《Lecture 20耶鲁大学开放课程《聆听音乐》讲稿 》.pdf

Yale University Listening to Music Lecture 20 Professor Craig Wright: Okay. Good morning. You are the last people left standing. Right? I can tell you at the beginning of this semester which of these lectures will have the lowest attendance rate. And its this one. And Ill tell you where its going to peak again--as we get closer to the final exam. But you are the good folks. Youre here. Youre sticking with it, so good for you. If you can make it to section tonight and tomorrow, thats great too. What are we doing today? Well, last time we left off talking about opera in the nineteenth century. And the session before that, we were talking about the development of the piano in the nineteenth century. Today, what do we want to do? Were going to talk about the development of the symphony, specifically the symphony orchestra, in the course of the nineteenth century--and it did undergo significant changes, as we will see. What symphonies have we visited here in our course? Who can give me the name of a symphony that weve studied? Roger. Student: [inaudible] Professor Craig Wright: Beethovens Fifth Symphony. We did a lot with that at the very beginning of the class. Any other symphony? Elizabeth. Student: Beethovens Sixth. Professor Craig Wright: Beethovens Sixth, which was the basis of the Saybrook concert. Any other symphonies? Angela. Student: Beethovens Ninth. Professor Craig Wright: Beethovens Ninth. Yes, we talked about that in an early lecture. [sings] So weve done a lot of Beethoven. We havent--and Thaddeus. Student: The Surprise Symphony. Professor Craig Wright: The Surprise Symphony. Good. The Surprise Symphony of Joseph Haydn. So weve done some Haydn. Anything else? We havent mentioned somebody I thought you might mention. [sings