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Forever change the way you listen to music with this outstanding course that explores the history, composition, and sublime accomplishments of Western concert music.

Syllabus

  • 01: Music as a Mirror
  • 02: Sources: The Ancient World and the Early Church
  • 03: The Middle Ages
  • 04: Introduction to the Renaissance
  • 05: The Renaissance Mass
  • 06: The Madrigal
  • 07: An Introduction to the Baroque Era
  • 08: Style Features of Baroque-Era Music
  • 09: National Styles: Italy and Germany
  • 10: Fugue
  • 11: Baroque Opera, Part 1
  • 12: Baroque Opera, Part 2
  • 13: The Oratorio
  • 14: The Lutheran Church Cantata
  • 15: Passacaglia
  • 16: Ritornello Form and the Baroque Concerto
  • 17: The Enlightenment and an Introduction to the Classical Era
  • 18: The Viennese Classical Style, Homophony, and Cadence
  • 19: Classical-Era Form: Theme and Variations
  • 20: Classical-Era Form: Minuet and Trio, Baroque Antecedents
  • 21: Classical-Era Form: Minuet and Trio Form
  • 22: Classical-Era Form: Rondo Form
  • 23: Classical-Era Form: Sonata Form, Part 1
  • 24: Classical-Era Form: Sonata Form, Part 2
  • 25: Classical-Era Form: Sonata Form, Part 3
  • 26: The Symphony: Music for Every Person
  • 27: The Solo Concerto
  • 28: Classical-Era Opera, Part 1: The Rise of Opera Buffa
  • 29: Classical-Era Opera, Part 2: Mozart and the Operatic Ensemble
  • 30: The French Revolution and an Introduction to Beethoven
  • 31: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, op. 67, Part 1
  • 32: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, op. 67, Part 2
  • 33: Introduction to Romanticism
  • 34: Formal Challenges and Solutions in Early Romantic Music
  • 35: The Program Symphony: Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, Part 1
  • 36: The Program Symphony: Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, Part 2
  • 37: 19th-Century Italian Opera: Bel Canto Opera
  • 38: 19th-Century Italian Opera: Giuseppe Verdi
  • 39: 19th-Century German Opera: Nationalism and Experimentation
  • 40: 19th-Century German Opera: Richard Wagner
  • 41: The Concert Overture, Part 1
  • 42: The Concert Overture, Part 2
  • 43: Romantic-Era Musical Nationalism
  • 44: Russian Nationalism
  • 45: An Introduction to Early 20th-Century Modernism
  • 46: Early 20th-Century Modernism: Claude Debussy
  • 47: Early 20th-Century Modernism: Igor Stravinsky
  • 48: Early 20th-Century Modernism: Arnold Schönberg
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Taught by

Robert Greenberg

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