A music history and appreciation course, all in one. In these 48 lectures, Professor Greenberg discusses music from the ancient world to the modern day. According to The Teaching Company, "This course can permanently enrich your life."
Lecture Titles (abbreviated):
Introduction
Sources-The Ancient World and the Early Church
The Middle Ages
Introduction to the Renaissance
The Renaissance Mass
The Madrigal
Introduction to the Baroque
Style Features of Baroque Music and a Brief Tutorial on Pitch, Motive, Melody, and Texture
The Rise of German Nationalism in Music
Fugue
Baroque Opera, Part 1
Part 2
Baroque Sacred Music, Part 1-The Oratorio
Part 2-The Lutheran Church Cantata
Baroque Instrumental Forms, Part 1-Passacaglia
Part 2-Ritornello Form and the Baroque Concerto
The Enlightenment and an Introduction to the Classical Era
The Viennese Classical Style, Homophony, and the Cadence
Classical-Era Form-Theme and Variations
Minuet and Trio I-Baroque Antecedents
Minuet and Trio II
Rondo
Sonata-Allegro Form I, Part 1
Part 2
Classical-Era Form-Sonata-Allegro Form II
Classical-Era Orchestral Genres-The Symphony
The Solo Concerto
Classical-Era Opera-The Development of Opera Buffa
Mozart and the Operatic Ensemble
The French Revolution
Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67, Part 1
Part 2
Introduction to Romanticism
Formal Challenges and Solutions in Early Romantic Music-Miniatures-Lieder and Chopin
Program Symphony-Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique, Part 1
Part 2
Nineteenth-Century Italian Opera-Bel Canto Opera
Giuseppe Verdi
Nineteenth-Century German Opera-Nationalism and Experimentation
Richard Wagner
The Concert Overture, Part 1
Part 2
Romantic Nationalism-Post-1848 Musical Nationalism
Russian Nationalism
The Early Twentieth Century and the Modernist Movement-An Introduction
The Search for a New Musical Language-Debussy
Stravinsky
Schönberg