The Story of Great Music
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Introduction
What You Need to Begin5 Steps -
The Renaissance and Baroque Eras1. Renaissance8 Steps|1 Quiz
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2. Early Baroque11 Steps|1 Quiz
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The Italian Baroque (40 min)
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The English Baroque (35 min)
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The German Baroque (40 min)
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Watch Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” (35 min)
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Listen: Early Baroque Recordings
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{+} Listening Journal
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{+} Research Papers
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{+} Projects
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{+} The French Baroque
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{+} Italian Baroque Oratorios & Opera
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{+} German Harpsichord Music
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The Italian Baroque (40 min)
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3. Handel10 Steps|1 Quiz
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4. Bach13 Steps|1 Quiz
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The Life of Bach (50 min)
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A Personal Portait: Bach
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Bach’s Chamber & Orchestral Music (50 min)
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Bach’s Large Choral Works (60 min)
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Listen: Bach Recordings
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{+} Listening Journal
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{+} Research Papers
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{+} Projects
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{+} Bach’s Keyboard Music
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{+} Bach’s “Goldberg Variations” & Glenn Gould
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{+} Bach’s Organ Music
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{+} Bach’s Cantatas
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{+} Bach’s Mass in B Minor
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The Life of Bach (50 min)
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The Classical Era5. Haydn8 Steps|1 Quiz
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6. Mozart9 Steps|1 Quiz
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7. Beethoven8 Steps|1 Quiz
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The Romantic Era8. Early German Romantics8 Steps|1 Quiz
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9. French Romantics8 Steps|1 Quiz
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10. Masters of the Piano8 Steps|1 Quiz
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11. Romantic Opera9 Steps|1 Quiz
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12. Brahms8 Steps|1 Quiz
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13. Romantic Nationalism10 Steps|1 Quiz
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14. Russian Romantics9 Steps|1 Quiz
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The Russian Five (70 min)
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Watch Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky (35 min)
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Tchaikovsky’s Life and Music (60 min)
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Watch a Full Work by Tchaikovsky (35-45 min)
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Listen: Russian Romantics Recordings
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{+} Listening Journal
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{+} Research Papers
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{+} Projects
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{+} Tchaikovsky’s Other Symphonies & Orchestral Works
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The Russian Five (70 min)
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The 20th Century15. French Impressionism10 Steps|1 Quiz
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Debussy’s Life and Music (65 min)
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Listen to Debussy’s “La Mer” (24 min)
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Ravel’s Life and Music (55 min)
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Listen to Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G (25 min)
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Listen: French Impressionism Recordings
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{+} Listening Journal
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{+} Research Papers
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{+} Projects
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{+} Other Great Works by Ravel
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{+} Listen to Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem
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Debussy’s Life and Music (65 min)
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16. Finland, England, & America9 Steps|1 Quiz
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Question 1 of 15
1. Question
Why is Haydn often called the father of the modern orchestra?
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Question 2 of 15
2. Question
(True or False) Haydn was popular with the prince and the members of his orchestra.
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3. Question
Where did Haydn live during most of his life?
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(True or False) Haydn was born into a wealthy family.
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5. Question
Haydn achieved in his quartet a perfection of form in which transparency, neatness, and clarity dominated. What was one of the ways he accomplished this?
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Question 6 of 15
6. Question
What was the name of the oratorio that Haydn was most famous for during his lifetime?
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Question 7 of 15
7. Question
(True or False) Given his quote in The Life of Haydn, Haydn appears to have been a godly and joyful man.
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Question 8 of 15
8. Question
What is the sonata form?
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Question 9 of 15
9. Question
Arrange the three (3) sections in the order they appear in a Sonata.
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Recapitulation
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Development
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Exposition
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Question 10 of 15
10. Question
Match the names of the instrument combinations to their definitions using the sonata form.
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- A sonata with a single instrument or an instrument playing with the accompaniment of another instrument like a keyboard
- A sonata for three instruments
- A sonata for four instruments
- A sonata for five instruments
- A sonata for an orchestra
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Sonata
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Trio
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Quartet
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Quintet
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Symphony
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Question 11 of 15
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What is a concerto?
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Question 12 of 15
12. Question
Choose the three things that characterize Haydn’s symphonies.
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Question 13 of 15
13. Question
(True or False) A good concerto often feels like a back and forth conversation between the solo instrument and the orchestra.
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Question 14 of 15
14. Question
(True or False) Haydn was impressed with Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus.
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Question 15 of 15
15. Question
(True or False) A cadenza is a brilliant, virtuosic display of thematic material, freely and elaborately developed.
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