Using digitally recorded musical passages to illustrate his points, the dynamic Prof. Greenberg will take you inside magnificent compositions by Bach, Handel, Purcell, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Verdi, Wagner, Berlioz, Rossini, Mendelssohn, Mahler, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Debussy, Stravinsky, Sch enberg, and more. Your exploration of these works under his expert tutelage will give you new ears with which to hear the beauty of even the most familiar pieces. At last you'll master all the nuances and subtleties that these brilliant composers intended you to hear. But he goes far beyond that. In keeping with that insight, he illuminates the varying circumstances and context that have shaped the creation of Western music down the ages .
Music is capable of speaking to and from the human soul with unique power, beauty, and genius.
As you follow these lectures, . Professor you'll find yourself using not only the facts you learn, but also your own powers of imagination, intuition, and instinct to uncover music's inner workings Greenberg's fast-paced, witty, yet always probing lectures will show you how musical creativity has provided a vibrant means of expression for huge spiritual, intellectual, political, social, and economic forces throughout the history of our civilization. You'll also grasp how these forces stimulated the creation of musical masterpieces that are both transcendent works of art and compositions deeply rooted in their respective eras, telling us something central about the human condition in each one. The course-guide booklets, which come with both versions of the course also reproduce the most important of these graphics, so this course will work well in either the audio or video format.