How to listen to and understand great music. Part 5 [sound recording] / Robert Greenberg.

Title:

ISBN:

9781598032697

Personal Author:

Greenberg, Robert, 1954-

Edition:

Third edition, library edition.

Publication Information:

Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., [2006]

℗2006

Physical Description:

8 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in + 1 course guidebooks.

General Note:

Issued in 6 parts, each with 8 CDs and 1 course guidebook.

Accompanying guidebook includes lecture outlines, time lines, biographical notes, glossaries, and bibliographical references.

"Course no. 700."

Contents:

pt. 5. lecture 33. Introduction to romanticism ; lecture 34. Formal challenges and solutions in early romantic music ; lecture 35. Program symphony--Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, Part 1 ; lecture 36, Program symphony--Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, Part 2 ; lecture 37. 19th Century Italian Opera--Bel Canto Opera ; lecture 38. 19th Century Italian Opera--Giuseppe Verdi ; lecture 39. 19th Century German Opera--Nationalism and experimentation ; lecture 40. 19th Century German Opera--Richard Wagner.

Summary:

Provides understanding of musical forms, techniques, and terms and of the reciprocal relationship of social context and musical creation, using digitally recorded music to illustrate points and examining the contributions of nearly every major western composer.

Subject Term:

Music appreciation

Genre:

Audiobooks

Added Corporate Author:

Teaching Company

Series Title:

Great courses (Compact disc)

Series Sequence:

Great courses (Compact disc)

Performer:

Taught by Robert Greenberg, music historian-in-residence, San Francisco Performances.