ROMANTIC MUSIC Franz Liszt(1811-1886) - one of the most significant

composers of the Romantic era

- sought and received motivation from sources
outside music during the 19th century Camille Saint- Saens (1835-1921)- a French
composer of the 19th century
PROGRAM MUSIC

- nature or a creation of music showing different

moods

FOUR MAIN FORM OF ORCHESTRAL MUSIC

Program Symphony- is a composition in numerous

movements

Concert Overture -is consist of only one movement

Symphonic Poem- or tone poem

Incidental Music- to accompany the action or mood

PIANO MUSIC

Impromptu -refers to piano compositions

Ballade -is a narrative song without words

Prelude -is a short mood piece of no prescribed form

Minuet- originated from the French word menuet

meaning “slender” or “small”,

Scherzo -means “joke”

Etude- is a French word for “study” or “exercise”.

Mazurka and Polonaise- are stylized dance pieces for

piano

Suite-, in Italy the early suite was called sonata da

camera

EARLY COMPOSERS OF THE EARLY ROMANTIC

PERIOD

Frederic Francios Chopin (1810-1849) – is a Polish-

French composer and virtuoso pianist, is considered
as one of the great masters of Romantic music.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) – was one of

the most famous Russian composers