MUSIC 9
QUARTER 3
EVA GAOAT
TEACHER I
Musical Elements of
Given Romantic Period
Pieces, Performance
Practice, and Other Art
Forms
OBJECTIVES:
Objectives:
• Describe the music of the Romantic period in
terms of the different musical elements.
• Discuss the setting, composition, role of
composers and audience during Romantic Era.
• Explore other sources such as media and arts
that portray Romantic period.
• Relates Romantic music to other art forms and
its history within the era.
Guide Question:
What are the elements of music from the
Romantic period?
Who are the composers during the
Romantic Period?
What other art forms aside from the music
itself that can be used in performing
musical pieces?
PRE-ASSESMENT
True or False. Analyze the following
statements if it describes the musical style
and characteristics of the Romantic Period.
Write TRUE if the statement describes
Romantic Period and FALSE, if the
statement does not.
_________1.
TRUE Nationalism is evidently shown in
some compositions.
_________2.
FALSE Romantic music is monophonic,
plain, and repetitive
_________3.
TRUE A romantic piece has elaborated
harmonic progressions.
_________4.
TRUE The size of the orchestra has
expanded to about 100 musicians to
accommodate the artistic requirement of the
composition.
FALSE
_________5. Melodies were written in one single
_________
TRUE 6. There is a fast change in keys
and modulations.
_________
FALSE 7. Melodies are highly
ornamented, and texture is primarily
polyphonic.
FALSE
_________ 8. Basso continuo is used in
composing
FALSE music.
_________ 9. Harpsichord is the most used
instrument
FALSE in instrumental music
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Lesson 1:
Musical
Elements of
Given
Romantic
Period Pieces
ELEMENTS OF MUSIC
IN THE CONTEXT OF
ROMANTIC PERIOD
Instrumentation/Timbre: The size of
the orchestra doubled in number and
also exploited tone color of new
instruments such as the piccolo and
contrabassoon to add more tone color.
Melody: Longer and more elaborate
melodies were explored to create more
expression. It also had expanded range
from low sounds to very high melodies.
Tempo and Dynamics: The tempo and
dynamics were expanded to allow
composers to showcase more emotions.
In tempo, rubato is used in order to give
more emotional expression. Rubato is the
sudden holding back or pressing forward
from its original tempo.
Emotional expression – this became
more important than formal structural
considerations as composers rebelled
against the formal restraint of the
classical period.
New structures/forms – rhapsody,
nocturne, song cycle
Increasingly elaborate harmonic
progressions
Larger range in pitch (could be
very easily expressed on the piano).
Nationalism in music – some
composers sought to use their
compositions to celebrate their
countries
Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2
By Frederic Chopin
[Link]
How can you describe the melody of the
excerpt you just listened to?
How can you describe the tempo? Was
there any change in the tempo?
How can you describe the dynamics? Was
there any change in the dynamics?
What were the prominent instruments that
you heard in the video?
Lesson 2:
Performance
Practice during
the Romantic
Period
SETTING OF THE ROMANTIC
PERIOD
The vast changes in politics, society, and economy during the
19th century have greatly affected the arts. In music, those
changes caused a great shift in the way composers create music
and the audience listen to it. Changes in the political system of
Europe greatly affected the way musicians made their living. The
nobility and aristocrats, who once funded composers and
orchestras, gradually lost their powers and wealth. Concerts
also became more of public events rather than private parties of
the elite or the church. Composers of the period have to do
additional work and cannot rely anymore on the patronage of the
wealthy upper class.
Houses of the middle class became important places of
music making in this period. Chamber works, music for a small
group of musicians, are often performed as entertainment in these
places. The piano became the favorite instrument for both
professional and amateur musicians. Middle class families often
enrolled their children to private piano lessons. Hence, the wider
public became more exposed to music and began to acquire
music literacy.
Here are some famous piano works of the period:
1. F. Chopin: Etude in E major op. 10 no.3
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2. F. Liszt: Liebestraum
The Romantic music genre called tone poem or symphonic
poem best captured this idea. Tone poem or symphonic poem is
a kind of program music commonly written for orchestra which is
inspired by ideas or scenes from stories, poems and even
sceneries. To convey these ideas, composers made use for a
much wider range of dynamics, varied articulation markings,
and chromatic harmonies. Moreover, the size of the orchestra
became relatively bigger and other instrument groups within the
orchestra such as woodwinds and percussion were given main
parts of the piece. For the next succeeding years, composers
preferred to compose instrumental music over vocal music. Thus,
the Romantic period paved the way for the rise of prestige of
instrumental music.
The Romantic era is also notable because of
the rise of the virtuoso. The concept of the
virtuoso, one who is highly skilled in arts, was
highlighted and redefined during this period. The
virtuoso became a title associated with a
performer having a highly technical and
sophisticated skill in music so brilliant that
he/she is able to mesmerize the audience.
Notable virtuosos of the period include violinist
Nicolo Paganini and pianist Franz Liszt.
Here is an example of a piece
composed by LISZT, inspired by the
virtuosic violin playing of Paganini. It is
one of the most difficult pieces written
for the piano
Etude no. 3 from the 6 Grandes Etudes de
Paganini
Other composers during
the Romantic Period
Niccolo Paganini Franz Liszt Johannes Brahms
A lot of program music was composed and
became famous during that time. Some of the
notable ones were set to ballet like Peter Illych
Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker Suite” and Camille Saint-
Saens’ “ ”.
Romantic composers felt free to stretch and twist
the Classical Musical Forms. They were searching
for a way to grow their identity through their songs,
one that was familiar to the audience
Lesson 3:
Connection
between Romantic
Music to Other Art
Forms and Its
History within the
Era
When you hear Romantic music what comes into to your
mind? Which of the following words can best describe a
Romantic music? Choose one and explain.
Passionate Stressed Freedom of
Emotion Expression
Showing
Nationalism Play Art
Literature
Imagination
Feelings Love Song
Emotional
Expression
Music of the Romantic Period is described as a
cultural movement that stressed emotion, imagination,
individualism, and freedom of expression. These
characteristics are evident in music, visual art, and
literature of the era.
An important political movement during this
period is nationalism which has also influenced the
arts. The visual arts of the Romantic Era reflected the
tension and nationalism, war and revolution that swept
across Europe from the French revolution (1789)
through the mid-century revolutions.
Nationalism in music was expressed when
composers included in their work their homeland’s
folk songs, dances, legends, and other materials
depicting their national identity. An example of this is
Frederic Chopin’s “
At this core, the composers of the Romantic Era
saw music as a means of individual and emotional
expression. Indeed, they considered music the art
form most capable of expressing the full range of
human emotion. As a result, romantic composers
broadened the scope of emotional content. Music was
expected to communicate to the audience, often by
using a narrative form that told distinct stories
The following Art Form can be related
to the Music of the Romantic period
Ballet: ballet became a marriage of
dynamic technique and dramatic
storytelling. This was the birth of the story
ballet. The Romantic Era was a time of
fantasy, supernaturalism and exoticism.
The stories of the time dealt with issues of
good vs. evil, man vs. nature and society
vs. the supernatural. Women became the
superstars of the ballet with the
introduction of pointework, a style of
dancing on the tip of the toes which gave
the illusion of floating.
WHAT ARE SOME FAMOUS BALLET WORKS
DURING THE ROMANTIC ERA?
Swan Lake was Tchaikovsky’s first ballet
score. Considering its success today, it's hard
to believe that it wasn’t an immediate hit –
but the story of Odette, a princess turned
into a swan by an evil sorcerer's curse, was
an initial box office failure.
POST-TEST
Read the question carefully and choose the
correct answer.
C
______1. Frederic Chopin wrote most of his music for this instrument. What
instrument is this?
A. Flute B. Orchestra C. Piano D. Violin
D 2. What does the term “Nationalism“ mean in relation to music
______
during the Romantic
period/era?
B. being patriotic
C. having a strong feeling for one’s nation
D. pride in one’s own composition
E. using folk songs, dances, legends from the composer’s
homeland to the compositions
B 3. Name the composer who bridged the Classical period to the
______
Romantic Period.
A. Bach B. Beethoven C. Berlioz D. Bruckner
D 4. Which of these is NOT a characteristic of the Romantic Period?
______
A. Composers had freedom in writing and designed an intense personal
expression of self-emotion
B. Music is related to other art form especially literature
C. Forms are more expansive and is freely treated
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______ 5. Which of the following is NOT a type of Program music?
D cycle
E. Song C. Concert overture
F. Symphonic poem D. Incidental music
C 6. It is an instrumental composition that conveys the images, or
______
scenes, a story without text or lyrics. What kind of Romantic music is this?
A. Violin and string Music C. Program Music
B. Piano Music D. Instrumental Music
B 7. Who among the following composers is regarded as the "Poet of
______
the Piano"?
C. Peter Tchaikovsky C. Hector Berlioz
[Link] Chopin D. Robert Schumann
D 8. Which of the following is a characteristic of a romantic music?
______
A. It appreciates the artworks.
B. It develops the skill of the composers.
C. It enriches the knowledge of the musician.
D. It portrays literature, history, emotional, and nature
C 9. What period of music refers to the cultural movement that
______
stressed emotion, imagination, individualism, and freedom of expression?
A. Music of Classical Period C. Music of Romantic Period
B. Music of Medieval Period D. Music of Baroque Period
A 10. What kind of music is Symphonie Fantastique?
______
A. Program music C. Piano Music
B. String Music D. Violin Music
PERFORMANCE
TASK
Listen to the composition of
Chopin’s “No Other Love” (Etude
Op. 10, No. 3 in E major) and draw
your interpretation about the
music and write a short description
about it in a separate sheet of
paper.
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Description is well constructed
and easy to read and
understand.
Drawing expressed the mood of
the composition.
Drawing is creative and clean.
GENERALIZATION:
Romanticism emphasizes on the ability to express
one’s emotion, imagination, and even nationalism, due
to the turn of events of the 1800s. Therefore, these
composers felt free to change and twist the Classical
musical forms in their own ways and explore different
ways to use sound and change musical elements. These
include adding more instruments to the orchestra or
highlighting on one single instrument. Expanding the use
of tempo and dynamics, providing drastic melodic
changes and colorful harmonic progressions through
chromaticism.
References:
● Learners’ material for Music and Arts 9
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c-period-of-music
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val-modern/chapter/romantic-era-explored/
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tchaikovsky/guides/tchaikovsky-facts/
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