Romantic Flashcards
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Characteristics
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Use of music to tell story or express idea
Melodies are fuller and more dramatic -increased attn to extended melodic lines
Brass -large roles
Nationalism in music
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Time period
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1800-1900
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Types of music…..
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Orchestra- purely instrumental (Berlioz symphonies fantastique -traveling artist suffering from love)
Piano miniature -short emotionally charged (Chopin)
Opera- Verdi Italian nationalist, opera style bel canto (beautifully sung)
End of 19c combined Lieder and symphony for solo vocal/orch -Mahler wrote numerous (included in some of his 9 symph’s)
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Wagner…..
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Nationalist
Dominated German opera
Free of It/Fr influence -no aria
Single dramatic idea
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Brahms
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No operas
Instrumental
Believed by Germans to be Beethoven’s first worthy successor
