Romantic Era Overview Romantic Era amp Middle AgesRenaissance Schedule Wednesday March 12 Exam 2 post Part 5 Romantic Ch 1 2 Friday March 14 Rom 3 4 6 10 12 Monday March 24 ID: 277929
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Introduction to Music
Romantic Era OverviewSlide2
Romantic Era & Middle Ages/Renaissance Schedule
Wednesday March 12
Exam 2 post, Part 5: Romantic Ch. 1, 2Friday March 14 Rom 3, 4, 6, 10, 12Monday March 24 Rom Ch. 6, 7, 9, 10Wednesday March 26 Rom Ch. 12, 13, 17Friday March 28 Rom Ch. 18, Part 2: Middle AgesMonday March 31 Part 2: Middle Ages, RenaissanceWednesday April 2 Part 2: RenaissanceFriday April 4 Rom wrap-up/reviewMonday April 7 Exam 3—Romantic Era, Middle Ages, Renaissance
Tentative!Slide3
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C Romanticism--an overview
1. Revolutionary spirit--dissatisfaction w/ Classical era’s restraints2. Industrializationagrarian to industrial economy; move to citiesexplosive urban growth wretched living conditionslarger, wealthier middle class pursuing recreationmiddle class music-making university training in music3. NatureCulture preoccupied w/Dual view:serene, beautiful, alluring awesome, foreboding, dangerousSlide4
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19thC Romanticism--an overview
4. Artists, musicians, writers drawn to fantasy world & fascination with:
the past (esp. middle ages)
grotesque, ugly, evilMary ShelleyFrankensteinSir Walter ScottIvanhoeVictor HugoThe Hunchback of Notre DameSlide7
19thC Romanticism--an overviewSlide8
19thC Romanticism--an overview
5. Age of :
emotionalism
grandiose, monumental (Eiffel Tower, Crystal Palace, etc.)miniature (short story, tiny art works) Slide9
19thC Romanticism--an overview
1851 Crystal Palace
original photoSlide10
Crystal Palace insideSlide11
The 19
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C Music Business
1. Patronage goneBeethoven--some contributors, but NO patronsSchubert—entirely in free market2. Music journalism = big business3. Musical celebrities, “stars,” tour Europe, entertain middle class audiences. What is the connection with journalism?4. Th/f much music is extremely difficult--for virtuosos5. Piano = most popular instrument (Every home has a piano!)6. Instrumental > vocal musicSlide12
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C Music
1. Primary function of music = Evocation of powerful EMOTION Th/f“Message” = more important than formforms = looser formal “grammar,” i.e., forms are not as clear and precise as in classical era2. Individualism = VIMPTh/f composers develop unique styles3. Program music popular—chic!4. Nationalism-- “music with an ethnic flavor” How might a composer achieve this?5. Exoticism--interest in the unknown, foreign, wildSlide13
Composers & their exotic works:
Dvorak (Czech)
New World Symphony
(native American themes, melodies)Rimsky-Korsakov (Russian)Scheherazade (Arabian) or Capriccio Espagnol (Spanish)Bizet (French)Carmen (set in Spain)Verdi (Italian)Aida (middle East)Puccini (Italian)La Bohème (set in Paris)Madame Butterfly (set in Japan, American sailor, Japanese woman)Slide14
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