This CD-ROM course is a combination of video lessons, a music library, and interactive exercises designed to enhance your learning experience. Composers covered in the course include Bach, Wagner, Antheil, Debussy, Schoenberg, Webern, Stravinsky, Cage, Bartok, Copland, Ives, Gershwin, Stockhausen, Partch, Satie, Glass, and Reich, among others. Coupled with a printed composition book that is packed with critical thinking exercises and hands-on activities, this course is a musical tour de force.
Music Workbook
In your Composition Notebook, capture your thoughts and ideas about this period through challenging exercises and critical thinking activities. At the end of this command performance, you'll have a chance to send in a portion of your work and be recognized by Duke University as a savvy music critic.
Interactive Exercises
Interactive exercises in each module provide a fun and engaging way for you to listen to music and analyze it with the ear of a critic; gain an understanding of musical elements like polytonality and equal temperament; and explore the history behind instruments and inventions of that time period.
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