The Story of Great Music Sample Lessons – My Compass Classroom

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Turn music history from a daunting subject to an entertaining part of your homeschool with the engaging performances and accessible writing of this course.

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Introduction

Instructions & Setup 5 Steps Sample Lesson

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Learning to Love Classical Music

How This Class Works

Setting Up Your Listening Environment & Equipment

Music & Video Streaming

{+} Building a Music Library

The Renaissance and Baroque Eras

1. Renaissance 8 Steps | 1 Quiz

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Early Church Music, Minstrels & Madrigals (35 min)

Palestrina and Monteverdi (40 min)

English Music in the Renaissance (35 min)

Watch a Work of Renaissance Music

Listen: Renaissance Recordings

{+} Listening Journal

{+} Research Papers

Quiz: The Renaissance

2. Early Baroque 11 Steps | 1 Quiz

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The Italian Baroque (40 min)

Watch Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” (35 min)

The English Baroque: Purcell (35 min)

The German Baroque (30 min)

Listen: Early Baroque Recordings

{+} Listening Journal

{+} Research Papers

{+} The French Baroque (25 min)

{+} German Harpsichord Music (20 min)

{+} Italian Baroque Oratorios & Opera

Quiz: The Early Baroque

3. Handel 10 Steps | 1 Quiz Sample Lesson

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The Life of Handel (40 min)

A Personal Portrait: Handel

Handel’s Vocal Music (30 min)

Handel’s Instrumental Music (45 min)

Watch Handel’s Messiah (2 hours)

Listen: Handel Recordings

{+} Listening Journal

{+} Research Papers

{+} Watch Additional Oratorios

4. Bach 13 Steps | 1 Quiz

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The Life of Bach (50 min)

A Personal Portait: Bach

Bach’s Chamber & Orchestral Music (50 min)

Bach’s Large Choral Works (60 min)

Listen: Bach Recordings

{+} Listening Journal

{+} Research Papers

{+} Bach’s Keyboard Music

{+} Bach’s Organ Music

{+} Bach’s Cantatas

{+} Bach’s Mass in B Minor

{+} Bach’s “Goldberg Variations” & Glenn Gould

The Classical Era

5. Haydn 9 Steps | 1 Quiz

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The Life of Haydn (40 min)

Understanding the Sonata Form (50 min)

Haydn’s Music (50 min)

Watch a Full Work by Haydn (25 min)

Listen: Haydn Recordings

{+} Listening Journal

{+} Research Papers

{+} A Personal Portrait: Haydn

6. Mozart 10 Steps | 1 Quiz Sample Lesson

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The Early Life of Mozart (35 min)

The Later Life of Mozart (45 min)

Mozart’s Music (55 min)

Watch a Full Work by Mozart (30 min)

Listen: Mozart Recordings

{+} Listening Journal

{+} Research Papers

{+} A Personal Portrait: Mozart

{+} Mozart’s Great Symphonies

7. Beethoven 9 Steps | 1 Quiz

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The Life of Beethoven: Early Period (40 min)

The Life of Beethoven: Middle & Late Periods (40 min)

Beethoven’s Music (Varies)

Watch a Full Work by Beethoven (Varies)

Listen: Beethoven Recordings

{+} Beethoven’s 32 Piano Sonatas

{+} Listening Journal

{+} Research Papers

Quiz: Beethoven

The Romantic Era

8. Early German Romantics 9 Steps | 1 Quiz

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Schubert’s Life & Music (55 min)

Mendelssohn’s Life & Music (60 min)

Schumann’s Life & Music (55 min)

Watch Full Works by Early German Romantics (Varies)

Listen: Schubert, Mendelssohn & Schumann Recordings

{+} Listening Journal

{+} Research Papers

{+} Watch a fun documentary on Schubert’s “Trout” Quintet

Quiz: Early German Romantics

9. French Romantics 8 Steps | 1 Quiz

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The Orchestra (30 min)

Berlioz’s Life & Music (50 min)

Watch ‘Symphonie Fantastique’ by Berlioz (60 min)

Saint-Saëns’ Life & Music (55 min)

Listen: Berlioz & Saint-Saëns Recordings

{+} Listening Journal

{+} Research Papers

Quiz: French Romantics

10. Masters of the Piano 8 Steps | 1 Quiz

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Chopin’s Life & Music (60 min)

Watch Chopin’s 24 Preludes (40 min)

Liszt’s Life & Music (80 min)

Listen: Chopin & Liszt Recordings

{+} Listening Journal

{+} Research Papers

{+} Great Chopin Piano Recitals & Performances

Quiz: Masters of the Piano

11. Romantic Opera 9 Steps | 1 Quiz

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Weber’s & Rossini’s Life and Music (85 min)

Verdi’s Life and Music (50 min)

Wagner (100 min)

Listen: Romantic Opera Recordings

{+} Listening Journal

{+} Research Papers

{+} Watch Wagner’s “Das Rheingold” from The Ring

{+} Wagner’s Instrumental Music

Quiz: Romantic Opera

12. Brahms 8 Steps | 1 Quiz

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The Life of Brahms: Early Years (60 min)

The Life of Brahms: Later Years (75 min)

Watch a Complete Work of Brahms (40 min)

Listen: Brahms Recordings

{+} Listening Journal

{+} Research Papers

{+} Anton Bruckner’s Great Symphonies

13. Romantic Nationalism 10 Steps | 1 Quiz

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Dvorak’s Life and Music (60 min)

Watch Dvorak’s Symphony 9 “From the New World” (45 min)

Grieg’s Life and Music (80 min)

Watch Grieg’s Piano Concerto (40 min)

Listen: Romantic Nationalism Recordings

{+} Listening Journal

{+} Research Papers

{+} Smetana’s “My Country”

{+} Dvorak’s Great Symphonies

Quiz: Romantic Nationalism

14. Russian Romantics 9 Steps | 1 Quiz

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The Russian Five (70 min)

Watch “Pictures at an Exhibition” by Mussorgsky (35 min)

Tchaikovsky’s Life and Music (60 min)

Watch a Full Work by Tchaikovsky (35-45 min)

Listen: Russian Romantics Recordings

{+} Listening Journal

{+} Research Papers

{+} Tchaikovsky’s Other Symphonies & Orchestral Works

Quiz: Russian Romantics

The 20th Century

15. French Impressionism 10 Steps | 1 Quiz

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Debussy’s Life and Music (65 min)

Watch Debussy’s “La Mer” (24 min)

Ravel’s Life and Music (55 min)

Watch Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G (25 min)

Listen: French Impressionism Recordings

{+} Listening Journal

{+} Research Papers

{+} Other Great Works by Ravel

{+} Listen to Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem

Quiz: French Impressionism

16. Finland, England, & America 9 Steps | 1 Quiz

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Sibelius’s Life and Music (105 min)

Watch Sibelius’s Second Symphony (43 min)

Elgar’s Life and Music (65 min)

Gershwin’s Life and Music (75 min)

Listen: Sibelius, Elgar, & Holst Recordings

{+} Listening Journal

{+} Research Papers

{+} Gustav Holst and The Planets

Quiz: Finland, England, & America

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