Romantic

toc =Dates of Time period:= //1820-1900// [|C.E.]

=Important Events:= During the romantic period, there was a new appreciation of an artist as an individual. Also, most band instruments came into being as they are today from the influence of the romantic era. Opera was very popular. This was the time of the American Civil War. [|site] [|site]

[|Tone color] also became more important. Tone color is a special sound that makes an instrument or voice sound different from another. New instruments created exciting new tone colors. old instruments were played in new ways to produce different tone colors

=Important People:= [all have listening examples]

[|Franz Liszt] (1811-1886) born: Doborján, Hungary (now Raiding, Burgenland, Austria) Ferenc Liszt =birthname first recital at age 9 by age 11, he had already played public in many parts of Europe first to arrange entire programs of solo piano music originator of melodramatic playing style wrote piano miniature, solo piano music, transcription pieces, poems, symphonic poems and symphonies Considered to be one of the world’s greatest pianists He taught and aided two generations of younger musicians He was the son of a talented amateur musician died of pneumonia

[|Frederic Chopin] (1810-1849) born:[|Zelazowa Wola, Poland] [|[home]] earned his rep. as greatest composer for the piano for his beautiful piano pieces first piano lesson at age 6 played in public at age 8 All of his music is either for solo piano, or places the piano in an important role. During the time he was promoted to go to Paris, he wrote large works, such as his two Piano concertos. Chopin was in a long-term romantic affair with the writer George Sand (Aurore Dudevant), spending periods of great creativity at her home. During this time he also established himself as a teacher, and many of his musical studies were written as teaching pieces These years were also marked by deteriorating health. After his break with Sand in 1847, his condition worsened considerably. He died of tuberculosis two years later; his death was greeted with an outpouring of grief among Parisians. he had the ability to create (sometimes in just a few lines of music) a kind of musical poetry. He also extended the harmonic language of the Romantic style he is remembered as one of the first nationalist composers. Chopin was a highly influential "Romantic" composer.

[|Franz Schubert] (1797-1828) born: Lichtental, Austria greatly admired the work of Beethoven made no travels that we know of learned music by studying piano, violin, organ, singing, harmony wrote 9 symphonies and 950 works One of his last wishes was to be buried near the composer he had most admired: Ludwig van Beethoven. (Both struggled in many ways to create; both expressed in their music qualities that we identify with both the Classical and Romantic styles.) Franz's musical gift was recognized early and as a boy he sang in the Imperial Court. Schubert had another battle to fight—illness. Schubert is most identified with his more than 600 songs.

=New Instruments:= keyboard Piano organ [very rarely] 
 * woodwinds**-[|bassoons], [|oboes], flutes, clarinets, [|contra bassoon], [|bass clarinet,] [|piccolo], [|English horn]
 * brass**-trumpets, horns, trombones, tubas
 * percussion**-side drums, xylophones, [|celestas,] gongs, cymbals, [|castanets], harps, bells, triangles, chimes

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=New Styles of Music:= New instruments allowed composers to write music for entirely new sounds and new instrument combinations;

[|A new trend called nationalism inspired composers to incorporate native folk songs and styles into their music.]

[|the term lieder is the plural Form of the German word lied which means "song."]

[|The tone poem (also known as the symphonic poem) is similar to the program symphony because it, too, tells a story. The difference between a tone poem and the romantic symphony is that the tone poem only consists of one long movement.]

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=Listening examples:=

[|FRANZ LISZT]

[|FRANZ SCHUBERT]

[|FREDERIC CHOPIN]

__A FEW HELPFUL SITES__
[|**romantic**]

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