How Do You Express Your Feelings ?
What did you feel when these
emotions are not expressed ?
VOCAL MUSIC OF
THE ROMANTIC
PERIOD
Vocal music is one of the best
tools for expressing one’s
feelings.
This form of expression
became more evident during
the Romantic Period.
The Parallelism of
music and literature
were clearly evident in
almost during the
Romantic Period.
Musical Compositions such as:
The art song was written for
solo voice and piano.
Arts song has its inspiration
from poetry in this period.
Vocal music in this period require
singers to perform a greater
range.
Tone of Color
Dynamics and Pitch
The birth of opera
houses came.
It was the place where
all the arts converged:
OPERA COMPOSERS
OF THE ROMANTIC
PERIOD
Franz Peter Schubert
Born: January 31, 1797
Himmelpfortgrund, Austria
Died: 1828 in Vienna, Austria
at age 31.
Lieder, (German word for song- The
proper name of his songs
He developed lieders so that they had
a powerful dramatic impact on the
listeners.
He tapped the poetry of writers like
Johann Goethe.
His Famous Vocal Music works/ Lieder
were:
“Gretchen am Spinnrade”
“ Erlkonig”
“ Ellens Gesang III” (“Ave Maria”)
“ Schwanenge Sang (“Swan Song”)
Giuseppe Verdi
Born: Parma. Italy on
October 9, 1813.
A name associated with Romantic
opera.
His characters are neither stock roles nor
symbols like those found in German Operas.
He insisted on a good libreo.
He wrote operas with political overtones
and for middle- class audience.
He studied in Busseto and later went
to Milan where his first opera. “ Oberto” was
performed in La Scala.
Almost all of his works are serious love
story with unhappy ending.
Expressing Vocal Melody is the Soul of a
Verdi Opera.
His much acclaimed works are;
“La Traviata”
“Rigoleo”
“Falsta”
“Otello and Aida”
Giacomo Puccini
Born in a poor family on
December 22, 1858 in Lucca,
Italy.
He studied at the Milan
Conservatory. He belonged
to a group of composers
who stressed realism.
His Famous Operas were;
“La Boheme”
“Tosca”
“Madame Buerfly”
“Turandot”
Richard Wagner
Born: Leipzig, Germany on
May 22, 1813.
Died of a heart attack on
february 13, 1883.
He introduced new ideas in Harmony
and in Form
He also explored the limits of the
traditional tonal system that gave keys and
chords.
He was and advocate of a new form of
opera which called “ Music Drama”.
The expressiveness is aided by the use
of “leitmotifs” or musical sequences
standing for a particular character/plot
element.
His Famous works are;
“Tristan and Isolde”
“Die Walkyrie”
“Die Meistersingers”
“Tannhauser and Parsifal”
George Bizet
Was registered with the
legal name
Alexandre-Cesar-Leopold
Bizet, but he was baptized
Georges Bizet.
Born on October 25, 1838 in
Paris.
He entered the Paris Conservatory of
music at very young age.
Bizet became famous for his Operas.
His famous Opera is “Carmen”.
During the first round of
“Carmen” performances, Bizet
died (June 3, 1875).
He was only 36 .
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