Step into the passionately expressive world of the Romantic era with internationally acclaimed performer and lecturer Michael Ballam as your guide. He will familiarize you and your family with the monuments of the Age of Romance in music.

Discover the lofty and soul-stirring dynamics which heralded the age of enlightenment in the world. In this third in a series of User Friendly Classics, you will come to know through the perceptive eyes of Dr. Ballam the fire of Beethoven, Liszt, and Tchaikovsky; the lyricism of Schubert and Mendelssohn; and the tender eloquence of Schumann and Brahms.

Holding a Ph.D. in music history and literature from the prestigious Indiana University, Michael Ballam has an enthusiastic love for music which is contagious to those of all ages.

Includes musical examples from:

• Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
• Brahms’ Symphony #3 in F major
• Songs of Schubert and Schumann
• Schubert’s “Unfinished Symphony”
• Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker,” “Swan Lake,” and Piano Concerto #1
• Liszt’s “Liebestraum”
• Mendelssohn’s “Elijah”