Transcript The Romantic Period - Deans Community High School

The Romantic Period
1810 - 1910
Composers
Wagner
Schubert
Mahler
The Romantic Period
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The Romantic Period saw a lot of change.
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Industrial Revolution
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Also know as The Age of Enlightenment
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Classic FM Quick Guide:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gWWDxek0Qw
Romantic Music
Main Features
Orchestra
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Orchestra got bigger & DOUBLED in size
Instruments added included:
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Piccolo
Cor anglais
Bass clarinet
Double/contra bassoon
Tuba
BEFORE…
Classical Orchestra
Romantic Orchestra
Romantic Orchestra
Also new…
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Conductor frequently allowed more
dynamics and speed changes
Programme Music
There were Close links between art,
literature and music lead to programme
music. Music often told a story and this was
full of expression, dynamics and
emotions…key to Romantic Music.
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Music was often based on paintings or
stories.
La Mer - Debussy
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlR9r
DJMEiQ
Important Concepts
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Strophic: Verse – chorus – verse
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Through Composed: Where the music is
different throughout the piece and there is
little or no repetition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtO5vc6CgaI
Important Concepts
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Dissonance: A chord where the notes
clash.
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Cross Rhythms: Term used to describe the
effect of two notes being played against
three (e.g. in piano music it might be groups of two
quavers in the right hand and groups of triplets in the left
hand).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp7frPzr_rg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn7YtjO6Mqc
Important Concepts
Whole Tone Scale: Where the melody moved in tones
(whole steps – gives feeling of space)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUuG8mbuXw0
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Chromatic Scale: Where the melody moves in semitones
(half-steps – sounds like a spider crawling)
Tone/Semitone
Scales
 Don’t
forget all your other scales!
 Major
 Minor
 Pentatonic (Scottish)
 Whole Tone
 Chromatic
Important Concepts
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Rubato: No sense of pulse or beat
(Definition: A rhythmic give and take in a phrase
allowing more expression.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAWCSDbt2rQ
Summary
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Orchestra doubled in size
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Emotion & expression very important
(dynamics, textures etc)
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Links to art & music were very important
and music often sounded like it was telling
a story.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gWWDxek0Qw
Follow Up…
Programme Music (Disney Sorcerer’s
Apprentice):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ait_F
s6UQhQ
 History:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tim
_3ugy28
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