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A Selection of Monticello Music

A selection of music related to Jefferson and Monticello, ranging from popular tunes to classical pieces.

22 minutes, listening

the favorite passion of my soul
Thomas Jefferson, 1778
A violin and sheet music sit on top of a harpsichord in Monticello's Parlor.

Jefferson was an accomplished amateur violinist and an avid concertgoer who once declared music is "the favorite passion of my soul."

(Music performed by the Sugar Ridge Quartet, L. Mackey, and J. Deal.)

Brief Introduction (approx. 2.5 min.)


Overture from 'Love in a Village: A Comic Opera' by Thomas Arne

(Performed by the Sugar Ridge Quartet, approx. 1.75 min.)


Over the Hills and Far Away
from 'The Beggar's Opera'

(Performed by the Sugar Ridge Quartet, approx. 1 min.)


Money Musk


Sonata #4, Opus 2, by Archangelo Corelli

(Performed by the Sugar Ridge Quartet, approx. 9 min.)

  • Preludido
  • Giga
  • Allemande 


Sonata #1 from XII Solos, Opus 2 by Antonio Vivaldi


From Symphony No. 66 In B Flat Major: Finale by Josef Haydn


Symphony No. 3 In G Major: III Minuet & Trio by Josef Haydn

 

Broom of the Cowdenknowes

Zip file of Monticello Music (without Brief Introduction)

Sheet music in Jefferson's hand including 17 bars of Money Musk
Sheet music with notation for two songs in Jefferson's hand, including Money Musk