reaches its heights and European powers fight for world domination
The commoners overthrow the monarchy in place of a government
takes people away from their villages and homeland to work in factories in the cities
A rejection of the rich and powerful occurs
instead of wealthy employers -they can write what they want, not what they’re paid to
and celebrate it’s beauty
-the “symphonic poem” instead of four movement symphony -extremes encouraged in tempos, dynamics, texture to break the classical Breaking the old harmonic rules “Virtuosos” are best suited to go beyond what has been done before
-composers base works on folk songs, dances, fairy tales from their heritage
Made the transition from classical to Romantic Moonlight Sonata and the 9 th Symphony began breaking the rules
Polish Piano composer and teacher “Prelude #15” countless pieces for piano
Russian -The 1812 Overture Based on Napoleon’s unsuccessful attempt to conquer Russia
Traditional Russian Ballet Fantastical Represents the Russians defeating the French (rats)
Virtuoso Pianist “Hungarian Rhapsody” Based on folk songs and dances from his native country Let’s listen for extremes