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Discovering Music
Module 1 | Using Music History to Unlock Western Culture | - | |
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Unit 1 | Read This First | ||
Unit 2 | Discovering Music - Module 1 Text | ||
Unit 3 | Module 1 Video | ||
Unit 4 | Key Dates | ||
Unit 5 | Module 1 Terms | ||
Unit 6 | Listening Exercise 1 | ||
Unit 7 | Listening Exercise 2 | ||
Unit 8 | Listening Exercise 3 | ||
Unit 9 | Listening Exercise 4 | ||
Unit 10 | Structured Listening Plan for Discovering Music | ||
Unit 11 | Discovering Music - Module 1 Listening | ||
Unit 12 | Module 1 Quiz | ||
Module 2 | Music Entwined with Great Events of Western History | + | |
Unit 1 | Discovering Music - Module 2 Text | ||
Unit 2 | Module 2 Video | ||
Unit 3 | Module 2 Timeline | ||
Unit 4 | Module 2 Terms | ||
Unit 5 | Discovering Music - Module 2 Listening | ||
Unit 6 | Module 2 Gallery | ||
Unit 7 | Links to Web Resources | ||
Unit 8 | Putting It All Together | ||
Unit 9 | Module 2 Supplemental Materials | ||
Unit 10 | Module 2 Quiz | ||
Module 3 | Technology, Terminology, and Cultural Perspective | + | |
Unit 1 | Discovering Music - Module 3 Text | ||
Unit 2 | Module 3 Video | ||
Unit 3 | Module 3 Timeline | ||
Unit 4 | Module 3 Terms | ||
Unit 5 | Discovering Music - Module 3 Listening | ||
Unit 6 | Module 3 Gallery | ||
Unit 7 | Putting It All Together | ||
Unit 8 | Module 3 Quiz | ||
Module 4 | Fanfare and Power: The Court of Louis XIV | + | |
Unit 1 | Discovering Music - Module 4 Text | ||
Unit 2 | Module 4 Video | ||
Unit 3 | Module 4 Timeline | ||
Unit 4 | Module 4 Terms | ||
Unit 5 | Discovering Music - Module 4 Listening | ||
Unit 6 | Module 4 Gallery | ||
Unit 7 | Links to Web Resources | ||
Unit 8 | Putting It All Together | ||
Unit 9 | Module 4 Supplemental Materials | ||
Unit 10 | Module 4 Quiz | ||
Module 5 | Sweeping Away the Renaissance into the Baroque | + | |
Unit 1 | Discovering Music - Module 5 Text | ||
Unit 2 | Module 5 Video | ||
Unit 3 | Module 5 Timeline | ||
Unit 4 | Module 5 Terms | ||
Unit 5 | Discovering Music - Module 5 Listening | ||
Unit 6 | Module 5 Gallery | ||
Unit 7 | Links to Web Resources | ||
Unit 8 | Putting It All Together | ||
Unit 9 | Module 5 Supplemental Materials | ||
Unit 10 | Module 5 Quiz | ||
Module 6 | Liturgical Calendar, Street Parties, and the New Church Music | + | |
Unit 1 | Discovering Music - Module 6 Text | ||
Unit 2 | Module 6 Video | ||
Unit 3 | Module 6 Timeline | ||
Unit 4 | Module 6 Terms | ||
Unit 5 | Discovering Music - Module 6 Listening | ||
Unit 6 | Module 6 Gallery | ||
Unit 7 | Links to Web Resources | ||
Unit 8 | Putting It All Together | ||
Unit 9 | Module 6 Supplemental Materials | ||
Unit 10 | Module 6 Quiz | ||
Unit 11 | First Quarter Exam | ||
Module 7 | A Lively Journey Through the Life of Johann Sebastian Bach | + | |
Unit 1 | Discovering Music - Module 7 Text | ||
Unit 2 | Module 7 Video | ||
Unit 3 | Module 7 Timeline | ||
Unit 4 | Module 7 Terms | ||
Unit 5 | Discovering Music - Module 7 Listening | ||
Unit 6 | Module 7 Gallery | ||
Unit 7 | Links to Web Resources | ||
Unit 8 | Putting It All Together | ||
Unit 9 | Module 7 Supplemental Materials | ||
Unit 10 | Module 7 Quiz | ||
Module 8 | Enlightenment, Classicism, and the Astonishing Mozart | + | |
Unit 1 | Discovering Music - Module 8 Text | ||
Unit 2 | Module 8 Video | ||
Unit 3 | Module 8 Timeline | ||
Unit 4 | Module 8 Terms | ||
Unit 5 | Discovering Music - Module 8 Listening | ||
Unit 6 | Module 8 Gallery | ||
Unit 7 | Links to Web Resources | ||
Unit 8 | Putting It All Together | ||
Unit 9 | Module 8 Supplemental Materials | ||
Unit 10 | Module 8 Quiz | ||
Module 9 | Into the Abyss: The Century Struggles with Unfettered Imagination | + | |
Unit 1 | Discovering Music - Module 9 Text | ||
Unit 2 | Module 9 Video | ||
Unit 3 | Module 9 Timeline | ||
Unit 4 | Module 9 Terms | ||
Unit 5 | Discovering Music - Module 9 Listening | ||
Unit 6 | Module 9 Gallery | ||
Unit 7 | Links to Web Resources | ||
Unit 8 | Module 9 Supplemental Materials | ||
Unit 9 | Module 9 Quiz | ||
Module 10 | Beethoven as Hero and Revolutionary | + | |
Unit 1 | Discovering Music - Module 10 Text | ||
Unit 2 | Module 10 Video | ||
Unit 3 | Module 10 Timeline | ||
Unit 4 | Module 10 Terms | ||
Unit 5 | Discovering Music - Module 10 Listening | ||
Unit 6 | Module 10 Gallery | ||
Unit 7 | Links to Web Resources | ||
Unit 8 | Putting It All Together | ||
Unit 9 | Module 10 Supplemental Materials | ||
Unit 10 | Module 10 Quiz | ||
Unit 11 | Second Quarter Exam | ||
Module 11 | Salons, Poetry, and the Power of Song | + | |
Unit 1 | Discovering Music - Module 11 Text | ||
Unit 2 | Module 11 Video | ||
Unit 3 | Module 11 Timeline | ||
Unit 4 | Module 11 Terms | ||
Unit 5 | Discovering Music - Module 11 Listening | ||
Unit 6 | Module 11 Gallery | ||
Unit 7 | Links to Web Resources | ||
Unit 8 | Putting It All Together | ||
Unit 9 | Module 11 Quiz | ||
Module 12 | A Tale of Four Virtuosi and the Birth of the Tone Poem | + | |
Unit 1 | Discovering Music - Module 12 Text | ||
Unit 2 | Module 12 Video | ||
Unit 3 | Module 12 Timeline | ||
Unit 4 | Module 12 Terms | ||
Unit 5 | Discovering Music - Module 12 Listening | ||
Unit 6 | Module 12 Gallery | ||
Unit 7 | Links to Web Resources | ||
Unit 8 | Putting It All Together | ||
Unit 9 | Module 12 Quiz | ||
Module 13 | Nationalism and the Explosion of Romantic Opera | + | |
Unit 1 | Discovering Music - Module 13 Text | ||
Unit 2 | Module 13 Video | ||
Unit 3 | Module 13 Timeline | ||
Unit 4 | Module 13 Terms | ||
Unit 5 | Discovering Music - Module 13 Listening | ||
Unit 6 | Links to Web Resources | ||
Unit 7 | Putting It All Together | ||
Unit 8 | Module 13 Quiz | ||
Module 14 | The Absolutely New World of Wagner | + | |
Unit 1 | Discovering Music - Module 14 Text | ||
Unit 2 | Module 14 Video | ||
Unit 3 | Module 14 Timeline | ||
Unit 4 | Module 14 Terms | ||
Unit 5 | Discovering Music - Module 14 Listening | ||
Unit 6 | Module 14 Gallery | ||
Unit 7 | Links to Web Resources | ||
Unit 8 | Putting It All Together | ||
Unit 9 | Module 14 Supplemental Materials | ||
Unit 10 | Module 14 Quiz | ||
Unit 11 | Third Quarter Exam | ||
Module 15 | Imperial Russia - A Cultural Odyssey | + | |
Unit 1 | Discovering Music - Module 15 Text | ||
Unit 2 | Module 15 Video | ||
Unit 3 | Russian History Timeline | ||
Unit 4 | Module 15 Timeline | ||
Unit 5 | Module 15 Terms | ||
Unit 6 | Discovering Music - Module 15 Listening | ||
Unit 7 | Module 15 Gallery | ||
Unit 8 | Links to Web Resources | ||
Unit 9 | Putting It All Together | ||
Unit 10 | Module 15 Supplemental Materials | ||
Unit 11 | Module 15 Quiz | ||
Module 16 | Load Up the Wagons: The Story of American Music | + | |
Unit 1 | Discovering Music - Module 16 Text | ||
Unit 2 | Module 16 Video | ||
Unit 3 | Module 16 Timeline | ||
Unit 4 | Module 16 Terms | ||
Unit 5 | Discovering Music - Module 16 Listening | ||
Unit 6 | Links to Web Resources | ||
Unit 7 | Putting It All Together | ||
Unit 8 | Module 16 Supplemental Materials | ||
Unit 9 | Module 16 Quiz | ||
Module 17 | Turning the Page on Western Tradition with the Explosion of War | + | |
Unit 1 | Discovering Music - Module 17 Text | ||
Unit 2 | Module 17 Video | ||
Unit 3 | Module 17 Timeline | ||
Unit 4 | Module 17 Terms | ||
Unit 5 | Discovering Music - Module 17 Listening | ||
Unit 6 | Module 17 Gallery | ||
Unit 7 | Links to Web Resources | ||
Unit 8 | Putting It All Together | ||
Unit 9 | Module 17 Supplemental Materials | ||
Unit 10 | Module 17 Quiz | ||
Unit 11 | Fourth Quarter Exam | ||
Unit 12 | Course Completion Survey |
And Then There's This . . .
Vince Bielski, When Classical Learning Meets Public Education the Dialogue Isn’t Always Socratic. “Classical education, whose name gained traction in the 1980s to evoke the movement’s focus on liberal arts and the Western canon, is struggling to overcome local political opposition.”
Peter Wood, After College: The Coming Cultural Collapse of Higher Education. “Students graduate with a veneer of knowledge rather than a core. An increasingly obsolescent institution has wedded itself to an increasingly noisome cultural stance.”
Anthony Esolen, Heap Songs Upon Their Heads. “We are the most beauty-starved people, I am persuaded, who have ever trod the earth.”
Gregory Wolfe, The Wound of Beauty. “The time has come to bring beauty back, to give it the glass slipper and invite it to the prom.”