1. Romantic Period 1820 - 1900

3. Romantic Period Expressiveness more important than form & order Expressed emotion with little restraint Describes things like nature, a scene or a feeling Music given specific titles instead of being named by the form Growing use of folk music Beethoven & Schubert can be considered Romantic composers because their music transitioned into the Romantic style

4. Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Born in Vienna, Austria Although he was born during the Classical period, his music fits the Romantic period Learned to play violin, piano & organ

5. Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Wrote form of music called lieder, plural for lied, a German song for singer & piano accompaniment. Most lieder were love songs about roses, mill streams or other pretty things, but some of them were about nasty spirits in the wood, broken hearts, etc.

6. Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Not well known while alive Only gave one public concert Had a hard time finding someone who would publish his music The music that was published did not sell very well

7. Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Even though he died at a young age, he wrote lots of music 19 string quartets, 10 operas, many piano sonatas, chamber music & song Die Forelle (“The Trout”) Gretchen am Spinnrade (“Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel”) “Unfinished” Symphony (only did 2 movements)