A Journey Through Great Music

Get to know good music with this self-paced, organized guide to listening.

Module 1Getting Started
Unit 1Course Introduction
Unit 2Stage One: Seven Key Works
Unit 3Chopin, Etude in G-Flat Major
Unit 4Ibert, Trois pièces brèves
Unit 5Merula, Ballo detto Pollicio
Unit 6Puccini, O mio babbino caro
Unit 7Sibelius, Finlandia
Unit 8Haydn, Trumpet Concerto
Unit 9Whitacre, Water Night
Module 2The Baroque Era
Unit 1Stage Two: A Journey Through the Baroque
Unit 2About the Works
Unit 3Handel, Royal Fireworks
Unit 4Rameau, Suite from Castor et Pollux
Unit 5Bach, Fugue in G Major
Unit 6Buxtehude, Sonata in A Minor
Unit 7Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
Unit 8Bonus: Handel, Suite No. 5 in E Major
Module 3Virtuosity
Unit 1Stage Three: Fast and Furious
Unit 2Paganini, Caprice No. 24 in A Minor
Unit 3Liszt, La Campagnella
Unit 4Ginastera, Danzas argentinas
Unit 5Balakirev, Islamey
Unit 6Kodály, Sonata for Solo Cello
Unit 7Bonus: Noble, Cherokee
Module 4The Human Voice
Unit 1Stage Four: The Human Voice
Unit 2Delibes, Flower Duet
Unit 3Dowland, Now, Oh Now I Needs Must Part
Unit 4Schumann, Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen
Unit 5Hahn, À Chloris
Unit 6Strauss, Und du wirst mein Gebieter sein
Unit 7Bonus: Soloviev-Sedoy, Evening Song – Leningrad
Module 5Chamber Music
Unit 1Stage Five: Chamber Music
Unit 2Beethoven, Septet
Unit 3Mendelssohn, Piano Trio No. 1
Unit 4Fanny Mendelssohn, Quartet
Unit 5Dvořák, Slavonic Dance
Unit 6Fauré, Piano Trio
Unit 7Bonus: Hummel, Septet in D Minor
Module 6The Romantic Era
Unit 1Stage Six: The Romantic Era
Unit 2Wagner, Siegfried's Horn Call
Unit 3Glinka, Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture
Unit 4Chopin, Mazurka in B Minor
Unit 5Clara Schumann, Three Romances for Violin and Piano
Unit 6Korngold, Violin Concerto in D Major
Unit 7Bonus: Holst, Jupiter
Module 7The Classical Era
Unit 1Stage Seven: What Is Classical?
Unit 2Stamitz, Clarinet Concerto
Unit 3Beethoven, Cello Sonata No. 3
Unit 4Mozart, Sonata in A Major
Unit 5Sor, Variations on a Theme by Mozart
Unit 6Beethoven, Symphony No. 1
Unit 7Bonus: Quantz, Capriccio in G Major
Module 8Innovation in Music
Unit 1Stage Eight: Innovation
Unit 2Stravinsky, Fireworks
Unit 3Honegger, Pacific 231
Unit 4Burritt, Fandango 13
Unit 5Ticheli, Blue Shades
Unit 6Reich, Drumming
Unit 7Bonus: Crumb, Voice of the Whale