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1. About This Course
2. Request Access
3. I Need Help
4. Introduction to the Elements of Music
5. Slideshow: The Elements of Music
6. Slideshow: Form
7. A Historical Approach to the Elements of Music
8. Melody
9. Rhythm
10. Meter in Music
11. Yale Lecture on Rhythm and Meter
12. Texture
13. Medieval and Renaissance Playlist
14. Introduction to Music in the Middle Ages
15. Slideshow: Music in the Middle Ages
16. Medieval Music Overview
17. Gregorian Chant
18. Hildegard of Bingen
19. Organum
20. Perotinus (Pérotin)
21. Cantus Firmus
22. Secular Music—Troubadours
23. Beatriz, Countess of Dia
24. Guillaume de Machaut
25. Examples of Medieval Music
26. Introduction to Music in the Renaissance
27. Slideshow: Music in the Renaissance
28. Renaissance Music Overview
29. The Printing Press
30. Imitation
31. Motet
32. Josquin des Prez
33. Protestant Reformation
34. Counter-Reformation
35. Giovannia Pierluigi da Palestrina
36. Italian Madrigal
37. Claudio Monteverdi
38. The English Madrigal
39. Thomas Weelkes
40. Renaissance Dances
41. Tips for the Listening Exam
42. Baroque Playlist
43. Listening Helps—Baroque
44. Introduction to Baroque Music
45. Slideshow: Introduction to Baroque Music
46. The Baroque Period
47. More on the Baroque Period
48. Basso Continuo
49. Doctrine of the Affections
50. Introduction to Vocal Music in the Baroque
51. Slideshow: Vocal Music in the Baroque
52. Opera
53. Monody
54. Monteverdi's L'Orfeo
55. Henry Purcell
56. Dido and Aeneas
57. Cantata
58. Oratorio
59. Introduction to Instrumental Music in the Baroque
60. Slideshow: Instrumental Music in the Baroque
61. Sonata
62. Arcangelo Corelli
63. Sonata in B flat Major, Opus 5 No. 2: II Allegro
64. Concerto
65. Antonio Vivaldi
66. The Four Seasons
67. Suite
68. Introduction to Bach and Handel
69. Slideshow: The Late Baroque
70. Johann Sebastian Bach
71. Chorale
72. Bach's Cantatas
73. Cantata 140, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
74. Cello Suites
75. Fugue
76. Fugue in G minor, "Little" BWV 578
77. Brandenburg Concertos
78. George Frideric Handel
79. Messiah
80. Water Music
81. Tips for the Listening Exam
82. Additional Resources
83. Introduction to Classical
84. Classical Period Podcasts
85. Introduction to Classical Genres
86. Slide Show: Classical Genres
87. Slide Show: Classical Vocal Music
88. The Classical Era
89. Symphony
90. Chamber Music
91. String Quartet
92. Serenade
93. Concerto
94. Sonata
95. Classical Opera
96. Opera Buffa
97. Introduction to Classical Forms
98. Theme and Variations
99. Slide Show: Classical Forms
100. Sonata-Allegro Form
101. Ternary Form
102. Rondo Form
103. Introduction to Classical Composers
104. Tips for the Listening Exam
105. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
106. Ludwig van Beethoven
107. Symphony No. 5 in C minor
108. Franz Joseph Haydn
109. Slide Show: Classical Composers
110. Introduction to the Romantic Period
111. Romantic Period Podcasts
112. Introduction to the Early Romantic Era
113. Slide Show: Early Romantic Era
114. Romantic Music
115. Romantic Era Explored
116. Art Song
117. Franz Schubert
118. Der Erlkönig
119. Robert Schumann
120. Du Ring an Meinem Finger
121. The Piano
122. Frederic Chopin
123. Nocturne in C# Minor
124. Program Music and the Program Symphony
125. Hector Berlioz
126. Symphonie Fantastique
127. Introduction to Romantic Opera
128. Slide Show: Romantic Opera
129. Early Romantic Opera
130. Later Romantic Opera
131. Trends in German and Italian Opera
132. Giuseppe Verdi
133. Rigoletto
134. La donna e mobile
135. Verdi's Requiem
136. Richard Wagner
137. Tristan und Isolde
138. Liebestod
139. Verismo
140. La Boheme
141. Tips for the Listening Exam
142. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
143. Introduction to the Late Romantic Era
144. Slide Show: Late Romantic Era
145. Symphony No. 9, From the New World
146. Symphonic Poem
147. Nationalism
148. Symphony No. 8, Symphony of a Thousand
149. Johannes Brahms
150. Brahm's Violin Concerto
151. Antonin Dvorak
152. German Requiem
153. Gustav Mahler
154. Introduction to the 20th Century
155. 20th Century Podcasts
156. Introduction to Impressionism, Expressionism, and Twelve-Tone
157. Music of the 20th Century
158. Impressionism
159. Claude Debussy
160. Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
161. Maurice Ravel
162. Daphnis et Chloe
163. Expressionism
164. Arnold Schoenberg
165. Pierrot Lunaire
166. Sprechstimme
167. Twelve-Tone Technique
168. Suite for Piano
169. Introduction to Primitivism, Nationalism, and Neoclassicism
170. Primitivism
171. Igor Stravinsky
172. Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring
173. The Return of Nationalism
174. Bela Bartok
175. Concerto for Orchestra
176. Aaron Copland
177. Rodeo
178. Neoclassicism
179. Dmitri Shostakovich
180. Symphony No. 5
181. Magnificat
182. Minimalist Music
183. Tips for the Listening Exam
184. Introduction to Aleatoric, Electronic, and Minimalist Music
185. Gyorgy Ligeti
186. Micropolyphony
187. Lux Aeterna
188. John Cage
189. Prepared Piano
190. Aleatoric Music
191. Sonatas and Interludes
192. Electronic Music
193. Musique Concrete
194. Edgard Varese
195. Poeme Electronique
196. John Adams
197. Short Ride in a Fast Machine
198. Holy Minimalism
199. Avro Pärt
This slideshow will focus on elements of vocal music, particularly opera, in the Classical period.
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