Understanding the fundamentals of classical music
Rather than a chronological survey of musical history, this course focuses on the development of listening skills. Examines the fundamentals of sound, line, time and texture, as well as, formal schemes such as theme and variation, rondo, sonata, and fugue.
| Main Author: | Freedman, Richard, 1957- |
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| Format: | Audiobooks Audiobook (CD) |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Prince Frederick, MD :
Recorded Books,
p2003.
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| Series: |
Modern scholar.
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| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Lecture 1. Preliminary thoughts and encouragements
- Lecture 2. On musical timbre
- Lecture 3. Listening to texture
- Lecture 4. Listening to melody
- Lecture 5. Listening to rhythm and meter
- Lecture 6. Listening to harmony
- Lecture 7. Kinds of music
- Lecture 8. Concerning musical representation
- Lecture 9. Listening to musical history
- Lecture 10. Listening to musical forms: sectional
- Lecture 11. Listening to musical forms: continuous
- Lecture 12. Hearing minuets, and other dance forms
- Lecture 13. Sonatas and cycles
- Lecture 14. Fantasy and fugue.