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Adventures in Classical Music—Music Appreciation for All!

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Adventures in Classical Music—Music Appreciation for All!, available at $109.99, has an average rating of 4.68, with 148 lectures, based on 1110 reviews, and has 7444 subscribers.

You will learn about You will learn the component parts of music—rhythm, pitch, melody, harmony, form, etc. Then you will apply those concepts to an exploration of the history of classical music. In the end, you will have developed a greater understanding of music in its various stages of development You will be able to more accurately identify the works and the composer’s style, as well as place it in the timeline of the history of music. This course is ideal for individuals who are This course is intended for the beginner, although many students with classical music history training have reported that they too have benefitted from the class. It is particularly useful for This course is intended for the beginner, although many students with classical music history training have reported that they too have benefitted from the class.

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Title: Adventures in Classical Music—Music Appreciation for All!

Price: $109.99

Average Rating: 4.68

Number of Lectures: 148

Number of Published Lectures: 148

Number of Curriculum Items: 148

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 148

Original Price: $199.99

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What You Will Learn

  • You will learn the component parts of music—rhythm, pitch, melody, harmony, form, etc.
  • Then you will apply those concepts to an exploration of the history of classical music.
  • In the end, you will have developed a greater understanding of music in its various stages of development
  • You will be able to more accurately identify the works and the composer’s style, as well as place it in the timeline of the history of music.

Who Should Attend

  • This course is intended for the beginner, although many students with classical music history training have reported that they too have benefitted from the class.

Target Audiences

  • This course is intended for the beginner, although many students with classical music history training have reported that they too have benefitted from the class.

  Music appreciation for the 21st century. Learn about Classical Music in the Western world from the Middle Ages to the present.

  You’ll begin with an introduction to the various elements of music — for example, melody, rhythm, pitch and harmony – to give you the basics and vocabulary of music theory to understand and appreciate any type of music.  You’ll then explore the History of Classical Music through its various stylistic periods, from medieval chant right up to the current cutting edge. Anyone interested in classical music will benefit from this course.

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        This course is structured in 32 sections;

                        • the first section is devoted to the elements of music in order to give you a detailed primer in music theory: melody, rhythm, pitch, harmony, texture, tempo, dynamics and form. Section 1 includes a Short History of Rock and Roll to illustrate the musical elements and musical style.

                        After that, each section is devoted to one of the broad eras of music history:

                  • The Middle Ages. Learn about early music beginning with monophony and how polyphony developed during the period of the building of the great cathedrals.

                  • The Renaissance. What was happening in music during the period in which Michelangelo was painting the Sistine Chapel? A return to some Ancient ideals led to a rediscovery of the science of acoustics, providing a basis for the theory of modern harmony. How the course of music changed as a result of Martin Luther’s break from the Church.

                  • The Baroque. Here we have the origins of opera, as well as a flowering of instrumental music, culminating in the works of Bach, Handel and Vivaldi.

                  • The Classical. In reaction to the florid complexities of the Baroque, and influenced by the Age of Reason, the Classical period focused on simplicity and elegance, producing such composers as Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven.

                  • Romanticism. The Age of Reason was too “reasonable” for the the Romanticists. They valued heightened emotion over elegance. The music of Schumann, Chopin, Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Verdi and Puccini were some of its greatest accomplishments.

                  • The Modern Period. Formerly referred to as the 20th century period, it now needs to reflect its expansion into the 21st century. Some of the greatest composers of this period have been Stravinsky, Bartok, Schoenberg, Britten, Shostakovich, Ives, Copland and Barber.

                        • We conclude with a retrospective and some final remarks to wrap it all up.

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  Testimonials from former students. I concurrently teach this course at Santa Rosa Junior College (for core Humanities credit). Please take a moment to read a few testimonials by Santa Rosa students about this course, as they testify to my passion and command of the subject matter.

                        “I wanted to thank you, Bill Neely, for sharing your knowledge with us. This has been a super-duper class, and I find myself a little sad to find it drawing to a close. I’ve always enjoyed classical music rather passively; I now feel that I can be an active participant, with a deeper understanding of the musical concepts, the composers themselves, and their historical context. Very cool!”

                        —Sandra L

                        “My love for classical music has grown as I understand more now the times and styles and detours of styles these great composers took. I have found these lectures easy to understand and digest into my appreciation and education of classical music.”

                        —Kathy J

                        “I wanted to thank you for this wonderful class. I have a doctorate degree, and this has been one of the most thorough and informative classed I have ever taken. It has deepened my understanding and enjoyment of the music I have been listening to for the past 35 years…I wanted to let you know how much I appreciate the depth and clarity of presentation of this class. Do you offer any other online classes? I have recommended it to many of my friends…”

                        —Loretta Z

                        “I really like your lectures, very informative, interesting and filled with a lot of information… This is what I hoped for in an online course. Great lectures, this is the first online class I’ve taken that I felt the instructor was as dedicated to his online students as his in-person ones.

                        Thank you!”

                        —Stephanie M

                        “…lectures were terrific, especially the use of the history of Rock ‘n’ Roll to begin a very clear and concise exploration of the basics of music …Thanks very much for teaching such an excellent course. Sincerely,”

                        —Daniel N

                        Many more testimonials available on my musicappreciationonline dot com website.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: The Elements of Music: Introduction to Music Appreciation

Lecture 1: 1.1 Introductory Overview

Lecture 2: 1.2 A History of Rock and Roll, Part 1

Lecture 3: 1.3 A History of Rock and Roll, Part 2

Lecture 4: 1.4 Elements and Rhythm

Chapter 2: The Elements of Music: Rhythm, Meter and Melody

Lecture 1: 2.1 Rhythm, Part 2

Lecture 2: 2.2 Compound Meter

Lecture 3: 2.3 Additive Meter and miscellaneous

Lecture 4: 2.4 Characteristics of Melody

Lecture 5: 2.5 Melody and Notation

Chapter 3: The Elements of Music: Melodic structure; Harmony and Texture

Lecture 1: 3.1 Melodic Structure and Harmony

Lecture 2: 3.2 Harmony and phrase structure

Lecture 3: 3.3 Harmonic progressions

Lecture 4: 3.4a Texture —supplemental (non-musical)

Lecture 5: 3.4b Musical texture

Chapter 4: The Elements of Music: Timbre

Lecture 1: 4.1 Timbre and the human voice

Lecture 2: 4.2 Instruments of the orchestra

Lecture 3: 4.3 The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

Chapter 5: The Elements of Music: A Summary

Lecture 1: 5.1 What is musical form?

Lecture 2: 5.2 a discussion of the building blocks of form

Lecture 3: 5.3 Bringing all the elements together

Lecture 4: 5.4 Ravel’s Bolero

Chapter 6: Antiquity and the Middle Ages

Lecture 1: 6.1 Beginnings

Lecture 2: 6.2 Early church music

Lecture 3: 6.3 Plainchant

Lecture 4: 6.4 Dies irae

Chapter 7: The Late Middle-Ages and the transition to the Renaissance

Lecture 1: 7.1 Notation and modes; Hildegard von Bingen

Lecture 2: 7.2 The Notre Dame School

Lecture 3: 7.3 The Late Middle Ages

Lecture 4: 7.4 A Sleeping Europe wakes

Chapter 8: The Renaissance

Lecture 1: 8.1 The Overtone Series

Lecture 2: 8.2 The Early Renaissance

Lecture 3: 8.3 Imitative Polyphony

Lecture 4: 8.4 The Renaissance Mass

Lecture 5: 8.5 The Reformation and Counter-Reformation

Chapter 9: Secular trends and introduction to the Baroque

Lecture 1: 9.1 Secular trends in the Renaissance

Lecture 2: 9.2 A New style for the madrigal

Lecture 3: 9.3 Introduction to the Baroque

Lecture 4: 9.4 Baroque opera and a new musical language

Chapter 10: The Early Baroque and the Beginnings of Opera

Lecture 1: 10.1 Baroque opera, part 2

Lecture 2: 10.2 Monteverdi’s Orfeo

Lecture 3: 10.3 New trends of the Baroque

Lecture 4: 10.4 The Nature of opera

Chapter 11: 17th century developments and the Rise of Instrumental Music

Lecture 1: 11.1 17th century developments

Lecture 2: 11.2 Musical developments in the middle Baroque

Lecture 3: 11.3 The rise of instrumental music

Lecture 4: 11.4 The Baroque concerto

Lecture 5: 11.5 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5

Chapter 12: Instrumental Genres; the fugue and the church cantata

Lecture 1: 12.1 Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, part 2

Lecture 2: 12.2 Bach and the fugue

Lecture 3: 12.3 The dance suite

Lecture 4: 12.4a The church cantata in Germany, part 1

Lecture 5: 12.4b The church cantata in Germany, part 2

Chapter 13: Opera and Oratorio of the High Baroque; transition to the Classical Period

Lecture 1: 13.1 Handel opera

Lecture 2: 13.2 Handel oratorio

Lecture 3: 13.3 Transition to the Classical style

Lecture 4: 13.4 the Age of Enlightenment

Chapter 14: Unity and Form in the Classical Era

Lecture 1: 14.1a Unity and Variety in Poetry

Lecture 2: 14.1b Unity and Variety in Painting

Lecture 3: 14.2 Unity and Variety in The Music Man

Lecture 4: 14.3 Forms in the Classical period

Lecture 5: 14.4 Forms in the Classical period, part 2

Chapter 15: Forms of the Classical Period; Introduction to Sonata Form

Lecture 1: 15.1 Ternary Form in Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto

Lecture 2: 15.2 Rondo Form

Lecture 3: 15.3 Sonata Form in Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

Lecture 4: 15.4 Sonata Form in Mozart’s Symphony No. 40

Chapter 16: Instrumental Genres

Lecture 1: 16.1 The Classical concerto

Lecture 2: 16.2 Lebrun; the glass harmonica

Chapter 17: Opera according to Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro

Lecture 1: 16.3 Mozart and opera

Lecture 2: 16.4 Marriage of Figaro Act 1 Se vuol ballare

Lecture 3: 16.5 Marriage of Figaro preparation for Scene ii

Lecture 4: 16.6 Marriage of Figaro Act I, scene 2

Lecture 5: 17.1 Marriage of Figaro, preparation for Act II

Lecture 6: 17.2a Marriage of Figaro, Act II, part 1

Lecture 7: 17.2b Marriage of Figaro, Act II, part 2

Lecture 8: 17.2c Marriage of Figaro, Act II, part 3

Lecture 9: 17.3 Marriage of Figaro, epilogue

Chapter 18: Transition Beethoven

Lecture 1: 18.1 Transition Beethoven

Lecture 2: 18.2 Introduction to Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5

Lecture 3: 18.3 Beethoven’s Fifth, Movement I

Lecture 4: 18.4 Beethoven’s Fifth, Movement II

Chapter 19: Beethoven, Part 2

Lecture 1: 19.1 Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, Movement III

Instructors

  • William Neely
    William Neely
    Instructor / Developer, Adventures in Classical Music

Rating Distribution

  • 1 stars: 12 votes
  • 2 stars: 11 votes
  • 3 stars: 70 votes
  • 4 stars: 316 votes
  • 5 stars: 701 votes

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