1. Chapter 25
Listen to Music
of the Romantic Era

2. The Romantic Era 19th Century Increasing dissonance
Emotional expression emphasized
Collective Cultural Consciousness
Movie: Australia
Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations: IX: Nimrod

3. Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Often grouped in Classical Era
Ave Maria (Hail Mary)
Poet: Sir Walter Scott ( )
Symphony
Composed 8 ½ Symphonies
Symphony No. 9 in C Major “The Great”
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor “Unfinished”
I: Allegro Moderato

4. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy 1809-1947
Fanny Mendelssohn equally gifted
Leading musician around Berlin
1829 Conducted
Bach: St Matthew Passion
Compositions
4 Symphonies
2 Oratorios
Violin Concerto in E Minor

5. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy 1809-1947
Featured music:
Hebrides Overture “Fingal’s Cave,” Op. 75
Overture to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

6. Wedding Music Felix Mendelssohn Richard Wagner Johann Pachelbel
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Wedding March
Richard Wagner
Lohengrin: Bridal Chorus
Johann Pachelbel
Canon in D
Jeremiah Clark
Trumpet Volunary

7. Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) Paris Conservatory: Prix de Rome Composer
Roman Carnival Overture
Beatrice & Benedict Overture
Romeo & Juliet Overture
Harold in Italy (viola solo)
The Trojans (opera
Conductor
Critic
Revered everywhere except France

8. Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) Symphonie Fantastique Harriet Smithson
Idee’ Fixe
I: Reveries – Passions (Daydreams & Passions)
II: Un bal (a ball)
III: Scène aux champs (Scene in the country)
IV: Marche au supplice (March to the scaffold)
V: Songe d'une nuit de sabbat (Dream of a witches' sabbath)

9. Fredric Chopin (1810-1849) Polish, worked in Paris
Dedicated to the piano
Aurore Dudevant
(George Sand)
Fashionable teacher
Preferred small venues
Waltz in D-flat Major “Minute Waltz”
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor
III: Marche funebre, Lento

10. Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Hungarian (Esterhazy) Child prodigy
Romantic Era rockstar
Father of the Tone Poem
Hamlet Prometheus Orpheus
Amazing piano technique (huge hands)
Transcendental Etude No. 10 in F Minor

11. Robert & Clara Schumann
Robert Schumann ( )
Studied with Clara’s father, Friedrich Wieck
Great love story
Composed:
Lieder
Piano works
4 symphonies
Opera
New Music Journal

12. Robert & Clara Schumann
Clara Wieck Schumann ( )
Robert & Clara befriended Johannes Brahms
Robert had mental illness (institutionalized after suicide attempts)
Supported herself and seven children playing piano
The Priestess

13. Robert & Clara Schumann
Robert Schumann
Album for the Young: The Merry Peasant
Traumerai: Dreaming from Scenes of Childhood
A Poet’s Love: In the Lovely Month of May
Clara Schumann
Sonata in G Minor: I: Allegro

14. Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Pianist (accompanist) Composer
Friend of the Schumanns
Dedicated to classical ideals
Beethoven’s 10th?
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor
I: Un poco sostenuto: Allegro

15. Johann Strauss, Jr. (1825-1899) The Waltz King
Operetta: Die Fleidermaus
Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
The Blue Danube
2001 Space Odyssey
Tales from the Vienna Woods

16. Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) German bridge between Romantic & Modern eras
Conductor:
Vienna State Opera
Metropolitan Opera
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Composer:
Lieder
9 Symphonies
Symphony No. 1 in D Major
Feierlich und gemessen

17. Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Tone Poems Also Sprach Zarathustra
2001: A Space Odyssey
Don Quixote
Till Eulenspiegels Merry Pranks
Don Juan
Opera
Der Rosenkavalier
Salome’
Dance of the Seven Veils