A Concise History of Western Music with Dr. Harold Rosenbaum

A Concise History of Western Music with Dr. Harold Rosenbaum

Sunday, February 23, 2:00 pm  REGISTER

Learn about the history of Western Classical Music from ancient times to the present with Dr. Harold Rosenbaum and the Ridgefield Library. This program will discuss the formation and evolution of musical genres including opera, symphonies and concertos, plus the circumstances that led to the creation of these works. Musical demonstrations at the piano will highlight and display excerpts of many of these works and demonstrate the evolving styles that composers from each period first abided by, and then expanded, thus changing history and influencing others to do the same.

Dr. Harold Rosenbaum is a retired professor from The Julliard School and three other colleges. He taught Music Appreciation and many other courses during his 45-year teaching career. He founded the all-professional choir, The New York Virtuoso Singers, now in its 37th season. He has conducted 600 world premieres, has toured with choirs 29 times in Europe, and has conducted about 1900 concerts in his 55-year career.