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    MUSIC OF THE

    ROMANTIC PERIOD
    Quarter3
    OBJECTIVES:
    • Describes musical elements of given
    Romantic period pieces
    • Explains the performance practice (setting,
    composition, role of composers/ performers,
    and audience) during Romantic period
    ROMANTIC
    MUSIC
    • The Romantic Movement (1800-1900) was an intellectual, artistic, and
    literary movement that started in the second half of the 18th century which
    spread from Germany to other European countries.

    • People at that time were rebelling against social and political


    standards of the classical era.

    • They believed in expressing their imaginations and passion


    through their artworks including literature, arts, education, and
    music
    • As a result of the social and political standards of the 18th
    century, Romantic era music became the result of a period of
    change.

    • Romantic Period is described by some musicians, composers, and


    researchers around the world as a cultural movement that stressed
    emotion, imagination, individualism, and freedom of
    expression.

    • Romantic era moved away from standards of balance and restraint


    prominent during the Classical era.
    CHARACTERISTIC
    OF ROMANTIC
    MUSIC
    • Unstructured • Dramatic
    • Passionate and • Nationalistic
    full of energy undertones
    • Long melodies • Individuality of
    style
    • Dynamic
    instrumentation
    • Expanding Forms • Program Music

    • Increased • Concert Life


    Dissonance • Organic Unity

    • Longing for the infinite, the strange,


    and surprising
    CHARACTERISTIC
    FEATURES OF
    ROMANTIC MUSIC
    VIOLIN
    AND
    STRINGS
    MUSIC
    FAMOUS COMPOSER OF VIOLIN AND
    STRINGS MUSIC

    NICCOLO
    PAGANINI
    • He was born on October 27, 1782, in Genoa, Italy in a family
    of six children.

    • His musical skills started with playing the mandolin at the


    age of five. He eventually transferred his training to the violin
    at the age of seven with different renowned violin professors
    in Italy.

    • Paganini became the most famous violin virtuoso in the


    world.
    SOME WORKS OF NICCOLO PAGANINI:

    • “La Campanella”
    • 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1
    • Concerto No. 1 in Eb , Op. 6
    • 15 Quartets for Guitar and Strings Trio
    • The Carnival of Venice
    VIOLIN AND STRINGS MUSIC

    Niccolo Paganini - La Campanella


    PIANO
    MUSIC
    One of the important features in the
    development of music during the
    Romantic era is the piano
    innovations.
    FAMOUS COMPOSER OF PIANO MUSIC

    FREDERIC
    CHOPIN
    • was known as the “Poet of the Piano”.

    • Born on March 1, 1810, in Zelazowa, Poland, he was


    considered a world-renowned pianist and composer.

    • Some of his music is characterized through its beautiful tone,


    rhythmic flexibility, graceful and elegant.

    • Some of his compositions like mazurkas and polonaise


    express his love for Poland and most of his compositions did
    not attach any literary titles or programs to his pieces.
    PIANO MUSIC

    Chopin Fantasie in F Minor, Op. 49 (1841)


    FAMOUS COMPOSER OF PIANO MUSIC

    FRANZ
    LISZT
    • The best word that describes the works of Franz Liszt is
    “virtuosity”
    • Liszt was born in the village of Doborjan, Hungary.

    • He displayed remarkable talent at a young age and easily


    understands sight-reading through the effort of his father as
    the first teacher at age six.
    • He was known as the musical architect through his symphonic
    poem by attempting to translate the greatest works of
    literature into musical terms as shown in some of his
    compositions.
    PIANO WORKS OF FRANZ LISZT

    • Grand Etudes after Paganini


    • 12 Transcendental Etudes o Sonata in B Minor
    • Years of Pilgrimage (3 Volumes)
    • Operatic Fantasies (after Bellini, Mozart, Verdi, and Wagner, among others)
    • Arrangements of the 9 Beethoven Symphonies
    • Transcriptions of Lieder by Schubert
    • Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsodies" was originally written for solo piano, but many were
    arranged for orchestra or other combinations of instruments. The Hungarian
    Rhapsody No.2 is the most popular and was the basis for the Tom & Jerry cartoon
    called the Cat Concerto
    LISZT’S WORKS FOR PIANO AND
    ORCHESTRA ORCHESTRAL COMPOSITION

    • 2 Concertos (Eb and A Major) • Symphonic Poems (Hamlet, Les


    • Totentanz (Dance of Death) Preludes)
    which adapts a Gregorian chant • Faust Symphony
    known as the Dies Irae (or Day • Dante Symphony
    of Wrath)
    • Malediction for Piano and
    Strings
    PIANO MUSIC

    Liszt-Horowitz - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2


    PROGRAM
    MUSIC
    • It is a piece of instrumental music
    that conveys images or scenes,
    music that tells a short story without
    text or lyrics, and imaginative ideas
    fully developed through the
    imaginative effort of a `great and
    genius composer Hector Berlioz.
    FAMOUS COMPOSER OF PROGRAM MUSIC

    ROBERT
    SCHUMANN
    • Robert Alexander Schumann was born in 1810 in Zwickau.

    • It was in 1834 when Schumann founded the music jornal Neue


    Zeitschrift fur Musik wherein he edited and wrote music
    criticism for his publication.

    • He wrote numerous works of the young composer and one of


    which was the performance of Frederic Chopin in Paris,
    France. In his journal, Schumann often wrote under two
    pseudonyms - Eusebius (his sensitive, lyrical side) and
    Florestan (his fiery, stormy side).
    PIANO WORKS

    • "Abegg Variations," Opus 1(1830)


    • "Davidsbundlertanze" ("Dances of the Band of David"), Opus 6 (1837)
    • "Carnaval," Opus 9 (1835) - a portrait of a masked ball attended by his
    allies and his beloved Clara
    • "Phantasiestucke," Opus 12 (1837) - a series of mood pieces
    • Kreisleriana," Opus 16 (1838) - a fantasy on the mad Kapellmeister
    • "Kinderszenen," Opus 15 (1838) - a poetic series of evocations of a child's
    world
    HE WROTE OVER 100 SONGS ORCHESTRAL MUSIC

    • "Frauenliebe und Leben" ("A • "Piano Concerto in A Minor,"


    Woman's Love and Life") Opus 54
    • "Dichterliebe" ("A Poet's Love") • "Overture, Scherzo
    • “Finale," Opus 52 (a mini
    symphony)
    • "Konzertstuck in F Major for Four
    Horns and Orchestra," Opus 86
    PROGRAM MUSIC

    Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.54


    FAMOUS COMPOSER OF PROGRAM MUSIC

    HECTOR
    BERLIOZ
    • Hector Berlioz is a French romantic composer born on
    December 11, 1803.

    • At his young age, he learns to play guitar and flute but never
    became skilled in any musical instruments.

    • One of the famous musical compositions made by Hector


    Berlioz is a five-movement symphony called “Symphonie
    Fantastique”
    FAMOUS COMPOSER OF PROGRAM MUSIC

    PETER ILYICH
    TCHAIKOVSKY
    • was known for his ballet music.

    • Born on May 7, 1840, in Votkinsk, Russia, he first studied law


    in his youth and became a law clerk in St. Petersburg in his
    twenties.

    • The early works of Tchaikovsky were not memorable because


    he feels a little frightened by his teacher Anton Rubinstein
    but later became famous after he composed the musical
    poem “Fatum” and “Romeo and Juliet”.
    • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's music is characterized through the
    movement heard in some of his ballet compositions

    • As a musician, he composed haunting melodies and used a


    great deal of folk music in his symphonic works

    • His music is known for being both too beautiful and too
    depressing.
    TCHAIKOVSKY’S FAMOUS COMPOSITIONS:

    • Swan Lake
    • Sleeping Beauty
    • The Nutcracker
    • Romeo & Juliet
    • 1812 Overture
    • Symphony No. 2
    • Symphony No. 6 “Pathetique”
    • Piano Concerto No. 1
    FAMOUS COMPOSER OF PROGRAM MUSIC

    CAMILLE
    SAINT-SAËNS
    • He was born in Paris on October 9, 1835, and started his
    music through the help of his aunt by teaching him a piano
    lesson when he was only two years old and afterward, he
    began composing piano piece at age three.

    • He was considered a composer who creates elegant music,


    neat, clean, polished, and never excessive.

    • One of this is example is “The Swan”. As an organist and one


    of the best pianists of his time, he sat very still at the piano
    and played gracefully and cool.
    BEST KNOWN MUSIC OF CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS:
    • Carnival of the Animals
    • Danse Macabre and his symphony no. 3
    • The Swan
    • Over 300 works, unusually in all genres, including
    o 3 operas (Samson and Delilah the only ones remembered)
    o 5 Symphonies (best known No3 the Organ Symphony )
    o 3 concertos for violin and orchestra
    o 5 concertos for piano and orchestra
    o 2 concertos for cello and orchestra o organ music
    o numerous pieces for the piano
    o approximately 100 songs
    o chamber music o sacred music including a Requiem
    NEW FORMS OF
    MUSIC
    SYMPHONIC POEM
    • An orchestral piece that articulated a story

    MUSICAL ELEMENTS IN RONDEAU


    Rhythm 2 Time Signature
    4
    Tempo Allegro or fast and
    quickly
    Dynamics p (piano) or soft to
    mf (mezzo forte) or
    moderately loud
    SYMPHONIC POEM

    Franz Liszt - Les Préludes, Symphonic Poem No.3, S.97


    SYMPHONIC POEM

    Franz Liszt - Prometheus, Symphonic Poem No. 5


    ART SONG
    • A composition for solo voice and piano that gives premium on
    symbolic meaning attached on the lyric.

    • The German word for an art song is lied (plural-lieder) which is


    commonly used for German text.

    • This era also focused on the virtuoso and the popularization of


    gifted performers who can sing or play instruments such as the
    piano and violin.
    ART SONG

    Schubert - The Miller And The Brook (one of the most beautiful songs ever written)
    ART SONG

    Franz Schubert - Erlkönig


    MUSICAL
    ELEMENTS OF THE
    ROMANTIC
    PERIOD (1820-1910)
    • Romantic music resulted to changes in vocal music.

    • The art song became lyrical, and composers gave efforts to


    associate the music text to its musical counterpart.

    • The melody tone became lyrical compared to the dramatic


    tones of the opera.

    • Poetry was converted into a form that may be emotionalized


    through music
    • The use of the piano as accompaniment resulted to the
    adding of emotion, mood, and meaning to the melody using
    harmonic, rhythmic, and melodic material independent of the
    voice.

    • The Romantic era composers expressed various music


    themes by varying lengths of composition, ways to
    harmonize, and tonal relationships.

    • They used sharp contrasts in musical dynamics to project


    expressiveness in music compositions.
    INDIVIDUAL
    ACTIVITY 1:
    LISTENING EXERCISE
    INSTRUCTIONS:
    Listen to one of the Romantic composers’ recording and
    answer the following guide questions to be submitted
    after MAPEH time.
    1. What can you say about the flow of the music?
    2. Which instruments usually played the melody?
    3. What happened to the movement of tempo?
    INSTRUCTIONS:
    REFLECTION
    Write a 1- 2 paragraph summary of the lesson.

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