This comprehensive title explores music within its historical context, touching upon the social, political, scientific, and artistic landscape of each period. With an emphasis on key composers for each period, OnMusic History Survey features streaming music, listening guides, scores, and much more.
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Getting Started
Class 1: Introduction to the Medieval Period
Class 2: Secular Music in the Middle Ages
Class 3: Medieval Instruments and Instrumental Music
Class 4: Church Music in the Middle Ages
Class 5: Introduction to the Renaissance Period
Class 6: Art and Music in the Renaissance Period
Class 7: Church Music in the Renaissance
Class 8: Secular Music in the Renaissance
Class 9: Renaissance Composers of Secular Music
Class 10: Renaissance Instrumental Music
Class 11: Introduction to the Baroque Period
Class 12: Music Characteristics of the Baroque Period
Class 13: Baroque Vocal Music
Class 14: Baroque Opera Music
Class 15: Baroque Church and Choral Music: Bach
Class 16: Baroque Church and Choral Music: Handel
Class 17: Baroque Instrumental Music
Class 18: Introduction to the Classical Period
Class 19: The Early Classical Period
Class 20: Classical Music Form
Class 21: Joseph Hadyn
Class 22: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Class 23: Beethoven and the Transition to Romanticism
Class 24: Introduction to the Romantic Period
Class 25: Transitional Composers – Franz Schubert: Part I
Class 26: More Transitional Composers
Class 27: The Early Romantic Period
Class 28: The Nationalists
Class 29: The Traditionalists
Class 30: The Progressives and The Post-Romantics
Class 31: Impressionism and Other Post-Romantic Composers
Class 32: Introduction to the Contemporary Period
Class 33: Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern
Class 34: Igor Stravinsky
Class 35: Bartók and the Neo-Nationalists
Class 36: Latin America, Russia, and the United States
Class 37: Music Since World War II
Class 38: A Quick Look at Pop Music