1. The Romantic Period

2. MAP IN 1800

3. MAP IN 1900

4. Romantic Music:
Politically, there were many new small countries forming.
Economically, it was becoming easier for the common people to rise to higher levels of society.
Socially, those who were previously the “commoners” were no longer dependent on the nobility for employment.
Politically there were many new small countries forming. They were proud of their land, proud of their heritage, and protective of their boundaries.
Economically it was becoming easier for the common people to rise to higher levels of society. Exploration and trade were bringing wealth to many and factories were helping to employ others.
Those who were previously the “commoners” were no longer dependent on the nobility for employment.

5. Music in Romantic Society
The ability to make and control their own wealth allowed people to have money to use for entertainment.
Concert halls made concert attendance available to the everyone.
Composers no long had to write for the patron or the wealthy. They could write what the people wanted to hear.

6. Romantic Orchestra Woodwinds Brass 1–2 Piccolo 4–8 French horns
3–4 Flutes
3–6 Trumpets
3–4 Oboes
3–4 Trombones
3–4 Clarinets
1–2 Tubas
of various kinds
0-4 Wagner tubas
3–4 Bassoons
Contrabassoon
Keyboards: piano, celesta
2 Harps
What do you notice about this orchestra arrangement?

7. Romantic Orchestra Percussion Strings 4 or more Timpani 16 Violins 1
Snare drum
14 Violins 2
Bass drum
12 Violas
Cymbals
12 Cellos
Triangle
10 Double basses
Tambourine
Glockenspiel
Xylophone
Tubular bells
What do you notice about this orchestra arrangement?

8. Wagner Tuba

9. The Romantic Period
Music of deep feeling
Nationalism

10. The Romantic Period
Music that told stories
Program Music

11. Virtuosity The Romantic Period 1825-1900
Music that gave performers a chance for exciting playing
Virtuosity

12. For each composer --- You will need to know: His name
His country of origin
His nickname (if he has one)
The name of a composition he wrote
What kind of a music he wrote
Virtuoso music
Nationalistic music
Program music

13. Virtuoso composers (pages 53-56)
The first three composers we will talk about are virtuoso composers:
Franz Liszt
Frederick Francois Chopin
Niccolo Paganini

14. Virtuosity Niccolo Paganini Born in Genoa, Italy on October 27, 1782
Died in Nice, France on May 27, 1840
Nicknamed “The Devil Himself”
He was a virtuoso violinist.

15. Virtuosity Frederic Francois Chopin
Born in Zelazowa Wola, Poland on March 1, 1810
Died in Paris, France on October 17, 1849
Nicknamed “The Poet of the Piano”
He was a virtuoso pianist.

16. Virtuosity Franz Liszt Born in Raiding, Hungary on October 22, 1811
Died in Bayreuth, Germany on July 31, 1886
Nicknamed “The Lion of the Keyboard”
He was a virtuoso pianist.

17. Franz Liszt

18. Franz Liszt Born in Raiding, Hungary on October 22, 1811
Died in Bayreuth, Germany on July 31, 1886
He was a virtuoso pianist and violinist

19. Franz Liszt

20. Franz Liszt

21. Franz Liszt

22. Franz Liszt
Composition:
Hungarian Rhapsody #2

23. “The Lion of the Keyboard”

24. Key Words for Liszt Esterhazy Salieri Czerny Paris Conservatory
Father’s death
Paganini and Chopin
Priest
Conservatory of Music in Budapest
Pneumonia