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First lecture of the course "The Contemporary Era" by Antioch College Professor John Ronsheim. This lecture includes: Brief history of music from c. 1000-1859. Works exhibiting the breakdown of the tonal system. Analysis of Mozart K. 465, Adagio (Introduction).

Second lecture of the course "The Contemporary Era" by Antioch College Professor John Ronsheim. Wagner and reactions, Germanic and French: Deceptive cadences in Tristan und Isolde (1857-59) and Parsifal, then Mahler and Strauss, Satie and early Debussy.

Debussy: Prélude, Chansons de Bilitis, Nocturnes. Post-Wagnerian chromaticism, bi-tonality and tone-painting in Strauss. Verismo: Puccini's La Bohême. Ravel. Mahler's Fourth Symphony. Analysis of Puccini. Third lecture of the course "The Contemporary Era" by Professor John Ronsheim.

Puccini's Tosca. Whole-tone harmonies, etc.: Debussy and Ravel music for piano. Schoenberg's Gurrelieder and early songs. Ives in America. Debussy's Pelleas et Melisande. Analysis of Debussy. Fourth lecture of the course "The Contemporary Era" by Antioch College Professor John Ronsheim.

What is uncompromised? Debussy's Pelleas compared to Schoenberg's: French and German sensibilities. Classical vs. Romantic. Ives's Holidays Symphonies. French transparency and color: Ravel and Debussy. Delius. Strauss's Salom?. Analysis of Debussy. Fifth lecture of the course "The Contemporary Era" by Professor John Ronsheim.