Classical
Music: What is it, who made it, and what does it sound like?
How
does this course work?
The
course comprises 16 lessons. Each lesson has both required sections as well as
many optional sections. This enables you to take the class for half a credit in
one semester (16 weeks) or a full credit in one year (32 weeks).
The
class is divided into the major periods of music, which generally follow these
time periods:
- The Renaissance and Baroque Eras – 15th to early 18th Century
- The Classical Era – Late 18th Century
- The Romantic Era – 19th Century
- The Modern Era – 20th Century
There
are multiple lessons in each period that normally cover one composer. Each
lesson includes the following steps:
- Watch a complete performance pertaining to the text.
- A Listening step that includes playlists based on the lesson content.
- Numerous optional reading/watching sections.
- One quiz that covers the three reading/watching sections.
Here’s
a weekly schedule for the half-credit course, following the basic structure
above:
- Reading/Watching sections: 1.5 to 3 hours (they get progressively longer in later lessons)
- Quiz: 30 minutes
- Listening: 1-2 hours
If you
want to make the class count for a full credit, just stretch each lesson over
two weeks and choose which optional steps you would like to include the second
week. Please note that there are easily over 10 hours of
reading/watching/listening material for each lesson; you do not need to do all
the optional steps, just enough to fulfill the credit requirements.
This
would be an elective for fine art, music, art appreciation, or humanities. The
course pieces are very flexible and allow you to tailor the amount and
difficulty of work to your student. This digital purchase has lifetime access
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