Romantic :Romantic Era


Historical Background :Historical Background A time of “revolution and overthrows” Two revolts outside the United Kingdom greatly influenced the Romantic poets One internal revolution had a great influence: INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION considered the excesses of the Baroque style. Modern composers also were consciously trying to invent something new and very different there were major improvements in the mechanical valves and keys that most woodwinds and brass instruments depend on.


Historical Background :Improvements in the mechanics of the piano also helped it usurp the position of the harpsichord to become the instrument that to many people is the symbol of Romantic music. The Romantic composer, was often writing for public concerts and festivals, with large audiences of paying customers who had not necessarily had any music lessons. Historical Background


General Characteristics of Romantic Music :General Characteristics of Romantic Music MELODY: Long, lyrical melodies with irregular phrases; Wide, somewhat angular skips; extensive use of chromaticism; vivid contrasts; a variety of melodic ideas within one movement. RHYTHM: Frequent changes in both tempo and time signatures. TEXTURE: Almost entirely homophonic. TIMBRE: A great variety of tone colour; woodwind and brass sections of the orchestra increased; many special orchestral effects introduced; rich and colourful orchestration.


Main Characteristics Of Romantic Music :Main Characteristics Of Romantic Music subjectivity emotionalism Longing fantasy exuberance imbalance asymmetry picturesqueness


Slide 6:ideals of the  middle ages, superstitions and self-expression Romantic Themes:          Worship of Nature           Love, Melancholy and Death artist seeking individual paths o self-expression free lance artists , not employed by the novelty~ individuality as supposed to conformity The beginnings of dissolution of classical forms The art song as a leading musical form in small concerts The rise of solo concert performances The growing size of the orchestras, new paths to one color. Melodies were appealing, haunting and easy to remember There was a union of arts-music was telling a story with tone.


Famous Composers :Famous Composers Ludwig van Beethoven


Slide 8:Ludwig van Beethoven is considered possibly the greatest Western composer of all time. He wrote symphonies, concertos, chamber music, sonatas, and vocal music. best-known composition: Ninth Symphony (Ode To Joy) Beethoven began to lose his hearing in the 1790s and was completely deaf by 1818.


Franz Schubert :Franz Schubert


Slide 10:Austrian composer considered the greatest of all art song composers excelled at chamber music, piano music, and orchestral music. father of German lieder (art songs) rests on a body of more than 600 songs, which rank among the masterpieces of 19th-century romanticism His instrumental works bridge the classical tradition of the 18th century and the romanticism of the 19th, borrowing the structures of the former and incorporating the emotionalism of the latter.


Franz Liszt :Franz Liszt


Slide 12:a Hungarian composer virtuoso pianist and teacher is said to have been the most technically advanced and perhaps greatest pianist of all time He was also an important and influential composer, a notable piano teacher, a conductor who contributed significantly to the modern development of the art, and a benefactor to other composers and performers. Some of his most notable contributions were the invention of the symphonic poem, developing the concept of thematic transformation as part of his experiments in musical form and making radical departures in harmony.


Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky :Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky


Slide 14:combined Russian and European influences. His music was the first by a Russian to be included regularly in concert programs in Europe. Tchaikovsky’s music for the ballets The Nutcracker (1891-1892) and Swan Lake (1877) is some of the best-known classical music of all time.


Claude Debussy :Claude Debussy


Slide 16:French composer an exponent of musical impressionism and was the first composer in the West to extensively employ the whole-tone scale. His works include the tone poem Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (1894).


Uniqueness of the Era :Uniqueness of the Era mostly contained warm, personal melodies; expressive indications (espressivo, dolce, con amore, con fuoco,) implied interpretive freedom (rubato) and harmonic colour (new chords such as the ninth) Colour was intensified by improvements in instruments, particularly the piano. Performers carried the new music to great heights with the new improved versions of their instruments. During this period exaggerated emotional response was displayed.


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