Academy / Music History
#1 Origins of Music: From Ancient Rituals to Medieval Chant
Mar 1, 2026 · Oiyo
Explore the earliest music-making—bone flutes, Greek modal theory, and the rise of Gregorian chant and neume notation.
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#2 Renaissance Music: Polyphony and the Birth of Harmony
Mar 1, 2026 · Oiyo
Discover how Renaissance composers wove multiple voices together, invented the madrigal, and used the printing press to spread music.
Academy / Music History
#3 Baroque Grandeur: Bach, Handel, and the Birth of Opera
Mar 1, 2026 · Oiyo
Enter the age of counterpoint and basso continuo, where Bach perfected fugue and Handel moved audiences to tears with Messiah.
Academy / Music History
#4 Classical Clarity: Haydn, Mozart, and the Perfection of Form
Mar 1, 2026 · Oiyo
Discover how Classical composers perfected sonata form, the symphony, and the string quartet in an era of elegance and balance.
Academy / Music History
#5 Beethoven: The Revolutionary at the Crossroads
Mar 1, 2026 · Oiyo
Follow Beethoven through three compositional periods as he transformed Classical forms into vehicles of personal and universal drama.
Academy / Music History
#6 The Romantic Century: Emotion, Color, and National Identity
Mar 1, 2026 · Oiyo
Survey the 19th-century Romantic era, from Chopin's piano poetry to nationalist symphonic poems that gave voice to oppressed peoples.