Romanticism - HIGHSCHOOLMUSICALSTUFF



Romanticism

The Romantic Movement was an artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated at the end of the 18th century in Europe. Romantic thinkers rebelled against rational, objective thought and embraced emotions and intuition. Romantic composers regarded music as a channel for intense feelings, not just as something meant to be pleasing to the ears. Although our modern interpretation of "romantic" is associated with love, flowers, etc, romantic musical compositions also brought out expressions of anger, even hatred.

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Instrumental music

Beethoven was responsible for bridging the gap between the Classical and the Romantic eras. In his music, he tried to achieve a balance between the more structured, clear and strict Classical form and the newer exotic, innovative, and passionate of the Romantic style of music making. In fact, Beethoven’s symphonies were taken as a reference by all the Romantic composers, such as J. Brahms.

Music with a plot or which depicted a scene became important in this era as a way for composers to further display their artistic skill. Opera was not the only medium for expressing this; instrumental music was beginning to do it as well. Composers developed the symphonic poem, which was an orchestral work that conveyed a story without words, Liszt and Berlioz composed several symphonic poems.

     The main instrumental musical traits of the Romantic era were virtuosity, individualism, and nationalism . The orchestra and the piano emerged as the new popular trends of the musical world, while chamber music was less popular than in the past. The piano became more versatile providing a wide dynamic range and the ability to distinguish between loud and soft sounds. Chopin was one of the most famous composers of this period, His keyboard style, which is highly individual, is often technically demanding; his own performances were famous in several European countries.

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Vocal music

The Romantic Era brought further changes in the world of vocal music. Most of vocal music compositions were semi-important forms of the time, while the opera were by far the most important.

The most important Romantic operas were composed in France, Italy and Germany. Italian operas were composed in the traditional way, such as the masterworks of Giuseppe Verdi, while the idea of the German music drama was established by Richard Wagner. The German Romantic opera illustrates the love for dark forests, the echoes of hunters’ horns, the threatening presence of supernatural forces, and the frustrations of pure young love. 

German music drama or total work of art is a work of art that makes use of all or many art forms. Wagner proposed the artwork of the future can only blossom if arts like theater and music work hand in hand with architecture, painting, sculpture and other arts.

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