Music - Vocal music of romantic period Flashcards
One of the best tools for expressing one’s feelings. This form of expression became more evident during the romantic period
Vocal Music
_____ coincided with the Industrial Revolution in Western Europe that brought about the rise of ____ and ____
Romanticism, socialism and capitalism
The romantic period’s basic quality is _____ _____
emotional subjectivity
Composers explore feelings of:
grandiosity, intimacy, unpredictability
sad, rapture, and longing
Romantic vocal forms like the art songs and operas were about:
fantasy, supernatural, romance, and the nature as mirror of the human heart
Composers interpret
____, ____, ____, and _________
poems, mood, atmosphere and imagery into music.
Musical compositions such
as the art song was written for ____ ____ and ____
solo voice and piano
Like all program music,
___ ____ has its inspiration from poetry in this period.
Art song
is often set at the beginning with piano introduction and concluded with a piano postlude
Mood
Romantic artists found inspiration in _________. Their subjects were traditional _____,
______, and ______ usually dealing with the supernatural,
grotesque, and less ordinary.
landscapes. myths, legends, and folklore
Vocal music in this period require singers to perform a greater range of ___ ___, ____ and ____
tone color, dynamics and pitch.
_____ became an important
source of musical expressions. The ___ __ __ _____ houses came. It was the place where all the arts converged: not only music, but poetry, painting,
architecture and the dance as well.
Opera, birth of the opera
became an important
source of musical expressions. It was the place where all the arts converged: not only music, but poetry, painting, architecture and the dance as well.
Opera
OPERA COMPOSERS OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
- Franz Peter Schubert
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Giacomo Puccini
- Richard Wagner
- Georges Bizet
What is the proper name for Franz Schubert songs?
Lieder (which is the German word for songs)
Developed lieder so they had a powerful dramatic impact on the listeners
Franz Schubert
- He is considered the last of the
Classical composers and one of the first
romantic ones. - He tapped the poetry of writers like
Johann Goethe.
Franz Schubert
Famous vocal music works/lieder of Franz Schubert:
- “Gretchen am Spinnrade”,
- “Erlkonig”, “Ellens Gesang III” (“Ave Maria”) a
- “Schwanenge sang” (“Swan Song”).
- Symphony No.8 in B minor (“Unfinished Symphony”)
- piano pieces, string quartets, operetta
- His characters are ordinary people and not those of the royal family like those found in German operas.
- He insisted on a good libretto and wrote operas with political overtones and for middle-class audience.
Giuseppe Verdi
born in Parma, Italy on October 9, 1813 and died in Milan, Italy on January 27,1901
Giuseppe Verdi
He studied in Busseto and later went to Milan where his first opera “Oberto” was performed in La Scala, the most important opera house at the time
Giuseppe Verdi
What is the soul of a Verdi opera?
Expressive vocal melody
- Almost all of his works are serious love
story with unhappy ending. - He completed 25 operas throughout his career.
- His final opera ends with “All the world’s a joke.”
Giuseppe Verdi
Famous Works of Giuseppe Verdi
- La Traviata
- Rigoletto
- Falstaff
- Otello
- Aida were he wrote for the opening of
the Suez Canal
was born in a poor family on December 22, 1858 in Lucca, Italy
Giacomo Puccini
- He studied at the Milan Conservatory.
- He belonged to a group of composers who
stressed realism.
Giacomo Puccini
- he drew material from everyday life, rejecting heroic themes from mythology and history.
Giacomo Puccini
Famous Operas Of Giacomo Puccini:
- “La Boheme”,
- “Tosca”,
- “Madame Butterfly”,
- “Turandot”.
born in Leipzig, Germany on May 22, 1813. and died of a heart attack on February 13,1883 at
age of 69
Richard Wagner
- He attended Leipzig University.
- He was very much inspired by Ludwig van
Beethoven.
Richard Wagner
Wagner introduced new ideas in
______ and in form, including ______ __ ______
harmony, extremes of
chromaticism.
He also explored the limits of the
traditional tonal system that gave keys and chords its own identity which paved the way for the rise of atonality in the 20th century.
Richard Wagner
Wagner exerted a strong influence on the ______ ______. He was an advocate of a new form of opera which he called “ _____ _____” where musical and dramatic elements were fused together.
operatic medium, music drama
musical and dramatic elements were fused together
Music drama (new form of opera where Wagner was an advocate)
He developed a __________ _____in which the orchestra has of equal importance in
dramatic roles as the singers themselves.
Richard Wagner
compositional style
The expressiveness is aided by the
use of “_________” or musical sequences standing for a particular character/plot element. (Wagner)
Leitmotifs
Famous works of Richard Wagner:
- “Tristan and Isolde”,
- “Die Walkyrie”,
- “Die Meistersinger”,
- “Tannhäuser”,
- “Parsifal”
His work would later influence modern film scores, including those of the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings film series.
Richard Wagner
was registered with the legal name Alexandre-Cesar-Leopold Bizet, but was baptized Georges Bizet and was always known by the latter name
Georges Bizet
born October 25, 1838 in
Paris, France and died (June 3,
1875). He was only 36
Georges Bizet
He entered the Paris Conservatory of music at a very young age. Became famous for his
operas. His most famous opera is
“Carmen”
Georges Bizet
The shows were criticized in
horrible ways that resulted in poor
audience. Four months later, “Carmen” opened in Vienna, Austria, and was a smash hit
Georges Bizet
It is now one of the most popular operas ever
written. Bizet never knew that audiences would come to consider it as his masterpiece.
Carmen (Georges Bizet)
an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text (libretto) and musical score
Opera
Opera is considered to be a complete art
that combines _____, _____, _____ and _____ ___
literary, visual, music, and theatre arts
born on Jan. 31 1789 Himmelpfortgrund, Austria and died in 1828 Vienna Austria at 31
Franz Schubert
