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Jazz is a uniquely American art form, with each generation of musicians applying new levels of creativity that take the music in unexpected directions that defy definition....

Even if you have listened to many of these illustrative pieces throughout your life you will never hear them the same way again after experiencing these lectures....

Over the centuries, orchestral music has given us a category of works that stand apart as transcendent expressions of the human spirit....

Though unappreciated in his own time, Johann Sebastian Bach has ascended to Olympian heights, the verdict of contemporary audiences long since overruled by succeeding generations of music lovers....

Beginning with an introduction to Beethoven the man and the musical and societal forces that shaped his development, you'll explore his breathtaking innovations....

The piano is the most popular solo concert instrument in Western music. One of the key reasons is the fact that it has inspired many of the greatest masterpieces....

Beginning with medieval chant, discover how its single musical line evolved into polyphony (music with multiple simultaneous melodies)....

Professor Greenberg of San Francisco Performances returns with a fascinating and provocative premise: Despite the abstractness and the universality of music it is a mirror of the historical setting....

A revolutionary man living in a revolutionary time, Beethoven used the piano as his personal musical laboratory....

Each of these lectures is a rare and life-enriching opportunity to know the scope of Beethoven's genius....

These 16 lectures take you deep inside the structure of Mozart's chamber masterworks to reveal his hand at work....