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Beethoven's Piano Sonatas

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Examine 32 piano sonatas with Great Courses favorite Professor Robert Greenberg as he combines music, anecdotes, and humor to highlight classic pieces.

Syllabus

  • 01: Beethoven and the Piano
  • 02: Homage to Mozart
  • 03: The Grand Sonata, Part 1
  • 04: The Grand Sonata, Part 2
  • 05: Meaning and Metaphor
  • 06: The Striking and Subversive, Op. 10 Continued
  • 07: The Pathetique and the Sublime
  • 08: The Opus 14 Sonatas
  • 09: Motives, Bach and a Farewell to the 18th Century
  • 10: A Genre Redefined
  • 11: Sonata quasi una fantasia-The Moonlight
  • 12: Lesser Siblings and a Pastoral Interlude
  • 13: The Tempest
  • 14: A Quartet of Sonatas
  • 15: The Waldstein and the Heroic Style
  • 16: The Appassionata and the Heroic Style
  • 17: They Deserve Better, Part 1
  • 18: They Deserve Better, Part 2
  • 19: The Farewell Sonata
  • 20: Experiments in a Dark Time
  • 21: The Hammerklavier, Part 1
  • 22: The Hammerklavier, Part 2
  • 23: In a World of His Own
  • 24: Reconciliation
  • By This Professor

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Robert Greenberg, PhD

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