Romantic Period 1820 1900 Romantic Period Expressiveness more

Romantic Period 1820 - 1900

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

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

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.

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

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)