Review of 'The Teaching Company: How to Listen to and Understand Great Music: Complete Set - 48 Audio CDs with Course Guidebooks (The Great Courses: Fine Arts and Music, Course # 700)' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
This was simply lovely and interesting. Given the huge amount of material one could cover under such a broad topic, Greenberg did a fantastic job "editing" and creating as simple and clear a line through the material as possible. Obviously there is a lot missing, but you can only do so much in an introductory treatment. And even with the introductory treatment, I'll likely need a second and third pass through everything to really absorb it all.
I can't wait to delve into some of his other works on music, and I'm glad there are several others to follow this up.
Most interesting to me was the "musicality" of his voice and presentation that makes actually listening to the material that much more engaging over and above it's inherent general interest. This musicality also makes his enthusiasm so much more contagious!