Masterpieces of Western Music: Classics from the Baroque to the Modern.

PORTABLE PROFESSOR is a series of exciting and informative lectures recorded by some of today's most renowned university and college professors. Each course introduces listeners to fascinating, and sometimes startling, insights into the intellectual forces that shape our understanding of the world. Each package includes 14 riveting lectures presented by notable professors as well as a book-length course guide. From the "Spring" of Vivaldi's Four Seasons to Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring, our appreciation of musical masterpieces can be deeply enhanced by an understanding of what makes them great. In this dynamic, melody-filled series of lectures, Professor Jeffrey D. Lependorf guides listeners through the styles and structures, terms and techniques, that unlock the secrets of dozens of Western music's most renowned works, while highlighting the intriguing biographies of music's immortal masters.