How to Listen to and Understand Great Music, 3rd Edition Season 1 Episode 26 The Symphony

November 1, 2023
43 min

This lecture explores the Classical symphony as both an orchestral genre and a social phenomena. The Baroque antecedents of symphony are described and discussed; a Baroque, Italian-style overture by Handel is compared directly to an early Classical symphony by Johann Stamitz. We then examine the tremendous influence of opera on the genre of symphony.

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