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How Listening Affects Us
Hosted by George Marriner Maull, the series offers pathways to musical understanding based on the educational strategies of Dr. Saul Feinberg, a pioneer and recognized authority in the teaching of music listening skills. In addition to sharing music excerpts on the piano, Maestro Maull uses recordings and live performances to demonstrate the listening concepts.
How Listening Affects Us
Season 1 Episode 105 | 26m 50s | CC
Open-mindedness and flexible thinking as prerequisites are explored using visual puzzles and musical examples. Handel's fugue from his Concerto Grosso, Op.6, No. 7 reinforces flexible listening. Effective surprise in music is presented using Bela Bartok's For Children Vol. II, No. 12 for piano. The 3rd movement of Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2 is used to demonstrate tension and release.
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