- he started improvising at the piano and

Romantic Period composing songs at an early age

• cultural movement start during the 19 th
Century Tchaikovsky’s Compositions
• emotion, individuality and imagination - Swan Lake
• artist fascinated with fantasy, - Romeo and Juliet
irrational and unknown - The Seasons

Camille Saint-Saëns
Types of Music - born on October 9, 1835, in Paris
• Program Music - died on December 16, 1921
- he started his music at an early age
• Piano Music through the help of his aunt
- he began his piano lesson when he was
Romantic Composers only two years old
- composing his first piano piece at the
age of three
Niccolo Paganini - he was considered as a composer who
- October 27, 1782, at Genoa, Italy creates elegant music that is neat,
- most famous violin virtuoso in the world polished, and never excessive
- rockstar performances
- different rumors came out Saint-Saëns’ Compositions
- Carnival of the Animals
Paganini’s Compositions - The Swan
- La Campanella
Performance Practices During the Romantic
- 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op.1
incomplete
Period
- Concerto No.1 in Eb, Op.6
- 15 Quartets for Guitar and Strings Trio
- The Carnival of Venice • it is called “romantic period” because
during that period, the composers
Frederic Chopin didn’t consider themselves romantic but
- born on March 1 1810, in Zelazowa, then later on, the scholars realized
Poland that the artists of this period were
- died on October 17, 1849, in Paris, generally romantic as they express
France themselves through their compositions,
- extraordinary composer they can show their individuality,
emotions, and imagination though their
Chopin’s Compositions music, that’s why the idea of people
being romantic during that time were
- Fantasie in F minor, Op.49 normalized
- Revolutionary Etude, Op.10, No.12 and
24
- Preludes, Op.28 No.7 Types of Music/Genre
Franz Liszt Program Music
- born on October 22, 1811, in the village
Doborian, Hungary - based on a specific narrative
- died on July 31, 1886 in Bayreuth, - invoked images to the listeners
Germany ▪ during the romantic period, the
- greatest piano virtuoso of his time artists didn't just compose but
- court conductor for the grand duke of they compose so the listeners
Weimar could imagine while listening to
the composition
Liszt’s Compositions
Piano Music
- Love Dream
- Un Sospiro - most of the compositions during this
- Sonata in B Minor time is piano music
- music produced by piano
Robert Schumann - most homes have their own instrument
that's why many were able to compose
- born on June 8, 1810 in Zwickau, Germany music
- died on July 29, 1856, in Germany
- best-known piano pieces were written Romantic Composition
for his wife
- emotional - at present, it is used as background
music for TV and radio shows events or
Schumann’s Compositions soundtracks for movies
- A Woman’s Love and Life
- A Poet’s Love Setting of the Romantic Period
Hector Berlioz Concerts
- born on December 11. 1803, in France - became more as public events rather than
- died on March 8, 1869 private parties for the elites
- dramatic expressiveness and variety - during the romantic period, music was
heard by many people unlike the past
Berlioz’s Compositions when concerts were only for elites
- Symphonie Fantastique
- Le Carnaval Romain Composers
- Les Troyens - the composers have to do additional work
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky and cannot really rely anymore on the
- born on May 7, 1840, in Russia patronage of the wealthy upper-class
- died on November 6, 1893 unlike the earlier eras where when
- first Russian composer whose music made you're a composer known in the music
a lasting impression internationally industry, the elites will give you a
 chance to have a full time job but
during the romantic period, that is not
normalized anymore they need to do other
jobs, so to speak, it's like composing
is just their sideline job

Houses of the Middle Class

- became important places in music making
during this period and the chamber works
were often performed in these place

Piano
- became the favorite instrument for both
professional and amateur musicians
during the early romantic period but was
changed during the late romantic period

Middle Class Families

- they often enrolled their children to
private piano lessons, because of this,
the wide public became more exposed to
music and began to acquire music
literacy

Romantic Composers
• evoke emotional expression
• exposing their innermost thoughts
• can convey ideas and feelings that
cannot be put into words

Tome Poem/Symphonic Poem

- romantic music genre
- commonly written for orchestra
- inspired by ideas or scenes from movies,
poems and even sceneries
- usually put in movies and theaters
- where music being used in movies began
to invoke more emotion

Orchestra
- became relatively bigger
- other instrument groups were given main
part of the piece
- they are now not only focused on the
piano

For the Next Succeeding Years

• composers preferred to compose
instrumental music over vocal music
• romantic period paved the way for the
rise of prestige of instrumental music

Virtuoso
- highly skilled in arts
- title associated with a performer
- highly technical and sophisticated
skill in music so brilliant that he/she
is able to mesmerize the audience