Mozart's Vienna
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- Start Date: 24 Sep 2025End Date: 03 Dec 2025Wed (Daytime): 14:00 - 16:00In PersonLocation: Keeley StreetDuration: 10 sessions (over -11 weeks)Course Code: MD038ATutors: Pauline GreeneFull fee £269.00 Senior fee £215.00 Concession £188.00
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What is the course about?
This course is intended for explorers of classical music who want to know more about Mozart’s life and some of his most important works. We’ll trace his career during his time in Vienna, and gradual international fame. We’ll also explore various pieces, from symphonies and string quartets to opera and piano sonatas, to give you a taste of his changing musical style and technical innovations.
What will we cover?
- Mozart’s musical world: concert life in Vienna, and the place of professional musicians during his lifetime
- His connection with Haydn, an important mentor and influence on his own music
- Some of his operatic innovations
- His personal life and political leanings
- His legacy.
What will I achieve?
By the end of this course you should be able to...
- List the key genres in which Mozart composed
- Summarise the major compositional forms he explored in his work
- List some of his most important compositions
- Describe the musical culture of his time, and his relationship with other composers and performers.
What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?
This course is suitable for all levels. We may look at a music scores and identify key features of music notation (how many violins are playing, etc…) so this course will be most suitable for those who are curious and ambitious to learn.
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
Sessions will comprise combinations of lecture, discussion, guided listening, video and score study. Course materials (handouts, scores, links to online videos) will be shared via google classroom. You will be encouraged to do extra reading outside class.
Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?
You may also wish to purchase some of the music books or recordings discussed in class, links to these materials will be available online after each session.
When I've finished, what course can I do next?
To find out more about music history classes Music history courses in London and online which lists our full programme of classes ordered by term, and by day of the week. You may then click on each title to read the full course outline.
Pauline Greene studied composition at Nottingham University and then composed, performed and was Musical Director with various theatre companies. She taught flute and composition, performing her music across the UK at various venues, including the Southbank Centre and the Edinburgh Festival, with her group The Concert Party, which she managed and directed. She has taught at the Universities of Middlesex and Hertfordshire, and ran the Music Access course at Morley College. She taught at Birkbeck from 1984-2023, moving from Music to Arts Management, and currently lectures on the MA in Events and Experience Management at Goldsmiths. She has given talks at the Royal Opera House, Wigmore Hall and Glyndebourne. At City Lit Pauline teaches a wide range of music history courses, with specialisms in opera, music for dance, theatre and film, musical analysis, and music since 1900. She is still involved in the organisation of small-scale charity concerts and one-off musical events, and she sings and plays with several small groups.
Please note: We reserve the right to change our tutors from those advertised. This happens rarely, but if it does, we are unable to refund fees due to this. Our tutors may have different teaching styles; however we guarantee a consistent quality of teaching in all our courses.
