2014
Udemy
William Neely
12+ hours
English

Music appreciation for the 21st century. Learn about Classical Music in the Western world from the Middle Ages to the present.
You’ll begin with an introduction to the various elements of music -- for example, melody, rhythm, pitch and harmony – to give you the basics and vocabulary of music theory to understand and appreciate any type of music. You’ll then explore the History of Classical Music through its various stylistic periods, from medieval chant right up to the current cutting edge. Anyone interested in classical music will benefit from this course.

SECTION 01 The Elements of Music - Introduction to Music Appreciation
SECTION 02 The Elements of Music Rhythm, Meter and Melody
SECTION 03 The Elements of Music - Melodic structure; Harmony and Texture
SECTION 04 The Elements of Music - Timbre
SECTION 05 The Elements of Music - A Summary
SECTION 06 Antiquity and the Middle Ages
SECTION 07 The Late Middle-Ages and the transition to the Renaissance
SECTION 08 The Renaissance
SECTION 09 Secular trends and introduction to the Baroque
SECTION 10 The Early Baroque and the Beginnings of Opera
SECTION 11 17th century developments and the Rise of Instrumental Music
SECTION 12 Instrumental Genres; the fugue and the church cantata
SECTION 13 Opera and Oratorio of the High Baroque; transition to the Classical Period
SECTION 14 Unity and Form in the Classical Era
SECTION 15 Forms of the Classical Period; Introduction to Sonata Form
SECTION 16 Instrumental Genres; Opera according to Mozart - The Marriage of Figaro
SECTION 17 The Marriage of Figaro, continued
SECTION 18 Transition Beethoven
SECTION 19 Beethoven, Part 2
SECTION 20 Introduction to Romanticism
SECTION 21 Hector Berlioz and the program symphony
SECTION 22 The miniature and character piece
SECTION 23 The Emergence of nationalism; Romantic opera
SECTION 24 Italian and French opera; exoticism
SECTION 25 German opera and Richard Wagner
SECTION 26 Wagner’s influence
SECTION 27 Igor Stravinsky and Arnold Schoenberg
SECTION 28 European Modernism
SECTION 29 Music in America
SECTION 30 Copland and the American scene; Gershwin and jazz elements
SECTION 31 The American Sound; Ultra-moderism—the next generation
SECTION 32 Music in the postmodern age - electronic music; minimalism and beyond

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