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    THE

    Romantic
    Period
    PERIODS OF MUSIC HISTORY

    1. Medieval (450 A.D. to 1450 A.D.)


    2. Renaissance (1450 A.D. to 1600 A.D.)
    3. Baroque (1600 A.D. to 1750 A.D.)
    4. Classical (1750 A.D. to 1820 A.D.)
    5.

    5.
    6.
    Romantic (1820 A.D. to 1900 A.D.)
    Modern (1900 A.D. to Present)
    INVENTIONS OF THE TIME
    WHY IS IT CALLED THE ROMANTIC PERIOD?

    • Romanticism (aka the Romantic Era or Romantic


    Period) was an artistic, literary, and intellectual
    movement that originated in the second half of the 18th
    century in Europe, and gained strength in reaction to the
    Industrial Revolution. In part, it was a revolt against
    aristocratic, social, and political norms of the Age of
    Enlightenment and a reaction against the scientific
    rationalization of nature. Romanticism was embodied
    most strongly in the visual arts, music, and literature.
    WANDERER
    ABOVE THE SEA
    OF FOG
    by German Romantic Painter

    Caspar David
    Friedrich
    (1774-1840)
    LIBERTY
    LEADING
    THE PEOPLE
    by French Romantic Painter

    Eugène
    Delacroix
    CHARACTERISTICS OF ROMANTIC MUSIC

    1. Individuality of musical style with emphasis on self-


    expression and emotions.
    2. Development of new harmonies, including
    chromatic harmonies - harmonies that use all the keys of the

    piano keyboard (black and white keys) together.


    3. Development of “program music” - music that
    depicts a story or scene
    4. Development of “nationalism” in music. examples:
    French, Spanish, Hungarian, Czech, etc…
    Incorporating native folk music.
    5. Greater variety of mood, atmosphere, and tone
    color.
    6. Expand orchestra size for many new compositions,
    including large brass sections, expanded woodwind
    sections and the addition of new instruments, such as
    English horn, bass clarinet, contrabassoon, and added
    percussion.
    7. Development of a wider range of musical dynamics
    (volume), from very soft (pianissimo) to very loud
    (fortissimo) often encompassing soaring musical high
    points.

    8. Greater flexibility of tempo (musical speed)


    incorporating the increased use of accelerandos
    (speeding up) and ritardandos (slowing down), as well
    as extensive use of rubato (the bending and stretching
    of tempo/rhythm).
    “THE FIVE”
    • The Five, aka the Mighty Handful and the New Russian School,
    were five prominent 19th-century Russian composers who worked
    together to create Russian classical music.
    •

    1. Mily Balakirev

    2. César Cui
    3. Modest Mussorgsky

    4. Nikolai Rimsky-Korakov

    5. Alexander Borodin
    MORE COMPOSERS OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD

    Ludwig Van Beethoven


    • German 1770-1827
    • 9 Symphonies

    • 5 Piano Concertos
    • 1 Violon Concerto
    • Many piano works
    • 1 Opera
    MORE COMPOSERS OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD

    Franz Schubert
    • Austria 1797-1828
    • 9 Symphonies
    • 600 Songs

    • Chamber Music
    • Unfinished Symphony
    MORE COMPOSERS OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD

    Gioacchino Rossini
    • Italian 1792-1868
    • Many Operas
    • “Barber of Seville”
    • “William Tell Overture”

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