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The Enjoyment of Music 10 th Shorter Edition

The Enjoyment of Music 10 th Shorter Edition. Unit XVIII Romantic Program Music. “The painter turns a poem into a painting; the musician sets a picture.” —Robert Schumann. Schumann: “Die Soldatenbraut”. 47. The Nature of Program Music. Program music vs. absolute music.

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The Enjoyment of Music 10 th Shorter Edition

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  1. The Enjoyment of Music 10thShorter Edition The Enjoyment of Music 10th, Shorter Edition

  2. Unit XVIII Romantic Program Music “The painter turns a poem into a painting; the musician sets a picture.” —Robert Schumann Schumann: “Die Soldatenbraut” The Enjoyment of Music 10th, Shorter Edition

  3. 47. The Nature of Program Music • Program music vs. absolute music Brahms: Symphony No. 1, IV Berlioz: “Witches’ Sabbath” The Enjoyment of Music 10th, Shorter Edition

  4. Varieties of Program Music Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture • Four main types of program music: Concert overture Incidental music Program symphony Symphonic poem / tone poem Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, IV Smetana: The Moldau Tchaikovsky Mendelssohn Berlioz Smetana The Enjoyment of Music 10th, Shorter Edition

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  6. The Enjoyment of Music 10thShorter Edition The Enjoyment of Music 10th, Shorter Edition

  7. 49. Berlioz and the Program Symphony • Hector Berlioz (1803–1869) • French composer and conductor • Paris and “young France” • Beethoven and Shakespeare • Harriet Smithson • Prix de Rome Harriet Smithson The Enjoyment of Music 10th, Shorter Edition

  8. Berlioz’s Music • Favored program music • Instrumental music: program symphonies, concert overtures • Vocal music: operas, sacred works • Huge forces • Orchestration • “The creator of the modern orchestra” “Generally speaking, my style is very bold… the prevailing characteristics of my music are passionate expression, intense ardor, rhythmical animations, and unexpected turns.” —Hector Berlioz The Enjoyment of Music 10th, Shorter Edition

  9. Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique • Program symphony • Based on his personal life “To render my works properly requires a combination of extreme precision and irresistible verve, a regulated vehemence, a dreamy tenderness, and an almost morbid melancholy.” —Hector Berlioz The Enjoyment of Music 10th, Shorter Edition

  10. Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique (Listening Guide) Listening Guide PDF • 5 movements- idée fixe I. Reveries, Passions II. A Ball III. Scene in the Fields IV. March to the Scaffold • Guillotine V. Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath • Dies irae The Enjoyment of Music 10th, Shorter Edition

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  12. The Enjoyment of Music 10thShorter Edition The Enjoyment of Music 10th, Shorter Edition

  13. 51. Musical Nationalism Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, No. 2 Smetana: Furiant • Inclusion of folk dance • Reference to folklore or peasant life • Programs: national hero, historic event, scenic beauty of land • Censorship • Powerful symbolism Smetana: The Moldau Liszt Smetana The Enjoyment of Music 10th, Shorter Edition

  14. A Czech Nationalist: Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884) • Bohemian composer • Early music studies in Prague • Cycle of symphonic poems My Country (Má vlast) • Health declined (syphilis), grew deaf Smetana: Furiant from The Bartered Bride The Enjoyment of Music 10th, Shorter Edition

  15. Smetana: The Moldau(Listening Guide) • Second of the symphonic poems from My Country • River Moldau (Vlatava) • Music suggests scenes along the shore of the river Smetana: The Moldau (ending) Listening Guide PDF The Enjoyment of Music 10th, Shorter Edition

  16. Other Nationalists • Spain • Isaac Albeniz • Enrique Granados • Manuel de Falla The Enjoyment of Music 10th, Shorter Edition

  17. Other Nationalists • England • Edward Elgar • Frederick Delius The Enjoyment of Music 10th, Shorter Edition

  18. Other Nationalists Antonin Dvořák, Czech Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in e The Enjoyment of Music 10th, Shorter Edition

  19. Other Nationalists Edvard Grieg, Norway Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite The Enjoyment of Music 10th, Shorter Edition

  20. Other Nationalists Jean Sibelius, Finland Sibelius: Finlandia The Enjoyment of Music 10th, Shorter Edition

  21. Russia • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka • “The Mighty Five” • Mily Balakirev • Alexander Borodin • Cesar Cui • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov • Modest Musorgsky Other Nationalists Borodin: Polovetsian Dances The Enjoyment of Music 10th, Shorter Edition

  22. Russia • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka • “The Mighty Five” • Mily Balakirev • Alexander Borodin • Cesar Cui • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov • Modest Musorgsky Other Nationalists Jean Sibelius, Finland Edvard Grieg, Norway Antonin Dvořák, Czech • Spain • Isaac Albeniz • Enrique Granados • Manuel de Falla • England • Edward Elgar • Frederick Delius The Enjoyment of Music 10th, Shorter Edition

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