THE ROMANTIC PERIOD IN MUSIC Schubert through Wagner and Mahler

COURSE LEADERS: Robin McNeil
MEETS: 9 Thursdays TIME: 10:00am - 12:00pm
DATES COURSE MEETS: 9/18, 10/2, 10/9, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/6, 11/13, 11/20
PRICE: $70.00
LOCATION: 8081 E. Orchard Rd., Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Map
TYPE: Lecture,Q&A,Listening to music
CATEGORY: MUSIC
DESCRIPTION:

Forget the flowers and chocolates. Experience and examine the Romantic era in music, which was characterized by more than passionate and expressive writing.  Learn about the connections that composers in the first half of the 19th century drew between their music and the literature of the time (Robert Schumann, for example, inserted quotes from the German poets in his scores).  And we’ll also give attention to the ways in which Schumann, Schubert, Chopin and others pushed the boundaries of the prevailing rules to create more advanced harmonics.