Music Appreciation III
Course Credits: 15
Course Curriculum
The Symphony
A series of 24 lectures by Robert Greenburg
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
Course Description
This course explores the historic development of the symphony from its humble beginnings in the 17th century to the 20th century.
The lectures will be supplemented by opportunities to attend a variety of musical performances, and discuss the performances with others.
Course Lecture Titles
Let's Take It From the Top!
The Concerto and the Orchestra
The Pre-Classical Symphony
Mannheim
Classical Masters
Franz Joseph Haydn, Part 1
Franz Joseph Haydn, Part 2
Mozart
Beethoven
Schubert
Berlioz and the Symphonie fantastique
Mendelssohn and Schumann
Franck, Saint-Saens, and the Symphony in France
Nationalism and the Symphony
Brahms, Bruckner, and the Viennese Symphony
Gustav Mahler
Nielsen and Sibelius
The Symphony in Russia
Charles Ives
Aaron Copland and Samuel Barber
Roy Harris and William Schuman
The Twentieth-Century British Symphony
Olivier Messiaen and Turangalila!
Dmitri Shostakovich and His Tenth Symphony