Romantic

period: Vocal
and
Instrumental
Forms
Grade 9-Mabuti
Sir Xavier Vergara

Romantic period: Vocal and

Instrumental Forms
Vocal Forms
Long Form
Mass
Opera

Short Form
Operreta
Lied(Lieder)

Instrumental Forms
Long Form
Concerto
Short Form
Concert Overture
Program Music
Symphonic Poem
Piano Character Pieces
Nocturne
Etude
Impromtu

Vocal Form

Long Form: Mass Vocal Music

A form of sacred musical
composition, is a choral composition
that sets the invariable portions of
the Eucharistic liturgy

Schubert - Mass in G Major, D.167 I.Kyrie.mp4

Parts of Mass
I. Kyrie
II. Gloria
III. Credo
Sanctus and Benedictus
V. Agnus Dei

Opera
It is a drama set to music where the
musicians and the singers perform
in the theatrical setting.
(Carmen) Habanera-Gorge Bizet.mp
4
Giuseppe Verdi-(aida
)Triumphal March.mp4
Richard Wagner- (Lohengrin)Vorspi

Short Forms

Operreta
Light Opera intended for the
general masses that includes
speaking dialouges .
(Operreta) Klnge der Heimat
(J. Strauss) Die Fledermaus

Lied(Lieder)

A German art song. Usually

seen in the Romantic
period, typically for solo
voice with piano
accompaniment.
Schubert-Serenade

Instrument
al Forms

Long Form: Concerto

A musical composition for a
solo instrument or
instruments accompanied by
an orchestra, especially one
conceived on a relatively
large scale.
Pyotr Ilich
Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto N

Concert overture

A piece of music in the

style of an overture but
intended for independent
performance.
Tchaikovsky's famous 181

Program Music
A term usually applied to any musical
composition in which the piece is
designed according to some
preconceived narrative, or is designed to
evoke a specific idea and atmosphere.
Blue Danube- Johann Strauss.mp4
Liebestraum no.3- Franz Liszt.mp4
Mendelssohn Wedding March Abbado
Berliner Philharmoniker.mp4
Sir Edward Elgar - Pomp and Circumstan

Symphonic poem
Symphonic poem or tone poem is a
piece of orchestral music, usually in a
single continuous movement, which
illustrates or evokes the content of a
poem, short story, novel, painting,
landscape, or other (non-musical) source.
Bledrich Smetana- (Ma Vlast
)Die Moldau_Vitava.mp4

Piano Character Pieces

Nocturne
A musical composition that is
inspired by or evocative of the
night.
Frederic Chopin - Nocturne In
E Flat Major, Op.9 No.2.mp4

Etude
is an instrumental musical
composition, usually short, of
considerable difficulty, and designed
to provide practice material for
perfecting a particular musical skill.
tude No. 3 in E Major, Op.10 '
Tristesse'- Frederic Chopin.mp4

Impromptu
is a free-form musical composition
with the character of an ex
tempore improvisation as if
prompted by the spirit of the
moment, usually for a solo
instrument, such as piano.
Yundi Li - Chopin Fantasie Improm
ptu, Op. 66.mp4

Serenade
A musical composition, and /or performance,
in someones honor. Classified according to
purpose. Different from nocturne. Not
necessarily sad.
Has 3 or more movements
ex. (fast-slow-fast)
Schubert-Serenade (3 tenors)..mp4

Knowing the Romantic

Vocal and Instrumental
Forms of music will help
us to express our feelings
by using the music of this
period.

Quiz
1-3.Give 3 examples of program music in romantic
period.
4. an instrumental musical composition, usually short, of
considerable difficulty, and designed to provide practice
material for perfecting a particular musical skill.
5. A musical composition that is inspired by or evocative
of the night.

6-10. Essay:
Write the corresponding
forms of the
music.