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Introduction to Music

Introduction to Music. Romantic Era Overview. Tentative!. Romantic Era & Middle Ages/Renaissance Schedule. Wednesday March 12 Exam 2 post, Part 5: Romantic Ch. 1, 2 Friday March 14 Rom 3 , 4, 6, 10, 12 Monday March 24 Rom Ch. 6, 7 , 9, 10

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Introduction to Music

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  1. Introduction to Music Romantic Era Overview

  2. Tentative! Romantic Era & Middle Ages/Renaissance Schedule Wednesday March 12 Exam 2 post, Part 5: Romantic Ch. 1, 2 Friday March 14 Rom 3, 4, 6, 10, 12 Monday March 24 Rom Ch. 6, 7, 9, 10 Wednesday March 26 Rom Ch. 12, 13, 17 FridayMarch 28 Rom Ch. 18, Part 2: Middle Ages Monday March 31 Part 2: Middle Ages, Renaissance Wednesday April 2Part 2: Renaissance Friday April 4 Rom wrap-up/review Monday April 7 Exam 3—Romantic Era, Middle Ages, Renaissance

  3. 19thC Romanticism--an overview 1. Revolutionary spirit--dissatisfaction w/ Classical era’s restraints 2. Industrialization agrarian to industrial economy; move to cities explosive urban growth wretched living conditions larger, wealthier middle class pursuing recreation middle class music-making university training in music 3. Nature Culture preoccupied w/ Dual view:serene, beautiful, alluring awesome, foreboding, dangerous

  4. 19thC Romanticism--an overview

  5. 19thC Romanticism--an overview

  6. 19thC Romanticism--an overview • Mary Shelley • Frankenstein • Sir Walter Scott • Ivanhoe • Victor Hugo • The Hunchback of Notre Dame 4. Artists, musicians, writers drawn to fantasy world & fascination with: the past (esp. middle ages) grotesque, ugly, evil

  7. 19thC Romanticism--an overview

  8. 19thC Romanticism--an overview 5. Age of : emotionalism grandiose, monumental (Eiffel Tower, Crystal Palace, etc.) miniature (short story, tiny art works)

  9. 19thC Romanticism--an overview 1851 Crystal Palaceoriginal photo

  10. Crystal Palace inside

  11. The 19thC Music Business 1. Patronage gone Beethoven--some contributors, but NO patrons Schubert—entirely in free market 2. Music journalism = big business 3. Musical celebrities, “stars,” tour Europe, entertain middle class audiences. What is the connection with journalism? 4. Th/f much music is extremely difficult--for virtuosos 5. Piano = most popular instrument (Every home has a piano!) 6. Instrumental > vocal music

  12. 19thC Music 1. Primary function of music = Evocation of powerful EMOTION Th/f “Message” = more important than form forms = looser formal “grammar,” i.e., forms are not as clear and precise as in classical era 2. Individualism = VIMP Th/f composers develop unique styles 3. Program music popular—chic! 4. Nationalism-- “music with an ethnic flavor” How might a composer achieve this? 5. Exoticism--interest in the unknown, foreign, wild

  13. Composers & their exotic works: • Dvorak (Czech) • New World Symphony (native American themes, melodies) • Rimsky-Korsakov (Russian) • Scheherazade (Arabian) or Capriccio Espagnol (Spanish) • Bizet (French) • Carmen (set in Spain) • Verdi (Italian) • Aida (middle East) • Puccini (Italian) • La Bohème (set in Paris) • Madame Butterfly (set in Japan, American sailor, Japanese woman)

  14. For a GREAT overview of the Romantic, aka “Victorian,” era: Www.victorianstation.com

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