First Nights - Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique and Program Music in the 19th Century

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First Nights – Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique and Program Music in the 19th Century

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First Nights – Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique and Program Music in the 19th Century
The course First Nights – Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique and Program Music in the 19th Century is an online class provided by Harvard University through edX. The skill level of the course is Introductory. It may be possible to receive a verified certification or use the course to prepare for a degree.

Learn about Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, an iconic Romantic symphony that ushered in an era of narrative “program music.”

Course description

Six years after the premiere of Beethoven’s monumental Ninth Symphony, composer Hector Berlioz sought to make use of the symphonic genre, but on his own terms. Indeed, he wrote not only a five-movement symphony, but also a narrative program to accompany and explain the symphony. This music course introduces students to the music and programmatic elements of Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, illuminating a new direction for nineteenth-century music. The course’s grand finale is a live performance of the entire symphony by the Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra. Harvard’s Thomas Forrest Kelly (Morton B. Knafel Professor of Music) guides learners through Berlioz’s Symphony Fantastique,, highlighting Berlioz’s compostional process, his innovative orchestration, and the reception of his controversial piece of narrative instrumental music. You will learn the basics of Romantic musical style, Berlioz’s creative expansion of the standard orchestra, and the debates surrounding the idea of purely musical narrative in the 19th century.Additional First Nights Modules:Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo and the Birth of OperaHandel’s Messiah and Baroque OratorioBeethoven’s “Ninth Symphony”Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique and Program Music in the 19th CenturyIgor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring: Modernism, Ballet, and Riots

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First Nights – Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique and Program Music in the 19th Century

Course Topic

Art and Culture, Humanities, Music

University, College, Institution

Harvard University

Course Skill Level

Introductory

Course Language

English

Place of class

Online, self-paced (see curriculum for more information)

Degree

Certificate

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First Nights – Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique and Program Music in the 19th Century

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School: Harvard University
Topic: Art and Culture, Humanities, Music