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Q2composers of The Romantic Period
Q2composers of The Romantic Period
PERIOD
1780-1910
CONTENT STANDARD:
Demonstrates the commonalities and differences of music from different cultures of the
world; its functions; the roles of musicians in society; and the conditions under which
music is typically performed.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD:
Performs examples of music from the different periods alone and with others, in
appropriate tone, pitch, rhythm, expression and style;
LEARNING COMPETENIES:
Sings accurately alone and/or with others representative examples of songs of the
Romantic Period.
Analyzes examples of music from the Romantic period and describes how the musical
elements are used.
Analyzes the relationship of functions of the music of the Romantic Period to the lives
of the people in those times.
Evaluates music and music performances using knowledge of musical elements and
style.
COMPOSERS OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
COMPOSERS OF THE
ROMANTIC PERIOD
1780-1910
the 19th century. Composers and artists Father, Nicholas, was a French émigré who
believed in letting their imagination and was working as a bookkeeper when he met
passion be seen through their works. and married Justyna Krzyzanowska. Soon
Romantic Period is described as a cultural
after Frédéric was born, Nicholas found
movement that stressed emotion,
imagination, individualism and freedom of employment as a tutor for aristocratic families
expression. in Warsaw.
instruments, and passionately taught Franz most precocious musicians ever, beginning
how to play piano. By the age of 6, young piano lessons with his aunt at two-and-a-half
Liszt was recognized as a child prodigy; by and composing his first work at three. At age
the age of 8, he was composing elementary seven he studied composition with Pierre
works; and by the age of 9, he was appearing Maledin.
in concerts. His father worked as a secretary
for Prince Nicholas Esterhazy, and, after the When he was ten, he gave a concert
boy played for a group of wealthy sponsors, that included Beethoven's Third Piano
he asked the prince for extended leave so he Concerto, Mozart's B flat Concerto, K. 460,
could devote his time to enriching his son's along with works by Bach, Handel, and
musical education. Hummel. In his academic studies, he
displayed the same genius, learning
In 1833, at the age of 22, Liszt met the languages and advanced mathematics with
Comtesse Marie d'Agoult. Inspired by love ease and celerity. He would also develop
and nature, he composed several keen, lifelong interests in geology and
impressions of the Swiss countryside in astronomy.
"Album d'un voyageur," which would later
surface as the "Années de Pèlerinage" In 1848, he entered the Paris
("Years of Pilgrimage"). In 1834, Liszt Conservatory and studied organ and
debuted his piano compositions "Harmonies composition, the latter with Halévy. By his
poétiques et religieuses" and a set of three early twenties, following the composition of
"Apparitions." two symphonies, he had won the admiration
and support of Berlioz, Liszt, Gounod,
Strengthened by new works and Rossini, and other notable figures. From 1853
several public performances, Liszt began to to 1876, he held church organist posts; he
take Europe by storm. His reputation was also taught at the École Niedermeyer (1861-
bolstered even further by the fact that he gave 1865). He composed much throughout his
away many of his concert proceeds to early years, turning out the 1853 Symphony
charities and humanitarian causes. in F ("Urbs Roma"), a Mass (1855) and
several concertos, including the popular
second, for piano (1868).
COMPOSERS OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
In 1830, only three years after the death of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky,
Beethoven, Berlioz composed his most Tchaikovsky also spelled
famous work, the programmatic Symphonie
Chaikovsky, Chaikovskii,
fantastique. Having an autobiographical
basis, the piece is a highly romantic program or Tschaikowsky, name in
symphony in five movements, the story of full Anglicized as Peter Ilich
which tells of an artist who, unhappy in love, Tchaikovsky (born April 25
takes an overdose of opium and dreams of his [May 7, New Style], 1840,
own passions and desires, his beloved, her Votkinsk,
http://www.notablebiographies.com/Russia—died
St-Tr/Tchaikovsky-Peter-Ilyich.html
murder, and his own death. Berlioz had seen October 25 [November 6], 1893, St.
the Irish actress Harriet Smithson perform in Petersburg) the most popular Russian
Shakespeare's Hamlet and had fallen
passionately, even hysterically in love with composer of all time. His music has always
her. He intended to immortalize his love in had great appeal for the general public in
music with his symphonie. The artist's virtue of its tuneful, open-hearted melodies,
beloved is represented throughout the work impressive harmonies, and colourful,
by a melodic motif known as the idée fixe, a picturesque orchestration, all of which evoke
device which serves to unify the disparate a profound emotional response. His oeuvre
elements of the symphony. The fourth
includes 7 symphonies, 11 operas, 3 ballets,
movement is entitled "March to the Scaffold,"
and depicts the protagonist's dream of his 5 suites, 3 piano concertos, a violin concerto,
own execution for having killed his faithless 11 overtures (strictly speaking, 3 overtures
beloved. The symphony was wildly and 8 single movement programmatic
successful at its premiere, and made a name orchestral works), 4 cantatas, 20 choral
for its young composer, if not a fortune. works, 3 string quartets, a string sextet, and
more than 100 songs and piano pieces.
COMPOSERS OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
During the 1870s and later, there was astonishing success, for he contracted
considerable communication between cholera (a disease of the small intestine) and
Tchaikovsky and the Rubinsteins on the one died, still complaining about Von Meck, on
November 6, 1893.
hand and the members of the "Mighty Five"
Russian composers—Balakirev, Aleksandr
Borodin (1834–1887), Modest Mussorgsky
(1839–1881), Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
(1844–1908), and César Cui—on the other. It
was widely reported that the two groups did
not get along, but this was not true.
Tchaikovsky worked as an all-around
musician in the early 1870s, and, as was
expected of a representative of the IRMS, he
taught, composed, wrote critical essays, and
conducted (although he was not a great
conductor). In 1875 he composed what is
perhaps his most universally known and
loved work, the Piano Concerto No. 1. Anton
Rubinstein mocked the piece, although he
himself often performed it years later as a
concert pianist. Also popular was
Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake (1876). It is
the most successful
Match the descriptions in Column A with the respective musical terms in Column B.
COLUMN A COLUMN B
HORIZONTAL
Using indigenous materials found in your locality, the groups will perform simple melodic lines from the
assigned composer.
The teacher may provide audio/video clips to the group as their guide melody.
GROUP COMPOSER
1 FREDERIC CHOPIN
2 FRANZ LISZT
3 CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
4 HECTOR BERLIOZ
5 PETER ILYCH TCHAIKOVSKY
REFERENCES:
http://www.classicfm.com/discover/periods/romantic/romantic-music-beginners-guide/
https://www.google.com/search?q=FREDERIC+CHOPIN&client=firefox-
b&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjGtuWjvbrQAhWLHJQKHVQmAW4Q_AUICCgB&biw
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www.biography.com/people/frederic-chopin-9247162
http://www.biography.com/people/franz-liszt-9383467#musical-career
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/camille-saint-sa%C3%ABns-mn0000688311/biography
http://www.biography.com/people/camille-saint-sa%C3%ABns-40398
http://www.gramophone.co.uk/features/focus/hector-berlioz-1803-69
http://www.ipl.org/div/mushist/rom/berlioz.html
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pyotr-Ilyich-Tchaikovsky
http://www.tundefolawiyo.org.uk/tunde-folawiyo-life-legacy-frederic-chopin/
http://piano4life.com/
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http://www.allmusic.com/artist/camille-saint-sa%C3%ABns-mn0000688311
http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/search.php?searchString=berlioz
http://www.notablebiographies.com/St-Tr/Tchaikovsky-Peter-Ilyich.html
http://www.education.com/worksheet-generator/reading/word-search/
COMPOSERS OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD