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Literary Musicians

Literary Musicians. Berlioz’s Literary Trinity. Hector Berlioz ( 1803–1869 ) literary influences and program music Virgil Les Troyens ( 1856–58 ) Shakespeare Le roi Lear (1831) Roméo et Juliette (1839) Béatrice et Bénédict (1862) Goethe La damnation de Faust (1846).

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Literary Musicians

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  1. Literary Musicians

  2. Berlioz’s Literary Trinity • Hector Berlioz (1803–1869) • literary influences and program music • Virgil • Les Troyens(1856–58) • Shakespeare • Le roi Lear (1831) • Roméo et Juliette (1839) • Béatrice et Bénédict(1862) • Goethe • La damnation de Faust (1846)

  3. Berlioz’s Fantastic First Symphony • Symphoniefantastique(1830) [Anthology 2-39] • Episode in the Life of an Artist: Fantastic Symphony in Five Movements • idée fixe • Harriet Smithson

  4. Berlioz’s Fantastic First Symphony • Symphoniefantastique(1830) [Anthology 2-39] • 1. Reveries—Passions • 2. A ball • 3. Scene in the country • 4. March to the scaffold • 5. Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath • Dies Irae

  5. Berlioz’s Fantastic First Symphony • Symphoniefantastique(1830) [Anthology 2-39] • Orchestration • expanded wind and brass sections • four harps • five percussionists • special effects with mutes, slides, and bowing

  6. Following the Idée Fixe • “reminiscence motive” • appears in all five movements

  7. Discriminating Romanticisms • Schumann’s review of the Symphoniefantastique • NeueZeitschriftfürMusik(1835) • Program vs. absolute music

  8. The Prodigious Mendelssohn • Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847) • “The Mozart of the nineteenth century” • Octet in E♭Major for Strings, Op. 20 (1825) • Overtue to A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1826) • Concert Overture

  9. The Prodigious Mendelssohn • Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847) • Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1826 [Anthology 2-40] • later added incidental music

  10. The Prodigious Mendelssohn • Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847) • Calm Sea and Prosperous Overture (1828) • Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) (1829) • Fair MelusineOverture • Symphony No. 3 in A Minor “Scottish” • Symphony No. 4 in A Major “Italian” • LiderohneWorte (Songs without Words)

  11. The Prodigious Mendelssohn • Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847) • 1833: Appointed Music Director of Düsseldorf • 1835: Appointed chief conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus orchestra concerts • 1843: director of the Leipzig conservatory • 1843: director of the Berlin Cathedral Choir and conductor of Symphonic subscriptions concerts

  12. Mendelssohn’s Paulus and Civic Nationalism • Paulus(1832–1836) [Anthology 2-41] • oratorio • allegory of the German nation • Lutheran chorales • “Wachet auf, ruftuns die Stimme”

  13. Nationalism Takes a Racial Turn • “Das Judenthum in derMusik” (Judaism in Music) (1850) • K. Freigedank (Richard Wagner)

  14. Schumann and Literature • Robert Schumann (1811–1856) • Early piano studies with Friedrich Wieck • Marriage to Clara Wieck (1840) • music critic for NeueZeitschriftfürMusik • Davisbund(League of David) • Florestan • Eusebius • Master Raro

  15. Music of Letters • Carnival,Op. 9 (1833–34) • (A, A♭,B, C, E♭) • (SCH)umann, Asch

  16. The Piano Fantasie, Op. 17 • [Anthology 2-42] • 3-movement work • (Ruins, Trophies, Palms) • Schlegel’s “Die Gebüsche” • Through all the sounds In the motley dream of earthly life There sounds a soft, long drawn-out sound For the one who overhears in secret

  17. Schumann’s “Year of Song” • First 23 published opuses were piano pieces • 1840 devoted almost entirely to song • 1841 “symphony year” • 1842 primarily chamber music • 1843 oratorio • 1848 dramatic music

  18. Schumann’s “Year of Song” • 1840 • Nearly 150 songs • Heinrich Heine, Buchder Lieder • Dichterliebe(Poet’s Love) [Anthology 2-43] • ImwonderschonenMonat Mai • Die alten, bösen Lieder

  19. Schumann’s Last Years • Large-scale dramatic compositions • Das Paradies und die Peri(1843) • ScenenausGoethes Faust (1844–53) • Genoveva (1848) • Manfred • Attempted suicide in 1854, spent his final 2 years in an asylum

  20. Genius Restrained • Fanny Mendelssohn (1805–1847) • 500 compositions • 250 songs • 125 piano works • string quartet, piano trio, orchestral overture

  21. Genius Restrained • Clara Wieck Schumann (1819–1896) • virtuoso pianist • variations sets, piano concerto, songs • Eristgekommen in Sturm und Regen [Anthology 2-44]

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