02173nam a2200229 4500 AUA.1 20201005113243.0 170228b xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 0760770344 JTL ML160 Masterpieces of western music : classics from the Baroque to the modern / Jeffrey D Lependorf; Recorded Books, Inc. Sound Recording. Classics from the Baroque to the modern / [United States] : Barnes & Noble Audio, c & 2005. 7 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guide (64 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm). Portable professor., Arts & Literature. In container (24 x 16 x 5 cm.). Includes 1 additional sound disc: sample lectures from other Portable Professor courses. Course lectures: 1. The red priest and his all-girl orchestra (Vivaldi's "Spring" from Four Seasons) -- 2. The case of the runaway soloist (Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5) -- 3. All rise and sing Hallelujah: (Handel's Messiah) -- 4. More than just a Little Night Music (Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik) -- 5. Magnificent obsession: The world in four notes (Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C Minor) -- 6. Romanticism with a capital "R," or be careful what you wish for (Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique) -- 7. How to make a piano sing (Chopin's Nocturne in D-flat) -- 8. Going forward by looking back (Brahm's Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel) -- 9. A tale of love and death (Wagner's Tristan und Isolde) -- 10. It takes two, baby (Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition) -- 11. A quiet revolution (Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun) -- 12. Modernism with a bang! (Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring) -- 13. Kid stuff (Ravel's Mother Goose) -- 14. The prairies of Brooklyn (Copland's Appalachian Spring). This lecture series focuses on the very best of Western music, and as one progresses through the lectures, the following are two important questions that will be explored: What makes these works masterpieces? Why highlight these works? Music appreciation. aua AV 17971 17971 0 0 lcc 0 0 AV AUA.1 AUA.1 AV 2017-02-28 AV330 MSR91 2017-02-28 00:00:00 39.95 2017-02-28 AV