General Knowledge Workshops: Music History

Course Outline

Session 1: The Baroque Period

• Discussion: changing fashions
• Major historical events of the Baroque period
• Social aspects of the Baroque Period
• The art of the Baroque period (and how it parallels the music)
• Composers of the Baroque period
• The Baroque style: Musical characteristics
• Listening tips
• Summing up

Session 2: The Classical Period

• Major historical events of the Classical period
• Social aspects of the Classical period
• The art of the Classical period (and how it parallels the music)
• Composers of the Classical period
• The Classical style: Musical characteristics
• Listening tips
• Summing up

Session 3: The Romantic Period

• Discussion: music as self-expression
• Major historical events of the Romantic period
• Social aspects of the Romantic Period
• The art of the Romantic period (and how it parallels the music)
• Composers of the Romantic period
• The Romantic style: Musical characteristics
• Listening tips
• Summing up

Session 4: Impressionism and the Twentieth Century

• The Post-Romantic Period and Impressionism
• Late or Post-Romanticism: Musical characteristics
• The Impressionist style
• The Twentieth Century
• Major historical events of the Twentieth Century
• Social aspects of the Twentieth Century
• The art of the Twentieth Century and its relationship to music
• Composers of the Twentieth Century
• The Twentieth Century: musical trends
• Listening tips
• Summing up