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Watching: How to Listen to and Understand Great Music

0.0•2023-10-31•1 Seasons

Season 1

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How to Listen to and Understand Great Music

Sources—The Ancient World and the Early Church

The Middle Ages

Introduction to the Renaissance

The Renaissance Mass

Introduction to the Baroque

Style Features of Baroque-era Music

National Styles—Italy and Germany

Baroque Opera, Part 1

Baroque Opera, Part 2

The Lutheran Church Cantata

Ritornello Form and the Baroque Concerto

The Enlightenment and an Introduction to the Classical Era

The Viennese Classical Style, Homophony, and Cadence

Classical-era Form—Theme and Variations

Classical-era Form—Minuet and Trio: Baroque Antecedents

Classical-era Form—Minuet and Trio Form

Classical-era Form—Rondo Form

Classical-era Form—Sonata Form, Part 1

Classical-era Form—Sonata Form, Part 2

Classical-era Form—Sonata Form, Part 3

The Symphony—Music for Every Person

The Solo Concerto

Classical-era Opera—The Rise of Opera Buffa

Classical-era Opera, Part 2—Mozart and the Operatic Ensemble

The French Revolution and an Introduction to Beethoven

Beethoven’s Symphony no. 5 in C Minor, op. 67, Part 1

Beethoven’s Symphony no. 5 in C Minor, op. 67, Part 2

Introduction to Romanticism

Formal Challenges and Solutions in Early Romantic Music

The Program Symphony—Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, Part 1

The Program Symphony—Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, Part 2

19th-Century Italian Opera—Bel Canto Opera

19th-Century Italian Opera—Giuseppe Verdi

19th-Century German Opera—Nationalism and Experimentation

19th-Century German Opera—Richard Wagner

The Concert Overture, Part 1

The Concert Overture, Part 2

Romantic-era Musical Nationalism

Russian Nationalism

An Introduction to Early 20th-Century Modernism

Early 20th-Century Modernism—Claude Debussy

Early 20th-Century Modernism—Igor Stravinsky

Early 20th-Century Modernism—Arnold Schönberg

Overview

Great music is a language unto its own, a means of communication of unmatched beauty and genius. And it has an undeniable power to move us in ways that enrich our lives—provided it is understood. If you have ever longed to appreciate great concert music, to learn its glorious language and share in its sublime pleasures, the way is now open to you, through this series of 48 wonderful lectures designed to make music accessible to everyone who yearns to know it, regardless of prior training or knowledge.