The Art of Music - Volume 02: Classicism and Romanticism


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Volume 2 in the "The Art of Music" series, published by the National Society of Music. This first volume covers the Classical and Romantic periods, encompassing: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, opera in Italy and France, Romanticism, song literature, pianoforte and chamber music, orchestral literature, romantic opera, choral song, Wagner and Wagnerism, Brahms, Franck, Verdi and other contemporaries. - Summary by Jake Malizia (17 hr 58 min)

Chapters

Introduction 9:23 Read by Verla Viera
The Regeneration of the Opera - Part 1 33:52 Read by czandra
The Regeneration of the Opera - Part 2 28:05 Read by czandra
The Regeneration of the Opera - Part 3 28:05 Read by czandra
The Foundations of the Classic Period - Part 1 25:56 Read by czandra
The Foundations of the Classic Period - Part 2 34:04 Read by czandra
The Viennese Classics: Haydn and Mozart - Part 1 36:13 Read by czandra
The Viennese Classics: Haydn and Mozart - Part 2 31:54 Read by czandra
The Viennese Classics: Haydn and Mozart - Part 3 37:25 Read by Jake Malizia
Ludwig van Beethoven - Part 1 51:31 Read by Louis Hehman
Ludwig van Beethoven - Part 2 26:55 Read by Louis Hehman
Ludwig van Beethoven - Part 3 39:14 Read by Louis Hehman
Operatic Development in Italy and France - Part 1 34:15 Read by jenno
Operatic Development in Italy and France - Part 2 46:21 Read by jenno
The Romantic Movement: Its Characteristics and Its Growth - Part 1 39:02 Read by Peach
The Romantic Movement: Its Characteristics and Its Growth - Part 2 31:26 Read by Jake Malizia
The Romantic Movement: Its Characteristics and Its Growth - Part 3 25:17 Read by Peach
The Romantic Movement: Its Characteristics and Its Growth - Part 4 25:25 Read by Peach
Song Literature of the Romantic Period - Part 1 17:43 Read by Sarah Rothwell
Song Literature of the Romantic Period - Part 2 26:24 Read by Sarah Rothwell
Pianoforte and Chamber Music of the Romantic Period - Part 1 22:33 Read by Jake Malizia
Pianoforte and Chamber Music of the Romantic Period - Part 2 37:28 Read by Verla Viera
Pianoforte and Chamber Music of the Romantic Period - Part 3 26:40 Read by Adrian Stephens
Orchestral Literature and Orchestral Development - Part 1 31:48 Read by Adrian Stephens
Orchestral Literature and Orchestral Development - Part 2 31:35 Read by Jake Malizia
Orchestral Literature and Orchestral Development - Part 3 21:31 Read by Jake Malizia
Romantic Opera and the Development of Choral Song - Part 1 30:47 Read by Adrian Stephens
Romantic Opera and the Development of Choral Song - Part 2 24:55 Read by Adrian Stephens
Wagner and Wagnerism - Part 1 34:30 Read by jenno
Wagner and Wagnerism - Part 2 24:12 Read by jenno
Wagner and Wagnerism - Part 3 31:27 Read by Jake Malizia
Neo-Romanticism: Johannes Brahms and César Franck - Part 1 31:42 Read by Adrian Stephens
Neo-Romanticism: Johannes Brahms and César Franck - Part 2 45:59 Read by hbradio
Verdi and His Contemporaries - Part 1 26:12 Read by czandra
Verdi and His Contemporaries - Part 2 28:24 Read by Fern