Music Appreciation: Middle Ages Thru Classical Era for High School
Learn about Music in the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical Eras
The course consists of 18 lessons about the music, genres, styles, and composers of Western Music from 450-1800. You'll learn about Gregorian Chant, the beginnings of musical notation, organum, Medieval church modes, Hildegard von Bingen, Guido d'Arezzo, Josquin des Prez, madrigals, motets, the beginnings of opera, music of the Reformation, Buxtehude, Vivaldi, Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and many more!
Once purchased you have forever access to the course.
Music Appreciation: Middle Ages Thru Classical Era includes written lessons, videos to watch to learn more about concepts and to listen to the music, assignments to complete using printables which are provided, and online quizzes.
Use the course to get a half-credit in high school Fine Arts. The course can be used for all ages (K-12), but is specifically written for the junior high/high school level.
~ L.S., homeschool mom
Your Instructor
Gena Mayo is a homeschooling mom of 8 who has been teaching music in various forms for over 20 years. She has a Bachelors degree in Music Education and a Masters degree in Vocal Pedagogy (teaching voice lessons). It is her desire to help all homeschoolers include music in their homeschools.
"My oldest (14,) is loving listening to the variety of different music in the Middle Ages Music Appreciation online course. She is especially enjoying the minstrel and medieval music. She's seen many of the songs in literature, but never heard them. The course is bringing a new level of understanding to other aspects of our homeschool, which make it extra enjoyable. Thank you!"
~ Shannan Swindler, homeschool mom and blogger at Captivating Compass
Course Curriculum
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StartLesson 1: Sacred Music of the Early Middle Ages
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StartLesson 2: Secular Music of the Middle Ages
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StartLesson 3: The Development of Polyphony (Organum)
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StartLesson 4: Medieval Instruments and Composers Dunstable and Dufay
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StartLesson 5: Renaissance Music, Ockeghem, and Josquin des Prez
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StartLesson 6: Renaissance Composers~ Palestrina and Gabrieli
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StartLesson 7: Music of the Protestant Reformation
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StartLesson 8: Renaissance Madrigals
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StartLesson 9: Renaissance Instruments and Early Baroque Instrumental Music
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StartLesson 10: Intro to Baroque period, Instrumental Forms, Schütz, and Buxtehude
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StartLesson 11: Opera~ Caccini, Monteverdi, Lully, and Purcell
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StartLesson 12: Keyboard and String Composers~ Couperin, Corelli, Torelli, Vivaldi, and Rameau
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StartLesson 13: J. S. Bach
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PreviewLesson 14: Handel
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StartLesson 15: Classical Period Forms, Genres, and Haydn
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StartLesson 16: Mozart
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StartLesson 17: Other Classical Period Composers~ Scarlatti, J.C. Bach, C.P.E. Bach, Gluck, and Paganini
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StartLesson 18: Beethoven
When I came across your courses, I invested in the first one as a resource to use with my piano students. I expect to continue to do that from time to time. I have enjoyed going through them for my own education and enjoyment.
Probably the most significant use is one I still anticipate. We will become grandparents this spring, and my thoughts have drifted toward what kinds of things I want to have available for the next generation. The simplicity of what you provide, the easy access to the music via the Internet, and the number of lessons you provide in a course all speak to my heart. Your musical choices take me outside the normal music I find on my own. It helps me explore with a little less investment of time.
~Carol