Romantic Period Flashcards
When was the Romantic period?
1810 - 1900
Who are famous Romantic period composers?
- Chopin
- Brahms
- Wagner
- Tchaikovsky
Which notes are used in the Romantic period?
Sticato
How big was a typical orchestra in the Romantic Period?
Large orchestras because more strings are used to counteract the new instruments
What do conductors use?
Battons so people far from the conductor can see the tempo and mood
What is new about which instruments can play the melody?
Many instruments can play instead of only one
Who was Romantic music create for?
Anyone (emerging market)
What did composers show great interest in?
Virtuoso (to show off skill)
What does diatonic mean?
Music that only uses notes of given major or minor key?
What does chromatic mean?
uses additional notes between major and minor notes of a scale
What does pentatonic mean?
Limited to just sticato notes
