1. The Schumanns, Chopin, & Liszt
The Romantic Piano:
The Romantic Piano:
The Schumanns, Chopin, & Liszt

2. Franz Liszt,
“Liebestraum”

3. I. Conventions in Performance (from early 19th c.)
Franz Liszt
A. Sit in Profile

7. I. Conventions in Performance (from early 19th c.)
Franz Liszt
A. Sit in Profile
B. Play from Memory
C. Play Works by Other Composers
D. Recital by Single Performer
playing only piano

8. 18th-century piano sound

9. 19th-century piano sound

10. The “Romantic Generation”
Robert and Clara Schumann
Frédéric Chopin
Franz Liszt

11. II. The Cult of the Virtuoso & Piano Etudes
A. Virtuoso/Virtuosity Defined
B. The Original Virtuoso: Nicolò Paganini

12. II. The Cult of the Virtuoso & Piano Etudes
A. Virtuoso/Virtuosity Defined
B. The Original Virtuoso: Nicolò Paganini
C. The Virtuoso Genre: The Etude (e. g. Liszt’s “Wild Hunt”

13. III. Romantic Miniatures
A. Stylized Dances
Waltz, Mazurka, Polonaise, Scherzo (e.g. Chopin Mazurka in B-flat)
B. Pieces with Generic Titles
Romance, Impromptu, Nocturne (e.g., Chopin Nocturne in E-flat)
C. Character Pieces
Short pieces with descriptive titles
Lonely Flowers, Dreaming, Wild Hunt (e.g., Liszt, “Wild Hunt”)
Often Grouped into sets
(e.g. R. Schumann, Carneval) with Eusebius, Florestan, Chopin

14. IV. Innovations in Writing Music for Piano
A. Melody in LH, Accompaniment in RH
B. The “3-hand Trick”
C. Rapidly Changing Harmony or Static Slowly Changing
Harmony
D. Double notes
E. Octaves and Double Octaves
F. Effects Using the Damper (Right) Pedal

15. V. A Piece You Can Never Hear:
Chopin Prelude in f minor, Op. 28, no. 18
Performance #1
Period 1= 3 Phrases (short, short, longer)
Period 2= varies phrase 1
Short Phrases w. Loud Chords Punctuating
Octaves with short-note motive ( ____)
Ascending Transition (based on ____)
Climax
Downward Arpeggio and loud staccato notes
Two-Chord Final Cadence (minor key)

16. V. A Piece You Can Never Hear:
Chopin Prelude in f minor, Op. 28, no. 18
Performance #2
Period 1= 3 Phrases (short, short, longer)
Period 2= varies phrase 1
Short Phrases w. Loud Chords Punctuating
Octaves with short-note motive ( ____)
Ascending Transition (based on ____)
Climax
Downward Arpeggio and loud staccato notes
Two-Chord Final Cadence (minor key)

17. V. A Piece You Can Never Hear:
Chopin Prelude in f minor, Op. 28, no. 18
Performance #3
Period 1= 3 Phrases (short, short, longer)
Period 2= varies phrase 1
Short Phrases w. Loud Chords Punctuating
Octaves with short-note motive ( ____)
Ascending Transition (based on ____)
Climax
Downward Arpeggio and loud staccato notes
Two-Chord Final Cadence (minor key)

18. V. A Piece You Can Never Hear:
Chopin Prelude in f minor, Op. 28, no. 18
Performance #4
Period 1= 3 Phrases (short, short, longer)
Period 2= varies phrase 1
Short Phrases w. Loud Chords Punctuating
Octaves with short-note motive ( ____)
Ascending Transition (based on ____)
Climax
Downward Arpeggio and loud staccato notes
Two-Chord Final Cadence (minor key)