SWARTHMORE COLLEGE MUSIC MAJORS’
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS BY SUBJECT
updated 07/2013
Western Classical Tradition
Bach
Cantata 51,
“Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen”
Shellie Wilensky
1975
Bach
Cantata 61
“Nun Komm den Heiden Heiland“
Hunter Bayliss
2012
Bach
Cantata 158
“Der Friede sei mit dir“
Coleman Lindsley
1998
Bach
Pastorella, organ
BWV 590
Roxanna Glass
1991
Bach
Sonata, flute, continuo
BWV 1033, in C, Menuetto
Lisa Wildman
1984
Bach
Sonata, violin, (arr. for marimba)
BWV 1003
Byron Holz
1998
Bach
Suite, harpsichord
BWV 814, B minor, Allemande
Martha Sanders
1977
Bach
Suite, lute, BWV 995
And cello, BWV 1011, Allemande
Will Buttram
1994
Bach
Suite, violoncello, BWV 1011
Hannah Emlen
1998
Bach
Suite, violoncello
BWV 1009, in C, Sarabande
Steve Feldman
1988
Bach
WTC I, no. 2, BWV 847, C minor
Misha Lepetic
1994
Bach
WTC I, no. 14, BWV 859
Randa Kirschbaum
1975
Bartok
String Quartet no. 4, Mvt. 5
David Barnes
1988
Bartok
String Quartet no. 2, Mvt. 1
Sophia Uddin
2011
Beethoven
Quartet, strings, no. 10
op. 74, Eb. Mvt. 1.
Kevin Aires
1988
Beethoven
Quartet, strings, no. 13
op. 130, Cavatina
Serena Canin
1988
Beethoven
Sonata, piano, no. 5
op. 10, no. 1, C minor, Mvt.1
Gary Schwartz
1975
Beethoven
Sonata, piano, no. 9
op. 14, no. 1, E major
Lili McKay
1976
Beethoven
Sonata, piano, no.10
op. 14, no. 2, G major
Dori DiPalma
1975
Beethoven
Sonata, piano, no. 14
op.27, no.2, C# minor
Marcia Lambert
Ed Polochick
1975
1974
Beethoven
Sonata, piano, no. 18
op. 31, no. 3, Eb major
Lynette Combs
1973
Beethoven
Sonata, piano, no. 21
op. 53, Mvt.1 “Waldstein”
Peter Yoo
2001
Beethoven
Sonata, piano, no. 26
op.81a, Eb major,
Siri Sokol
1977
Beehoven
Sonata, piano, no.26
op.81a, Eb major, Mvt.1
Steve Coxe
1988
Beethoven
Sonata, piano, no. 28
op. 101, A major, Last 2 mvt's
Yun Lee
1997
Beethoven
Sonata, piano, no. 30
op. 109, E major
Grace Kang
1995
Beethoven
Sonata, piano, no.32
Op. 111, C minor
Corey Silberstein
2012
Beethoven
Sonata, piano, no.32
Op. 111, C minor, Mvt.1
Rob Replogle
1981
Beethoven
Sonata, violin, piano, no. 5
op. 24. F major, Mvt. 1
Denise Boneau
1979
Beethoven
Sonata, violoncello, piano, no. 4
op. 102, no. 1, Mvt. 1
Susan Katz
1978
Berg
Sonata, piano, op.1
Seth Brenzel
1994
Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique
Mvt.2: Un Bal
James Polk
1980
Berlioz
Symphonie funebre et triomphale
Mvt.2: Oraison funebre
Eric Haeker
1999
Bernstein
West Side Story
Audrey Edelstein
2015
Bonds, Margaret
Song: The Negro Speaks of Rivers.
Antonio Goodwin
1994
Brahms
Ballade, piano, op. 10, no. 1
Annie McKee
1977
Brahms
Gesänge, op.43, no.2
Die Mainacht, from Vier
Youngmoo Kim
1993
Brahms
Gesänge, op.91, no.2:
Geistliches Wiegenlied
Monica Berger
1991
Brahms
Mondnacht (Eichendorff)
(See also: Schumann: Mondnacht)
Emily Shrader
2004
Brahms
Sonata, violin, piano, no. 2
op. 100, A major, Mvt. 1
Becky Sawai
1997
Brahms.
Sonata, violin, piano, op.108,
Allegro
Catherine Kei Fukuda
2007
Brahms
Sonata, violoncello, piano, no. 1
op. 38, E minor, Mvt. 1
Adam Grabois
Carol Church
Marc Pasciusso
1984
1975
1998
Brahms
Songs, op. 3. no. 1
(exam not taken, but bibliography
and questions made)
McConnell, Jay
2003
Brahms
Stücke, piano, op.118, no.2
Intermezzo, A major
Anne MacDowell
Barbara Fisher
1978
1981
Brahms
Symphony, no.1, op.68, C minor.
Joe Church
1978
Caccini, Francesca.
Maria, dolce Maria.
From: Il Primo Libro (1618)
Jennie Owen
1994
Carter
Canaries
From: 8 pieces for 4 timpani
Chris Duska
1987
Chopin
Ballade, piano
op. 23, G minor
June Lee
1997
Chopin
Etude, piano
op. 10, no. 6, Eb minor
Rachel Kolb
1991
Chopin
Fantasie Impromptu, piano
op. 66, C# minor
Brooke Phillips
1978
Chopin
Mazurka, piano
op. 7, no. 3, F minor
Magnus Wennemyr
1989
Chopin
Mazurka, piano
op. 50, no. 3, C# minor
Walid Gellad
1997
Chopin
Mazurka Op. 63 No. 3
Waltz Op. 34 No. 1
Kevin Buczkowski
2013
Chopin
Mazurka, piano
op. 67, no. 4, A minor.
Bill Gatens
1973
Chopin
Prelude, piano
op. 28, no. 15, Db major
Bonnie French
2001
Chopin
Prelude, piano
op. 28, no. 20, C minor
Trish Brady
1980
Chopin
Scherzo, piano, no. 2
op. 31, Bb minor
Jeremy O’Connell
1993
Copland
Sonata, violin, piano
Xander Abbe
1994
Couperin, L.
Prélude à l’imitation de
Mr. Froberger.
Michelle Roy
1992
Couperin, L.
Unmeasured preludes
Maxx Cho
2009
Creston
Concertino, marimba, orchestra
Evan Gregory
2001
Crumb
Little Suite for Christmas
Ben Kapilow
2013
Crumb
Madrigals, Book I.
Brandon Howard
1996
Crumb
Makrokosmos I
Josh Burdick
1995
Debussy
Images, piano, Book II
Poissons d'Or
Mac Carlson
2004
Debussy
Jeux
Henry Lasansky
1978
Debussy
Rhapsody, clarinet, piano
Kit Buckley
1994
Debussy
Rhapsody, saxophone, piano
Mike Duffy
2001
Debussy
Sonata, violoncello, piano
Tom Whitman
1982
Debussy
Suite bergamasque: Prelude
David Gard
1978
Delius
On Craig Dhu, Midsummer Song
Paolo Debuque
2015
Eccles, Henry
Sonata, violin, continuo, Bk. 1, no. 11,
arr: saxophone, piano
Sam Lorber
1990
Elgar
Cello concerto, Mvt. 1
Rob Brooks
1996
Fauré
Après un rêve
Alice Macneal
1982
Fauré
Après un rêve (Levati sol que la
Christina Garcia
2000
luna è levata), op. 7, no. 1 and
Mandoline, op. 58, no. 1 of
Cinq mélodies 'de Venise'
Fauré
Clair de lune, op. 46
Joy Hulse
1980
Fauré
Requiem
Hollis Easter
2003
Frescobaldi
Aria con variazioni detta
‘La Frescobalda’
Dan Miner
1977
Gershwin
Porgy and Bess
Lauren Ianuzzi
2007
Gershwin
Prelude, piano, no. 2
Joe Walker
1985
Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Sydni Adler
2012
Grainger
Irish tune from County Derry
Deb Schaaf
1995
Handel
Messiah: Comfort ye
Hunter Bayliss
2012
Handel
Messiah: Comfort ye/Ev’ry valley
Peter Christensen
1990
Handel
Sonata, recorder, continuo
op. 1, no. 4, A minor
Jeff Dean
1976
Haydn (attr.)
Duets, 2 violins, op. 99, no. 2 in Eb
Karen Hiles
1999
Haydn
Sonata, piano
H. XVI, 49, Eb Major, Mvt. 1
Ken Schaphorst
1982
Hensel, Fanny
Lied: Suleika (1836)
Julie Hovis
1997
Hindemith
Sinfonische Metamorphosen
Nach Themen van Carl Maria
Von Weber, Mvt. 3
Kevin Chu
1973
Hindemith
Sonata, harp (1939)
Eva Allan
2000
Hindemith
Sonata, trumpet, piano (1939)
Kevin Schlottmann
2000
Hummel
Concerto, trumpet, E major, Mvt. 1
David Ammer
1993
Ives
Concord sonata
Robert Fain
2014
Loeillet, b.1688
Sonata, recorder, continuo
op. 1, no. 1, A minor
Liz Neiman
1982
Mahler
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Kari Tetzlaff
1995
Mendelssohn
Lieder ohne Worte, op. 62, no. 4
Greg Kuhn
1987
Mendelssohn
Trio, piano, strings, no. 1
Pam Juram
1979
op. 49, D minor, Mvt. 1
Messiaen
La Nativité du Seigneur: Le Verbe
Cindy Brome
1977
Monteverdi
l’Amento d’Arianna (aria)
Danielle Tylke
1995
Mozart
Concert rondo for horn and orchestra
K. 371
Charles Shrewsbury
1984
Mozart
Concerto, bassoon, K. 191, Bb major
Marita Abner
1975
Mozart
Concerto, clarinet, K. 622, A major
Jack Borrebach
2002
Mozart
Concerto, flute, K. 314/285d, C major
Jack Waas
1990
Mozart
Concerto, horn, K. 495, Eb, Mvt. 1
Zach Maupin
1993
Mozart
Concerto, oboe, K. 271k, C major
Kathy Pearson
1982
Mozart
Fantasia, piano, K. 475, C minor
Tom Drescher
Eliz. Hoffman
1976
1985
Mozart
Glass harmonica music
K. 356 (617a), K. 616a, K. 617
Darren Gage
1995
Mozart
Nozze di Figaro, no. 19
E Susanna non vien - Dove sono
Dionne Drummond
1997
Mozart
Quartet, oboe, strings
K. 370, Mvt. 1, 2
Sara Kramer
1999
Mozart
Sonata, piano
K. 310, Mvt. 1. A minor.
Qian Li
2005
Mozart
Die Zauberflöte:
Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön.
Chris Walker
1979
Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition
Harrison Russin
2009
Poulenc
La courte paille
Maya Morales
2001
Prokofiev
Sonata for Flute and Piano
Anne Searcy
2008
Ravel
Don Quichotee a Dulcinée
James Birney
2010
Ravel
Nahandove
Mark Thatcher
2005
Ravel
Tombeau de Couperin : Menuet
Dale Furman
1975
Saint-Saëns
Sonata, bassoon, piano, op. 168
Aud. Walton-Hadlock 1999
Schoenberg
Gedichte aus Das Buch der
hängenden Gärten, op. 15, mvts 1 & 2
Marti Black
1975
Schoenberg
Stücke, piano, op. 11, nos. 1 & 2
Art Stokes
1988
Schubert
Erlkönig
Matt Murph
2001
Schubert
Gretchen am Spinnrad
Melinda Hoyt
1986
Schubert
Der Hirt auf dem Felsen
Susan Bisson
Micaela Baranello
1992
2007
Schubert
Impromptu, piano
D. 899, no. 3, Gb major
Ossie Borosh
1990
Schubert
Impromptu, piano
D. 935, no. 2, Ab major
Clif Kussmaul
1989
Schubert
Moments musicaux, piano
D. 780, no. 6, Ab major
Lauren Alexander
1990
Schubert
Schwanengesang: Ihr Bild
John Foster
1973
Schubert
Schwanengesang: Der Doppelgänger
Jim Matheson
1992
Schubert
Schwanengesang: Die Stadt
David Acker
1983
Schubert
Sonata, piano, D. 845, A minor
Bianca Falbo
1987
Schubert
Sonata, piano, D. 960, Bb major
Ken Hirschkop
Andrew Hauze
1978
2004
Schubert
Winterreise: Der Lindenbaum
D. 911, no. 5
John Daly
Brendan Fitzsimmons
1980
1992
Schumann, C.
Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen
Alicia Thesing
1993
Schumann, C.
Liebst du um Schönheit
Charlotte Gill
1990
Schumann, C.
Warum willst du and’re Fragen
Cheryle Oshman
1994
Schumann
Leider und Gesänge (Heft IV)
Valerie Ludlum
1976
Schumann
Liederkreis, op. 39, no. 5: Mondnacht
(See also: Brahms: Mondnacht)
Emily Shrader
2004
Schumann
Liederkreis, op. 39, no. 7:
Auf einer
David Anthony
1991
Schumann
Myrthen, op. 25: Die Lotosblume
Shaune Whaley
1989
Scriabin
Preludes, piano, op. 11, nos. 4, 5
Aaron Brockett
1995
Shostakovich
Preludes & fugues, piano
op. 87, no. 4, E minor
Matt Schultz
2000
Shostakovich
Symphony, no.5, op. 47
Mark Alburger
1979
Sondheim
Sunday in the park with George
Dan Blim
2002
Sor
Variations on a Theme by Mozart
guitar
James Kelly
1976
Spohr
Concerto, violin, no. 8, op. 47, a
Jeanie Park
1994
Stravinsky
Histoire du soldat
Annie Fetter
Hope Nye
1988
1988
Stravinsky
The Owl and the Pussycat
Lisa Hirschkop
1982
Swanson, Howard
Song: The Negro Speaks of Rivers
Antonio Goodwin
1994
Tailleferre
Marchand d’Oiseaux
Genevieve McGahey
2012
Vaughan Williams
Concerto for Bass Tuba and Orchestra
In F minor (1954)
Robert Hollahan
2009
Vaughan Williams
Songs of Travel
Henry Clapp
2009
Verdi
Otello, Act IV, Willow Song
Lois Sach
1990
Ward
Fuga (original composition)
Michael Ward
1976
Weber
Pieces, piano, 4 hands, op. 10, no. 2,
Andantino con moto (1809)
Kevin Chu
1973
Webern
Kleine Stücke, violoncello, piano
op. 10
David Pacun
1983
Webern
Quartet, violin, clarinet, tenor, sax,
piano, op. 22
Aaron Friedman
2000
Weiss, S.L.
Suite, lute, D minor
Geoff Sass
1987
Wolf
Gedichte von Morike:
An eine Aeolsharfe
Susan Lamb
1982
Wolf
Über Nacht
Ellen Tamm
1978
Various
Dance Composition: “French Spring”
Katia Lom
2006
Various
“Elizabeth Lute Songs and Post
Elizabethan viol consort”
Avery Schwenk
2006
Abbey Road: Side 2
Ali Momeni
1997
Jazz and Popular Music
Beatles
Beatles
Macarthur Park
Bradley Carter
2015
Coltrane
“Venus” from Interstellar Space
Joe Jankovsky
1993
Concerto for Cootie
Mark Handler
2005
Gaye
What’s Goin’ On
Charles Inniss
2009
Hawkins
Body and Soul
Hannah Epstein
2010
Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix and Machine Gun :
A Historical and Theoretical Study
Woody Jiang
2009
King Crimson
Deconstructing King Crimson’s
Light
Gabriel Riccio
2011
Monk
Demystifying Monk
Garth Griffin
2009
Various
Benny Goodman Trio; MJQ; Swing;
Bop; Charlie Parker; Milt Jackson.
Ben Thomas
1992
India
Raga Sindhi Bhairavi
Shalini Ayyagari
2000
Mexico
Existence as Resistance: A Look
Toward Son Jarocho
Ximena Violante
2014
Ellington
World Music