MUSI 112: Listening to Music
MUSI 112: Listening to Music (Fall 2008, Open Yale Courses). Instructor: Professor Craig Wright. This course fosters the development of aural skills that lead to
an understanding of Western music. The musical novice is introduced to the ways in which music is put together and is taught how to listen to a wide variety of musical styles,
from Bach and Mozart, to Gregorian chant, to the blues. (from oyc.yale.edu)
| Lecture 01 - Introduction |
| Lecture 02 - Introduction to Instruments and Musical Genres |
| Lecture 03 - Rhythm: Fundamentals |
| Lecture 04 - Rhythm: Jazz, Pop and Classical |
| Lecture 05 - Melody: Notes, Scales, Nuts and Bolts |
| Lecture 06 - Melody: Mozart and Wagner |
| Lecture 07 - Harmony: Chords and How to Build Them |
| Lecture 08 - Bass Patterns: Blues and Rock |
| Lecture 09 - Sonata-Allegro Form: Mozart and Beethoven |
| Lecture 10 - Sonata-Allegro and Theme and Variations |
| Lecture 11 - Form: Rondo, Sonata-Allegro and Theme and Variations (cont.) |
| Lecture 12 - Guest Conductor: Saybrook Orchestra |
| Lecture 13 - Fugue: Bach, Bizet and Bernstein |
| Lecture 14 - Ostinato Form in the Music of Purcell, Pachelbel, Elton John and Vitamin C |
| Lecture 15 - Gregorian Chant and Music in the Sistine Chapel |
| Lecture 16 - Baroque Music: The Vocal Music of Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Lecture 17 - Mozart and His Operas |
| Lecture 18 - Piano Music of Mozart and Beethoven |
| Lecture 19 - Romantic Opera: Verdi's La Traviata, Bocelli, Pavarotti and Domingo |
| Lecture 20 - The Colossal Symphony: Beethoven, Berlioz, Mahler and Shostakovich |
| Lecture 21 - Musical Impressionism and Exoticism: Debussy, Ravel and Monet |
| Lecture 22 - Modernism and Mahler |
| Lecture 23 - Review of Musical Style |
| References |
MUSI 112: Listening to Music
Professor Craig Wright. Class Sessions. Download. Syllabus. This course fosters the development of aural skills that lead to an understanding of Western music.
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