2,000 Years of Music

A tribute to prominent musicologist and pioneering ethnomusicologist Dr. Curt Sachs, this compilation of Western classical music tours Greek, Jewish and Gregorian chant traditions; early polyphony of the 2nd century; religious polyphony of the 16th century; German dances and opera; songs of the troubadours; early music from the Netherlands; madrigals and motets.

Track Listing

101	Greek Music	Unidentified singers	02:33
102	Jewish Music	Unidentified singer	02:59
103	Gregorian Chant	Unidentified singers	02:26
104	Early Polyphonic Music	Unidentified singers	02:42
105	The Troubadours	Unidentified singer	02:02
106	The Minnesingers	Unidentified singer	02:45
201	Early Netherland Music - About 1450	Choral singers with trumpet, Netherlands	02:39
202	Early Netherland Music - About 1500	Choral singers, Netherlands	01:50
203	German Choral Music - About 1500	Choral ensemble	02:48
204	German Choral Music of the Reformation	Choral ensemble	02:34
205	Zenith of Religious Polyphony in the 16th Century (1)	Choral ensemble	02:48
206	Zenith of Religious Polyphony in the 16th Century (2)	Choral ensemble	02:36
301	The Madrigal (Italy)	Choral ensemble	02:55
302	The Madrigal (Germany)	Choral ensemble	03:09
303	Harpsichord Music - About 1600	A harpsichordist	02:56
304	German Dances - About 1600	Chamber music ensemble	02:43
305	Italian Church Music - Early Baroque	Choral ensemble	02:26
306	Opera	Unidentified singer, harpsichordist	03:12
401	The German Motet (1)	Choral ensemble	02:44
402	The German Motet (2)	Choral ensemble	02:18
403	Chamber Music (About 1700) (1)	Violinist and harpsichordist	02:58
404	Chamber Music (About 1700) (2)	Chamber music ensemble	02:29
405	Rococo	A harpsichordist	02:52
406	Sentiment	A clavichordist	02:45