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Sample Lessons - The Story of Great Music
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Introduction
What You Need to Begin4 Steps -
The Renaissance to the Baroque Era1. Renaissance8 Steps
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Early Church Music, Minstrels & Madrigals (35 min)
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{+} Minstrels to Madrigals
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Palestrina & Church Music
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Palestrina and Monteverdi (40 min)
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English Music in the Renaissance (35 min)
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Listening Journal, Research Papers, and Projects
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Listen: Renaissance Recordings
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Research & Projects: Renaissance (Optional)
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Early Church Music, Minstrels & Madrigals (35 min)
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2. Early Baroque8 Steps|4 Quizzes
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3. Handel6 Steps|1 Quiz
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Watch Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” (35 min)
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This concert performance features violinist Andrés Gabetta playing the baroque violin. He directs his Cappella Gabetta live from the Menuhin Festival in Gstaad, Switzerland.
Find a comfortable seat and enjoy the concert. Andrés Gabetta is an extraordinary violinist who plays with incredible vigor and intensity. I hope you enjoy it.
The following timings apply to the concertos representing the four seasons; they are also marked inside the video.
Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269, “Spring” (La primavera)
- Allegro (00:12)
- Largo e pianissimo sempre (03:03)
- Allegro pastorale (05:07)
Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, “Summer” (L’estate)
- Allegro non molto (08:44)
- Adagio e piano – Presto e forte (13:50)
- Presto (15:35)
Concerto No. 3 in F major, Op. 8, RV 293, “Autumn” (L’autunno)
- Allegro (18:16)
- Adagio molto (22:48)
- Allegro (25:35)
Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297, “Winter” (L’inverno)
- Allegro non molto (29:04)
- Largo (32:07)
- Allegro (33:54)