2,000 years of music

2,000 years of music
A concise history of the developmemt of music from the earliest times through the 18th century
Compiled and arranged by Dr. Curt Sachs with various performers
Decca "Gold Label Series" DX-106 [LPx2, mono]
Parlophone / Decca P 525 [LPx2, mono]
Folkways Records FT 3700 [LPx2, mono]

Contents:

    LP-1, side 1
    1. Greek Music

    Mesomedes
  1. Hymn to the sun

  2. Seikilos
  3. Epitaph
  4. 2. Jewish Music

    Anon., trad.: Jewish Chant
  5. Kaddish
  6. Abodah
  7. Esther (exc.)
  8. 3. Gregorian Chant

    Gregorian chant
  9. Misit Dominus verbum suum
  10. 4. Early Polyphonic Music

    Anon., 12th c.
  11. Congaudeant Catholici
  12. 5. The Troubadours

    Bernart de Ventadorn
  13. Pois preyatz me, senhor

  14. Raimbaut de Vaqueiras
  15. Kalenda Maya
  16. 6. The Minnesingers

    Der unvürzaghtete
  17. Der kuninc Rodolp minnet Gott

  18. Walther von der Vogelweide
  19. Nun alerst ich mir werde

  20. Witzlav von Rügen
  21. Wê, ich han gedacht
  22. LP-2, side 1
    7. Early Netherlands Music - About 1450

    Guillaume Dufay
  23. Gloria in Excelsis
  24. 8. Early Netherlands Music - About 1500

    Josquin des Prés
  25. Et incarnatus est
  26. 9. German Choral Music - About 1500

    Heinrich Finck
  27. Christ ist erstanden
  28. 10. German Choral Music of the Reformation

    A. Von Bruck
  29. Aus tiefer Not
  30. 11. The Zenith of Religious Polyphony in the 16th Century - G. P. da Palestrina

    Giovanni Perluigi Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli
  31. Sanctus
  32. 12. The Zenith of Religious Polyphony in the 16th Century - Orlando di Lasso

    Orlando di Lasso
  33. Miserere
  34. LP-1, side 2
    13. The Madrigal (Italy)

    Carlo Gesualdo
  35. Resta di darmi noia
  36. 14. The Madrigal (Germany)

    Hans Leo Hassler
  37. Mein' Lieb' will mit mir kriegen
  38. 15. Harpsichord Music - About 1600

    William Byrd
  39. Sellenger's Round
  40. 16. German dances - About 1600

    Melchior Franck
  41. Pavane

  42. Valentin Haussmann
  43. Tanz
  44. 17. Italian Church Music - Early Baroque

    Giovanni Gabrieli
  45. Benedixisti, Domine
  46. 18. Opera

    Claudio Monteverdi: Arianna
  47. Lasciatemi morire
  48. LP-2. Side 2

    19. The German Motet: Heinrich Schütz

    Heinrich Schütz
  49. Ich danke dem Herrn
  50. 20. The German Motet: J. S. Bach

    J. S. Bach
  51. Der Geist hilft - fugue
  52. 21. Chamber Music - About 1700: J. S. Bach

    J. S. Bach
  53. Sonata No. 2, violin & clavichord, 1st movt.
  54. 22. Chamber Music - About 1700: Händel

    G.-F. Händel
  55. Trio - Sonata No. 3, E flat, 1st movt.
  56. 23. Rococo

    Jean-Philippe Rameau
  57. La Poule
  58. 24. Sentiment

    J. S. Bach
  59. French Suite No. 5 - Sarabande & Gavotte

Playing time: ??' ??"

Performers:
[1]-[2] H.J. Moser & Choral
[3]-[5] B. Fränkel
[6]-[7] Berlin State Academy Choir - Halbig, dir.
[8]-[12] H.J. Moser
[13]-[14] Berlin State Academy Choir - Kalt, dir.
[15]-[16] Berlin State Academy Choir - Kalt, dir.
[17]-[18] Berlin State &am; Cathedral Choir - Rüdel, dir.
[19]-[20] Madrigal Choir - Thiel, dir.
[21] E. Bodky (harpsichord)
[22]-[23] Munich Viols Quartet
[24] Berlin State Academy Choir - Kalt, dir.
[25] M. Peschken (alto), C. Sachs (harpsichord) & violoncello
[26]-[27] Berlin State &am; Cathedral Choir - Rüdel, dir.
[28] M. Glissmar, E. Bodky (harpsichord)
[29] G. Blumensaat (oboe), M. Glissmar (violon), E. Bodky (harpsichord) & violoncello
[30]-[31] E. Bodky (clavichord)

Release date:
Unknown [1930]

Excerpts from:
[1]-[5] Parlophon (Beka) B 37022 [78rpm, 25cm] 2000 Jahre Musik (I): Griechische Musik - Jüdische Musik
[6]-[7] Parlophon (Beka) B 37023 [78rpm, 25cm] 2000 Jahre Musik (II): Der Gregorianische Gesang - Frühe Mehrstimmigkeit
[8]-[12] Parlophon (Beka) B 37024 [78rpm, 25cm] 2000 Jahre Musik (III): Troubadours - Der Minnesang
[13]-[14] Parlophon (Beka) B 37025 [78rpm, 25cm] 2000 Jahre Musik (IV): Niederländer um 1450 - Niederländer um 1500
[15]-[16] Parlophon (Beka) B 37026 [78rpm, 25cm] 2000 Jahre Musik (V): Deutsche Chöre des 16 jahrhunderts
[17]-[18] Parlophon (Beka) B 37027 [78rpm, 25cm] 2000 Jahre Musik (VI): Die Höhepunkte der kirchlichen Polyphonie im 16. Jahrhundert
[19]-[20] Parlophon (Beka) B 37028 [78rpm, 25cm] 2000 Jahre Musik (VII): Das Madrigal
[21]-[23] Parlophon (Beka) B 37029 [78rpm, 25cm] 2000 Jahre Musik (VIII): Klaviermusik - Deutsche Tänze, um 1600
[24]-[25] Parlophon (Beka) B 37030 [78rpm, 25cm] 2000 Jahre Musik (IX): Italienische Kirchenmusik im Frühbarock - Oper
[26]-[27] Parlophon (Beka) B 37031 [78rpm, 25cm] 2000 Jahre Musik (X): Die deutsche Motette
[28]-[29] Parlophon (Beka) B 37032 [78rpm, 25cm] 2000 Jahre Musik (XI): Kammermusik um 1700
[30]-[31] Parlophon (Beka) B 37033 [78rpm, 25cm] 2000 Jahre Musik (XII): Rokoko - Empfindsamkeit

Comments:
Information from owned LP (Decca & Folkways)
The Decca LP, released in 1950, is one of the first LP recordings of early music. Previously issued as 78 rpms, these were the first historical attempt to systematicaly record what can be called "Early Music". Thanks to Jeff Vilencia who previously gave me the opportunity to listen to a superbly dubbed version on tape of some of the original 78 rpms.

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Pierre-F. Roberge