Concert Masterworks

...with Robert Greenberg

Join Dr. Robert Greenberg, the winner of three Nicola De Lorenzo Prizes in composition, as he takes you on a trip into the minds of some of the world's most famed composers. Learn about the life and works of geniuses like Mozart, Beethoven, Dvorak, Strauss, Brahms, Mendelsson, and Liszt, and how they were able to formulate such timeless and classic pieces of music.

Dr. Greenberg literally trains viewers' ears to recognize, analyze, and appreciate these fine pieces of music. Watch as he takes you through a demanding, and yet not at all intimidating course of learning about the musical purpose, structure, and narrative content of any piece or composer you may encounter. Dr. Greenberg lectures about details that will help you understand the minds of these musical geniuses, and conjures up images that will bring you back in time.

Some of the many topics you will learn about in this course are:
* How Beethoven had a powerful advantage over the percussionists before him, who had trained on the more primitive harpsichord.
* About the rise of virtuoso superstars which was generated from the 19th-century cult of the individual artist.
* How the folk elements used by nationalist composers became part of the shared, common language of concert music, so Dvorák could feel perfectly comfortable using "American" elements in his Symphony no. 9, the New World Symphony, closely examined in this course.

DISC 1: Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503 (1786)

(about 1440 minutes)

This video was added to our catalog on August 23, 2007 in Academic::Music.

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