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ROMANTIC PERIOD

ROMANTIC PERIOD. 1820-1900.

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ROMANTIC PERIOD

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  1. ROMANTIC PERIOD 1820-1900

  2. The nineteenth century is generally known as the Romantic period, but aspects of Romanticism appeared before 1800 and continued well into the 20th century. If we characterize the Romantic as subjective, emotional, intuitive, and the Classical as objective, rational, and scientific, the traits should be seen as complementary rather than opposed.

  3. Composers became socially and economically more independent. They no longer depended on the patronage of church and aristocracy. • Two kinds of venues: public concert hall & opera house, & the private, intimate salon. • Notable extremes of length in composition: Large, extensive, grandiose works, (symphonies, concertos, oratorios, & especially operas) & miniatures (solo song, piano pieces). Musical Characteristics

  4. 4. Composers purposefully developed a greater individuality of style than ever before. 5. More than any earlier period, composers placed a special value on originality in their work. 6. Virtuosity was a familiar trait in much instrumental music: the virtuoso performer was much admired as the image of the Romantic hero. 7. Nationalism was a significant trend: composers consciously fostered national styles by using folklore as subjects for operas, songs, & program music, and by incorporating folk tunes and folk styles in their compositions.

  5. The 19th century was the first in which much of the population received a general music education. This was especially true in the U.S. • In 1837 Boston became the first American city to include education in music as past of the public school curriculum. • Training of professional musicians began in the 1860’s when Oberlin and Peabody Conservatories were opened . By century’s end several college and universities has established departments of music and schools of music. MUSIC EDUCATION

  6. The cultural, economic, apolitical, and social orders of the 19th century were affected by advances in science and engineering: photography, railway and steamboat, steel production, electricity, the telephone, telegraph, phonograph, and other innovations and inventions. The spread of technology augmented the Industrial Revolution in Europe, which, in turn, created new social, economic, and political conditions, such as the growth of industrial capitalism and the advent of socialism. HISTORICAL CONTEXT

  7. Beethoven • Chopin • Schumann • Berlioz • Verdi • Brahms • Mussorgsky • Wagner • Liszt • Tchaikovsky COMPOSERS

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