Music History (2)

Romantic

1820-1900

reason gives way to passion

revolting from classical era (form, instruments, + dissonance)

concert etiquette

composer = star

self-expression

circus performers

Symphony Fantastique

1830 (romantic)

Hector Berlioz

programatic symphony

Idee Fixe

5 movements

Hector Berlioz

romantic composer

no formal training, can’t play any instrument

music critic

married and divorced Harriet Smithson → beloved → idee fixe

Programatic Symphony 

romantic

written paragraph for each piece, or art

Absolute

Idee Fixe

romantic

kinda like a motif (melody) (beloved)

Dies Irae

romantic

latin hymn, specific melody 

Collegno

Romantic

wooden bow hitting metal strings

Syncopation

Romantic

beats that create chaos (off beats)

Nationalism in Music

Romantic

reflects particular country by musical elements

Modest Mussorgsky

Romantic composer who was a Russian nationalist

Pictures at an Exhibition

Mussorgsky composed

Victor Hartmann’s paintings were his muse

Ravel re-orchestrated for a full orchestra

Picture No. 6- Samuel Goldenberg + Schmuyle, 2 Jews, rich + poor

Picture No. 9- The Hut on Fowl’s Legs/Baba Yaga

Promenade

In pictures at an exhibition

“to walk” between paintings

Attaca

Romantic

no stop or conclusion, 2 pieces fit together

Picture No. 10

Great Gate of Kiev

Tchaikovsky

Most popular Russian composer of Romantic

Romeo + Juliet

Tchaikovsky

Allegro Form

Flute → Juliet

English Horn → Romeo

Tone Poem

taking this play and putting tone to it