Understanding The Fundamentals Of Classical Music

by Richard Freedman

Genres: Music, Nonfiction, Art

7 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[Erin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice intro course. While I liked the professor, I wish he was a bit more dynamic.

[Ana-Maria · Rating 3 out of 5]

Too difficult for my level of musical education, but the music excerpts made it for me! This audiobook is fantastic for redirecting one's interest toward timeless pieces of music.
Secondly, it made me appreciate how complex music theory really is and how much we miss when we don't know enough in this respect.

[David Milligan · Rating 2 out of 5]

The only issue I really had with this lecture series is that the professor was not Robert Greenberg. His delivery style is just so much more colorful than Freedman's. Great introductory course though.

[Simone · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this a great introduction course. The printed material is excellent, very detailed but still objective, high-quality, and with extra assigments, both in reading and listening. The example pieces are very good recordings, and the professor sometimes breaks down the melody or harmony and plays it on the piano for easier understanding. It is really didactic. What I found a bit harder to follow was the last two lectures, because the sample pieces got larger, and there was less time for explanation. I think it would be better to have longer lectures in this case. I also think there was a problem with the lecture on Sonata Allegro on my audible version, because it skips between a Mozart piece to a Beethoven one, without any explanation. All in all I loved the course and intend to listen to more of those in the future. Unfortunately, there are very few on Music. I also enjoyed having a final test to assess my grasp of the material.

[Shawn · Rating 2 out of 5]

I found this really hard to follow. Confirmed I have no ear for music

[Helena Gelfor]

Awesome in depth analysis of classical pieces, actually a continuing education course for a classic music major.

[Julia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lectures on CD. Very interesting and enlightening.