How to listen to and understand great music. Part 6 [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. 6. lecture 41. Concert overture, Part 1 ; lecture 42. Concert overture, Part 2 ; lecture 43. Romantic-era musical nationalism ; lecture 44, Russian nationalism ; lecture 45. An introduction to early 20th-century modernism ; lecture 46. Early 20th-century modernism--Claude Debussy ; lecture 47. Early 20th-century modernism--Igor Stravinsky ; lecture 48. Early 20th-century modernism--Arnold Schonberg.

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.