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Great Piano Works Explained

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Overview

<p>Discover the magnificent works for solo piano in the classical tradition and deepen your understanding and enjoyment of these great creations.</p>

Syllabus

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  • 01: J. S. Bach and The Well-Tempered Clavier
  • 02: Bach’s French Suites
  • 03: Joseph Haydn’s Early Classical Piano
  • 04: Mozart’s High Classical Piano
  • 05: Mozart’s Sonata in C Minor, K. 457
  • 06: Beethoven’s Sonata in F Minor, Op. 2, No. 1
  • 07: Beethoven’s Sonata No. 31, Op. 110, Movt. 1
  • 08: Beethoven’s Sonata No. 31, Op. 110, Movts. 2–3
  • 09: The Songs of Franz Schubert
  • 10: Schubert’s Sonata in B-flat Major, D. 960
  • 11: Robert Schumann’s Romantic Dream World
  • 12: Clara Schumann and the Plight of Women Composers
  • 13: Frédéric Chopin: Piano’s Quintessential Romantic
  • 14: Chopin’s Nocturnes and Ballades
  • 15: Johannes Brahms: Piano’s Dark Poet
  • 16: Franz Liszt: The Consummate Pianist
  • 17: The Rise of the Russian Pianists
  • 18: Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, and Anton Webern
  • 19: Claude Debussy’s “Clair de lune”
  • 20: The Preludes of Debussy
  • 21: French Piano in the Early 20th Century
  • 22: Charles Ives, Sergei Prokofiev, and Béla Bartók
  • 23: Marginalized Composers
  • 24: New Sounds for a New Century

Taught by

Catherine Kautsky

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