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learning objectives
ity.
After studying the material in this chapter, you should be able to:
learning objectives
1 Outline the structure of the fugue, based on an examination of After studying the material in this chapter, you should be able to:
Johann Sebastian Bach’s Fugue in G minor.
1 Describe how we perceive music.
2 Describe the inner workings of a church cantata, based on study of
2 Compare popular and classical music. Bach’s Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme.
3 List the overall genres, styles, and language of classical music.
3 Differentiate an opera from an oratorio of George Frideric Handel.
4 Recognize where and how to listen to music.
4 Analyze a typical oratorio, as exemplified by Handel’s Messiah and
5 Test the capacity of classical music to move you, by exploring
its “Hallelujah” chorus.
two of its most famous moments.
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