Music of the Romantic Period Flashcards
What year was the music of romantic period created?
1820-1910
Is described as a cultural movement that stressed emotion, imagination, individualism and freedom of expression.
Romantic Period
2 Features of Romantic Period
Nationalism
Exoticism
Who invented the piano?
Bartolomeo Cristofori
3 classifications of instruments
Woodwind
String
Brass-percussion
• At age 5, he plays mandolin
• At age 7, he transferred his training in violin
• He became the famous violin virtuoso in the world.
Niccolo Paganini
• La Campanella
• 24 Caprices for solo violin, OP.6
• Concerto No, 1 in Eb, Op.6
• 15 quartets for guitar and strings trio
• The Carnival of Venice
Who made these works?
Niccolo Paganini
• was known as the Poet of the Piano.
•Was considered world renowned
Planist and composer.
Frederic Chopin
• Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 44
• Revolutionary Etude
• Op. 10, No.12
• 24 Preludes, Op.28
Who made these works?
Frederic Chopin
Born in Hungary
Known as the virtuoso pianist and composer and the busiest musician during the Romantic Period
Franz Liszt
• Grand Etudes after Paganint
• 12 transcendental etudes
• Sonata in B minor
• Years of Pilgrimage (8 vol)
• Operatic Fantasie
• Arrangements of the 4
• Beethoven Symphonies
Hungarian Rhapsodies
Who made these works?
Franz Liszt
He was known for his ballet music
Studied law and became a law clerk in St. Petersburg
Study music at the
conservatory. St. Petersburg
Died due to cholera
Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky
• Fatum
• Romeo and Juliet
• Swan lake
• Steeping Beauty
• The Nutcracker
• 1812 Overture
• Symphony No.2
• Symphony No.6
Who made these works?
Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky
Considered as a composer which creates elegant music, neat polished.
An organist and best pianist at his time
Camille Saint-Saens
• Carnival of the animals
• Danse Macabre and his Symphony No.9
• The Swan
Who made these works?
Camille Saint-Saems
