Monteverdi to Mozart: 1600-1800
A survey of Baroque and Classical music from MIT OpenCourseWare, tracing seven genres through two centuries: opera, oratorio, cantata, sonata, concerto, quartet, and symphony. Course materials cover composers including Monteverdi, Schutz, Purcell, Vivaldi, Bach, Handel, Haydn, and Mozart, examining how each genre developed and how these composers shaped it. Coursework combines listening assignments, readings, and attendance at live performances, so students learn to hear formal structure and stylistic change rather than just read about it. The materials include the syllabus, assignment sheets, and listening lists MIT used for the class. No lecture videos are included, but the readings and listening guides give a full semester's worth of structured study for anyone building a serious foundation in early music history.