Romantic Era.pptx

ROMANTI C ERA

HISTORICAL- CULTURAL BACKGROUND OF INSTRUMENTAL ROMANTIC MUSIC The Romantic Movement was an intellectual, artistic and literary movemrnt that started in the second half of the 16th century in Europe. It gained momentum when people reacted against the Industrical Revolution. It started as a literary movement in Germany in the late 18 th century when Romativ ideas spread from Germany to other European countries. People at the tume were rebelling against social and political standards of the Classical Period. They believed in expressing their imaginations and passion and in expressing it in their artwork like literature, arts, education, and music.

HOW IS ROMANTIC ERA MUSIC RELATED TO ITS HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL BACKGROUND?

As a result of the social and political standards of the 18 th century, Romantic-era music became the result of a period of change. People in the Romantic Era moved away from the standards of balance and restraint prominent during the Classical Period by allowing artistic freedom and experimentation. Music melody became a dominant characteristics of music and it became very expressive.

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WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF INSTRUMENTAL ROMATIC MUSIC?

Noteworthy are the music characteristics attributed to Romaticism. These characteristics include themes that focused on national identity, surrender to nature, the mystic and supernatural, a longing for the infinite, the strange and surprising, spiritual experiences, and subjectivism. During the Romantic Era musicians started new ways foe expressing music like lengths of compositions, new ways to harmonize, and tonal relationships.

WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF INSTRUMENTAL ROMATIC MUSIC Composers increased the use of dissonance and extended chromaticism in the melody and experimented on the creation new ways to produce sounds using existing musical instruments. The Romantic Era was also the time composers tried to use various tone colors. As a result, new forms of music proliferated like the symphonic poem, an orchestral piece that conveyed a story. Another form of music is the art song, a vocal composition that gives premium on symbolic meanings attached on the lyrics and the focusing of virtuoso and lastly, the popularization of the gifted performers who can sing or play intruments like the piano and the violin.

WHAT ARE THE MUSICAL ELEMENTS OF ROMANTIC-ERA MUSIC?

Elements of the Romantic-Era gave way to changes in vocal music. The art song became lyrical, and composers gave efforts to associate the music text to its musical counterpart. Here are some of its elements: First, compared to the dramatic tones of the operaa, the melody tones became more lyrical. Poetry was converted into a form that may be emotionalized through music. Next, use of the piano as accompaniment resulted to the adding of emotion, mood, and meaning to the melody through of the use of harmonic, rhythmic, and melodic material independent of the voice.

WHAT WERE THE PERFORMANCE PRACTICES DURING THE ROMANTIC ERA?

Romantic music composers found themselves essentially compelled to use sharp contrasts. This may be found in the use of dynamics as composers sought to include expressiveness in their composition through the use of abrupt changes in music volume. Other than volume, contrasts were also found in the use of range of pitch, as compositions contained extreme use of high or low sounds,.

WHAT IS PROGRAM MUSIC? Program music is a form of instrumental music that is intended to express a story or image that depicts the theme and scenes in a literary text. Program music refers to the Romantic-era European musical work. An example of this is Fantastic Symphony by Hector Belfoz.

ARE THERE OTHER ARTS THAT PORTRAY ROMANTIC ERA MOVEMENT? Romantic era influences on pop music may not prove easy to pinpoint as modern music embody elements coming from a number of past movements. However, New Romanticism, a branch of pop culture, was found in the British nightclub scene from 1979 to 1981. Accordingly, it was a counter-movement to punk. Examples of musicians representing New Romanticism include Boy George, Spandau Ballet, Duran Duran, Visage, and Peter Robinson. Helen Robinson’s Covent Garden shop, PX, propagated fashion designs representing Romatic themes .

MUSICIANS REPRESENTING NEW ROMANTICISM

Boy George

Spandau Ballet

MUSICIANS REPRESENTING NEW ROMANTICISM

Duran Duran

Peter Robinson