MUS 241: The Language of Music
MUS 241: The Language of Music (Missouri State University). Instructor: Dr. Amy Muchnick. This course is a study of the ways music creatively expresses self-understanding, cultural environment,
and aesthetic values from ancient to modern times. It provides a brief introduction to the many types of Western music from the Middle Ages to the 20th century, based on instrumentation and vocal practices:
music of the Middle Ages (450-1450); Renaissance music (1450-1600); Baroque music (1600-1750); Classical music (1750-1820); and 20th century music (1900s).
| Lecture 01 - Introduction and the Elements of Music: Pitch |
| Lecture 02 - The Elements of Music 2: Tone, Interval, Dynamics, Rhythm, Beat, Tempo |
| Lecture 03 - The Elements of Music 3: Melody, Key, Harmony, Chord |
| Lecture 04 - The Instrument Families 1: Strings |
| Lecture 05 - The Instrument Families 2: The Woodwinds |
| Lecture 06 - Music of the Middle Ages 1: History of Music, Chant |
| Lecture 07 - Music of the Middle Ages 2: Pope Gregory I, Secular Song, Polyphonic Music |
| Lecture 08 - Middle Ages to the Renaissance |
| Lecture 09 - Music of the Renaissance |
| Lecture 10 - The Baroque Period 1: Characteristics of Baroque Music, Opera |
| Lecture 11 - The Baroque Period 2: Opera (cont.), Baroque Instrumental Genres |
| Lecture 12 - The Baroque Period 3: Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Lecture 13 - The Baroque Period 4: Bach (cont.), Vocal Genres, George Frideric Handel |
| Lecture 14 - The Classical Period: Traits of Classical Music, Standard Classical Symphony/ Form |
| Lecture 15 - The Classical Period 2: Minuet and Trio, Theme & Variations, Rondo Form, Joseph Haydn |
| Lecture 16 - The Classical Period 3: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his Music/ Opera |
| Lecture 17 - The Classical Period 4: Mozart's Instrumental Music, Ludwig van Beethoven |
| Lecture 18 - The Classical Period 5: Beethoven's Music |
| Lecture 19 - The Romantic Period: Romantic Music, Art Song, Franz Schubert |
| Lecture 20 - The Romantic Period 2: Piano Genres, Frederic Chopin, Franz Liszt |
| Lecture 21 - The Romantic Period 3: Orchestra Music, Hector Berlioz |
| Lecture 22 - The Romantic Period 4: Nationalism, Modest Mussorgsky, Peter TChaikovsky |
| Lecture 23 - The Romantic Period 5: Antonin Dvorak, Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini |
| Lecture 24 - The Romantic Period 6: Richard Wagner |
| Lecture 25 - Characteristics of 20th Century Music, Impressionism, Claude Debussy |
| Lecture 26 - The 20th Century 2: Claude Debussy, Igor Stravinsky |
| Lecture 27 - The 20th Century 3: Expressionism, Arnold Schoenberg |
| Lecture 28 - The 20th Century 4: Arnold Schoenberg, Bela Bartok |
| Lecture 29 - The 20th Century 5: Aaron Copland |
| Lecture 30 - The 20th Century 6: John Cage, George Crumb |
| Lecture 31 - The 20th Century: John Adams, Conclusion |