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MUS 214 History And Appreciation Of Western Music Iii

NCE2 levelArts & Humanities4 topics

MUS 214 covers 4 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. The development of Western music from 1600 to 1820 (Baroque and Classical periods).
  2. Major composers such as Vivaldi, Henry Purcell, Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart,
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  4. Beethoven, etc. The major forms: oratorio, cantata, mass, sonata, symphony, opera,

A sample from this course

One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

The development of Western music from 1600 to 1820 (Baroque and Classical periods).

This topic covers how Western music changed from about 1600 to 1820 through the Baroque and Classical periods. For the exam, you must master the main stylistic features, important forms, changes in musical texture and harmony, and how composers moved from the grandeur and contrast of the Baroque to the balance and clarity of the Classical era.

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