Question 1:  If my son and I spend 15 minutes every night listening to classical music, how many hours of listening will we have stacked up over the course of a year? (answer at bottom of post)

Question 2:  If we average 3 pieces per evening, how many compositions will we have listened to over the course of a year? (answer at bottom of post)

I have been thinking it would be helpful to have a tab on title-block that would take us to a page where our music themes were listed.  So, OMGosh this has taken forever to assemble (and only includes music I have blogged about since July, 2014), but VOILA!  This post is now tabbed on title-block as “Our Music Themes“.

(This is merely a listing; to read a few short lines of information about each composition and find links to youtube videos of said compositions,  click on the links.)

Music Themes – Post Titles

Art set to music:  Checkered House, by Grandma Moses – from “Good Books, Bad Books“

• Over the River and Through the Wood – Lydia Maria Child
• Sleigh Ride – Leroy Anderson
• Carol of the Animals – Robert Davis

Art set to music:  Pirate Chief, by Howard Pyle – from “Fly By“

• The Maid of Amsterdam – traditional sea chanty
• Overture to The Flying Dutchman – Wagner
• Pirates of the Caribbean Suite – Klaus Badelt

Art set to music:  The Clipper Ship, by Currier and Ives – from “Garden Par-tay“

• Sea Songs – Ralph Vaughan Williams
• Overture to H.M.S. Pinafore – Gilbert and Sullivan
• Over the Waves – Juventino Rosas

Art set to music:  The Fall of the Cowboy, by Remington – from “Answers for Everything“

• Thanksgiving – George Winston
• Hoedown – Aaron Copland
• Back Home Again – John Denver

Back to School – from “If it’s August“

• Flight of the Bumblebee – Rimsky-Korsakov
• Entry of the Gladiators – Julius Fucik
• Song of the Volga Boatmen – traditional

Barbershop Quartets – from “The Cliffs Notes Version“

• Sincere – Meredith Willson
• Mr. Sandman – Pat Ballard

Benjamin Franklin in France – from “It’s a Date!“

• Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio – Mozart
• The Coffee Cantata – JS Bach
• Symphony No. 45 in F-sharp minor (Farewell Symphony) – Haydn

Black History Month Selections – from “Conversation Circle”

• Maple Leaf Rag – Scott Joplin
• The American Scene: The Southwest – William Grant Still
• Don’t Get Around Much Anymore – Duke Ellington

Blue Days – from “Something Blue“

• Blue Skies – Irving Berlin
• Blue Tango – Leroy Anderson
• The Blue Danube Waltz – Strauss

Blue Moon Tunes – from “Second Time Around”

• Moonlight Serenade – Glenn Miller
• Rhapsody in Blue – George Gershwin
• Clair de Lune – Debussy

Brazil, thinking about – from “Tick, Tick, Tick“

• exploring “The Little Train of Caipira” – Heitor Villa-Lobos

The Cambrian Explosion – from “In Which We Learn about the Cambrian Explosion“

• Simple Gifts – Joseph Brackett
• Polka Dots and Moonbeams – Van Heusen/Burke
• 1812 Overture – Tchaikovsky

Chicken Coop Melodies – from “Farm Fresh“

• Symphony No. 83 in G minor (The Hen) – Haydn
• The Hen – Respighi
• Pick-a-Little, Talk-a-Little – Meredith Willson
• Chicken Reel – Joseph M. Daly/Leroy Anderson

Classical Broadway – from “Desperately Seeking Ganesha“

• Rosemary – Frank Loesser
• Piano Concerto in A minor – Edvard Grieg
• Baby Face – Akst/Davis
• Hallelujah Chorus – Handel
• Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina – Rice/Weber
• Violin Concerto in D minor – Brahms

Cuckoo for Music – from “Things that go Bump in the Night“

• Organ Concerto No. 13 in F major (The Cuckoo and the Hen) – Handel
• Symphony No. 6 in F major (The Pastoral) – Beethoven
• The Cuckoo – Respighi

Dealer’s Choice (my son selects 3 from a list of 10) – from “Starry Eyed“

• The William Tell Overture – Rossini
• The Cuckoo – Respighi
• Mambo – Leonard Bernstein

Dental Procedures, music for – from “Messenger Service“

• Symphony No. 6 in F major (The Pastoral) – Beethoven
• The Barcarolle – Jacques Offenbach
• The Moldau – Bedrich Smetana

The Doldrums – from “Going Nowhere Fast“

• Sea Songs – Ralph Vaughan Williams
• We Sail the Ocean Blue – Gilbert and Sullivan
• Sailing By – Ronald Binge

Duets! – from “Sap Happy“

• The Flower Duet – Leo Delibes
• Si Fino All’ore Estreme – Bellini
• People Will Say We’re in Love – Rogers and Hammerstein

Einstein and his Violin – from “Brainiac“

• Violin Serenade No. 6 – Mozart
• Violin Serenade No. 13 (Eine Kleine Machtmusik) – Mozart
• Violin Sonata No. 26 in B-flat major – Mozart

Exotic Lands – from “That’s Gotta Hurt“

• Scheherazade – Rimsky-Korsakov
• Overture to Abduction fro the Seraglio – Mozart
• Arrival of the Queen of Sheba – Handel

Fanfare for the Water Bear – from “A Fanfare for the Water Bear“

• Water Music – Handel
• The Aquarium – Saint-Saens
• The Wild Bears – Sir Edward Elgar

Franz Schubert Night – from “Dr. Livingstone, I Presume?”

• Serenade – Schubert
• Ave Maria – Schubert
• March Militaire – Schubert

French Composers – from “A Test of Faith“

• The Infernal Galop (The Can-Can) – Jacques Offenbach
• Clair de Lune – Debussy
• March of the Toreadors – Bizet

The French Horn – from “Working for Peanuts“

• Water Music – Handel
• Venus – Gustav Holst
• Pavane for a Dead Princess – Maurice Ravel

Fun Music Only – from “Inventors Invent“

• Dance of the Hours – Amilcare Ponchielli
• Chicken Reel – Leroy Anderson
• The Pink Panther – Henry Mancini

Good Shepherd – from “The Rattlesnake Sermon“

• Sheep May Safely Graze – JS Bach
• He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd – Handel
• Tender Shepherd – Charlap/Leigh

Groundhog Day – from “Rodent Rage“

• Winter – Vivaldi
• Waltz of the Snowflakes – Tchaikovsky
• Symphony No. 6 in F major – Beethoven
• Put on a Happy Face – Strouse/Adams

Halloween, scary music for – from “Back in the Saddle Again“

• Dance Macabre – Saint-Saens
• Mars – Gustav Holst
• Masquerade – Khachaturian

Harp Music of the Angels – from “Sunday School“

• Harp Concerto in B-flat major – Handel
• Harp Concerto in A major – Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
• Concerto for Flut and Harp – Mozart

The Hungarian March, 3 Ways – from “Travelogue“

• Hungarian March – Berlioz
• Hungarian Rhapsody No. 15 – Liszt
• Hungarian Dance No. 19 – Brahms

Hymns: three from one – from “Riveting“

• Ave Maria – Jacques Arcadelt
• Symphony No. 3 in C minor (Organ Symphony) – Saint-Saens
• Finlandia Hymn – Sibelius

Inventions for Inventions – from “Lights! Camera! Edison!“

• Invention No. 6 in E major – JS Bach
• Invention No. 8 in F major – JS Bach
• Invention No. 13 in A minor – JS Bach

London Busses – from “Late Bloomer“

• Jupiter – Gustav Holst
• Pomp and Circumstance – Elgar
• Fantasia on Greensleeves – Ralph Vaughan Williams
• Overture to H.M.S. Pinafore – Gilbert and Sullivan

March Madness – from “Ranch Report“

• Colonel Bogey March – Lieutenant F.J. Ricketts
• The Imperial March – John Williams

March’s Marches – from “Wordery“

• The Redetzky March – Johann Strauss, senior
• March of the Siamese Children – Richard Rogers
• The Washington Post March – John Philip Sousa

Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream – from “Flying, Farming, and Felix“

• Overture to Midsummer Night’s Dream – Mendelssohn
• The Wedding March – Mendelssohn

Michelangelo’s Rome – from “One Sculptor, One Scoundrel“

• The Pines of Rome – Respighi
• Palladio for String Orchestra – Karl Jenkins
• Symphony No. 4 in A major (The Italian) – Mendelssohn

Minor Key Music – from “Miners and Minors“

• The Hebrides Overture – Mendelssohn
• In the Hall of the Mountain King – Edvard Grieg
• Ride of the Valkyries – Wagner

Minuet in G to the Power of 3 – from “Hendecasyllable“

• Minuet in G – Mozart
• Minuet in G – Beethoven
• Minuet in G – JS Bach

Mount Vesuvius – from “Mounting Interest“

• Funiculi Funicular – Luigi Denza
• Aus Italien – Richard Strauss
• Neapolitan Song – Rimsky-Korsakov

Music to Soothe – from “Music to Soothe“

• Mass in D minor, motet – Anton Bruchner
• Sheep May Safely Graze – JS Bach
• Simple Gifts – Joseph Brackett

Negro Spirituals – from “Heavenly“

• Down by the Riverside – traditional
• Wade in the Water – traditional
• Swing Low, Sweet Chariot – traditional

Nocturnes – from “Zootique“

• Nocturne No. 2 – Chopin
• Nocturne No. 3 – Liszt
• Harlem Nocturne – Earl Hagen

The Oboe – from “Music Mechanics“

• Arrival of the Queen of Sheba – Handel
• Swan Lake, final scene – Tchaikovsky
• Le Tombeau de Couperin – Ravel

Overtures – from “Takes a Lickin’ and Keeps on Tickin‘”

• Overture from H.M.S. Pinafore – Gilbert and Sullivan
• Overture from Midsummer Night’s Dream – Mendelssohn
• Overture from The Marriage of Figaro – Mozart

Paris Tribute – from “A Ghost by any other Name“

• The Swan – Saint-Saens
• Carillon – Bizet
• La Vie en Rose – Edith Piaf

Pizzicato! – from “The Price is Wrong“

• Divertissement: Pizzicati – Leo Delibes
• Symphony 4 in F minor – Tchaikovsky
• Anitra’s Dance – Edvard Grieg

The Presidents’ Music – from “The Liberace Instigation“

• classical pieces composed during each administration

The Recorder – from “Well Played“

• Sopranino Recorder Concerto in C major – Vivaldi
• Ode to Joy – Beethoven
• Greensleeves – traditional

The Sad Song Scale – from “Two Different Worlds“

• Symphony No. 3 in F major – Brahms
• What’ll I Do? – Irving Berlin
• Serenade – Schubert

Saint Patrick’s Day – from “The Business of March“

• Toora Loora Looral – James Royce Shannon
• The Irish Washerwoman – traditional/Leroy Anderson
• Danny Boy – Frederic Weatherly

Shrill Thrills! (the piccolo) – from “Jams and Jellyfish“

• Chinese Dance (Nutcracker) – Tchaikovsky
• Triton Fountain in the Morning – Respighi
• Stars and Stripes Forever – Sousa

Strauss Family, the splendidly gifted – from “780 Pairs of Saddle Shoes“

• Radetzky March – Johann Strauss, senior
• Feuerfest Polka – Joseph Strauss
• Thunder and Lightning Polka – Johann Strauss, junior

String Quartets – from “We the People“

• String Quartet in B-flat major (La Chasse) – Haydn
• String Quartet No. 2 in D major – Borodin
• Cantina Band (performed as a string quartet) – John Williams

Summertime – from “Barely Scraping By“

• Summer – Vivaldi
• Fireflies – Amy Beach
• Summertime – George and Ira Gershwin
• In the Summertime – Mungo Jerry

Sunday Night Music – from “How We Write“

• How Great Thou Art – Carl Gustav Boberg
• Turn! Turn! Turn! – Pete Seeger/Book of Ecclesiastes
• Let us Cheer the Weary Traveler – Nathaniel Dett

Surprise Endings – from “Bringing Handwriting up to Scratch“

• The Wild Bears – Sir Edward Elgar
• The Moldau – Bedrich Smetana
• The Imperial March – John Williams

Tambourines! – from “Peace, Love, and Tambourines“

• Mr. Tambourine Man – Bob Dylan
• Tarantella – Rossini/Respighi
• Russian Dance (Nutcracker) – Tchaikovsky

Tea Time – from “Textbooks – if we ruled the world“

• Tea for Two – Youmans and Caesar
• Tea for Two (Tahiti Trot) – Shostakovich
• Tea for Two – Art Tatum

Things in the Sky – from “Snakes and Pirates“

• Fireflies – Amy Beach
• Clair de Lune – Debussy
• Mercury – Gustav Holst

The Timpani – from “One Thing Leads to Another“

• Dance of the Seven Veils – Richard Strauss
• Thus Spoke Zarathustra – Richard Strauss
• Pirates of the Caribbean Suite – Klaus Badelt

Trains – from “Posting about Posters“

• The Little Train of Caipira – Heitor Villa-Lobos
• The Steam Engine – Patrick Doyle
• Take the A Train – Duke Ellington

Tribute: music for a beloved grandfather – from “Imagine That“

• Fight for California – McCoy/Fitch
• The Army Song – Sousa/Arberg
• Ashokan Farewell – Jay Ungar

The Vatican, background music for – from “Holy Zucchetto“

• Gregorian Chants – traditional
• Gloria in Excelsis Deo – Vivaldi
• Locus Iste – Bruchner

Virtuoso Night: Stanley Drucker – from “Affordable Housing Forever“

• Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F minor – Brahms
• Appalachian Spring – Aaron Copland
• Rhapsody in Blue – George Gershwin

Virtuoso Night: Sir James Galway – from “Thousands and Thousands“

• Concerto for Flute and Harp – Mozart
• I Saw Three Ships – traditional
• Flight of the Bumblebee – Rimsky-Korsakov

Virtuoso Night: Wynton Marsalis – from “Novel Ideas“

• Concerto in E-flat major for Trumpet – Haydn
• Moto Perpetuo – Paganini
• The Prince of Denmark March (Trumpet Voluntary) – Jeremiah Clark

Virtuoso Night: Itzhak Perlman – from “Insert Clever Title Here“

• Humoresque – Dvorak
• Out of Africa, title music – John Barry
• Violin Concerto in E minor – Mendelssohn

Waltzing with Tchaikovsky – from “Case in Point: Ibn Battuta“

• Serenade for Strings – Tchaikovsky
• Swan Lake Waltz, Act II – Tchaikovsky
• Eugene Onegin, Polonaise – Tchaikovsky

Wistfulness – from “Finish the Poem“

• Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture, love theme – Tchaikovsky
• Ashokan Farewell – Jay Ungar
• What’ll I Do – Irving Berlin

Worker Bees, a soundtrack for – from “Bee Plus!”

• Moto Perpetuo – Paganini
• The Pizzicato – Leo Delibes
• Flight of the Bumblebee – Rimsky-Korsakov

 

Welcome to the best part of my night!
– Jane BH
(answer 1:  91+ hours)
(answer 2:  1,095 pieces of music)