104 Beethoven's Piano Sonatas, Part I
Art, Culture, Music, Tra | Registration opens 12/2/25 9:00 AM EST
This Great Course Series will be taught by Professor Robert Greenberg.
Beethoven was a revolutionary man living in a revolutionary time. He captured his inner voice – demons and all – and the spirit of his time, and in doing so, created a body of music the likes of which no one had ever before imagined. Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas provide a window into his personal musical development and highlight the piano as an evolving instrument. A virtuoso at the keyboard, Beethoven used the piano as his personal musical laboratory, and the piano sonata became a place where he could experiment and develop a view of music as a form of self-expression.
Dan Robbins
Dan Robbins retired from B&W Y-12 in 2013 after 47 years of company service. At Y-12 he was the director of the analytical laboratories. He is a chemistry graduate of UNC, Chapel Hill and a Princeton PhD. He was the founding chairman of the Greenways of Oak Ridge Organization and retired after 31 years.