Romantic Period

1820-1900

romantic period

romanticism

a cultural movement that stressed emotion and imagination

romantic period

aimed to broaden horizons and encompass the totality of the human experien

romantic fascination with fantasy was paired with 

enthusiasm for the middle 

what was the greatest inspiration for romantic art

nature

romantic period emphasized

self expression and individuality

romantic music was linked mostly to

literature

nationalism

inclusion of folk songs, dances, legends, and other national material in a composition to associate it with the composers homeland

exoticism

drawing on colorful materials from foreign lands to compose music

program music

instrumental music associated with a story, poem, idea or scene

program

explanatory comments specifying the story, scene, idea associated with the program music

poetry was _____ and music was _____

musical; poetic

chromatic harmony

uses chords containing tones not found in the prevailing major or minor scale

the image of Beethoven as a “free artist” inspired

romantic musicians

aristocrats could no longer afford to maintain

private opera houses, orchestras, and “composers in residence”

US conservatories were founded in

Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, Ohio, Philadelphia

Liszt received what after a concert in Budapest

jeweled sword and a torchlight parade

what kind of music making increased

private

what instrument was used more

piano

berlioz was the son of a

doctor

schumann was the son of a

bookseller

mendelessohn was the son of a

banker

few romantic composers

could support themselves off composition alone

art song

a composition for solo voice and piano

romantic song is a 

reaching out of the soul

tchaikovsky

most famous russian composer

after graduating from st. petersburg conservatory, tchaikovsky..

became professor of harmony at the New Moscow Conservatory

tchaikovsky music was influenced by

french, italian, german music and russian folksong

johannes brahm

a romantic who breathed new life into classical forms

Why did Brahm moved into Schumanns home

He went to an asylum, and helped look after his 7 kids 

Wagner was born in

Leipzing into a theatrical family

wagner never

mastered an instrument

wagner had

enormous debt and lived off other people

wagner became famous as an ____ and a ____

opera composer; conductor

wagner wrote his own

librettos