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Hallelujah, Amen: The World of Sacred Music
Lecture no. 1 from the course: The Great Works of Sacred Music
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Taught by Professor Charles Edward McGuire | 43 min | Categories: Music & Fine Arts
Begin by exploring the contexts in which Western sacred music developed, from its use in religious ritual to its emergence in the concert hall as edifying entertainment. Then encounter three distinct eras in sacred music, hearing excerpts from medieval chant, Handel's iconic Hallelujah chorus, and Edward Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius....
16 Lectures
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Hallelujah, Amen: The World of Sacred Music
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of 43 min
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From Chant to Early Sacred Polyphony
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of 41 min
3
The Golden Age of Polyphony
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of 42 min
4
The Age of Reformation: Who Will Sing?
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of 41 min
5
Sacred Music in a Secular World
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of 46 min
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Man and Meaning: Bach's Cantatas
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of 45 min
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Art for Art's Sake: Bach's Mass in B Minor
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of 44 min
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Handel's Great Oratorio: Messiah
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of 45 min
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Messiah: From Entertainment to Ritual
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of 44 min
10
Mozart's Requiem: Praise and Memory
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of 44 min
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Haydn's The Creation
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of 45 min
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God, Man, Music, and Beethoven
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of 47 min
13
Mendelssohn's Elijah
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of 44 min
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Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius
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of 45 min
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Sacred Music in the Late 19th Century
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of 47 min
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Come, All Ye Faithful: Music of Christmas
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of 46 min
