
8)Baroque Orchestral Suite
Hornpipe
Handel, George Friederich
(1685–1759)
Hornpipe from
Water Music Suite
(1717)
Hornpipe
9)Baroque Trio Sonata
theme and variations
Marais, Marin
(1656-1728)

Corelli, Arcangelo
(1653-1713)

Vivaldi, Antonio
(1678-1741)
La Folia Medey:
Couplets des Folies
d’Espagne - Marais;
Sonata No. 12, Op.5
- Corelli; Op. 1, No. 12
Trio Sonata – Vivaldi
La Folia Medey
10)Baroque Concerto
concerto for two violins
Vivaldi, Antonio
(1678-1741)
Allegro from Double
Violin Concerto in A
minor, Op. 3 No. 8,
1st movement
(1711)
Vivaldi's Allegro
11)Baroque Cello Suite
Prelude
Bach, J.S.
(1685-1760)
Prelude from
Cello Suite I in G Major
(1720)
Bach's Prelude
12)Baroque Concerto Grosso
1st movement, Allegro
Bach, J.S.
(1685-1760)
Allegro 1st movement
from Brandenburg
Concerto No. 5
c.1719
Bach's Allegro
13)Baroque Mass - Kyrie Cazzati, Maurizio
(1616-1678)
Kyrie from
Messa a 4 con violini
(1653)
Kyrie
14)Baroque Oratorio
Air and Chorus
Handel, George Frideric
(1685–1759)
Messiah Medley:
He Shall Feed His
Flock Like a Shepherd
and Hallelujah Chorus
(1741)
Messiah Medley
15)Baroque Cantata
instrumental sinfonia
1st movement, Arioso
Bach, J.S.
(1685-1760)
Arioso from
Cantata No. 156
(1729)
Arioso
16)Classical Motet Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
(1756-1791)
Ave Verum Corpus
(1791
)
Ave Verum Corupus
17)Classical Violin concerto
2nd movement, Adagio
Ternary form: A-B-A
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
(1756-1791)
Violin Concerto No. 3
in G, Adagio 2nd movement
(1775)
Mozart's Adagio
18)Classical
& Romantic
String quartet
2nd movement, Andante
Schubert, Franz
(1797-1828)
String Quartet No. 13
in A minor, Op. 29
Andante 2nd movement
(1824)
Schubert's Andante
19)Classical String quartet
2nd movement
Theme and Variations
Haydn, Franz Joseph
(1732-1809)
Emperor Quartet in C major, Op. 76, No. 3.
Andante, 2nd movement
Haydn's Andante
20)Classical Symphony – 2nd mvt
Theme and Variations
Haydn, Franz Joseph
(1732-1809)
Surprise Symphony
No. 94, 2nd mvt.
(1791)
Surprise Symphony
21)Classical
& Romantic
Symphony
1st and 2nd movements
Program music
Beethoven, Ludwig van
(1770-1827)
Pastoral Symphony No. 6
1st and 2nd movements
(1808)
Pastoral Symphony
22)Romantic Folk tune arrangement Brahms, Johannes
(1833-1897)
Hungarian Dance No. 5
(1868)
Hungarian Dance No. 5
23)Romantic Symphonic poem Smetana, Bedrich
(1824-1884)
The Moldau
from Má Vlast
(1874)
The Moldau
24)Romantic Folk song arrangement Edward Grieg
(1843-1907)
Halling from 25
Norwegian Folksongs and Dances
(1869)
Halling
25)Romantic Waltz Johann Strauss II
(1825-1899)
Emperor Waltz, Op. 437
(1888)
Emperor Waltz
26)Romantic Chamber Music
solo violin
with accompaniment
Viardot, Pauline Vieille Chanson from
6 Morceaux pour
Piano et Violon
(1890s)
Vieille Chanson
27)Romantic Violin Concerto
slow movement (2nd)

Three movements:
Fast – Slow - Fast
Mendelssohn, Felix
(1809-1847)
Violin Concerto in E Minor,
op. 64, Andante 2nd mvt.
(1844)
Mendelssohn's Andante
28)Romantic Cello Concerto Dvorak, Antonin
(1841-1904)
Cello Concerto in B minor,
op. 104, Allegro & Adagio
excerpts from mvts. I & II
(1894-1895)
Dvorak's Allegro & Adagio
29)Romantic String Quartet – 3rd
movement, Nocturne
Borodin, Alexander
(1833-1887)
Nocturne 3rd mvt. from
String Quartet No. 2 in D
Major (1881)
Nocturne
30)Romantic Chamber Music
solo with accompaniment
Elégie
Glazunov, Aleksandr
(1865-1936)
Elégie for Viola and
Piano in Gm, Op. 44
(1893)
Elégie
31)Romantic Sonata - 2nd mvt.
Barcarolla
Vieuxtemps, Henri
(1820-1881)
Sonata in Bb for Viola &
Piano, Op. 36, 2nd mvt.,
Barcarolla (1863)
Barcarolla
32)Romantic Song Gounod, Charles-Francois
(1818-1893)
Bach, J.S. (1685-1760)
Ave Maria from a theme
by J.S. Bach (1859)
Ave Maria
33)Romantic Chamber Music
solo with piano
Sicilienne
Faure, Gabriel
(1830-1914)
Sicilienne Op. 78
for cello & piano
(1898)
Sicilienne
34)Romantic Opera - intermezzo Massenet, Jules
(1842-1912)
Meditation from Thaïs
(1894)
Meditation
35)Romantic Opera - Aria Bizet, Georges
(1838-1875)
Habanera from Carmen
(1875)
Habanera from Carmen
36)Romantic Orchestral Suite Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich
(1840-1893)
Dance of the Reed Flutes
from the Nutcracker Suite
(1892)
Dance of the Reed Flutes
37)20th Century-
Neoclassicism
Orchestral suite
Overture
Stravinsky, Igor
(1882-1971)
Overture (Sinfonia) from
Pulcinella Suite (1922)
Overture from Pulcinella
38)20th Century-
Neoclassicism
Trio Sonata Gallo, Domenico
(c.1730-c.1768)
Moderato from Sonata No. 1
in G Major, 1st mvt.
Gallo's Sonata No. 1 in G
39)20th Century Quartet
2nd movement, Scherzo
Ravel, Maurice
(1875-1937)
String Quartet in F Major,
Assez Vif 2nd mvt.
(1903)
Assez Vif from String Quartet in F
40)20th Century Chamber music
solo with piano
Webern, Anton
(1883-1945)
Opus 7, 4 Pieces for
Violin & Piano, Piece 1,
Sehr langsam (1910)
Sehr langsam
41)20th Century Folk song Brackett Jr., Joseph
(1797-1882)
Simple Gifts
(1848)
Simple Gifts
42)20th Century Orchestral
Folk dance - Brâul
Bartok, Bela
(1881-1945)
Brâul from Romanian
Folk Dances (1915)
Bartok's Brâul
43)Gypsy Gypsy Traditional Gypsy – The Basso The Basso
44)Klezmer Klezmer
Folk dance -Bulgarish
Traditional Jewish Klezmer –
Odessa Bulgarish
Odessa Bulgarish
45)Greek Greek folk music
hasapikos dance
Traditional Varys Hasapikos Varys Hasapikos
46)Mariachi Mariachi-jarabe
and tapatío dances
Traditional El Jarabe Tapatio El Jarabe Tapatio
47)Chinese Chinese folk music Traditional Jasmine Flower Jasmine Flower
48)Indian Indian Carnatic music
instrumental piece
Tyāgarāja
(1767-1847)
Sara Sara Sara Sara
49)Arabic Arabic music
longa dance,
nahawand maqam
(key it is played in)
Bey, Tanburi Cemil
(1873-1916)
Longa Nahawand Longa Nahawand
50)Fiddle American Fiddle Medley Traditional Bile Them Cabbage Down,
Devil’s Dream, Shuffle
Bile Them Cabbage Down,
Devil’s Dream, Shuffle
51)Fiddle Irish Fiddle
double jig
Traditional Irish Washerwoman Irish Washerwoman
52)Ragtime Ragtime – solo with
piano accompaniment
Berlin, Irving
(1988-1989)
The Ragtime Violin
(1911)
The Ragtime Violin
53)Ragtime/early Jazz Ragtime/early Jazz
dance music
Europe, James Reese
(1880-1919)
Ford Thompson Dabney
(1883–1958)
The Castle Walk (1913) The Castle Walk
54)Blues/Jazz Blues/Jazz Handy, W. C.
(1873-1958)
St. Louis Blues
(1914)
St. Louis Blues

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