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Romantic Period

Romantic Period. 1825-1900. Three kinds of music ---. Virtuosity Chopin Liszt Paganini. Three kinds of music ---. Nationalism Brahms Dvorak Grieg Mussorgsky Sibelius Smetana. Welcome to the Prague Gallery Today’s showing: “My Country” Six paintings of Bohemia

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Romantic Period

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  1. Romantic Period • 1825-1900

  2. Three kinds of music --- • Virtuosity • Chopin • Liszt • Paganini

  3. Three kinds of music --- • Nationalism • Brahms • Dvorak • Grieg • Mussorgsky • Sibelius • Smetana

  4. Welcome to the Prague Gallery Today’s showing: “My Country” Six paintings of Bohemia by Bedrich Smetana

  5. Painting 1 - The Ancient Fortress Painting 2 – The River Painting 3 – The “Girls’ War” Painting 4 – The Countryside Painting 5 – The Town of Tabor Painting 6 – The Site of the battle

  6. Má Vlast(My Country or The Fatherland)by Bedrich Smetana

  7. Symphonic Poem (page 52) • A one movement work for orchestra that tells a story or paints a picture.

  8. Symphonic Poem • A one movement work • for orchestra • that tells a story or paints a picture.

  9. Má Vlast(My Country or The Fatherland) • Vyšehrad • Vltava (The Moldau) • Šárka • Z českŷch luhů a hájů(From Bohemia’s Woods and Meadows) • Tábor • Blanik (or Blahnik)

  10. Characteristics of Nationalism • National anthems • Folk songs • Folk stories/folk heroes • Geographical places • Historical events/people • Folk instruments

  11. Má Vlast (page 20)(My Country or The Fatherland) • Vyšehrad (geographical place) • Vltava (The Moldau) (geographical place) • Šárka (folk story/folk heroes) • Z českŷch luhů a hájů(folk song)(From Bohemia’s Woods and Meadows) • Tábor (geographical place) • Blanik (or Blahnik) (historical event)

  12. View of the Vltava from Vyšehrad

  13. The Moldau • Emerging from the Rapids • The Hunt • Night on the River • The Old Castle • The Rapids • The River • The River (again ----- later) • The Springs • Vyšehrad, the Ancient Fortress • The Wedding Dance

  14. The Moldau • Section 1 • Section 2 • Section 3 • Section 4 • Section 5 • Section 6 • Section 7 • Section 8 • Section 9 • Section 10

  15. The Moldau • 1. The Springs • 2. The River • 3. The Hunt • 4. The Wedding Dance • 5. Night on the River • 6. The Old Castle • 7. The River (again ----- later) • 8. The Rapids • 9. Emerging from the Rapids • 10. Vyšehrad, the Ancient Fortress

  16. The Moldau on Glass Harp

  17. Happy dance tune; heavy accent • Ghostly music; soft horns in harmony • Trumpet and horn hunting calls; galloping rhythm • Broad singing melody; violins and oboe; rippling figure in lower strings • High sustained violin; rippling accompaniment; soft; harp • Songlike theme growing more forceful as it approaches the rapids • Fast, full orchestra; swirling turbulent music; brass and cymbals • River theme; strings and woodwinds; victory as the river flows to the widest part • Big chords building to climax then dying away; hymnlike • Very soft; rippling flute and clarinet melody

  18. The Moldau • 1. The Springs • 2. The River • 3. The Hunt • 4. The Wedding Dance • 5. Night on the River • 6. The Old Castle • 7. The River (again ----- later) • 8. The Rapids • 9. Emerging from the Rapids • 10. Vyšehrad, the Ancient Fortress

  19. The Moldau • 1. The Springs J • 2. The River D • 3. The Hunt C • 4. The Wedding Dance A • 5. Night on the River E • 6. The Old Castle B • 7. The River (again ----- later) F • 8. The Rapids G • 9. Emerging from the Rapids H • 10. Vyšehrad, the Ancient Fortress I

  20. Má Vlast (page 69)(My Country or The Fatherland) • Vyšehrad

  21. Vyšehrad takes its name from the great rocky citadel above the Moldau River (Vltava) where Prague was first settled. The Princess Libuse lived there in the eighth century.

  22. Vyšehrad

  23. V Y Š E H R A D

  24. Roman rotunda at Vyšehrad

  25. Má Vlast(My Country or The Fatherland) • Vyšehrad • Vltava (The Moldau)

  26. Defending wall of Vyšehrad overlooking the Vltava

  27. Má Vlast(My Country or The Fatherland) • Vyšehrad • Vltava (The Moldau) • Šárka

  28. The bloody horror, the fury and passion of Sàrka's revenge is the final section of the composition...

  29. Má Vlast(My Country or The Fatherland) • Vyšehrad • Vltava (The Moldau) • Šárka • Z českŷch luhů a hájů(From Bohemia’s Woods and Meadows)

  30. We find ourselves in the midst of a brilliant feast of country folk who divert themselves with music and dancing and are glad to be alive. Their enjoyment of life is heard in the folk song sung everywhere in Bohemia...

  31. Má Vlast(My Country or The Fatherland) • Vyšehrad • Vltava (The Moldau) • Šárka • Z českŷch luhů a hájů(From Bohemia’s Woods and Meadows) • Tábor

  32. The fifth in this series is Tàbor , named after the town founded in 1420 by the followers of the Czech reformer, Jan Hus. The music, Smetana said, depicts the Hussites' perserverence, courage and strength of character.

  33. The main theme of the entire piece is the melody of the Hussite hymn, "Ye who are God's warriors and follow His laws, pray to God for help, and have faith in Him, and you will be victorious".

  34. Má Vlast(My Country or The Fatherland) • Vyšehrad • Vltava (The Moldau) • Šárka • Z českŷch luhů a hájů(From Bohemia’s Woods and Meadows) • Tábor • Blanik (or Blahnik)

  35. The last of the six symphonic poems in the Mà Vlast cycle is Blanik, which the composer said begins where the preceding composition, Tàbor, ends. After the defeat, the Hussite warriors sought refuge in Blanik Mountain. This is why the hymn is used again.

  36. The portion of the Hussite hymn that Smetana uses here strongly emphasizes the words "With God, you will be victorious in the end."

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