Composers of the Romantic Period
Symphonie Fantastique
Berlioz; passionate, fixed idea present
Hector Berlioz
French Romantic composer; to study medicine, but was "filled with horror"; wrote Symphonie Fantastique; obsessed with Shakespere
Clara Wieck Schumann
German pianist that premiered many works of her husband and Johannes Brahms
Felix Mendelssohn
German; pianist; conducted Bach's "St. Mattew pssion: at 22; balanced music
Robert Schumann
German; piano virtuoso, but developed a hand abnormality and went to composing; married his teacher's daughter when she was 17; tried to kill himself and died 2 years later in an asylum
Johannes Brahms
German; played piano, composed and played dance music in cafes at night; friend of the Schumanns
Franz Liszt
Hungarian; played in Vienna with Schubert and Beethoven; controversial/ bombastic;
Giacomo Puccini
Italian; wrote La Boheme, Madama Butterfly; reflects opera being true to life
Giuseppe Verdi
Italian; wrote Oberto, Rigoletto
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E Minor
Mendelssohn; Sonata, duple meter, calm/ flowing
Frederic Chopin
Poland; shy, gay; died of TB at 39; almost exclusvie piano composer
"Carnaval"
R. Schumann; Italian improvised theater;
Romantic composers
Robert Schumann, Clara Wieck Schumann, Franz Schubert, Chopin, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Berlioz, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Verdi, Puccini, Wagner
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Russian; married a woman, to cover homosexuality; The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet
"Erlkonig"
Schubert-early 1800s; Through-composed Lied based on poem by Goethe; solo piano and voice ;fast four characters - Narratir, father, son, Erlking; dramatic/urgent mood ;triplet rhythm; shifts key for characters
Symphony No. 6 (Pathetique)
Tchaikovsky's final symphony; slow, despairing finale
"Liebst du um Schonheit" (If you love for beauty)
The Schumanns 1st composition that they wrote together; composed of 12 works
Romantic period music
individuality of style; expressive aims and subjects; nationalism and exoticism; program music; expressive tone color; colorful harmony; expanded range of dynamics, pitch and tempo; miniature and monumental forms
Nocturne in E Flat major, Op. 9 No. 2
*night piece* Chopin; slow/ Andante, 12/8 meter, piano
Brahms' Symphony No. 3
A B A form; triple meter 3/8
Franz Schubert
Austrian composer known for his compositions for voice and piano (1797-1828); over 600 lieder; Erlkonig
Polonaise
Chopin; triple meter
Transcendental Etude No. 10, Liszt
finest piano virtuoso piece of the Romantic period
