Great Masters: Haydn - His Life and Music
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Robert Greenberg
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Almost from the moment it was first set to paper, the music of Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) - technically superb, rich in quality, and widely imitated - has exemplified the Classical style, creating not only the Classical-era symphony but setting the standard, through his own 68 string quartets, against which that form has ever after been judged.
And yet Haydn, despite the influence left by more than 1,000 works, seems to no longer get his due, often thought of as an aged figure surpassed and overshadowed by Beethoven and Mozart, who actually credited Haydn, the only contemporary he admired, and with whom he formed a lasting and artistically fruitful friendship, with teaching him how to write string quartets. Even Beethoven, whose relationship with his compositional teacher was troubled and stormy, would never have been able to write his triumphant Ninth Symphony without the influence of Haydn's crowning achievement, the towering 1798 oratorio, Creation.
Now, in a series of eight vivid lectures, you can learn to understand and appreciate the music of one of the most original and influential composers of all time as you explore his origins, influence, and greatest works.
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- ali abolhassani
- 23-04-2023
Great lectures!
Very well summarised and performed
As a music lover without a musical background, I learned a lot as well as enjoying to get to know the life of such a great musician.
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- SW TUBBS
- 11-10-2022
Greater Than I Thought
The Course was very educational for me - I knew Haydn was great but not that Great.
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- Mr Robert Wallace Laird
- 26-05-2022
Wonderful and very informative.
I thoroughly enjoyed this lecture series. Full of fascinating details about Haydn’s life. An entertaining delivery and often with genuine heartfelt notions of what it must have been like to be alive at that time.
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- J. P. HIGBED
- 14-07-2018
Bravo Professor
I’ll certainly get more of Prof Greenberg’s courses. They are informative and entertaining , without using insider jargon.
Bravo!
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