1. The Romantic Period

2. Composers
Wagner
Schubert
Mahler

3. The Romantic Period The Romantic Period saw a lot of change.
Industrial Revolution
Also know as The Age of Enlightenment
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4. Romantic Music Main Features

5. Orchestra Orchestra got bigger & DOUBLED in size
Instruments added included:
- Piccolo
- Cor anglais
- Bass clarinet
- Double/contra bassoon
- Tuba

6. BEFORE…
Classical Orchestra

7. Romantic Orchestra
Romantic Orchestra

8. Also new…
Conductor frequently allowed more dynamics and speed changes

9. Programme Music
There were Close links between art, literature and music lead to programme music. Music often told a story and this was full of expression, dynamics and emotions…key to Romantic Music.
Music was often based on paintings or stories.

10. La Mer - Debussy

11. Important Concepts Strophic: Verse – chorus – verse
Through Composed: Where the music is different throughout the piece and there is little or no repetition.

12. Important Concepts Dissonance: A chord where the notes clash.
Cross Rhythms: Term used to describe the effect of two notes being played against three (e.g. in piano music it might be groups of two quavers in the right hand and groups of triplets in the left hand).

13. Important Concepts
Whole Tone Scale: Where the melody moved in tones (whole steps – gives feeling of space)
Chromatic Scale: Where the melody moves in semitones (half-steps – sounds like a spider crawling)

14. Tone/Semitone

15. Scales Don’t forget all your other scales! Major Minor
Pentatonic (Scottish)
Whole Tone
Chromatic

16. Important Concepts
Rubato: No sense of pulse or beat (Definition: A rhythmic give and take in a phrase allowing more expression.)

17. Summary Orchestra doubled in size
Emotion & expression very important (dynamics, textures etc)
Links to art & music were very important and music often sounded like it was telling a story.

18. Follow Up…
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