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1820-1910 Romantic Period. A time of Imagination & Mystery. 1820-1910 Romantic Period. Emotion-filled Music Reaction against Classical Period A new sense of Political & Artistic Freedom Industrial Revolution Railroads, Steamboats Emancipation Proclamation, American Civil War
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1820-1910Romantic Period A time of Imagination & Mystery
1820-1910Romantic Period Emotion-filled Music Reaction against Classical Period A new sense of Political & Artistic Freedom Industrial Revolution Railroads, Steamboats Emancipation Proclamation, American Civil War Telegraph, Telephone, Morse Code Theory of Evolution Photography, Sound Recordings
1820-1910Romantic Period A New wealthy Middle class Music & Cultural Activities Ticket sales & Music Publishing More individualism & creative freedom Inspiration from Nature & Natural light called Impressionism
1820-1910Romantic Period Literature Adventure: The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain Social Changes: Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens Exotic Places: Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling Science Fiction: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne
1820-1910Romantic Period Prominent Thinkers and Creators Georges Bizet French Composer (Carmen) George Caleb Bingham American painter Charles Dickens English author Samuel F. B. Morse American inventor of telegraph
1820-1910Romantic Period Some Important Events 1830 First railroad 1837 Morse invents the telegraph 1838 First photography 1859 Dawin’sOrigin of the Species 1861-1865 American Civil War 1876 Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone 1877-1888 Edison invents phonograph, light bulb & movie projector 1892 Premiere of The Nutcracker Ballet by Tchaikovsky
1820-1910Romantic Period Music of the Romantic Period Focused on Human Emotion Larger Compositions Complex Vocal Melodies Colorful Harmonies. Brass & Woodwind Finalized Use of Piano Expanded
1820-1910Romantic Period Music that Appealed to Middle Class Extravagant Operatic spectacles Bold, Grand Symphonic Music Subject to Music Critics
1820-1910Romantic Period Other Characteristics of Romantic Music Nationalism Germany – Wagner operas Italy – Historical & Cultural Traditions Czech Republic – Dvorak’s New World Symphony
1820-1910Romantic Period NEW Genres Overture Symphonic Poem Lieder (Songs) Waltz Ballet Solo Piano Pieces
1820-1910Romantic Period Composers Wagner Verdi Dvorak Mendelssohn Lizst Chopin Tchaikovsky Brahms Bizet Strauss Rossini Berlioz