Romantic Period Powerpoint with video clips

1. (1830-1910)

2. ART
• Soft lighting
• Expressive of
Emotions

3. Characteristics of the
Romantic Period
• Was seen most strongly in the visual
arts, music, and literature.
• Moved away from Classical form and
structure
• Expressed emotions through music
• Feeling
• Intuition
• Imagination

4. • Music was used to tell stories, or
give ideas to express a meaning
• Composers began to use other
countries around the world for a
source of new musical ideas

5. • Melodies are longer, more
dramatic and emotional
• There is a greater variety of
instruments, including improved or
newly-invented wind instruments

6. Ludwig Van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
• German composer
and pianist
• Studied with Haydn
• Was the link between
the Classical Period
into the Romantic
period

7. • Around 1796, Beethoven began to
lose his hearing
• Suffered from tinnitus- a severe “ringing” in
the ears
• Kept conversation books between friends
and other musicians
• Rumored that he cut the legs off the piano
to hear it better through the vibrations on the
floor

8. Moonlight Sonata
•What is the “mood” of this piece?
•Tempo? http://youtu.be/UHd8jwXBzXE
Symphony No. 5
•How many notes is the Main Theme?
•Variation on Theme
http://youtu.be/4J9uiOrCx48

9. Franz Schubert
(1797-1828)
• Venice, Italy
• Died at age 31
• Wrote over 600
songs
• 9 symphonies

10. “Ave Maria”
• Latin Text
Hail Mary,full of grace,the Lord is with
thee; blessed art thou among
women,and blessed is the fruit of thy
womb,Jesus.
Holy Mary,Mother of God,pray for us
sinners,now and at the hour of our
death.Amen.
http://youtu.be/bPvAQxZsgpQ

11. “Unfinished” Symphony
No.8
• Started in 1822
• Schubert Lived for 6 more years, just
never finished it!
• What are the first 2 woodwind
instruments heard in Movement 1?
http://youtu.be/t12EAoed3D0

12. Frederic Chopin
(1810-1849)
• Polish composer
• Died at age 39
• Child prodigy
on piano

13. Mazurka in B flat Major
• Based on traditional Polish dance
• Written for SOLO piano
• -piano
sonata, mazurka, waltz, nocturne, p
olonaise, etude, impromptu and
prelude http://youtu.be/k9MDJuKL3sA
Prelude No. 4
http://youtu.be/rNUOIzCeSIY

14. Franz Liszt
(1811-1886)
• Hungarian Composer
• Virtuostic Pianist
• Said to be the greatest
pianist of all time
• Trois Etudes De Concert
No. 3- Un Sospiro
http://youtu.be/PnPygtJQxpY

15. Giussepe Verdi
(1813-1903)
• Italian Composer
• Infamous for Opera
“Aida”-Egyptian themes
“Grand Triumphal March”
http://youtu.be/l3w4I-KElxQ

16. Gioachino Rossini
(1792-1868)
• Italian Composer
• Wrote 39 Operas
• “The Barber of Seville”
http://youtu.be/eyhuIC1sxJY http://youtu.be/fMycc_InNoA