Great Masters: Brahms—His Life and Music

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Free Online Course: Great Masters: Brahms—His Life and Music provided by The Great Courses Plus is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 6 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Great Masters: Brahms—His Life and Music is taught by Robert Greenberg, PhD.

Overview
  • Explore how Brahms found unique ways of combining the formal complexity of older Classical genres with the melodic inventiveness, harmonic sophistication, and expressive richness of the Romantic Age.

    Topics Covered:

    • 1: J.B., We Hardly Knew You!
    • 2: The Brothels of Hamburg
    • 3: The Schumanns
    • 4: The Vagabond Years
    • 5: Maturity
    • 6: Mastery
    • 7: The Tramp of Giants
    • 8: Farewells