- Level Foundation
- المدة 66 ساعات hours
- الطبع بواسطة Yale University
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Offered by
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Using a simple and enjoyable teaching style, this course introduces the novice listener to the wonders of classical music, from Bach fugues to Mozart symphonies to Puccini operas.
الوحدات
Preliminaries
1
Videos
- Course Preview
9
Readings
- Begin Here
- Syllabus
- Suggested Readings [Update]
- Spotify Playlist
- Course Certificate
- Grading and Logistics
- Mentors' Library
- Copy of Suggested Readings [Update]
- Disclaimer
1.1 - Why we Like What we Like
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Assignment
- Popular Music and Classical Music Compared
- How Do We Hear Music? Sound Waves and the Ear
- Why We Like What We Like? It's Nature
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Videos
- 1.1 - Introduction
- 1.2 - Popular Music and Classical Music Compared
- 1.3 - Music and Emotions
- 1.4 - How Do We Hear Music? Sound Waves and the Ear
- 1.5 - Music Thrills Us, Music Chills Us
- 1.6 - Why We Like What We Like? It's Nurture
- 1.7 - It's Nurture: The Syntax of Western Music
- 1.8 - Why We Like What We Like? It's Nature
2.1 - We've All Got Rhythm
3
Assignment
- Beat, Meter, and Rhythm
- Hearing the Downbeat, Feeling the Emotion
- Tempo (and How We Feel About It)
5
Videos
- 2.1 - Beat, Meter, and Rhythm
- 2.2 - Introduction to Musical Notation
- 2.3 - Rhythm: What is It?
- 2.4 - Hearing the Downbeat, Feeling the Emotion
- 2.5 - Tempo (and How We Feel About It)
1
Readings
- Musical Rhythm, Relaxation, and Creativity
2.2 - Melody is the Star
4
Assignment
- Melodic Notation and Scales
- The Chromatic Scale
- How We Feel About the Music: Mode and Mood
- Phrase Structure in Music: Beethoven's Ode to Joy
8
Videos
- 3.1 - What is Melody?
- 3.2 - Melodic Notation and Scales
- 3.3 - Major and Minor Scales
- 3.4 - The Chromatic Scale
- 3.5 - How We Feel About the Music: Mode and Mood
- 3.6 - Melodic Structure: The Tonic
- 3.7 - Modulation: Changing the Tonic (of the Key)
- 3.8 - Phrase Structure in Music: Beethoven's Ode to Joy
2.3 - The Harmony of Music (and Life)
3
Assignment
- Harmony: A Distinctly Western Phenomenon
- Chord Progressions and Cadences
- Major and Minor Triads
5
Videos
- 4.1 - Harmony: A Distinctly Western Phenomenon
- 4.2 - Chord Progressions and Cadences
- 4.3 - Melody and Harmony Working Together
- 4.4 - Major and Minor Triads
- 4.5 - Hearing the Harmony
3.1 - Tone Color
3
Assignment
- Why Do Instruments Sound Differently, One From Another?
- Musorgsky Marks a Wagon Move in Music
- Building a Symphony Orchestra
4
Videos
- 5.1 - Why Do Instruments Sound Differently, One From Another?
- 5.2 - Musorgsky Makes a Wagon Move in Music
- 5.3 - The Four Families of Instruments
- 5.4 - Building a Symphony Orchestra
3.2 - Texture, Form, and Style
3
Assignment
- Musical Texture
- Musical Form
- Musical Style
3
Videos
- 6.1 - Musical Texture
- 6.2 - Musical Form
- 6.3 - Musical Style
Bonus Content
1
Videos
- Office Hours I
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Readings
- Module 3 YouTube Playlists
4.1 - Music in the Middle Ages
3
Assignment
- Gregorian Chant
- The Chant of Hildegard of Bingen
- Polyphony at the Cathedral of Reims: Machaut's Messe de Nostre Dame
7
Videos
- 7.1 - Introduction to the Middle Ages
- 7.2 - Gregorian Chant
- 7.3 - Monasteries and Convents
- 7.4 - The Chant of Hildegard of Bingen
- 7.5 - Early Polyphony
- 7.6 - Polyphony at the Cathedral of Reims: Machaut's Messe de Nostre Dame
- 7.7 - Dance Music of the Court
1
Readings
- Women as Creators and the Historical Barriers to Their Recognition
4.2 - Music in the Renaissance
3
Assignment
- Musical Instruments and Dances
- The A Cappella Motet
- The Madrigal
6
Videos
- 8.1 - Introduction to the Renaissance
- 8.2 - Humanism in Music
- 8.3 - Musical Instruments and Dances
- 8.4 - The A Cappella Motet
- 8.5 - Reformation and the Counter-Reformation
- 8.6 - The Madrigal
Bonus Content
1
Readings
- Module 4 Youtube Playlist
5.1 - The Baroque Period: The Birth of Opera
3
Assignment
- Early Baroque Opera in Italy
- Early Baroque Opera in London
- Baroque Instruments and Orchestras
6
Videos
- 9.1 - Introduction to Baroque Art and Music
- 9.2 - Early Baroque Opera in Italy
- 9.3 - Early Baroque Opera in London
- 9.4 - Baroque Instruments and Orchestras
- 9.5 - A Baroque Favorite: Pachelbel's Canon
- 9.6 - Vivaldi: The "Spring" Concerto
5.2 - Johann Sebastian Bach
4
Assignment
- Bach the Young Man and Organist
- Cothen: Prelude and Fugue
- Cothen: Brandenberg Concertos
- Leipzig: The Church Cantata
5
Videos
- 10.1 - Bach the Young Man and Organist
- 10.2 - Cothen: Prelude and Fugue
- 10.3 - Cothen: Brandenberg Concertos
- 10.4 - Leipzig: The Church Cantata
- 10. 5 - Bach's Posthumous Reputation
5.3 - George Frideric Handel: Messiah and More
3
Assignment
- Royal Connections: Water Music and Fireworks
- Opera Seria: Julius Caesar
- Oratorio: Messiah
5
Videos
- 11.1 - Recap of Baroque Music
- 11. 2 - Handel's Early Life & Arrival in London
- 11.3 - Royal Connections: Water Music and Fireworks
- 11.4 - Opera Seria: Julius Caesar
- 11.5 - Oratorio: Messiah
Bonus Content
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Readings
- Module 5 Youtube Playlist
6.1 - The Classical Period
3
Assignment
- Introduction to Classical Music Style
- Franz Joseph Haydn and the Emperor
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his Music
5
Videos
- 12.1 - The Classical Period and Music
- 12.2 - Introduction to Classical Music Style
- 12.3 - Vienna: City of Music
- 12.4 - Franz Joseph Haydn and The Emperor
- 12.5 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his Music
1
Readings
- Mozart and the Dangers of Becoming a Child Prodigy
6.2 - Classical Genre and Form
2
Assignment
- Genres and Forms
- Sonata-Allegro Form: A Mozart Serenade
6
Videos
- 13.1 - Classical Venues: The Canon and the Musical Museum
- 13.2 - Genres and Forms
- 13.3 - Ternary Form: The Mozart Sonata
- 13.4 - Sonata-Allegro Form: A Mozart Serenade
- 13.5 - Theme and Variations Form: A Surprise from Haydn
- 13.6- Rondo Form: Mozart as the Young Turk
6.3 Putting the Art in MozART: 3 Classical Pieces
3
Assignment
- Piano Concerto in D Minor
- Don Giovanni
- The Requiem
3
Videos
- 14.1 - Piano Concerto in D minor
- 14.2 - Don Giovanni
- 14.3 - The Requiem
Bonus Content
1
Readings
- Module 6 Youtube Playlist
7.1 - Beethoven to the Heroic Period
4
Assignment
- Beethoven and the Romantic Genius
- Beethoven's Early Years
- Growing Deafness and Disability
- The "Moonlight" Sonata
5
Videos
- 15.1 - Mozart and Beethoven Compared
- 15.2 - Beethoven and the Romantic Genius
- 15.3 - Beethoven's Early Years
- 15.4 - Growing Deafness and Disability
- 15.5 - The "Moonlight" Sonata
1
Readings
- Beethoven’s Deafness: Was it a Dis-ability or an Enabler?
7.2 - The Heroic Beethoven and Beyond
3
Assignment
- Symphony No. 3, the "Eroica"
- Symphony No. 5
- Late Period and "Ode to Joy"
6
Videos
- 16.1 - The Three Periods of Beethoven
- 16.2 - Symphony No. 3, the "Eroica"
- 16.3 - Symphony No. 5
- 16.4 - Beethoven's Gift to Music: SOUND
- 16.5 - Beethoven Toward the End
- 16.6 - The Late Period and "Ode to Joy"
7.3 - Romanticism and the Romantic Art Song
3
Assignment
- Sketch of the Life and Music of Franz Schubert
- Schubert's Erlkönig
- Robert and Clara Schumann
5
Videos
- 17.1 - Introduction to Romantic Music
- 17.2 - Domestic Music-Making of the Middle Class
- 17.3 - Sketch of the Life and Music of Franz Schubert
- 17.4 - Schubert's Erlkönig
- 17.5 - Robert and Clara Schumann
Bonus Content
1
Videos
- Office Hours II
1
Readings
- Module 7 Youtube Playlist
8.1 - 19th Century Program Music: Berlioz Goes to Hell
4
Assignment
- Musical Signifiers and the Language of Sound
- Berlioz and His Symphonie Fantastque
- Recap Quiz
- Symphonie Fantastque, "Witches Sabbath"
6
Videos
- 18.1 - How Do We Communicate in Sound?
- 18.2 - Musical Signifiers and the Language of Sound
- 18.3 - Berlioz and His Symphonie Fantastque
- 18.4 - Symphonie Fantastque, "March to the Scaffold"
- 18.5 - Symphonie Fantastque, "Witches Sabbath"
- 18.6 - Do You Speak Fluent Program Music?
8.2 - The Romantic Piano and Piano Music
3
Assignment
- Fixed Pitch Keyboard Instruments: A Quick Review
- From Wagner's Piano to the Steinway of America
- Franz Liszt and the Etude
6
Videos
- 19.1 - Fixed Pitch Keyboard Instruments: A Quick Review
- 19.2 - The Pianos of Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert
- 19.3 - The Pianos of Chopin and Liszt
- 19.4 - From Wagner's Piano to the Steinway of America
- 19.5 - Frédéric Chopin and the Nocturne
- 19.6 - Franz Liszt and the Etude
8.3 - Romantic Opera
3
Assignment
- Introduction to the 19th Century Opera
- Verdi's La triviata
- Wagner's Die Walküre
7
Videos
- 20.1 - Introduction to the 19th Century Opera
- 20.2 - Bel canto Opera
- 20.3 - Verdi's Operas and his Dramaturgy
- 20.4 - Verdi's La traviata
- 20.5 - Introduction to Richard Wagner
- 20.6 - Wagner's Ring Cycle
- 20.7 - Wagner's Die Walküre
8.4 - The Romantic Orchestra
3
Assignment
- Introduction to Romantic Orchestra
- Musical Instruments and the Industrial Revolution
- The Gustav Mahler Sample
5
Videos
- 21.1 - Introduction to the Romantic Orchestra
- 21.2 - Musical Instruments and the Industrial Revolution
- 21.3 - Musical Time Slows Down: The Grand Symphonic Gesture
- 21.4 - Bigger Orchestra, Bigger Concert Halls
- 21.5 - The Gustav Mahler Sample
Bonus Content
1
Readings
- Module 8 Youtube Playlist
9.1 - Impressionism
2
Assignment
- Claude Debussy’s “Claire de Lune"
- Debussy's "Violes" (Sails) for Piano
7
Videos
- 22.1 - Introduction to Impressionism
- 22.2 - Claude Debussy's "Claire de lune"
- 22.3 - Debussy's "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun"
- 22.4 - Debussy's "Violes" (Sails) for Piano
- 22.5 - Impressionism and Exoticism
- 22.6 - Spanish Exoticism and the Spanish Tradition
- 22.7 - From Post Impressionism to Modernism
9.2 - Modernism
3
Assignment
- Stravinsky and His Early Ballets Russes
- Stravinsky and The Rite of Spring
- Schoenberg and the Twelve-tone Music
6
Videos
- 23.1 - Introduction to Modernism
- 23.2 - Stravinsky and His Early Ballets Russes
- 23.3 - Stravinsky and The Rite of Spring
- 23.4 - Schoenberg and Atonal Music
- 23.5 - Schoenberg and the Twelve-tone Music
- 23.6 - The Challenge of (and Antidote to) Modernism
9.3 - Post Modernism: Music For Everyone!
2
Assignment
- Postmodernism & Minimalism
- Beyond Minimalism: John Adams
6
Videos
- 24.1 - Simplifying Modernism: Aaron Copland
- 24.2 - "A Gift to be Simple" and Appalachian Spring
- 24.3 - Postmodernism
- 24.4 - When Less is More: Minimalism in Art and Music
- 24.5 - Beyond Minimalism: John Adams
- 24.6 - The Ultimate Mystery of Music
Bonus Content
2
Videos
- Office Hours III
- From the TA!
1
Readings
- Module 9 Youtube Playlist
Additional Recommended Courses and Videos
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Readings
- Additional Recommended Courses and Videos

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