Transcript January 24, 2004 - Music Appreciation

The Romantic Period
1825-1900
MAP IN 1800
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MAP IN 1900
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Romantic Music: 1825-1900
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Politically, there were many new small
countries forming.
Economically, it was becoming easier for
the common people to rise to higher
levels of society.
Socially, those who were previously the
“commoners” were no longer dependent
on the nobility for employment.
Music in
Romantic Society
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The ability to make and control their own
wealth allowed people to have money to
use for entertainment.
Concert halls made concert attendance
available to the everyone.
Composers no long had to write for the
patron or the wealthy. They could write
what the people wanted to hear.
Romantic Orchestra
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 Woodwinds
 1–2 Piccolo
 3–4 Flutes
 3–4 Oboes
 3–4 Clarinets
 of various kinds
 3–4 Bassoons
 Contrabassoon
 Brass
 4–8 French horns
 3–6 Trumpets
 3–4 Trombones
 1–2 Tubas
 0-4 Wagner tubas
 Keyboards: piano, celesta
 2 Harps
Romantic Orchestra
 Percussion
 4 or more Timpani
 Snare drum
 Bass drum
 Cymbals
 Triangle
 Tambourine
 Glockenspiel
 Xylophone
 Tubular bells
 Strings
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 16 Violins 1
 14 Violins 2
 12 Violas
 12 Cellos
 10 Double basses
Wagner Tuba
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The Romantic Period
1825-1900
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Music of deep feeling
Nationalism
The Romantic Period
1825-1900
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Music that told stories
Program Music
The Romantic Period
1825-1900
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Music that gave performers a
chance for exciting playing
Virtuosity
For each composer --
You will need to know:
His name
His country of origin
His nickname (if he has one)
The name of a composition he wrote
What kind of a music he wrote
Virtuoso music
Nationalistic music
Program music
Virtuoso composers
(pages 53-56)
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The first three composers we
will talk about are virtuoso
composers:
Franz Liszt
Frederick Francois Chopin
Niccolo Paganini
Virtuosity
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Niccolo Paganini
Born in Genoa, Italy on October 27,
1782
Died in Nice, France on May 27, 1840
Nicknamed “The Devil Himself”
He was a virtuoso violinist.
Virtuosity
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Frederic Francois Chopin
Born in Zelazowa Wola, Poland on
March 1, 1810
Died in Paris, France on October 17,
1849
Nicknamed “The Poet of the Piano”
He was a virtuoso pianist.
Virtuosity
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Franz Liszt
Born in Raiding, Hungary on
October 22, 1811
Died in Bayreuth, Germany on July
31, 1886
Nicknamed “The Lion of the
Keyboard”
He was a virtuoso pianist.
Franz Liszt
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Franz Liszt
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Born in Raiding, Hungary on
October 22, 1811
Died in Bayreuth, Germany on
July 31, 1886
He was a virtuoso pianist and
violinist
Franz Liszt
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Franz Liszt
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Franz Liszt
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Franz Liszt
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Composition:
Hungarian Rhapsody #2
“The Lion of the Keyboard”
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Key Words for Liszt
Esterhazy
Salieri
Czerny
Paris
Conservatory
Father’s death
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Paganini and
Chopin
Priest
Conservatory
of Music in
Budapest
Pneumonia