Lecture 23. Review of Musical Style

Listening to Music (MUSI 112)

This review session teaches students how to identify the various time periods of Western music history, through careful listening and close attention to the musical-stylistic characteristics of a given piece. Professor Wright plays several musical examples culled from different historical periods, and then guides the students in identifying a variety of musical features that can be used to figure out approximately when the music was written.

00:00 - Chapter 1. Introduction
03:49 - Chapter 2. Identifying Different Musical Styles
17:44 - Chapter 3. Review of Gregorian Chants
22:56 - Chapter 4. Listening Exercises for Modernist and Classical Music
32:25 - Chapter 5. Distinguishing Classical and Romantic Music
41:29 - Chapter 6. Final Exercise and Conclusion

Complete course materials are available at the Yale Online website: online.yale.edu


This course was recorded in Fall 2008.