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Craig Wright

**Specialization:** music history. **Bio:** Studied piano and music history at the Eastman School of Music (1962-1966) and went on to earn an M.A. and Ph.D. in musicology at Harvard (1966-1972). While at Harvard he attended numerous Red Sox games, played chess with pianist Robert Levin, and, as a teaching assistant, taught composer John Adams—all survived the experience. After a pleasant year teaching at the University of Kentucky in Lexington (1972-1973), Wright moved to Yale, serving as chair of the Department of Music from 1986-1992 and becoming the Henry L. and Lucy G. Moses Professor of Music in 2006. At the undergraduate level he teaches a basic music appreciation course (one of Yale’s largest) and the music history course required of majors in medieval and Renaissance music. Similarly, his graduate courses tend to concentrate on early music, specifically on composers diverse as Leoninus, Dufay, Josquin, and Bach, as well as early chant and liturgy. Recently, he has changed the
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Lecture 15 - Benedictine Chant and Music in the Sistine Chapel

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Lecture 7 - Harmony: Chords and How to Build Them

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Lecture 4 - Rhythm: Jazz, Pop and Classical

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Lecture 1 - Introduction to Listening to Music

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Lecture 18 - Piano Music of Mozart and Beethoven

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Lecture 2 - Introduction to Instruments and Musical Genres

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Lecture 11 - Form: Rondo, Sonata-Allegro and Theme and Variations (cont.)

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Lecture 5 - Melody: Notes, Scales, Nuts and Bolts

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Lecture 8 - Bass Patterns: Blues and Rock

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Lecture 6 - Melody: Mozart and Wagner

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