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<p>Discover the fascinating ways in which great works of music have interacted with historical events, in this eye-opening course taught by a celebrated composer and music historian.</p>

Syllabus

  • 01: Music and History, Madrigals and Maps
  • 02: Handel: Water Music (1714)
  • 03: Mozart: The Abduction from the Harem (1782)
  • 04: Haydn: Mass in the Time of War (1797)
  • 05: Beethoven: The Farewell Sonata (1810)
  • 06: Beethoven: Wellington's Victory (1813)
  • 07: Berlioz/de L'Isle: “La Marseillaise” (1830)
  • 08: Chopin: Etude in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 12 (1831)
  • 09: Glinka: A Life for the Tsar (1836)
  • 10: Strauss Sr.: Radetzky March (1848)
  • 11: Brahms: Piano Quartet in G Minor, Op. 25 (1861)
  • 12: Gottschalk: The Union (1862)
  • 13: Verdi: Nabucco (1842)
  • 14: Wagner: The Ring (1876)
  • 15: Dvorak: From the New World Symphony (1893)
  • 16: Balakirev: Symphony No. 1 (1898)
  • 17: Janacek: Piano Sonata I.X.1905 (1906)
  • 18: Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel (1907)
  • 19: Holst: Ode to Death (1919)
  • 20: Berg: Wozzeck (1922)
  • 21: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 (1962)
  • 22: Copland: Symphony No. 3 (1946)
  • 23: Gorecki: Symphony No. 3 (1976)
  • 24: Crumb: Black Angels (1970)
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Robert Greenberg

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