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The Story of Great Music

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  1. Introduction

    Instructions & Setup
    5 Steps
  2. The Renaissance and Baroque Eras
    1. Renaissance
    8 Steps
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    1 Quiz
  3. 2. Early Baroque
    11 Steps
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    1 Quiz
  4. 3. Handel
    10 Steps
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    1 Quiz
  5. 4. Bach
    13 Steps
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    1 Quiz
  6. The Classical Era
    5. Haydn
    9 Steps
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    1 Quiz
  7. 6. Mozart
    10 Steps
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    1 Quiz
  8. 7. Beethoven
    9 Steps
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    1 Quiz
  9. The Romantic Era
    8. Early German Romantics
    9 Steps
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    1 Quiz
  10. 9. French Romantics
    8 Steps
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    1 Quiz
  11. 10. Masters of the Piano
    8 Steps
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    1 Quiz
  12. 11. Romantic Opera
    9 Steps
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    1 Quiz
  13. 12. Brahms
    8 Steps
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    1 Quiz
  14. 13. Romantic Nationalism
    10 Steps
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    1 Quiz
  15. 14. Russian Romantics
    9 Steps
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    1 Quiz
  16. The 20th Century
    15. French Impressionism
    10 Steps
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    1 Quiz
  17. 16. Finland, England, & America
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    1 Quiz
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The music in this lesson should remind you of the developments of form under Haydn, as well as sound recognizably “classical.” What a difference from the Medieval and Renaissance periods!

  • Listen to one of Mozart’s ‘Haydn’ quartets. What similarities to Haydn’s work can you detect?
  • Pick one of his 17 piano sonatas and listen to a version on the fortepiano for which it was composed, as well as on a modern piano. Describe the differences you hear.