Week 1-2 - Music Las Q4

Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region III
Schools Division Office of Gapan City
Juan R. Liwag Memorial High School
GRADE 9- FOURTH QUARTER
MUSIC
(WEEK 1&2)
Address: Bayanihan, Gapan City

Telephone No.: (044) 958-8492
Email: [email protected]
Region III
MUSIC
(WEEK 1&2)
Learning Learning Competencies Learning Task Mode of
Area Delivery
MAPEH MUSIC Activity 1. Send outputs to
(MUSIC) Fill in the messenger or any
-evaluates music and music blanks platform
performances using guided rubrics. recommended by
- performs themes or melodic Activity 2. the school. Have
fragments of given selected songs; My X-Factor the parent hand-
in the output to
the teacher in
school.
Reference: MUSIC AND ARTS LEARNER’S MODULE – PAGES 107-117
VOCAL MUSIC OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD

The parallelisms of music and literature were clearly evident in almost all forms of
vocal music during the Romantic period. Composers interpret poems, mood, atmosphere and
imagery into music.
Musical compositions such as the art song was written for solo voice and piano. Like
all program music, art song has its inspiration from poetry in this period. Mood is often set at
the beginning with piano introduction and concluded with a piano postlude.
Romantic artists found inspiration in landscapes. Their subjects were traditional

myths, legends and folklore usually dealing with the supernatural, grotesque, and less
ordinary.
Vocal music in this period require singers to perform a greater range of tone color,
dynamics and pitch. Because of this, Opera became an important source of musical
expressions. The birth of the opera houses came. It was the place where all the arts
converged: not only music, but poetry, painting, architecture and the dance as well.

Telephone No.: (044) 958-8492
Region III
OPERA COMPOSERS OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
Franz Peter Schubert

The proper name for Franz Schubert songs is actually
lieder, which is the German word for songs. Schubert
developed lieder so that they had a powerful dramatic
impact on the listeners. He tapped the poetry of
writers like Johann Goethe. He is considered the last of
the Classical composers and one of the first romantic
ones. His famous vocal music works/ Lieder were:
“Gretchen am Spinnrade”, “Erlkonig”, “Ellens Gesang
III” (“Ave Maria”) and “Schwanenge sang” (“Swan
Song”). He also wrote piano pieces, string quartets,
operetta and the Symphony No.8 in B minor
(“Unfinished Symphony”)
Image by Wilhelm August Rieder 1875 Schubert was
born on the 31st of January 1797 in
Himmelpfortgrund, Austria and died in 1828 in Vienna,
Austria at 31.
Giuseppe Verdi
A name associated with Romantic opera is that

of Verdi. His characters are ordinary people
and not those of the royal family like those
found in German operas. He insisted on a good
libretto and wrote operas with political
overtones and for middle-class audience. Verdi
was born in Parma, Italy on October 9, 1813.
He studied in Busseto and later went to Milan
where his first opera “Oberto” was performed
in La Scala,the most important opera house at
the time. Almost all of his works are serious
love story with unhappy ending. Expressive
vocal melody is the soul of a Verdi opera. He
completed 25 operas throughout his career. His final opera ends with “All the world‟s a
joke.”Some of his famous operas are still being produced and performed worldwide. His much
acclaimed works are; La Traviata, Rigoletto, Falstaff, Otello and Aida were he wrote for the
opening of the Suez Canal. He died in Milan, Italy on January 27,1901 .

Telephone No.: (044) 958-8492
Region III
Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Puccini was born in a poor family on

December 22, 1858 in Lucca, Italy. He studied at the
Milan Conservatory. He belonged to a group of
composers who stressed realism, therefore, he drew
material from everyday life, rejecting heroic themes
from mythology and history.
Puccini‟s famous operas were: “La Boheme”, “Tosca”,
“Madame Butterfly”, and “Turandot”.
Richard Wagner
Wilhelm Richard Wagner was born in Leipzig,

Germany on May 22, 1813. He attended
Leipzig University. He was very much inspired
by Ludwig van Beethoven. Wagner introduced
new ideas in harmony and in form, including
extremes of chromaticism. He also explored
the limits of the traditional tonal system that
gave keys and chords its own identity which
paved the way for the rise of atonality in the
20th century. Wagner exerted a strong
influence on the operatic medium. He was an
advocate of a new form of opera which he
called “music drama” where musical and dramatic elements were fused together. He
developed a compositional style in which the orchestra has of equal importance in dramatic
roles as the singers themselves. The expressiveness is aided by the use of “leitmotifs” or
musical sequences standing for a particular character/plot element.
His famous works are; “Tristan and Isolde”, “Die Walkyrie”, “Die Meistersinger”,
“Tannhäuser”, and “Parsifal”. His work would later influence modern film scores, including
those of the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings film series. Wagner died of a heart attack on
February 13,1883 at age of 69.

Telephone No.: (044) 958-8492
Region III
Georges Bizet
Georges Bizet was registered with the legal name

Alexandre-Cesar-Leopold Bizet, but was baptized
Georges Bizet and was always known by the latter
name. He was born October 25, 1838 in Paris,
France. He entered the Paris Conservatory of
music at a very young age.
Bizet became famous for his operas. His most
famous opera is “Carmen”. However, when
“Carmen” first opened in Paris, the reviews were
terrible. The shows were criticized in horrible ways
that resulted in poor audience attendance.
During the first round of “Carmen” performances,
Bizet died (June 3, 1875). He was only 36. Four
months later, “Carmen” opened in Vienna, Austria,
and was a smash hit. It is now one of the most popular
operas ever written. Bizet never knew that audiences would come to consider it as his
masterpiece.
ROMANTIC OPERA
Opera became increasingly popular during the Romantic period. It is a musical composition
having all or most of its text set to music with arias, recitative, choruses, duets, trios, etc. sung
to orchestral accompaniment. The opera is usually characterized by elaborate costumes,
scenery and choreography.
Components of an Opera:
 Libretto - the text of an opera. Librettist and the composer work closely together to tell the
story.
 Score - the book that the composer and librettist put together. The score has all the musical
notes, words and ideas to help the performers tell the story. Often, there are operas with
overtures, preludes, prologues, several acts, finales and postludes.
 Recitative - Declamatory singing, used in the prose parts and dialogue of opera. Different
roles in operas are created taking into account different types of voices. Each role requires a
different type of singer, not only able to sing a given vocal range but also with certain voice
characteristics, color and power.
 Aria – an air or solo singing part sung by a principal character. This song is what the public
will remember best when leaving the opera house. Properly and well sung, a beautiful aria
can bring an audience to its feet and decide the fate of an entire opera.

Telephone No.: (044) 958-8492
Region III
It is also important to know the types of voices of singers. This will serve as a guide for singers
on their choice of songs and vocal quality expected of a singer or opera character.
For the Male Voice:
1. Tenor- highest male voice
2. Baritone- Middle male voice, lies between Bass and Tenor voices. It is the common male voice.
3. Bass- lowest male voice
For the Female Voice:
1. Soprano- highest female voice
 Coloratura-highest soprano voice
 Lyric-bright and full sound
 Dramatic- darker full sound
 Mezzo-Soprano- most common female voice; strong middle voice, tone is darker or deeper than
the soprano
 Contralto- lowest female voice and most unique among female
 Duet, trio, and other small ensemble
 Chorus
 Orchestra
 Acts-main divisions of an opera
 Scene- setting or place
Composers like Verdi, Puccini and Wagner saw the opportunity to explore ways to develop
the vocal power of a singer. Greater range of tone color, dynamics and pitch were
employed.
Dynamics and vocal embellishments were used to further affect the way singers sing. Some
musical terms are used like:
 A Capella - one or more singers performing without instrumental accompaniment.
 Cantabile - In a singing style
 Capo - Head, the beginning
 Coda - closing section appended to a movement or song.
 Dolce - sweetly
 Falsetto - a weaker and more airy voice usually in the higher pitch ranges.
 Glissando - sliding quickly between 2 notes/
 Passagio - parts of a singing voice where register transitions occur.
 Rubato - slight speeding up or slowing down of the tempo of a piece at the discretion of
the soloist.
 Tessitura - the most comfortable singing range of a singer.
 Vibrato - rapidly repeated slight pitch variation during a sustained note, to give a richer &
more varied sound

Telephone No.: (044) 958-8492
Region III
ACTIVITIES IN MUSIC
(WEEK 1&2)
Reference: MUSIC AND ARTS LEARNER’S MODULE – PAGES 107-117
Activity 1: Fill in the blanks
1._______ Romantic Opera composer who wrote his final opera that ends with “All the
world‟s a joke.”
2. _______Late-Romantic Italian composer who composed the score for “La Boheme.”
3. _______German composer who adapted the leitmotif approach.
4._______ German term for composition for solo voice and piano.
5. Story set into music with several acts, finales and postludes.
6._______ Viennese composer who wrote over 600 art songs and the “Unfinished
Symphony”.
7. _______“La Donna e Mobile” is an Aria from this Opera.
8. Georges Bizet‟s famous opera; ________
9._______Highest female voice
10.______One or more singers performing without instrumental accompaniment.
ACTIVITY 2: MY X-FACTOR
You have been introduced to the different vocal techniques that singers apply to achieve that
great performance. It is now your turn to try these techniques in your advantage by
performing any song of your choice and sing it in front of an audience. Imagine that you are
auditioning for a role in an Opera.

Telephone No.: (044) 958-8492
Region III
Rubric for Singing Performance

10 8 7 5
CRITERIA
ADVANCED PROFICIENT BASIC MINIMAL
Standing/sitting Standing/sitting Standing but

straight. Feet straight. Feet either Will not
POSTURE flat on the floor. flat on the floor. slouching/leaning. follow
Head up and Head up and Standing but directions
never needs to must be without both feet for standing
be reminded reminded about on the floor or sitting
about posture posture. properly.
Singing at Singing with Singing without

appropriate appropriate confidence. Poor Will not
volume (audible, volume yet not breath support. sing
PROJECTION not shouted) shouted with
independently prompting from
teacher
Singing with Singing, though Mumbling,

TONE appropriate with poor breath speaking, shouting Will not sing
QUALITY fullness of support
tone.
Student Student Student is

articulates articulates the sometimes No clue as
clearly and the words somewhat articulating the to what the
DICTION text of the music clearly and the words, but the student is
is text can be text is often not singing
understandable understood most discernable.
of the time.
TOTAL
POINTS:

Telephone No.: (044) 958-8492

Week 1-2 - Music Las Q4

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Week 1-2 - Music Las Q4

Uploaded by

Document Information

Original Title

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

Week 1-2 - Music Las Q4

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Republic of the Philippines

Address: Bayanihan, Gapan City

Reference: MUSIC AND ARTS LEARNER’S MODULE – PAGES 107-117

VOCAL MUSIC OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD

Romantic artists found inspiration in landscapes. Their subjects were traditional

Address: Bayanihan, Gapan City

Franz Peter Schubert

A name associated with Romantic opera is that

Address: Bayanihan, Gapan City

Giacomo Puccini was born in a poor family on

Wilhelm Richard Wagner was born in Leipzig,

Address: Bayanihan, Gapan City

Georges Bizet was registered with the legal name

Address: Bayanihan, Gapan City

Address: Bayanihan, Gapan City

Activity 1: Fill in the blanks

3. _______German composer who adapted the leitmotif approach.

7. _______“La Donna e Mobile” is an Aria from this Opera.

8. Georges Bizet‟s famous opera; ________

9._______Highest female voice

10.______One or more singers performing without instrumental accompaniment.

Address: Bayanihan, Gapan City

Rubric for Singing Performance

Standing/sitting Standing/sitting Standing but

Singing at Singing with Singing without

Singing with Singing, though Mumbling,

Student Student Student is

Address: Bayanihan, Gapan City

You might also like