Markham Woods Middle Music History Part 2 The Romantic Period
Dec 23, 2015
Romantic Period• Also referred to as the 19th
Century• 1850 - 1920• Cultural Identity• Nationalism• Dissonance & Chromaticism
Romantic PeriodVocal Music
• Oratorio– Musically the same as Opera but without
costumes and props– Vocal Choir and Solo with Symphony
accompaniment– Recitative
• Church Music– Resembled Oratorio style
Romantic PeriodInstrumental Music
• Etude– Technical music that showed a musicians
skills
• Dance– Waltz - medium triple meter– Polka - fast double meter
• Symphonic Poem– Invented by Franz Liszt
Romantic PeriodComposers
• Ludwig van Beethoven– Studied under Joseph
Haydn– Became deaf in his 20’s– Composed the most
famous Symphonies of all time.
Romantic PeriodComposers
• Johann Strauss II– Born in St. Ulrich, Austria– Known as “The Waltz King”
• “The Blue Danube”
Romantic PeriodComposers
• Pyotr Tchaikovski– Born in Russia– Graduate of the St. Petersburg
Conservatory 1865• The Nutcracker
• 1812 Overture
Romantic PeriodComposers
• Hector Berlioz– Born in France– Guitar & Flute player
• Symphonie Fantistique– “March to the Scaffold”