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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
The culmination of the Baroque period is represented in the works of two great German masters: and George Frederick Handel and Johann Sebastian Bach.
Unlike the masters of the early 17th century, Bach and Handel perfected rather than invented forms and styles. Although both were German by birth, their music, taken as a whole, reflects an amazing combination of the schools and styles we’ve just studied.
Curiously, they were born the same year, just one month apart, and less than 100 miles from each other – and yet they never met. Since Handel was born first, we will begin with him.