AM
A most wonderful course, a delight for Piano music lovers, given in an interesting and friendly way.

In this course, you’ll be introduced to sonata form; how it works, where it came from, and how sonatas are put together as multi-movement compositions. We will analyze the early history of the piano sonata and discover the important early masters of this style (Scarlatti, CPE Bach, Haydn, and Mozart). You’ll then investigate the relationship between the keyboard instruments of the time and the musical style, and be able to differentiate between Baroque, Galant, and Classical styles. This course was filmed at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance, among other locations, to showcase the depth of the sonata repertoire and the instruments that contributed to its history.

AM
A most wonderful course, a delight for Piano music lovers, given in an interesting and friendly way.
NL
Very interesting. Quizzes a bit esoteric. Very good and very talented lecturer.
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Wonderful course - thank you! This is an extraordinarily good instructor, vividly interesting material that will inform my playing for the rest of my life. I highly recommend it. A knowledge of some music theory is very helpful, if not essential to getting the most out of this course. If you’re an amateur pianist and don’t mind a lot of detail sailing over your head, it would still help to listen to the lectures and read the materials. The videos with examples on all of the different insturments (Harpsichord, clavichord, early Italian and Viennese fortepianos, the English square piano and the later English precursor to the grand) is enormously helpful.
Es un curso muy bueno que me parece que esta orientado más que todo a pedagogos y compositores, vale totalmente la pena, de hecho deberia ser de obligatorio estudio para los musicos no solo los pianistas.
A most wonderful course, a delight for Piano music lovers, given in an interesting and friendly way.
VERY ENJOYABLE AND HELPFUL COURSE
Very interesting. Quizzes a bit esoteric. Very good and very talented lecturer.
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