Berliozs Literary Trinity Hector Berlioz 18031869 literary influences and program music Virgil Les Troyens 185658 Shakespeare Le roi Lear 1831 Roméo et Juliette ID: 331479
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Literary MusiciansSlide2
Berlioz’s Literary Trinity
Hector Berlioz (
1803–1869
)literary influences and program musicVirgilLes Troyens (1856–58)ShakespeareLe roi Lear (1831)Roméo et Juliette (1839)Béatrice et Bénédict (1862)GoetheLa damnation de Faust (1846)Slide3
Berlioz’s Fantastic First Symphony
Symphonie
fantastique (1830) [Anthology 2-39]Episode in the Life of an Artist: Fantastic Symphony in Five Movementsidée fixeHarriet SmithsonSlide4
Berlioz’s Fantastic First Symphony
Symphonie
fantastique (1830) [Anthology 2-39]1. Reveries—Passions2. A ball3. Scene in the country4. March to the scaffold5. Dream of a Witches’ SabbathDies IraeSlide5
Berlioz’s Fantastic First Symphony
Symphonie
fantastique (1830) [Anthology 2-39]Orchestrationexpanded wind and brass sectionsfour harpsfive percussionistsspecial effects with mutes, slides, and bowingSlide6
Following the Idée Fixe
“reminiscence motive”
appears in all five movementsSlide7
Discriminating Romanticisms
Schumann’s review of the
Symphonie
fantastiqueNeue Zeitschrift für Musik (1835)Program vs. absolute musicSlide8
The Prodigious Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn (
1809–1847
)“The Mozart of the nineteenth century”Octet in E♭Major for Strings, Op. 20 (1825)Overtue to A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1826)Concert OvertureSlide9
The Prodigious Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn (
1809–1847
)Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1826 [Anthology 2-40]later added incidental musicSlide10
The Prodigious Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn (
1809–1847
)Calm Sea and Prosperous Overture (1828)Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) (1829)Fair Melusine OvertureSymphony No. 3 in A Minor “Scottish” Symphony No. 4 in A Major “Italian”Lider ohne Worte (Songs without Words)Slide11
The Prodigious Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn (
1809–1847
)1833: Appointed Music Director of Düsseldorf1835: Appointed chief conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus orchestra concerts1843: director of the Leipzig conservatory1843: director of the Berlin Cathedral Choir and conductor of Symphonic subscriptions concertsSlide12
Mendelssohn’s
Paulus
and Civic Nationalism
Paulus (1832–1836) [Anthology 2-41]oratorioallegory of the German nationLutheran chorales“Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme”Slide13
Nationalism Takes a Racial Turn
“Das
Judenthum
in der Musik” (Judaism in Music) (1850)K. Freigedank (Richard Wagner)Slide14
Schumann and Literature
Robert Schumann (
1811–1856
)Early piano studies with Friedrich WieckMarriage to Clara Wieck (1840)music critic for Neue Zeitschrift für Musik Davisbund (League of David)FlorestanEusebiusMaster RaroSlide15
Music of Letters
Carnival
,
Op. 9 (1833–34)(A, A♭,B, C, E♭)(SCH)umann, AschSlide16
The Piano Fantasie
, Op. 17
[Anthology 2-42]
3-movement work(Ruins, Trophies, Palms)Schlegel’s “Die Gebüsche”Through all the sounds In the motley dream of earthly life There sounds a soft, long drawn-out sound For the one who overhears in secretSlide17
Schumann’s “Year of Song”
First 23 published opuses were piano pieces
1840 devoted almost entirely to song
1841 “symphony year”1842 primarily chamber music1843 oratorio1848 dramatic musicSlide18
Schumann’s “Year of Song”
1840
Nearly
150 songsHeinrich Heine, Buch der LiederDichterliebe (Poet’s Love) [Anthology 2-43]Im wonderschonen Monat MaiDie alten, bösen LiederSlide19
Schumann’s Last Years
Large-scale
dramatic compositions
Das Paradies und die Peri (1843)Scenen aus Goethes Faust (1844–53)Genoveva (1848)Manfred Attempted suicide in 1854, spent his final 2 years in an asylumSlide20
Genius Restrained
Fanny Mendelssohn (
1805–1847
)500 compositions250 songs125 piano worksstring quartet, piano trio, orchestral overtureSlide21
Genius Restrained
Clara
Wieck
Schumann (1819–1896)virtuoso pianistvariations sets, piano concerto, songsEr ist gekommen in Sturm und Regen [Anthology 2-44]