The History of Music, 2nd Edition: The Baroque Era
Baroque music, which flourished between the years 1600 and 1750, expanded the size, range, and complexity of instrumental performance while also firmly establishing opera as a musical genre. In this program, the canzone, suite, sonata, concerto gros...
The History of Music, 2nd Edition: Into the Classical Period
This program studies the birth of Classical music, which occurred during the final decades of the Baroque Era, and its maturation up to about 1800. Differences between Baroque and Classical music—particularly in matters of tonality and form—are ...
The History of Music, 2nd Edition: Early Romanticism
While Classical composers relied on form and structure, Romantic composers gave priority to emotional expression. This program surveys the 19th century as it notes the contributions of Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Hector Berlioz, Franz Lisz...