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Pub. Date
2006
Description
This series of lectures introduces the greatest of universal museums. Its aim is not comprehensive. The focus is narrowed to the Department of Paintings, which is responsible for European paintings from the Middle Ages until the mid-19th century. These works of art form an encyclopedic summary of the achievements of painters that can be called the single most important such collection in the world. The aim of these lectures is to both prepare new...
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Pub. Date
2002
Description
"In this course by Professor Robert Greenberg you meet the Schumanns -- brilliant, gifted, troubled, and unique in the history of music. Robert Schumann (1810–1856) and his wife Clara Wieck Schumann (1819–1896) have earned a distinct place in the annals of Western music. As a couple with a two-career marriage -- he as a pioneering critic and composer, she as one of the leading concert pianists of Europe -- they were highly exceptional in their...
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Pub. Date
2000
Description
"When it comes to creative longevity, brilliance across a range of styles, and near-universal fame, Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971) is nearly unrivaled among 20th-century artists. As told by Professor Robert Greenberg, Stravinsky's career is a dizzying, enthralling progression across the miles and the decades from fin de siècle Czarist Russia to Southern California in the 1960s." -- Publisher's website.
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Pub. Date
2002
Description
"Musically, Franz Liszt (1811–1886) is one of the most written about but least understood composers of the 19th century. As for his life -- Felix Mendelssohn observed that Liszt's character was 'a continual alternation between scandal and apotheosis.' 'Scandal and apotheosis'? What could that possibly mean? Join music professor Robert Greenberg for these lectures, and go on a fascinating journey in search of the truth about both. 'Franz Liszt, Both...
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Pub. Date
2001
Description
"Ludwig van Beethoven was one of the most prolific and inspiring forces in the history of music. With his brilliant compositions and his unique approach to the piano, he changed the face of western concert music forever. After Beethoven nothing could ever be the same again. This course by Professor Robert Greenberg is a biographical and musical study of Beethoven . It puts the great musician's life in a social, political, and cultural context." --...
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Pub. Date
2000
Description
"The music of Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) is so technically superb, so widely imitated, and so rich in quality and quantity that almost since the moment of its creation it has exemplified the classical style. More than any other single composer, it was Haydn who created the classical-era symphony. And his 68 string quartets? They are the standard by which all other classical string quartets were and are judged. No less an expert than Mozart wrote...
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