<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>
Overview
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 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)
Taught by
Robert Greenberg
