The Dr. Gradus Guide

Table of Contents

Part I. Intuition(3)

Prelude♫ Schubert
Introduction♫ Debussy, Shostakovich, Márquez
From Ink to Intuition♫ Elgar, Messiaen

Part II. Stories For The Eyes and Ears(5)

Stories♫ Rimsky-Korsakov, Adams, Dvořák, Price
Film Music♫ Giacchino, Guðnadóttir, Bach, Ligeti, Mansell
Opera and Song♫ Mozart, Wagner, Wolfe, Schubert, Shaw
Ballet and Dance♫ Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Copland, Esmail, Pärt
Bonus Chapter: Video Games and Multimedia♫ Wintory, Adès, Louie, Norman, Barber

Part III. For Your Ears Only(2)

Tone Poems♫ Ravel, Schumann, Clyne, Schoenberg, Bernstein
For the Vibes: Just a Title♫ Chopin, Boulanger, Bartók, Debussy, Liszt

Part IV. Between the Ears(5)

Music For Its Own Sake♫ Bach, Paganini, Rachmaninoff, Rzewski, Sumino
Where Art Meets Science: Symphonies and Sonatas♫ Beethoven, Schubert, Perkinson, Mendelssohn
The Classical Stereotype: Slow movements♫ Beach, Brahms, Shostakovich, Mahler
The Most Underrated Movement: Scherzos, Jokes, and "Jokes"♫ Haydn, Mendelssohn, Auerbach, Bruckner, Prokofiev
Finales!♫ Bruch, Sibelius, Mussorgsky, Beethoven

Part V. For Heart and Spirit(2)

For Heart and Spirit♫ Bach, Fauré, Duruflé, Yee, Bryars
Bonus Chapter: Listening Guide

♫: The composers in the Spotify Short List. Most chapters contain much more music.

Start with the Prelude