Music

About this Collection

From historic changes in form to the choice of what texts to set to music, the art of music has long been a vital force in the expression of the human desire for liberty.

See also the extracts, chapters, and introductions in the Music section of the Ideas page.

Members:

• Aida by Antonio Ghislanzoni, music by Giuseppe Verdi (Antonio Ghislanzoni)
• Bach’s Chorals, 3 vols. (Johann Sebastian Bach)
• Bach’s Chorals, vol. 1 The Hymns and Hymn Melodies of the “Passions” and Oratorios (Johann Sebastian Bach)
• Bach’s Chorals, vol. 2 The Hymns and Hymn Melodies of the Cantatas and Motetts (Johann Sebastian Bach)
• Bach’s Chorals, vol. 3 The Hymns and Hymn Melodies of the Organ Works (Johann Sebastian Bach)
• Beethoven’s Opera Fidelio. German Text, with an English Translation (Ludwig van Beethoven)
• Don Carlos: Opera in Four Acts (Giuseppe Verdi)
• Gregorian Chant for the Teacher, the Choir, and the School (Edmund G. Hurley)
• The Hymns of Martin Luther (Martin Luther)
• Mozart’s Opera Marriage of Figaro (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
• Rigoletto: An Opera in Four Acts (Victor Hugo)