ROMANTIC ERA
REPORT BY: ROCKY JADE BELINGON
The Romantic period
started around 1830 and
HISTORICAL ended around 1900, as
BACKGROUND compositions became
increasingly expressive and
inventive. Expansive
symphonies, virtuosic
piano music, dramatic
operas, and passionate
songs took inspiration from
art and literature.
The word
romanticism was
first used to describe
ideas in paintings
and literature but
soon after were also
used by the
composers of that
time.
The Romantic era is
known for its intense
energy and passion.
The rigid forms of
MUSICAL classical music gave
CHARACTERISTICS way to greater
expression, and
music grew closer to
art, literature and
theatre.
Many Romantic composers
took an interest in art and
literature:
Far off lands
The distant past
Dreams
Night and moonlight
Rivers, lakes and forests
Nature and the seasons
The joy and pain of love
Fairy tales
The supernatural
Magic
TECHNIQUES OF MUSIC
AT THE TIME
• CHROMATIC
HARMONY
• RUBATO
• THEMATIC
TRANSFORMATION
MUSIC FORMS AT
THAT TIME
•ROMANCE
•NOCTURNE
•ETUDE
•POLONAISE
ROMANTICISM
IN
ORCHESTRA
PROGRAM
MUSIC
THE END OF THE
CLASSICAL ERA,
THE ORCHESTRA
HAD VASTLY
IMPROVED. FROM
30 PLAYERS ITA
HAD INCREASED
TO 50 PLAYERS
ALONG WITH THE
INSTRUMENTS
BEING PLAYED.
The availability of many
instruments resulted to
momentopis changes. Romantic
period and periods that followed
had many alternatives sounds
available to them. The
compositions and combinations
are limitless and made music even
wonderful.
PROGRAM MUSIC
Program music is music that is based
on a specific narrative and, as such,
is intended to evoke extra-musical
ideas or images in the mind of the
listener, by musically depicting a
scene, theme, events, or literary text
Program music particularly flourished in
the Romantic era. A significant reason for this was the
influence of literature and folklore on composers in the
nineteenth century. The symphonic poem (also known
an tone poem), usually a single-movement orchestral
form that develops a poetic idea, tells a story, suggests a
scene or creates a mood, became the most prominent
vehicle for program music in the Romantic era.
PIANO MUSIC
During this era, the piano was
introduced as a well improved
version compared to that of
the 1700’s. This newly
improved instrument gave
birth to the two of the best
pianists of all time--- Chopin
and Liszt.
VOCAL MUSIC
• Composers interpret poems, mood,
atmosphere and imagery into music.
• 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.
• Opera became an important source
of musical expressions.
• The birth of the opera houses
came.
COMPOSERS
• Born in Hungary
• known as the virtuoso
pianist and composer and the
busiest musicians during the
Romantic Period
• At age 6, understands sight
reading through the effort of
his father.
• Dedicated himself doing
piano music.
• People consider him as a
generous composer by
sharing both time and
money to the orphans,
victim of disasters and
taught music to many
students for free
• Grand Etudes after
Paganini
• 12 transcendental etudes
• Sonata in B minor
• Years of Pilgrimage (3
vol.)
• Operatic Fantaisie
• Arrangements of the 9
Beethoven Symphonies
• Hungarian Rhapsodies
• Born on March 1, 1810, Poland.
• was known as the “Poet of the
Piano”.
• Was considered world renowned
pianist and composer.
At age 4, he began to play piano.
• At age 7, composed Polonaise.
• Studied piano at Warsaw
Conservatory under
Wilhelm Wurfel, and his
music influenced by polish
folk music.
• Traveled to Europe giving
concerts in Vienna, Munich,
Paris, and London.
• He wrote exclusively for
piano.
In 1831, he arrived in Paris to
further his career
• During this time, he met and
married the famous French writer
George Sand, and became an
inspiration in Chopin’s life
• In the latter part of his
life, he was diagnosed with
pulmonary tuberculosis
• Chopin died on October
17, 1849 in Paris
• His compositions express
his love for Poland
• Fantaisie in F
minor, Op. 49
• Revolutionary
Etude
• Op. 10, No.1 2
• 24 Preludes,
Op.28
• Born in Hamburg, Germany.
• At age 9, he made his public
debut in Berlin. In 1819, he
joined the Singakademie
music academy and began
composing non-stop.
• At Singakademie, he also
became a conductor, but
continued to compose
prolifically.
• Mendelssohn founded
the Leipzig
Conservatory of Music
in 1843.
• He died on November
4, 1847, in Leipzig due
to a ruptured blood
vessel.
• Violin Concerto
• Wedding March
• Elijah
• Songs Without Words
• Octet
• Lobgesang
• The Hebrides
• Symphony No. 3
• Symphony No. 4
• Symphony No. 5
• Psalm 42
• Born on May 7, 1840, Russia
• Was known for his ballet music
• Studied law and became law clerk
in St. Petersburg
• Study music at the conservatory,
St. Petersburg.
• continued his music career in New
York and conducted his works and
experienced deal of fame
• Died due to cholera
• Fatum
• Romeo and Juliet
• Swan lake
• Sleeping Beauty
• The Nutcracker
• 1812 Overture
• Symphony No.2
• Symphony No.6
• Piano Concerto No.1
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