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REVIEW

Vocal Music in the Romantic Era


What are the 4 prominent genres
of Opera in the Romantic period?
1. OPERA BUFFA 3. GRAND OPERA

2. OPERA COMIQUE 4. LYRIC OPERA


Opera Composers in the
Romantic Era
Kim John Rei A. Correa
Opera Composers of the Romantic Era

1. Franz Schubert – an Austrian composer known for being the master


of Romantic Lied or art song. His major work is Ave Maria.
Ave Maria – Franz Schubert
Opera Composers of the Romantic Era
2. Georges Bizet – a French composer known for his opera comique
Carmen. It became the best-known French Opera because of its
memorable melodies, brilliant orchestration and realistic evocations of
Spanish life.
Carmen – Georges Bizet
3. Giacomo Puccini – an Italian composer of operas who relates
his works through “realism” or “naturalism”. His famous work is
La Boheme, He used the orchestra to reinforce the vocal melody
and to suggest atmosphere.
4. Gioachino Rossini – an Italian composer of comic opera who
developed a continuous succession of orchestral accompanied
recitatives. His major work is the The Barber of the Seville.
5. Giuseppe Verdi – an Italian opera composer with German emphasis on
romanticized nature and mythological symbolism. His operas contain chorus
(an ensemble of singers). His major work is La Traviata.
La Traviata – Giuseppe Verdi
6. Peter Tchaikovsky – a Russian composer best known for the ballet music. His
notable works are The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker. His Russian art
songs were more melodic in nature and owed less to the folk idioms and rustic .
7. Richard Wagner – a German composer of music dramas. The
function of his music was to serve the ends of dramatic
expression in stage His famous work is The Valkyrie.
The Valkyrie – Richard Wagner
8. Jules Massenet – a French opera composer, whose music is admired for its
lyricism. His finest and most successful opera is Thais – the famous
“Meditation”.
Meditation – Jules Massanet
9. Leo Delibes – a French composer of operattas, parodies and farces. His light-
opera Lakme is his masterpiece. It contains Oriental scenes illustrated with music
of a novel, exotic character.
Lakme: Flower Duet by Leo Delibes
Activity
PART I: Identification
Get your notebooks and name the composers.
(5 items)
PART II: Listening
Listen and name the title of the music excerpt (5
items)
1. Who is the Austrian composer known for being the
master of Romantic art song?

2. Who was the composer best known for the ballet during
the Romantic period?

3. Who is the German composer of music dramas?

4. Who is the French composer known for his opera


comique Carmen?

5. Who is the composer with German emphasis on


romanticized nature and mythological symbolism. ?
Giuseppe Verdi
Franz Schubert
Georges Bizet
Richard Wagner
Jules Massanet
SUMMARY

ASSIGNMENT
Research about 20th Century Music, composers and their major
works. Give at least 5.
“Music is your own
experience, your own
thoughts and your
wisdom”.
-Charlie Parker

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