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England, the 1960s, and the Triumph of the Beatles

Offered By: The Great Courses Plus

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Music History Courses Cultural history Courses

Course Description

Overview

Join best-selling biographer Michael Shelden for 12 vibrant lectures on how the 1960s shaped the Beatles—and how the band, in turn, defined the revolutionary spirit of the age.

Syllabus

  • By This Professor
  • 01: The Magical Mystery of the Beatles
  • 02: Fateful Intersections in Liverpool
  • 03: Finding the Beat in the Beatles
  • 04: Nowhere Men: The Dark Side of the Beatles
  • 05: Beatles for Sale: Brian Epstein’s Genius
  • 06: The Cold War, JFK, and the Beatles
  • 07: The Beatles Conquer America
  • 08: The Englishness of A Hard Day’s Night
  • 09: Help! The Beatles at the Top in 1965
  • 10: Crossroads: The Beatles in 1966
  • 11: The Summer of Sgt. Pepper’s
  • 12: Hello, Goodbye: The End of the 1960s

Taught by

Michael Shelden

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