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R O M A N T I C. By: Alex, Kayla , Jessica, Zane, Jordan. And Ashton. 1850-1920 C.E. This was a time after the Classical period and the Twentieth C entury period. Many of the composers based their musical on the structures from the classical period.
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ROMANTIC By: Alex, Kayla , Jessica, Zane, Jordan. And Ashton
1850-1920 C.E. • This was a time after the Classical period and the Twentieth Century period. • Many of the composers based their musical on the structures from the classical period. • Music was also influenced from art, poems, literature and drama and nature. • Music itself started influencing people and their lives.
INFLUENCES -Starting point was from classical forms such as the sonata and symphony. -Composers concern was on movement of the audience instead of themselves with the structural discipline. -Structures had new melodies, better harmonies, and more dissonance.
Important People • Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865 ( U.S. President) • Mark Twain 1835-1910 (famous author) • Harriet Tubman 1820-1913 (helped African-American slaves) • Susan B. Anthony 1820-1906 (campaigned for women’s right to vote
Inventions • First railroad (1830) • Alaska was purchased (1867) • Panama Canal built (1881) • Statue of liberty unveiled in New York (1886)
Art Characteristics • Heroism- believed the common man could be a hero. • Individuality- was subjective other than objective, romanticism gave artist a way to show individual ideas and emotions. • Painted many landscapes, natural world was considered less a model of perfection and more a source of mysterious powers.
Sources • http://library.thinkquest.org/15413/history/history-rom.htm • http://cnx.org/content/m11606/latest/ • http://www.ipl.org/div/mushist/rom/ • http://www.classicalscore.com/romanticperiod.htm