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Greenberg, Robert, 1954-

How to listen to and understand great music / [taught by] Robert Greenberg. - Third edition. - 12 videodiscs (approximately 2160 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guidebook (22 cm.) - - The great courses, fine arts & music . - Great courses (DVD) .

"Course no.700." 48 lectures (45 min. each) v.1 pt.1: Discs 1-3, v.1 pt.2: Discs 4-6, v.2 pt.1: Discs 7-9, v.2 pt.2: Discs 10-12

Includes bibliographical references (guidebooks)

Part 1: Lecture 1. Music as a mirror -- lecture 2. Sources: the ancient world and the early church -- lecture 3. The Middle Ages -- lecture 4. Introduction to the Renaissance -- lecture 5. The Renaissance Mass -- lecture 6. The madrigal -- lecture 7. An introduction to the Baroque Era -- lecture 8. Style features of Baroque-era music Part 2: Lecture 9. National styles: Italy and Germany -- lecture 10. Fugue -- lecture 11. Baroque opera, part 1 -- lecture 12. Baroque opera, part 2 -- lecture 13. The oratorio -- lecture 14. The Lutheran Church cantata -- lecture 15. Passacaglia -- lecture 16. Ritornello form and the Baroque concerto Part 3: Lecture 17. The Enlightenment and an introduction to the classical era -- lecture 18. The Viennese classical style: homophony and cadence -- lecture 19. Classical-era form: theme and variations -- lecture 20. Classical-era form -- minuet and trio: Baroque antecedents -- lecture 21. Classical-era form: minuet and trio form -- lecture 22. Classical-era form: rondo form -- lecture 23. Classical-era form: sonata form, part 1 -- lecture 24. Classical-era form: sonata form, part 2 Part 4: Lecture 25. Classical-era form: sonata form, part 3 -- lecture 26. The symphony: music for every person -- lecture 27. The solo concerto -- lecture 28. Classical-era opera: the rise of opera buffa -- lecture 29. Classical-era opera, part 2: Mozart and the operatic ensemble -- lecture 30. The French Revolution and an introduction to Beethoven -- lecture 31. Beethoven's Symphony no. 5 in C Minor, op. 67, part 1 -- lecture 32. Beethoven's Symphony no. 5 in C Minor, op. 67, part 2 Part 5: Lecture 33. Introduction to Romanticism -- lecture 34. Formal challenges and solutions in early romantic music -- lecture 35. The program symphony: Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, part 1 -- lecture 36. The program symphony: Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, part 2 -- lecture 37. 19th-century Italian opera: Bel Canto opera -- lecture 38. 19th-century Italian opera: Guiseppe Verdi -- lecture 39. 19th-century German opera: nationalism and experimentation -- lecture 40. 19th-century German opera: Richard Wagner Part 6: Lecture 41. The concert overture, part 1 -- lecture 42. The concert overture, part 2 -- lecture 43. Romantic-era musical nationalism -- lecture 44. Russian nationalism -- lecture 45. An introduction to early 20th-century modernism -- lecture 46. Early 20th-century modernism: Claude Debussy -- lecture 47. Early 20th-century modernism: Igor Stravinsky -- lecture 48. Early 20th-century modernism: Arnold Schṉberg

Lectures by Robert Greenberg, formerly of San Francisco Conservatory of Music and currently music historian-in-residence with San Francisco Performances

Presents a history and criticism of music and how to listen and appreciate it


DVD

ISBN: 1598032704 9781598032703

Publisher. No.: PD700-01 Teaching Company PD700-02 Teaching Company PD700-03 Teaching Company PD700-04 Teaching Company PD700-05 Teaching Company PD700-06 Teaching Company

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Music--History and criticism.
Music appreciation.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Video recordings.