 Vocal music is one of the best tools for

expressing one’s feelings

 The Romantic Period’s basic quality is
emotional subjectivity.
 Composers explore feelings of grandiosity,
intimacy, unpredictability, sad, rapture and
longing.
 Romantic vocal forms like the art song and
operas were about fantasy, supernatural,
romance and the nature as mirror of the
human heart.
 One singer sometimes sounds like several
characters by use of different vocal register.
 The parallelisms of music and literature were
clearly evident in almost all forms of vocal
music during the Romantic period
 Musical compositions suc as the art song was
written for solo voice and piano.
 Romantic artists found inspiration in
landscapes
 Composers interpret poems, mood,
atmosphere and imagery into music. Their
subjects were traditional myths, legends and
folklore usually dealing with the
supernatural, grotesque, and less ordinary
 Opera became an important source of
musical expressions.
 The birth of the opera houses came. It was
the place where all the arts converged: not
only music, but poetry, painting, architecture
and the dance as well.

For the Male Voice:

1. Tenor- highest male voice
2. Baritone- Middle male voice, lies between
Bass and Tenor voices. It is the common male
voice.
3. Bass- lowest male voice

For the Female Voice:

1. Soprano- highest female voice
Coloratura-highest soprano voice
Lyric-bright and full sound
Dramatic- darker full sound
Mezzo-Soprano- most common female voice;
strong middle voice, tone is darker or deeper
than the soprano
Contralto- lowest female voice and most
unique among female

Duet, trio, and other small ensemble

Chorus
Orchestra
Acts-main divisions of an opera
Scene- setting or place