Masterpieces of western music : classics from the Baroque to the modern / Jeffrey D Lependorf; Recorded Books, Inc. Sound Recording.
Material type: TextSeries: Portable professor. Arts & Literature.Publication details: [United States] : Barnes & Noble Audio, c & 2005.Description: 7 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guide (64 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm)ISBN:- 0760770344
- Classics from the Baroque to the modern
- ML160
Current library | Collection | Call number | Vol info | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Judith Thomas Library Audio-Visuals | Audio-Visual | MSR91 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | AV330 | Available |
In container (24 x 16 x 5 cm.).
Includes 1 additional sound disc: sample lectures from other Portable Professor courses.
Course lectures: 1. The red priest and his all-girl orchestra (Vivaldi's "Spring" from Four Seasons) --
2. The case of the runaway soloist (Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5) --
3. All rise and sing Hallelujah: (Handel's Messiah) --
4. More than just a Little Night Music (Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik) --
5. Magnificent obsession: The world in four notes (Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C Minor) --
6. Romanticism with a capital "R," or be careful what you wish for (Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique) --
7. How to make a piano sing (Chopin's Nocturne in D-flat) --
8. Going forward by looking back (Brahm's Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel) --
9. A tale of love and death (Wagner's Tristan und Isolde) --
10. It takes two, baby (Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition) --
11. A quiet revolution (Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun) --
12. Modernism with a bang! (Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring) --
13. Kid stuff (Ravel's Mother Goose) --
14. The prairies of Brooklyn (Copland's Appalachian Spring).
This lecture series focuses on the very best of Western music, and as one progresses through the lectures, the following are two important questions that will be explored: What makes these works masterpieces? Why highlight these works?