Listening to Music

Yale, , Prof. Craig Wright

Updated On 02 Feb, 19

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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 20: The Colossal Symphony Beethoven, Berlioz, Mahler and Shostakovich

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Listening to Music (MUSI 112)The history and development of the symphony is the topic of this lecture. Professor Wright leads the students from Mozart to Mahler, discussing the ways in which the genre of symphonic music changed throughout the nineteenth century, as well as the ways in which the make-up of the symphony orchestra itself evolved during this period. The changes in the nature of orchestral music are contextualized within the broader historical changes taking place in Europe in the nineteenth century. The lecture is supplemented with musical excerpts drawn from Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, Wagner, and Mahler.0000 - Chapter 1. Introduction to Symphonies0852 - Chapter 2. Historical Changes in Strings and Woodwind Instruments1527 - Chapter 3. The Development of the Brass Family2322 - Chapter 4. The Growing Orchestra Capacities and Limits in the 19th Century2952 - Chapter 5. Accommodating Orchestras The Advent of Concert Halls3527 - Chapter 6. Gustav Mahler, the Symphony Composer4733 - Chapter 7. ConclusionComplete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website httpoyc.yale.eduThis course was recorded in Fall 2008.