Module 11 Flashcards
Romanticism
- Began in early 1800s
- As a reaction to the neoclassical love of reason and order that dominated the previous century
- Who championed creativity and artistic freedom
Emotional Subjectivity
- Extreme emotional states was a hallmark of this era
~Used bold colors
~Subjects in motion
Tone color
-Romantic musicians like using bold tone color ~Unique sound of a musical instrument -New instruments were developed ~Triangle ~Tuba ~Concert Harp ~Celesta -Pyotr Tchaikoysky ~The story of Romeo and Juliet perfectly captures the young lovers and a fiery intense of the sward fights between the dulling families
The Erotica
- Descriptive title
- Rather than generic one
The Raft of the Medusa
- The highly controversial 1816 shipwreck of a French navel vessel
Eugene Delacroix
-Liberty Leading the People
~Depicts the allegorical figure of liberty at the head of a motley crowd of French revolutionaries all social classes
~July revolution of 1830, a rebellion that dethroned King Charles the tenth
Frederic Chopin
-A Poland composer that promoted nationalism by incorporating folk music
~Many pieces are written in the style of Polish folk tunes and dances like a Zika
Clara Wieck Schumann
-Wrote music with allegorically political lyrics
~Forward
Bedrich Smetana
-Combined the themes of nationalism and nature
~Die Moldau an orchestral piece that takes the listener on a musical journey along the river of Latifah
John Constable
-Recreated sweeping landscapes like Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows painted in 1831
Realms of Fantasy
-Exploration of all things fantastic, including the idyllic, the irrational, the world of dreams, and the surreal was encouraged during the Romantic Era
Felix Mendelssohn
-Musical depiction of mischievous varies in its overture
~Midsummer Night’s dream
Francisco de Goya
-Painting witches’ sabbath
Hector Berlioz
- Fifth movement of Fantastic Symphony titled Dreams of A Witches Sabbath
Adding exotics sound to compositions
-Avoiding traditionally western scales, creating unusual harmonies and using innovative compositional practices
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
- Symphonic poem based on the story of Arabian Nights
~Scheherazade a musical depiction of the legendary harem storyteller who kept herself alive through her ability to charm a cruel emperor with her in thrall entails
Ludwig Van Beethoven
- Moonlight Sonata
- Fur Elise
- Ode to Joy
- Fifth Symphony
Franz Schubert
- Prolific songwriter whose career was cut short by an early death from syphilis
Lieder
-Mean SONGS in German
-In classical music it means
~German songs from the Romantic period for the piano and voice
Schubertiades
-Musical parties
Franz Liszt
-A piano virtuoso who showed off his skills on trans-European concert tours
Lisztomania
-A craze that swept Europe
New German School of Music
-Expanded musical forms and new harmonies
Transcriptions
-Rewriting orchestral music so that it could be played on the piano
Frederic Chopin
-Was very shy and hated to preform in public
Character Pieces
-Short, one movement works
~Created for home performances on the piano
Giuseppe Verdi
-Known mainly for his operas
~La Donna e Mobile from Rigoletto
~The Brindisi (a drinking song) from La Traviata
Risorgimento
-Italian political movement that sought to unify Italy
Robert Schumann
-Focused on composition and started New Journal of Music
New Journal of Music
- Critiqued new music, reviewed concerts, helped promote new composers, and revived interest in the music of older ones
Clara Wieck
-Talented pianist and composer
Johannes Brahms
- Discovered by Robert Schumann, who became his mentor and guide
- Was more traditional than most romantics and deeply inspired by the music of the two previous eras especially that of Bach and Mozart
- He was his own harshest critique by destroying hundreds of works that he believed weren’t good enough to be preformed
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
-Inextricably linked to the magical worlds he created for the ballet with music such as ‘Sleeping Beauty’ and ‘Swan Lake’
-His music for ‘The Nutcracker’ ballet is some of the most often performed music in the world
-He was a master of orchestral music that extended beyond the ballet stage
-Other notable works
~1812 Overture
~The love theme from the Romeo and Juliet Overture
~First Piano concerto
