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

What You Need to Begin 5 Steps Sample Lesson

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Learning to Love Classical Music

How This Class Works

Setting Up Your Listening Environment & Equipment

Music Streaming Apps

Listening Journal, Research Papers, and Projects

Classical Music Resources 3 Steps

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Building a Music Library

Video Playlists

30-Minute Crash Course in Music Theory

The Renaissance and Baroque Eras

1. Renaissance 5 Steps | 1 Quiz Sample Lesson

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Early Church Music, Minstrels & Madrigals (35 min)

Palestrina and Monteverdi (40 min)

English Music in the Renaissance (35 min)

Listen: Renaissance Recordings

Watch a Work of Renaissance Music

Quiz: The Renaissance

2. Early Baroque 8 Steps | 1 Quiz Sample Lesson

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The Italian Baroque (40 min)

The English Baroque (35 min)

The German Baroque (40 min)

Listen: Early Baroque Recordings

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

{+} The French Baroque

{+} Italian Baroque Oratorios & Opera

{+} German Harpsichord Music

Quiz: The Early Baroque

3. Handel 7 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)

Listen: Handel Recordings

Watch Handel’s Messiah

{+} Watch Additional Oratorios

4. Bach 10 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

{+} 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 5 Steps | 1 Quiz

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The Life of Haydn (40 min)

Understanding the Sonata Form (50 min)

Haydn’s Music (50 min)

Listen: Haydn Recordings

Watch a Full Work by Haydn

6. Mozart 6 Steps | 1 Quiz

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The Early Life of Mozart (35 min)

The Later Life of Mozart (45 min)

Mozart’s Music (55 min)

Listen: Mozart Recordings

Watch a Full Work by Mozart

{+} Mozart’s Great Symphonies

7. Beethoven 5 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

Listen: Beethoven Recordings

Quiz: Beethoven

The Romantic Era

8. Early German Romantics 5 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

Listen: Schubert, Mendelssohn & Schumann Recordings

Quiz: Early German Romantics

9. French Romantics 5 Steps | 1 Quiz

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The Orchestra (30 min)

Berlioz’s Life & Music (50 min)

Watch ‘Symphonie Fantastique’ by Berlioz

Saint-Saëns’ Life & Music (55 min)

Listen: Berlioz & Saint-Saëns Recordings

Quiz: French Romantics

10. Masters of the Piano 5 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

{+} Great Chopin Piano Recitals & Performances

Quiz: Masters of the Piano

11. Romantic Opera 6 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

{+} The Ring: Watch Das Rheingold

{+} Wagner’s Instrumental Music

Quiz: Romantic Opera

12. Brahms 5 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

Listen: Brahms Recording

{+} Anton Bruckner’s Great Symphonies

13. Romantic Nationalism 7 Steps

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Dvorak’s Life and Music (60 min)

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

Grieg’s Life and Music (80 min)

Grieg’s Piano Concerto (40 min)

Listen: Romantic Nationalism Recordings

{+} Dvorak’s Great Symphonies

{+} Smetana’s “My Country”

14. Russian Romantics 6 Steps

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The Russian Five (70 min)

Watch Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky

Tchaikovsky’s Life and Music (60 min)

Watch a Full Work by Tchaikovsky

Listen: Russian Romantics Recordings

{+} Tchaikovsky’s Other Symphonies & Orchestral Works

15. French Impressionism 5 Steps

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Debussy’s Life and Music (65 min)

Listen to Debussy’s “La Mer”

Ravel’s Life and Music (55 min)

Listen to Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G

{+} Other Great Works by Ravel

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