Listening to Music

Yale, , Prof. Craig Wright

Updated On 02 Feb, 19

Overview

Introduction - Introduction to Instruments and Musical Genres - Rhythm: Fundamentals - Rhythm: Jazz, Pop and Classical - Melody: Notes, Scales, Nuts and Bolts - Melody: Mozart and Wagner - Harmony: Chords and How to Build Them - Bass Patterns: Blues and Rock - Sonata-Allegro Form: Mozart and Beethoven - Sonata-Allegro and Theme and Variations - Form: Rondo, Sonata-Allegro and Theme and Variations - Guest Conductor: Saybrook Orchestra - Fugue: Bach, Bizet and Bernstein - Ostinato Form in the Music of Purcell, Pachelbel, Elton John and Vitamin C - Gregorian Chant and Music in the Sistine Chapel - Baroque Music: The Vocal Music of Johann Sebastian Bach - Mozart and His Operas - Piano Music of Mozart and Beethoven - Romantic Opera: Verdi's La Traviata, Bocelli, Pavarotti and Domingo - The Colossal Symphony: Beethoven, Berlioz, Mahler and Shostakovich - Musical Impressionism and Exoticism: Debussy, Ravel and Monet - Modernism and Mahler - Review of Musical Style

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Lecture 12: Guest Conductor Saybrook Orchestra

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Listening to Music (MUSI 112)In this lecture, Professor Wright discusses the nature of a critical concert review, in preparation for the students assignment to review the Saybrook Orchestras upcoming concert. The students are also introduced to Bradley Naylor, one of Saybrook Orchestras conductors, who talks about what it takes to rehearse and lead an orchestra; Katie Dryden, the principal violist, who demonstrates some of the most interesting viola passages from the pieces on the program; and Elana Kagan, the principal flutist, who performs an excerpt from Beethovens Sixth Symphony, which will close the concert.0000 - Chapter 1. Introduction0353 - Chapter 2. Writing a Concert Review1345 - Chapter 3. Rehearsing and Leading an Orchestra3227 - Chapter 4. Viola Excerpts from the Concert Program4240 - Chapter 5. Balancing Solos in the Performance and ConclusionComplete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website httpoyc.yale.eduThis course was recorded in Fall 2008.