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Music files require an appropriate plug-in to play directly with your browser, such as Apple's QuickTime. For best results, however, a specific MIDI interface and a synthesizer are recommended. However, my recent Macintosh computers render the MIDI files almost as well as my Roland synth... This is one of the new features of Mac OS X. You can play the files listed below, or download them to use with your own system. I am proposing here only a few examples. I have added several now that my new Internet Provider gives me more disk space. I have more than 4500 files in stock, but not many have a sufficient quality to be displayed here... So you will find only the 134 best files of my collection.
On a separate page, see files with natural sound.
The creator of the MIDI file (or "sequencer") is shown in grey italics. |
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ALBINONI, Tomaso (1671-1751) Italian |
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The famous Adagio per archi ed organo (76 kB) Roland
Probably spurious (a later reconstruction). Some consider it is a cliché... |
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BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) German
Bach has now a page for himself, with 34 MIDI files from 25 different works.
The complete BWV (catalogue of J.S. Bach's works) is also available (220 kB), showing all MIDIs that I have collected, edited or created. |
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THE BEATLES (1960's) British |
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Michelle (27 kB) Barnes |
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When I'm sixty-four (24 kB) Wallace |
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BEETHOVEN, Ludvig van (1770-1827) German |
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Mondschein-Sonate (3rd movt) (42 kB) Grant |
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Sonate in F# Op.78 (1st movt) (29 kB) Wolfe |
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Coriolan Ouverture (72 kB) Kanda |
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BIZET, Georges (1838-1875) French |
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From "Carmen" (56 kB) Unknown
Very popular music, and doesn't sound too bad with QuickTime... |
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BOISMORTIER, Joseph Bodin de (1689-1755) French |
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Sonate en trio Op 37 N°5 (32 kB) Kwasnik
Sonata for flute, bassoon and basso continuo (1732) |
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BRUBECK, Dave (1920-) American |
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Take Five (44 kB) Unknown
A great jazz classic... Unusual (at the time) 5 beat measure. |
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CHAMBONNIÈRES, Jacques Champion de (1602-1672) French |
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Canaris en ut (12 kB) Fabbri
Singing canaries, by a "petit maître" of the 17th Century. |
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CHOPIN, Frédéric (1810-1849) Polish / French |
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Valse posthume en mi mineur (13 kB) Valérie Tryon |
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Valse 3 Op.34 N°2 (28 kB) Moclin (whoever that may be) |
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Fantaisie-Impromptu (28 kB) Unknown |
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More in "natural sound" |
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CORELLI, Archangelo (1653-1713) Italian |
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Concerto per la notte di Natale (22 kB) Dardel |
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Sonata da chiesa (8 kB) Unknown |
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COUPERIN, François (1688-1733) French |
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Les barricades mystérieuses (8 kB) Cowles
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DAQUIN, Louis-Claude (1694-1772) French |
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Le coucou (13 kB) Unknown
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DARDEL, François de (1945-) Swiss |
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Étude en mi mineur (23 kB. New version) Dardel
Composed ca 1985, as well as the following piece. Kindly re-instrumented by Pier Franco Fegi. |
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Prélude & fugue en sol mineur (13 kB) Dardel |
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DEBUSSY Claude (1862-1918) French |
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Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (80 kB) Unknown
A very elaborate sequence. I regret not to know the name of the sequencer (probably Japanese or Korean). It's really worth listening to this piece. |
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DESPREZ, Josquin (ca.1450-1521) Flemish |
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Mille regretz (13 kB) TJ Miller
Josken Van De Velde, better known as Josquin des Prez, alias Josquinus Pratensis (I love the way you could translate your name from Dutch into French or Latin). A short composition that had a huge success in the early XVth Century, and was heavily copied and adapted at a time there was no copyright or "intellectual property". |
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DOWLAND, John (1562-1626) English |
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Flow my tears (44 kB) Unknown
This piece is one of the many compositions that travelled through Europe in the Renaissance, and were picked up by musicians of different countries who made their "own version". There was no copyright at the time, and no one seemed to object that the same piece was published by different composers. This is a somewhat lengthy version for viole and lute. |
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Farewell (12 kB) Unknown(a fancy)
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HÄNDEL, Georg Friedrich (1685-1759) German |
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Hornpipe from Water Music (24 kB) Breed |
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Andante from Water Music (24 kB) Roland corp.
This is a better file, supplied by Roland with one of their Sound Canvas synthesizers. |
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HAYDN, Josef (1732-1809) Austrian |
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Quartett für Gitarre und Streicher (45 kB) Allan Cronin
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JANEQUIN, Clément (1485-1558) French |
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La guerre, (32 kB) Dardel
Also known as "La bataille de Marignan". There are several versions of this piece. I selected the most popular version for four voices, but used a brass quartett for the Midi file. |
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LE JEUNE, Claude (1530-1600) French |
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Qu'est devenu ce bel oeil, (4 kB) Dardel
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LISZT, Franz (Ferenc) (1811-1886) Hungarian |
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Auf dem Wasser zu singen, (36 kB) Halstead
I do not like Liszt very much (too virtuoso) but this is a transcription of a lovely lied by Franz Schubert |
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LULLY, Jean-Baptiste (1632-1687) French |
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Ouverture d'Armide, (29 kB) Lam
Bien dans le style de Versailles... |
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MANCINI, Henry (1924-1994) American |
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The pink panther (43 kB) (1963) Unknown
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MARAIS, Marin (1656-1728) French |
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Les Folies d'Espagne (36 kB) Takahata/Dardel
Another of those compositions – also called "La Follia" – that travelled throughout Europe. Marais made here a nice series of variations. A whole Internet site is dedicated to this tune. |
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MENKEN, Alan (1949-) American |
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Steel band (56 kB) Unknown
Again, a file found on the web. Sounds vaguely familiar to my untrained ears, and deliciously Caribbean... A visitor to this web page suggested it is "Under The Sea" from the Disney film "The Little Mermaid". Another visitor confirmed this, gave me the composer's name and added: lyrics by Howard Ashman. |
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MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) Austrian |
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Divertimento für Bläser KV138 , 1st movt (18 kB) Unknown |
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Concerto for bassoon KV191 (108 kB) R & Y Reid
Complete (3 movements). |
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Sonate G dur KV357 zu vier Händen, 1st movt (54 kB) Raborn |
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Variations sur "Ah vous dirais-je maman" (72 kB) Raborn
For piano. |
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Adagio in B minor KV540 (32 kB) T.L. Hubeart
For piano. |
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Die Königin der Nacht (17 kB) M. Weimer
First aria of the Queen of the Night, from the "Magic Flute". |
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I have compiled the whole "Köchelverzeichnis" (catalogue of all Mozart's works) for you |
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MUDARRA, Alonso (1546) Spanish |
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Fantasía que contrahace el harpa de Ludovico (16 kB) Unknown
In English: fantasy (for guitar) in imitation of the harp. |
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NARVAEZ, Luis de (16th Cent.) Spanish |
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Diferencias para guitarra sobre "Guárdame las vacas" (8 kB) Unknown
Another composer of the Spanish Golden age. In English: Variations for guitar on "Keep the cows for me". |
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PLATTI, Giovanni Benedetto (1697-1763) Italian |
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Sonata 14 (10 k2) Unknown
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PONCE, Manuel (1882-1948) Mexican |
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Scherzino Mexicano (16 kB) Unknown
I didn't know the details (there are several Ponce, from Spain and Latin America) until a visitor to this site kindly supplied first name, nationality and title of the piece. |
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PRAETORIUS, Michael (1571-1621) German |
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Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen (Choral) (7 kB) Weimer
Base of a famous Christmas Carol |
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PURCELL, Henry (1659-1695) English |
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Strike the Viol (12 kB) Michael Starke
From the Ode for the birthday of Queen Mary, 1694. |
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Dido and Aeneas Overture (36 kB) Unknown |
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King Arthur: The Genie of the Cold (26 kB) Redman/Dardel
Movements 16 and 17: freezing cold... |
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RAMEAU, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764) French |
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Les Sauvages (28 kB) Fabbri
From "Les Indes galantes", here a version for harpsichord. |
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Nouvelles Suites de Clavecin, N°2 (15 kB) Collinelli |
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La Boîteuse (4 kB)Unknown
The title means "The limping woman". A short piece, here rendered with the guitar. |
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REICHA, Anton (1770-1836) Bohemian, then French |
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Quartett for flutes (36 kB) Dardel
1st movement only |
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Trio for French horns (N°5) (12 kB) Unknown |
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Trio for French horns (N°6) (16 kB) Unknown/Dardel
I love these trios, full of grace and nostalgia... |
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ROSSINI, Gioachino (1792-1868) Italian |
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L'Italiana in Algeri (102 kB) Zammarrelli
Overture |
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SCARLATTI, Domenico (1685-1757) Italian |
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Sonata Longo 388 (10 kB) Segor
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SCHUBERT, Franz (1797-1828) Austrian |
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Moment musical Nr.4 (12 kB) Krüger
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Moment musical Nr.3 (12 kB) Krüger
A good version (with "natural sound") |
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Moment musical Nr.3 (10 kB) Fennimore
Here with the sound of electric piano |
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Impromptu Op.90 Nr.4 (46 kB) Krüger
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Impromptu Op.142 Nr.2 (32 kB) Krüger
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SCHUMANN, Robert (1810-1856) German |
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Op 15 N° 1 Von Fremden Ländern und Menschen (8 kB) Bernd Krueger |
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Op 15 N° 8 Am Kamin (8 kB) Bernd Krueger |
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Op 15 N° 11 Fürchtenmachen (9 kB) Bernd Krueger
All three short piano pieces from Opus 15 "Kinderszenen" |
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SMETANA, Bedřich (1824-1884) Bohemian |
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Die Moldau (248 kB) Sugimura
Smetana's best known work. |
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SOLER, Padre Antonio (1729-1783) Spanish |
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Gran Sonata en Fa# mayor (Rubio 90) (23 kB) Izumi |
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Gran Fandango (56 kB) Izumi
An "ostinato" piece for the harpsichord with a repetitive character similar to a chaconne or bolero |
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STRAUSS, Johann (1825-1899) der Jüngere Austrian |
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Kaiser-Waltzer (116 kB) Unknown, but Japanese
One of the most famous waltzes of Vienna. Full orchestrated version. |
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STRAUSS, Richard (1864-1949) German |
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Also sprach Zarathustra (4 kB) Unknown / Dardel
Only the first 20 bars... reminiscent of Stanley Kubrick's Space Odyssey. |
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Tárrega, Francisco (1856-1909) Spanish |
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Capricho árabe (36 kB) Tchiang
For guitar.
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TCHAIKOVSKI, Piotr Ilitch (1840-1893) Russian |
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Swan lake (24 kB) Ho
Prelude to Act 2. |
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VILLA-LOBOS, Heitor (1885-1959) Brazilian |
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Choros (13 kB) Unknown
One of the most famous guitar tunes. |
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VINCENT, Gene (1935-1971) American and The Blue Caps |
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Be-Bop a lula (30 kB) Unknown
A be-bop of 1956, written by a "rockabilly".
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VIVALDI, Antonio (1678-1741) Italian |
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Sonata RV 106 per flauto, oboe e fagotto (30 kB) Dardel |
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L'inverno, from Le quattro stagione (52 kB) Lialiambis
Excellent version of the "Winter" |
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Duo for guitars Knezevic
First movement, Allegro (24 kB) . Second movement, Andante (16 kB). |
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Sonata RV 107 per Oboe, flauto, violino e basso continuo (12 kB) Unknown |
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Concerto N°176 (32 kB) Unknown
This is an arrangement for banjo, with drums, quite entertaining. |
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ZACH, Jan (1699-1773) Bohemian |
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Praeludium und Fuge C-moll (12 kB) Heldstab
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I couldn't find pictures of four composers: Janequin, Mudarra, Narvaez and Soler. Can anybody oblige? |
