Forever change the way you listen to music with this outstanding course that explores the history, composition, and sublime accomplishments of Western concert music.
Overview
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 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 the 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-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 Schonberg
Taught by
Robert Greenberg