The String Quartets of Beethoven

Jay Rosenblatt
Spring 2021
Mondays |  
10 AM - 12 PM (AZ Time)
February 1, 8, 15, and 22, 2021
Course Format: Hybrid
Location: Online
Tuition: $130

This past year we celebrated the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven. He was one of the great masters of the Classical and Romantic eras in music, and aside from the symphony, no genre summarizes his achievement better than the string quartet. These sixteen works are spread evenly throughout his early, middle, and late styles. In our four class sessions we will devote the first to an overview of Beethoven’s life and career, with the following three each covering one of his stylistic periods. It is not necessary to read music for this class, and excerpts from Beethoven’s works will be played on recordings or shown on video.

Registration will open online on Monday, November 23, 2020 at 8 AM (AZ Time)

  • Classes will be delivered online via the Zoom video conferencing platform. Course will be password protected and only available to enrolled students.
  • All class sessions will be recorded and made available to enrolled students for a limited time to assist those who may not be able to attend the live class times.
  • Enrolled students may withdraw from a course and receive a tuition refund if the request is received before the second class session.

Required Reading
  • No textbook is required. All readings will be distributed to students electronically.
  • It is also recommended that each member of the class purchase a recording of Beethoven’s string quartets.
Recommended Reading
  • Please see syllabus for additional recommended texts.

Meet Your Instructor

Associate Professor

JAY ROSENBLATT earned his B.A. in Piano Performance and M.A. in Musicology from UCLA and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, also in Musicology. He joined the School of Music at the University of Arizona in 1995. For the past twenty-eight years, he has taught survey courses (Classical and Romantic music), courses on opera, and seminars on individual composers such as Liszt and Mozart. Since 2012, he has taught eight courses in the Humanities Seminars.

Location

THIS COURSE WILL BE OFFERED ONLINE ONLY

Classes will be live streamed during the time and dates specified in the course details section above. Instructions about how to access the course online will be sent to all enrolled students before the course begins.

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