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Beethoven's piano sonatas, Robert Greenberg, Part 3 of 3

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Beethoven's piano sonatas

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Robert Greenberg

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Professor Greenberg combines perceptive analysis of extensive musical excerpts with historical anecdotes, metaphors, and humor to show what goes on inside a musical composition: how it came to be written, how it works, and how--as is often the case with Beethoven--it may break all former rules to achieve a completely new and powerful effect. This course is somewhat technical and although musical knowledge is helpful, it is not a necessity

Lecture 17. They deserve Better, part 1 -- Lecture 18. They deserve better, part 2 -- Lecture 19. The Farewell Sonata -- Lecture 20. Experiments in a dark time -- Lecture 21. The Hammerklavier, part 1 -- Lecture 22. The Hammerklavier, part 2 -- Lecture 23. In a world of his own -- Lecture 24. Reconciliation

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