# Monteverdi to Mozart: 1600-1800

The Greek legend of Orpheus is the topic of the first fully developed opera, Monteverdi's L'Orfeo. Painting: "Orpheus and Eurydice." Attributed to Jacopo Vignali / Anon. cir. 1625–1630. (Image is in the public domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons.)

### Instructor(s)

Teresa Neff

### MIT Course Number

21M.235

### As Taught In

Fall 2013

### Level

Undergraduate

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Some Description
Instructor(s) | Prof.
As Taught In | Spring 2002
Course Number | 2.24
Level | Undergraduate/Graduate
Features | Lecture Notes, Student Work

## Course Description

## Course Features

- Demonstration - video
- Selected lecture notes
- Assignments: activity (no examples)
- Assignments: written (no examples)

## Course Description

This course surveys seven Baroque and Classical genres: opera, oratorio, cantata, sonata, concerto, quartet, symphony, and includes work by composers Bach, Handel, Haydn, Monteverdi, Mozart, Purcell, Schütz and Vivaldi. Course work is based on live performances as well as listening and reading assignments.

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Teresa Neff. 21M.235 Monteverdi to Mozart: 1600-1800. Fall 2013. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.

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