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MUSIC OF THE
ROMANTIC PERIOD
RO MA NT IC PE RI OD 18 20 -1 91 0
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W E 'R E G O IN G T O G IV E E A C H G T H E O N E T O
E P A P E R T O W IL L B E
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D R A W IN G IS T H A T Y O U D
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T IL T H E E N D O F T H E LI N E
S H E /H E W IL L P A S S T H E W O R D U N R IT E T H E
N E W IL L B E T H E O N E T O W
P E R S O N T H A T IS O N T H E LA S T LI
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1. A. AT TH E YO UN G AG E.
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2. TO PR O DU CE A PO W ER FU L SO UN D.
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B. SC HU M AN N AS SE M BL ED HU ND RE D O F
AN N W AS BO RN IN DE CE M BE R 11 , 18 03 .
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CA LL ED "S YM PH O NY FA NT AS TI Q UE . "
SY M PH O NY TH AT HE SH O UL D PU T AS ID E LA W IN
HI S FA M IL Y
B. SC HU M AN N EV EN TU AL LY CO NV IN CE D
FA VO R O F A PR EF O RM IN G CA RE ER . , HE M AD E TO NE CO LO R AS TH E BA SI C
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The Two Composers
of Romantic Period

R O B E R T S C H U M A NN
&
HECTOR BERLIOZ
ROBERT
SCHUMANN
1 8 1 0 - 1 8 5 6
 B E R T
RO A N N
SC H U M

ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS ROMANTIC COMPOSERS THAT BEAUTIFULLY

COMBINED MUSIC AND WORDS IS ROBERT SCHUMANN. HE WAS
COMPOSER AND MUSIC CRITIC.

ROBERT ALEXANDER SCHUMANN WAS BORN IN 1810 IN ZWICKWAU.

HIS FATHER WANTED HIM TO STUDY LAW AND SO IN 1821 SCHUMANN
WENT TO LEIPZIG TO STUDY LAW. HOWEVER, HE SPENT MOST OF
HIS TIME WITH MUSICAL AND LITERARY CIRCLE THROUGH THE
EFFORT OF FRIEDRICH WIECK WHO TOOK SOME TIME TO TEACH
SCHUMANN HOW TO PLAY THE PIANO.
 IT WAS ALSO THIS TIME WHEN HE WROTE SOME OF HIS FIRST
PIANO COMPOSITIONS. HE EVENTUALLY CONVINCE HIS FAMILY THAT
HE SHOULD PUT ASIDE LAW IN FAVOR OF A PERFORMING CAREER.
IN 1830, SCHUMANN WENT TO LIVE WITH WIECK IN LEIPZIG. HE
SOON DEVELOPED A PROBLEM WITH HIS HANDS EFFECTIVELY ENDING
HIS DREAMS AS A PIANIST.

IT WAS IN 1834 WHEN SCHUMANN FOUNDED THE MUSIC JOURNAL.

"JORNAL NEUE ZEITSCHRIFT FUR MUSIK, "WHERE IN HE EDITED ON
WROTE MUSIC CRITICISM FOR HIS PUBLICATION. HE WROTE
NUMEROUS WRITE-UPS AND ONE OF WHICH WAS THE PERFORMANCE OF
FREDERICK CHOPIN IN PARIS, FRANCE. IN HIS JOURNAL,
SCHUMANN OFTEN WROTE UNDER TWO PSEUDONYMS - EUSEBIUS (HIS
SENSITIVE, LYRICAL SIDE) AND FLORESTAN (HIS FIERY, STORMY
SIDE).
PIANO WORKS:
- "ABEGG VARATIONAS," OPUS 1(1830)
- "DAVIDSBUNDLERTANZE"("DANCES OF THE BAND
OF DAVID")
- "CARNAVAL" OPUS 9 (1835) - A PORTRAIL OF A
MASKED BALL ATTENDED BY HIS ALLIES HIS
BELOVED CLARA

ARTS SONGS:
- "FRANUENLIEBE UND LEBEN" (A WOMAN'S LOVE
AND LIFE")
- " DICHTERLIEBE"("A POET'S LOVE")

OREHESTRAL MUSIC:
- " PIANO CONCERTO IN A MINOR," OPUS54
- "OVERTURE, " OPUS 52 (A MINI SYMPHONY
- "KONZERTSTUCKIN F MAJOR FOR FOUR HORNS
AND ORCHERSTRA," OPUS 86
Piano works:
Carnaval, opus 9
Art songs:
Dichterliebe
Orchestral music:
Piano concerto in a
minor. Opus 54
 PROGRA M
MUSIC

PROGRAM MUSIC IS A N I N S T R U M E N T A L
COMPOSITION THAT C O N V E Y S I M A G E S O R
SCENES TELL A S H O R T S T O R Y W I T H O U T
TEXT OR LYRI C S . I T E N T I C E S T H E
IMAGINATIO N O F T H E L I S T E N E R
HECTOR
BERLIOZ
1 8 0 3 - 1 8 6 9
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HE Z
BER L I O

ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUCOMPOSITION OF PROGRAM MUSIC

HECTOR BERLIOZ IS A FRENCH ROMANTIC COMPOSER BORN

ON DECEMBER 11,1803. AT THIS YOUNG AGE, BE LEARNED
TO PLAY GUITAR AND FLUTE BUT NEVER BECAME SKILLED
IN A SPECIFIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. HIS FATHER WAS A
PHYSICIAN WHO SENT HECTOR TO MEDICAL SCHOOL BUT HE
ENDED PURSUING A CAREER IN MUSIC.
ONE OF HIS FAMOUS MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS IS A
FIVE MOVEMENT SYMPHONY CALLED "SYMPHONIE
FANTASTIQUE." IN THIS COMPOSITION WHICH IS
ALSO KNOWN AS "FANTASTIC SYMPHONY." BERLIOZ
SHOWCASED THE IMPORTANT FEATURES IN HIS
COMPOSITION IN CREATING TONE COLOR. HE
ASSEMBLED HUNDREDS OF MUSICIANS TO PRODUCE
A POWERFUL SOUND. IN MOST OF HIS
COMPOSITIONS, HE MADE TONE COLOR AS THE
BASIC PART OF HIS MUSICAL LANGUAGE.
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O L U M N
C

WHAT IS ROBERT
SCHUMANN'S FULL NAME?

WHO HELPED AND TEACHED

ROBERT TO PLAY THE PIANO?
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O L U M N
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WHAT IS THE TWO PSEUDONYMS OF ROBERT THAT HE USED TO

WROTE JOURNALS?S THE TWO PSEUDONYMS OF ROBERT THAT HE
USED TO WROTE JOURNALS?

WHAT IS THE MUSICAL COMPOSITION OF HECTOR BERLIOZ THAT IS

ALSO CALLED AS 'FANTASTIC SYMPHONY'?

DID HECTOR BECAME SKILLED IN THE INSTRUMENTS GUITAR AND

FLUTE?
 ANSWER:

-ROBERT ALEXAN DER SCHUMANN

- FRIEDRICH WIECK

 ANSWER:

-- EUS EB I US AN D F LO R ES T AN

- SYMP HO N IE FA NT A ST I QU E

- NO, HE DID NOT B EC AM E S K IL LE D IN

ANY OF T HE S E I NS TR U ME N TS .

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