Although I saw it as boring previously, I started liking classical and baroque music when I was browsing the MIDIs in my multimedia encyclopedia when I was in sixth grade. Since then, I have collected a number of classical and baroque music CDs and MIDIs. I have put my favorite MIDIs here for you to download. This page also provides my own opinions on my favorite composers. This page is divided into several sections:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Johann Sebastian Bach
George Frideric Handel
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Johann Pachelbel: Canon in D
Other MIDIs

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

My favorite classical composer is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. After watching the movie "Amadeus", I appreciated his music even more. With the exception of the solemn Requiem, his music is often sweet and playful, which is what I like about his style. Listen to his music and wake the child in you.

MIDI files:

• Eine Kleine Nachtmusik: Allegro and Romanze
• Sonata in A major: Rondo alla Turca
• Sonata Facile in C major
• Klaviertuck in F major
• Adagio from Serenade No.10 in B flat major for 12 Winds and Double Bass
• Symphony No.25 in G minor: Allegro con Brio
• Symphony No.29 in A major:Allegro Moderato (piano version availiable at my Piano MIDI Collection)
• Symphony No.40 in G minor (Theme)
• Requiem in D minor: Kyrie Eleison, Lacrimosa and Confutatis
• The Magic Flute: Queen of the Night Aria 14

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  Johann Sebastian Bach

  

  Johann Sebastian Bach was the first favorite classical, or should I say Baroque composer. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, which I accidentally heard in my computer enclyclopedia, beginning my love for classical music, was my favorite. The harmonic intricacy and moving power of Bach's compositions give them their awe-inspiring beauty. Nothing, even these words, could tell the story of JS Bach better than his music, so go forth, listen, and be filled with his spirit.

  MIDI files:

• Wachet Auf
• Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
• Prelude in E Major
• Prelude and Fugue in C Major
• Goldberg Variations: Variation 30
• May Sheep Safely Graze
• Arioso from Keyboard Concerto No.5
• Toccata and Fugue in D minor

  Other recommended pieces:

• Air on the G-string
• Minuet in G

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  George Frideric Handel

  

  I was introduced to Handel through his Oratorio, Messiah. Since I first heard the famous Hallelujah Chorus from this popular choral work, I have discovered more of his music earning him the right to have his own section in my Classical music page. His music ranges from lively ones, like the Hornpipe from the Water Music Suite, to peaceful, lyrical ones such as Largo from Xerxes; this makes me consider him one of the most varied composers.

  MIDI files:

• Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
• Water Music Suite: Hornpipe
• The Harmonious Blacksmith
• Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus
• Xerxes: Largo/ Ombra Mai Fu

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  Ludwig Van Beethoven

  

  I did a lot of thinking before deciding to create a section in my Classical music page for Beethoven. I never really appreciated his music like I appreciated Bach, Mozart and Handel's. After much speculating, I learned that I like many of Beethoven's works enough for him to have a page.

  MIDI files:

• Sonata No.8 "Pathetique" Adagio Cantabile
• Rondo a Capriccio
• Fur Elise
• Sonata No.14 "Moonlight" Movement 1

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  Johann Pachelbel: Canon in D major

  Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel is my favorite musical piece, modern or classical. I believe I first heard it at my Uncle's wedding, but I first really liked it on my Confirmation. I really did not know the name of this beautiful piece until recently when I heard it on the radio in school and my teacher told me its title. Now, I have several versions of Canon in MIDI and in CD. What's ironic is the fact that my favorite piece is by a composer whom I never really appreciated if not for this one piece.

  Canon in D MIDI files:

• My Favorite Version
• My Favorite Version in Different Instruments
• Organ and Other Various Instruments
• Piano Version
• Piano Solo
• Piano Version for Four Hands
• Strings
• Disco!
• Carribean!

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  Other MIDIs

• Jeremiah Clarke: Prince of Denmark's March
• Henry Purcell: Trumpet Voluntary
• Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (piano version) from the Nutcracker Suite
• Edvard Grieg: In the Hall of the Mountain King
• Claude Debussy: Claire de Lune
• Slavic composer?:Pictures at an Exhibition
• Franz Schubert: Ave Maria

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