Transcript File - Harris Ac Music

The Romantic
period
1810-1900
What’s different?
 Pre-exisiting
forms (concerto/symphony/opera etc)
were further developed.
 Many composers turned to Literature & poetry for
stimulus.
 The size of the orchestra continued to grow.
 New genres emerged – Lieder, Programme music
and Symphonic Poem
 The main composers were not necessarily German,
Austrian or Italian!
Rachmaninov
Some of the Composers
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German – Schubert, Schumann, Brahms,
Strauss, Mendelssohn, Wagner
Italian –
Verdi, Donizetti, Rossini
RussianTchaikovsky, Rachmaninov,
Shostakovich
Austrian – Mahler, Bruckner
French –
Berlioz, Bizet
Polish –
Chopin
Schubert
Of course, there are many more…
Chopin
Tchaikovsky
Listening task
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In pairs, choose a composer from the previous slide.
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Make sure no-one else in the class is looking at the same one.
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Investigate the famous pieces they have composed and choose
1 to listen to.
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You should identify the most prominent concepts which are
present in the music.
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As you listen, identify at least two concepts from each of the
following headings.
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Melody/Harmony
Texture
Timbre
Melody/Harmony
Texture
Timbre
Rise of the Virtuoso
 Music
was often very
difficult to play
 Composers
broke away
from conventional
forms.
Rise of the Virtuoso
 Listen
to this piece by Paganini and identify
the concepts being used. Choose 4 from
those listed below.
Arco
Double Stopping
Glissando
Harmonics
Rondo Form
Theme
Tremolando
Variation
Arco
Double Stopping
Glissando
Harmonics
Rondo Form
Theme
Tremolando
Variation
Rachamaninoff :
Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini for Piano and
Orchestra
 The
piece you have just listened to was composed
by Paganini as a set of pieces for Solo Violin. This
is one of the 24 that Paganini wrote for solo violin.
decided to use Paganini’s 24th
Caprice and write a Theme and Variations based
on this for solo piano and orchestra.
 Rachmaninoff
Using Musicworks with the RSAMD dvd discover
Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.
Once you have a better understanding of the work
complete the activity on the next slide.
Rachmaninov’s legendary Variation 18 is a rare
example of academic process producing truly
amazing music. The music is so natural and
expressive; it is amazing to think that it was
crafted out of Paganini’s mechanical 24th Violin
Caprice.
This creative exercise will enable you to
experiment with the principal musical concept
explored in Variation 18 – INVERSION and of
course VARIATION. It will involve taking a wellknown melody and using as the basis of new
composition.
This activity will be more fun if everyone works
independently – in secret.
Can you compose upside down?
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The challenge is to take a well-known melody and
disguise it as a brand new tune.
You have complete freedom to choose any melody
you wish. However, you must be able to notate (at
least the pitches of) the original melody to
successfully begin this exercise.
Write the melody on manuscript paper or use Sibelius,
MuseScore or Notion.
Now, turn the manuscript upside down. Try playing
the inverted melody. Start at the bottom right of the
page and play it backwards.
Try and transform the curious selection of notes into a
well-structured and natural flowing melody.
Some points to explore:
 adding or removing accidentals
 altering the meter of the music
 keeping the original rhythms or creating a brandnew rhythmical outline
 identifying phrases within the music
 when to cheat! As a last resort, you may alter the
melody to improve the overall sound and quality
of the music.
The Piano
 More
solo works
written
 Composers wrote
smaller pieces like
ballades, polonaises,
mazurkas & Etudes.
The Piano
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Important contributors were: Chopin, Liszt, Brahms,
Schubert and Schumann.
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Listen and follow the score of this Etude by Chopin
before answering these questions.
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4.
What is the key of the piece?
What is the opening chord? What is strange about
this?
This piece is a Study. Which area of piano technique
do you think Chopin is developing with this particular
work.
Why could this not be played stylistically on
harpsichord?
Piano Literacy Question
 Now
listen to Chopin’s
Fantasie Impromptu
and follow the score
 Answer
the literacy
questions.
Romantic Songs
 Lieder
was a popular
song form.
 The
structure of a Lider
was either strophic or
through –composed.
Song Structure - Strophic
 A song
 Most
where the melody of each verse is the same.
hymns are strophic.
to this popular Hymn – All People That on Earth
Do Well
 Listen
listen to this piece by Johnny Cash – Walk the
Line, which is in strophic form.
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Through-composed
 A song
structure where the melody of each verse has a
different tune.
 Listen to this famous example of a through-composed
song Bohemian Rhapsody
 Now listen to a different song Roy Orbison – In
Dreams
 As you listen to this song, complete the question.
Lieder
to ‘der erlkonig’
and answer the
questions opposite
 Listen
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What language do
you hear?
 2. Is it strophic or
through-composed?
 3. Is the piano purely
accompanying?
Lieder: Key Characteristics
 German
text, usually poetry.
 A collection of lied (or album) is called a songcycle.
 Schubert and Schumann wrote the most famous
examples.
 Structure is strophic or through-composed.
 Piano part is of equal importance to vocal part.
More Lieder
 Listen
to 2 more
examples of lieder and
follow the score.
 For each piece identify
if it is strophic or
through-composed.
 Your teacher will also
highlight concepts
found in the music.
 Piece
1
Audio
Score on page 11/55
Piece 2
Audio
Score on page 34/55
Lieder Worksheet
 Now
complete the worksheet
Chamber Music
 Composers
continued to develop String Quartets.
 Piano Trios and Quintets were increasingly
common.
 Using the iPad, open Notion and select Serenade
for Strings by Tchaikovsky.
 Listen to the piece and answer the questions on the
attached sheet.
Danse Macabre
(for extra literacy practice)
 Brief
Synopsis
 Questions
 Music video