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Romantic Music

Romantic Music. Supreme Art All genres Personal Expression Tone color Growth of Orchestra. Inspiration Poetry & Music Virtuosos. Music for the Romantics. Ludwig von Beethoven. 1770-1827 Skilled pianist, violinist, & organist Nuances in works Personality

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Romantic Music

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  1. Romantic Music

  2. Supreme Art All genres Personal Expression Tone color Growth of Orchestra Inspiration Poetry & Music Virtuosos Music for the Romantics

  3. Ludwig von Beethoven • 1770-1827 • Skilled pianist, violinist, & organist • Nuances in works • Personality • Symphony No. 6– Pastoral Allegro ma no troppo • Symphony No. 3– Erocia

  4. Ludwig von Beethoven • 1770-1827 • Skilled pianist, violinist, & organist • Nuances in works • Personality • Symphony No. 6– Pastoral Allegro ma no troppo • Symphony No. 3– Erocia

  5. Franz Schubert • 1797-1828 • Poetry and Music • Lied • Popularity • Winterreise

  6. Hector Berlioz • 1803-1869 • Passionate in life, music, and love • Symphonie Fantasique • The Damnation of Faust

  7. Hector Berlioz • 1803-1869 • Passionate in life, music, and love • Symphonie Fantasique • The Damnation of Faust

  8. Niccolo Paganini • 1782-1840 • Violinist • Very famous • Composers and players are one • Romantic hero?

  9. Fredrick Chopin • 1810-1849 • Life almost too Romantic to be true • Use of music to express his own personal emotions • Brilliant piano work • Ballad no. 4 in F minor

  10. Romantic Ballet

  11. History • Began with King Louis XIV • Acadamie Royalle • 1800 – moved from court to theater • Middle class entertainment

  12. Paris Opera House

  13. Key Points • Ballet Russes • Expressive • Similar plot lines

  14. Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) • Composed from a young age • The Nutcracker: Pas de deux • Swan Lake

  15. Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) • Composed from a young age • The Nutcracker: Pas de deux • Swan Lake

  16. Ballerina • Marie Taglioni (1804-1884) • First and foremost ballerina of Romantic period • En pointe & arabesque

  17. Romantic Opera

  18. Opera background • 1820 – huge growth • Very grand in scale and spirit • “Opera Mania”

  19. Giuseppe Verdi • 1813-1901 • Dramatic credibility • Growing nationalist movement • Aida • La Traviata (1853)

  20. Giuseppe Verdi • 1813-1901 • Realism in plot and action • Growing nationalist movement • Aida • La Traviata (1853)

  21. Richard Wagner • 1813-1883 • Different theory of opera • Huge impact • 9 principle operas

  22. Characteristics • Flowing music • No vocal display • Orchestra • Leitmotiv • German mythology

  23. The Ring of the Nibelung • 1848-1874 • 4 part music drama • Valhalla • Siegfried & Bruhilde

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