The Music of Man
Season 1 • Episode 4: The Age of the Composer • Watch with subtitles
Episode 4: The Age of the Composer
December 1, 1978
The works of Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert established music as an accessible and popular art form in Western society. The program also examines J.S. Bach's exploration of the tempered scale, a method of tuning keyboard instruments that simplified the task of writing for a full orchestra.
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