Department of Education

Region VII
CANDUMAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Canduman, Mandaue City

MUSIC OF THE
ROMANTIC PERIOD
for Music 9

Self Learning Kit

 Foreword
In this module, you as a learner will learn the salient
features of Romantic instrumental musicwhich include
piano and program music. Piano continued to be the
most musical instrument during the Romantic Era
whereas the Program music has a great demand in
most of instrumental composition which includes the
concert overture, the Program symphony, symphonic
poem and incidental music. Hector Berlioz made a
new dimension of creating imaginative music called
"Symphonie Fantastique".

Symphonies are still present and the composers

create variety of sound which is more appealing to
the audience one of which is the composition of
Hector Berlioz, Franz Liszt, and other composer of
Romantic Period.

Romantic era produced great composers who

innovates variety of sounds in piano music, orchestral
music and vocal music as well. FREDRIC CHOPIN,
FRANZ LISZT, CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS, PETER ILYICH
TCHAIKOVSKY and HECTOR BERLIOZ are among the
composers who contribute to the history of music

Nationalism is refelected most in the instrumental

music of Romantic Era.
Objectives
At the end of this module, you as a learner, are expected
to:
⚫ Narrate the life and works of Romantic composers
after the video and movie showing
⚫ Relate Romantic period music to its historical and
cultural background
⚫ Explain the performance practice during the
Romantic period
⚫ Listen perceptively to selected Romantic period
music
⚫ Describe musical elements of given Romantic period
pieces
⚫ Sing themes or melodic fragments of given Romantic
period pieces
⚫ Explore other arts and media that portray romantic
period elements
⚫ Improvise appropriate instrumental accompaniment
to given short and simple Romantic period pieces
Learning competencies
⚫ Describes musical elements of given Romatic period
pieces
⚫ Explains the performance practice during Romantic
period
⚫ Relates romantic music to other art forms and its
history within the era
⚫ Improvises appropriate accompaniment to selected
music from the Romantic period
⚫ Performs selected music from the Romantic period
⚫ Evaluates music and music performances using
guided rubrics
 MUSIC OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD (1820-
1910)

Romantic Period described by some

musicians, composers and researchers
around the world as a cultural
movement that stressed emotion, imagination,
individualism and freedom of expression. It was
characterized by expanding the formal structure within a
composition and making the pieces more passionate
and expressive.
Nationalism is one of the main features of this era. One of
which is the POLONAISE by Frederic Chopin, a dance
composition for piano which is famous in Poland until
today.
Emotions, variety of musical style in compositions,
freedom of expression are only a few things that
characterized the music of the Romatic period. It was
during the heights of popularity of Ludwig van Beethoven,
one of the great composers of Classical period made a
great distinction to change the phase of composing
music by bridging the music from Classical to Romantic
era.
There are some facts about Romantic musical period
that everybody should know. the piano music is in free
form such as fantasy, rhapsody, ballad, and nocturne
and program music was expressed in tone poems nd
Symphony Fantastique. The music was used to tell stories
and expressed ideas. Most of the composers were proud
of their country's music and often use folk songs in their
works.
 Activity 9: ANALYSIS OF THE ELEMENTS
and ATMOSPHERE OF THE MUSIC (Day 5)

Listen to the recording of Hector Berlioz

Symphonie Fantastique 2nd movement "a
ball" and describe the tempo in each given time. Identify the
atmosphere or emotion (CHOICES GIVEN BELOW). Write your
answers on a short size bondpaper.
SYMPHONIE
ATMOSPHERE AND
FANTASTIQUE - A TEMPO
EMOTIONS
BALL
INTRODUCTION 00:00 - 00:39
BEGINNING 00:39 - 02:15
MIDDLE 02:16 - 05:38
END 05:39 - 06:38
 Activity 10: ANALYSIS FOR PIANO and
PROGRAM MUSIC (Day 6)

Listen to the recording of the selected piano

compositions and analyze the texture and tempo.
Describe the mood of each composition.
SAMPLE CHART:

Romeo and
Juliet Text Temp Moods of the
Time
(Peter Ilyich ure o music
Tchaikovsky
msytery/calm/
1st theme 00:0 - 02:10
peaceful

2nd theme 02:10 - 02:50 serious/lonely

msytery/calm/
3rd theme 02:50 - 04:20
peaceful

4th theme 04:20 - 05:00 sad/adventure

calm/enthralle
5th theme 05:00 - 07:10
d

SCARY SHOCKING EXPLOSIVE

MYSTERIOUS JOYFUL CHEERFUL
WARM INVITING FRIENDLY
NOBLE SERIOUS DARK
ADVENTUROUS CALM/PEACEFUL EXCITING
1. The SWAN
LAKE Moods of the
Time Texture Tempo
(Peter Ilyich music
Tchaikovsky
1st theme

2nd theme

3rd theme
4th theme
5th theme

2. WALTZ
Moods of the
(Frederic Time Texture Tempo
music
Chopin)

1st theme

2nd theme

3rd theme
4th theme
5th theme
 Activity 11: MUSCAL POEM (Day 7)

Make a 6 - stanza poem and set it into

music. Have it recorded. Choose any musical
composition below as your guide.
1. Nocturne by Frederic Chopin
2. Romeo and Juliet by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
3. The Swan by Camille Saint-Saens
4. The Nutcracker by Peter Ilyich Tcahikovsky
5. Liebetraum by Franz Liszt
RUBRICS FOR MUSICAL POEM

CATEGORY 4 3 2 1

The
The composition
The The
compositi was
compositi compositi
on was somewhat
on was on was
creative, creative
very basic not
clean/eas and legible.
and complete,
y to read, Most of the
somewhat and very
OVERALL and required
legible to difficult to
PERFORMA included elements
read. At read.
NCE all were
least half Under half
required included.
of the of the
elements. The lyrics
required required
The were
elements elements
melody fit rhytmically
were were
well with awkward in
included. included.
the lyrics a few
places.
 Activity 12: For UNDERSTANDING (Day 8)

Complete the following unfinished sentence.

Write your answer on a short bondpaper .
1. My understanding about the music of Romantic period is
that ...
__________________________________________________________
__
2. I realized that most of instrumental music from the
Romantic period are ...
__________________________________________________________
__
3. The reason why I really appreciate instrumental music from
the Romantic period is because ...
__________________________________________________________
__
4. I love listening to the Romantic music composition
because ...
__________________________________________________________
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Activity 12: ESSAYS... What you want to
say. (Day 8)

Think and revisit the previous lesson that

you already learn and understand in the Romantic
instrumental music and write a 4 to 5 paragraph summary of
the lesson. Write your answer on a piece of short
bondpaper.
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MR. NIÑO G. MATILLANO

Education Program Supervisor, MAPEH

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Writer

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Co-Writer

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
REGIONAL OFFICE VII

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OIC, Regional Director

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OIC, Assistant Regional Director
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LRMDS, Education Program Supervisor
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MAPEH, Education Program Supervisor
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SYNOPSIS
In this module you have learned the different music
composed of each Romantic composers such as:
Franz Liszt. Frederic Chopin, Robert Schumann and
some. Its meaning and values how music relates to
their lives.
This material will help the grade 9 learners since it has
suggested activities that will suit their interests and
can apply for those who are fond of music.