Originally "Le Moribond" ("The Dying Man"), this was written and performed in French by Belgian poet-composer Jacques Brel in 1961.

Originally "Le Moribond" ("The Dying Man"), this was

written and performed in French by Belgian poet-

composer Jacques Brel in 1961.

"Seasons in the Sun" is the story of a dying man, bidding farewell to loved ones who have shared

his life. Shortly before Terry's recording came out, Jacques Brel

retired, at the peak of his popularity. Fans around the world were stunned, but the composer

would give no reason. Finally, the truth was revealed: after a quiet,

six-year battle against cancer, Brel succumbed to the disease

and died on October 9, 1978.

Music of the Romantic

Period

The Romantic Period

1825 - 1910

What was happening in the world during this period?

1825 - Erie Canal opens 1838 - Invention of photography 1846 - Neptune discovered 1859 - Charles Darwin publishes The

Origin of the Species 1861-1865 - American Civil War

1869 - Transcontinental Railroad completed 1872 - Brooklyn Bridge opens 1876 - Telephone invented 1877 - Phonograph invented 1886 - Statue of Liberty presented to New York 1893 - Henry Ford builds first car 1903 - Wright Brothers first airplane flight at

Kitty Hawk, NC 1905 - E=mc2 - Einstein’s Theory of Relativity

Famous People from the Era Charles Darwin Albert Einstein Sigmund Freud Abraham Lincoln Mark Twain Alexander Graham Bell Henry Ford Booker T. Washington

Karl Marx Jack the Ripper Walt Whitman

Ralph Waldo Emerson Henry David Thoreau

Edgar Allen Poe Emily Dickinson

Cezanne Van Gogh

What does the term Romantic mean?

The Romantic movement in music coincides with a general Romantic movement in all arts.

At this period, the arts of literature and painting began to influence music. In the Romantic era, music acquired poetic or philosophical meaning.

What does the term Romantic mean?

Antiquity, folklore, history and exotic cultures were examined as possible sources of inspiration.

The Shifts to the Romantic Era

Not only did the Industrial Revolution change the music of the times, but it also changed people’s perspectives of everything around them.

These changes in attitude and

perception became inspiration for musicians to express more emotion about the changing times into their music. Their music had become reflective of their daily lives.

Romantic Period Music-The Times Defined

The Romantic Era in music (mid 1800’s – early 1900’s) was an era of rebelling against everything that was once believed to be “Standard.”

Romantic Period Music-The Times Defined

Not dissimilar from the Classical Era, the Romantic Era composers used sonatas, symphonies, concertos, and operas in their pieces of work.

The difference was that in the Romantic Era, the pieces of work did not stay true to the rules of the “Forms” (Forms are the styles used in the songs).

Famous Romantic Composers Frederic Chopin Franz Liszt Hector Berlioz Johannes Brahms Modest Mussorgsky Felix Mendelssohn Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Richard Wagner

Famous Romantic Composers Frederic Chopin Franz Liszt Hector Berlioz Johannes Brahms Modest Mussorgsky Felix Mendelssohn Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Richard Wagner

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RED Frederic Chopin BLUE Hector Berlioz YELLOW Johannes Brahms ORANGE Felix Mendelssohn VIOLET Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky GREEN Richard Wagner

GROUP ACTIVITYWho is *?What are the significant

events in his life?What were his contributions

in Music?Was his music affected by

people, history and/or culture? How?

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Hector Berlioz

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Johannes Brahms

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Felix Mendelssohn

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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Richard Wagner

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The Main Characteristics ofRomantic Music

Freedom of form and design. It was more personal and emotional.

Song-like melodies (lyrical), as well as many chromatic harmonies and discords.

Dramatic contrasts of dynamics and pitch.

Big orchestras!

Wide variety of pieces (i.e. songs up to five hour Wagner operas!)

Characteristics of the Romantic Period

Music is not as reliant on repetition as in Classical music

The music often directly tells a story (Programme music)

Much bigger orchestras Music is highly emotionalGreat technical virtuosityNationalism- often in the

presence of echoes back to traditional cultural songs

Opera and Ballet Opera and Ballet had huge jumps in had huge jumps in popularitypopularity

What Lesson can we get from the Music of the Romantic Period?

The Shifts to the Romantic EraMuch of the advent of the Romantic era in Classical music was technically caused by the Industrial Revolution, where more brass and woodwind instruments were added to the standard orchestra including the piccolo, clarinet, bassoon, and tuba. The bongos, and more exotic percussions were added to the orchestras later in the eighteenth century

The Shifts to the Romantic EraThe Romantic period was also the period of Nationalism.

"Nationalism" means being proud of one's country. In the 19th century a lot of European countries as we know them were being formed.

The Shifts to the Romantic Era Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) and Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884) wrote music which sounds very Czech.

Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) wrote music with Russian folk songs in them.

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) used German folk songs in his symphonies, and Ralph

Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) collected English folk songs and put them in his music.