Course curriculum

  • 1

    Navigating the Course

    • How to use this course
  • 2

    Welcome to Romantic Piano Masters

    • Course Introduction

    • Welcome Survey
  • 3

    Session 1: Robert Schumann

    • Session Contents

    • Video 1 (with Transcript): "A Little Piece" with Pamela Pike, Part 1

    • Video 2 (with Transcript): "A Little Piece" with Pamela Pike, Part 2

    • Video 3 (with Transcript): "Knecht Ruprecht" with John Ellis, Demonstration

    • Video 4: "Knecht Ruprecht" with John Ellis, Performance

    • Video 5 (with Transcript): "Fantasiestücke, Op. 12" with Lara Downes

    • Reading 1: "Introducing Students to the Music of Schumann" by Craig Sale, Sharon Stosur, and Elvina Pearce

    • Reading 2: "Robert Schumann and the Art of Musical Composition" by R. Larry Todd

    • Reflection Question

    • Session Resources
  • 4

    Session 2: Frédéric Chopin

    • Session Contents

    • Video 1 (with Transcript): "Waltz in B Minor, Op. 69, No. 2" with Susie Garcia

    • Reading 1: "The Life of Chopin (and Autographed Piano)" by Michelle Do

    • Reading 2: "Chopin and Pleyel" by Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger; translated by Deana Shuman

    • Reading 3: "Chopin's Teaching" by Jane Magrath

    • Reflection Question

    • Session Resources
  • 5

    Session 3: Franz Liszt

    • Session Contents

    • Video 1 (with Transcript): "Funérailles, S. 173, No. 7" with Jerry Wong

    • Reading 1: "A Liszt Odyssey: An Interview with Alan Walker" by Helen Smith Tarchalski

    • Reading 2: "A Liszt Odyssey: An Interview with Alan Walker, Part II" by Helen Smith Tarchalski

    • Reading 3: "The Neglected Consolations of Franz Liszt" by John Patrick Murphy

    • Reading 4: "Franz Liszt the Teacher" by Sandra Soderlund

    • Reflection Question

    • Session Resources

    • Exit Survey