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The Elements of Music

Season 1 Episode 104 | 26m 46s

Musical excerpts from Episode 3 receive encores to prod the viewer’s memory. References to the 1st movement of Mozart's Piano Sonata, K. 545; Bach's Little Prelude in D, BWV 936; Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2; Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 4, "Italian" and Morton Subotnick's Silver Apples of the Moon, as well as a bit of humor, are used to refine the definitions of the basic ingredients of music .

Aired: 04/10/22 | Expires: 07/22/22
Distributed nationally by American Public Television
Extras
Listening versus hearing and the process of noticing detail in music.
The audience is encouraged to grasp larger chunks or "paragraphs" of musical information.
Concepts presented in the previous six episodes are revisited in this "new" context.
Maestro George Marriner Maull reviews musical elements covered in previous episodes.
What factors predispose people not to listen? With an opportunity for guided listening.
Viewers are asked to think about the most basic ingredients of music.
What happens to us, psychologically-emotionally, when we listen to classical music?
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Listening versus hearing and the process of noticing detail in music.
The audience is encouraged to grasp larger chunks or "paragraphs" of musical information.
Concepts presented in the previous six episodes are revisited in this "new" context.
Maestro George Marriner Maull reviews musical elements covered in previous episodes.
What factors predispose people not to listen? With an opportunity for guided listening.
Viewers are asked to think about the most basic ingredients of music.
What happens to us, psychologically-emotionally, when we listen to classical music?