The class this year will focus on how to listen to and enjoy music.  We will explore the elements of music, the forms of music and a wide range of musical styles. Each class will have musical examples and a suggested listing list. Whether your music listening is in the church, the concert hall or in your own home, you will learn to better appreciate and enjoy what you are hearing. 

The Elements of Music:

September 17: Melody

September 24: Rhythm

October 1: Harmony 

October 8: No class

October 15: Texture

October 22: Musical Form

October 29: No class

November 5: Tempo and Dynamics

November 12: No class

Medieval and Renaissance Music

November 19: Sacred Music in the Middle Ages

November 26: No class

December 3: Secular Music in the Middle Ages

December 10: Renaissance Sacred Music

December 17: Renaissance Secular Music

December 24: No class

December 31: No class

More Elements of Music

January 7: The Organization of Musical Sounds: Scales and Keys

The Baroque Era

January 14: Baroque Music and the Baroque Spirit

January 21: Bach and the Cantata

January 28: Handel and the Oratorio

February 4: The Baroque Concerto

February 11: The Baroque Suite

February 18: Other Instrumental Forms of the Baroque

Form in Music

February 25: Thematic Development

March 4: The Sonata Cycle

Eighteenth Century Classicism

March 11: Classical Style

March 18: Chamber Music: Haydn

March 25: Chamber Music: Mozart

April 1: The Classical Symphony

April 8: No class 

April 15: No class

April 22: The Classical Concerto

April 29: The Classical Sonata

May 6: Classical Sacred Choral Music

May 13: Classical Sacred Choral Music
 

* As always, all class topics are subject to change and the whims of the instructor. 
 

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