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Part 7 The Nineteenth Century The Enjoyment of Music 10 th, Shorter Edition

Unit XV The Romantic Movement “Music, of all the liberal arts, has the greatest influence over the passions. ” —Napoleon Bonaparte The Enjoyment of Music 10 th, Shorter Edition

40. The Spirit of Romanticism • French Revolution, bourgeois society “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity” • Romantic poets and artists turned to the passionate and fanciful • Bohemian artists • Novelists – – – Hugo Emily Brontë Tolstoy Dumas Coleridge Hawthorne – Poe The Enjoyment of Music 10 th, Shorter Edition

40. Romanticism in Music • Industrial Revolution Valves added to brass instruments Cast-iron frame and thicker strings in piano The Enjoyment of Music 10 th, Shorter Edition

40. Romanticism in Music • • Music conservatories in Europe and the Americas Orchestral size Music moved from palace and church to concert hall New levels of expression Art of orchestration The Enjoyment of Music 10 th, Shorter Edition

40. Romanticism in Music • Nationalistic folklore and exotic subjects Folk songs and dances Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, No. 2 Smetana: The Moldau Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite, No. 1, “Ase’s Death” The Enjoyment of Music 10 th, Shorter Edition

Romantic Style Traits “We have learned to express the more delicate nuances of feeling by penetrating more deeply into the mysteries of harmony. ” —Robert Schumann • • • Memorable melodies Expressive harmony Expanded forms Making instruments “sing” Chromaticism and dissonance Verdi: “La donna è mobile” Wagner: Prelude to Tristan and Isolde Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, II Wagner. Die Walküre, Act I • Longer symphonies The Enjoyment of Music 10 th, Shorter Edition

The Musician in Society • Rise of the virtuoso soloist and amateur music making – Public concert hall and salons – Musicians and audience as equals – Soloists and conductors idolized • Felix Mendelssohn, Liszt, Paganini Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1 Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, No. 2 • Amateur music making Franz Liszt The Enjoyment of Music 10 th, Shorter Edition

Women in Music • Performers, teachers, composers Clara Schumann Amy Cheney Beach Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel The Enjoyment of Music 10 th, Shorter Edition

Women in Music • Patrons – George Sand – Carolyne Sayn-Wittgenstein – Nadezhda von Meck The Enjoyment of Music 10 th, Shorter Edition

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