High Caliber Culture
If you have not visited Professor Carol’s “Circle of Scholars,” you should. There you will find the focus on things more enduring than politics. Think about it. Kings used music as a symbol of their power, and now the music remains long after the monarchies have crumbled.
On the other hand, the Church uses music as a reminder of things transcendant, and now unto us a child is born.
This Christmas Eve I commend Professor Carol’s elaboration on “O Holy Night.”
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Professor Carol now offers a complete self-study course covering 300 years of music.
This romp through music history (and many other historical topics) combines 13 hours of DVD video with a 3-disc listening set from Naxos and a 236-page course book.
From the birth of opera to the Leipzig coffeehouses frequented by Bach and Schumann, from the Orthodox cathedrals of Moscow to Tin Pan Alley, from scientific discoveries to bloody revolutions, spooky dramas and shoe styles, Carol chronicles it all with her unique commentary.
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