Join Professor Robert Greenberg to explore the emotional power, religious devotion, technical virtuosity, diverse national styles, and sheer genius of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Overview
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: Introduction
- 02: Christmas, 1722
- 03: Introduction to the Baroque Aesthetic
- 04: Fugue
- 05: Historical Overview from Constantine through the Great Thinkers of the Baroque
- 06: Style Features of High Baroque Music, Part I-A Musical Glossary
- 07: Style Features of High Baroque Music, Part II-A Musical Glossary
- 08: Style Features of High Baroque Music, Part III-A Musical Glossary
- 09: Bach's Inheritance, Part I-The Protestant Reformation and the Rise of Lutheranism
- 10: Lutheranism, the Chorale and the Chorale Prelude
- 11: Bach's Inheritance, Part II-The Development of the Italian Style
- 12: The Italian Style, The Operatic Ideal and Lutheran Spirituality are Joined
- 13: Vivaldi, Bach and the Concerto, Part I-Vivaldi and the Venetian Opera
- 14: Vivaldi, Bach and the Concerto, Part II-Vivaldi's Model and Bach, Violin Concerto No. 2 in E Major
- 15: Vivaldi, Bach and the Concerto, Part II-Bach Violin Concerto No. 2 in E Major (cont.)
- 16: Vivaldi, Bach and the Concerto, Part III-The Concerto Grosso and the Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
- 17: Bach and the French Style, Part I-Dance and the Orchestral Suite
- 18: Dance and the Orchestral Suite (cont.)
- 19: Bach and the French Style, Part II-The Keyboard Suite
- 20: The Keyboard Suite (cont.)
- 21: Bach and Opera, Part I-Cantata No. 140 Wachet auf, uns ruft die stimme
- 22: Cantata No. 140 Wachet auf, uns ruft die stimme (cont.)
- 23: Bach and Opera, Part II-Opera Buffa and the Secular Cantata, The Coffee Cantata
- 24: Opera Buffa and the Secular Cantata, The Coffee Cantata (cont.)
- 25: Bach Transcendent-The Saint Matthew Passion, Part I
- 26: Bach Transcendent-The Saint Matthew Passion, Part II
- 27: Bach Transcendent-The Saint Matthew Passion, Part III
- 28: Bach Transcendent-The Saint Matthew Passion, Part IV
- 29: Bach Transcendent-The Goldberg Variations, Part I
- 30: Bach Transcendent-The Goldberg Variations, Part II
- 31: Bach Transcendent-The Goldberg Variations, Part III
- 32: Bach Transcendent-The Goldberg Variations, Part IV
Taught by
Robert Greenberg
