Romantic Music Notes Name: ________________________________________________

Opera:

Overture:

Impressionism:

Romanticism:

What is the main purpose of romantic music?

Who caused the beginning of the romantic music era?

Program music is huge at this time. What are some topics in romantic
program music?
Main Composers

Petyr Tchaikovsky

- He was from _________________________.

- Similar to Beethoven, he struggled a lot in life and used
his struggle to write beautiful and emotional music
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- Famous pieces include

- _______________ Overture

- _______________ Lake (a ballet)

Richard Wagner
- German
- Problematic, he would definitely be cancelled if he were alive today

- Popularized gesamtkunstwerk which means

_____________ _____________ ________ ___________

- Wrote a lot of famous _________________, including the Ring Cycle, which

is 13 hours long!

Frederic Chopin
- He was from Poland

- Mostly wrote music for ________________________

- His work is used a lot in movies today (especially the Notebook,
Pride and Prejudice and other romantic movies)
- He was really shy and didn’t like to perform much

Franz Liszt
- He was from ___________________

- He also wrote music mostly for _____________________

- He was SUPER extra and full of himself, he loved to perform and show off

Clara Schumann
- Important because she’s the first prominent __________________ composer
- Her husband was also a composer but not as famous
- Became famous because she was really good at playing _______________________