REVIEWER (MUSIC)

Characteristic of the romantic period:

 Dramatic contrasts of dynamics and pitch

 Great technical virtuosity
 Nationalism

Composers of Piano Music:

 Frederic Chopin
 Franz Liszt
 Robert Schumann

Some of Liszt’s Piano works:

 La Campanella
 Liebestraume No. 3
 Hungarian Rhapsodies
 Un Sospiro
 Sonata in B Minor
 Arrangements of the 9 Beethoven Symphonies
 Transcriptions of Lieder by Schubert

Chopin Piano works:

Ballade- a verse form or narrative that is set to music

Etude –a piece composed for the development of a specific technique.

Mazurka- a Polish dance in triple time signature

Nocturne - an instrumental composition of a pensive, dreamy mood, for the piano

Polonaise - a slow Polish dance in triple time that consists of a march or procession

Prelude - a short piece of music that can be used as a preface, and introduction to another work

Waltz – a German dance in triple meter

Impromptu–a short free-form musical composition usually for a solo instrument, like the piano

Scherzo - a musical movement of playful character, typically in ABA form

Sonata - composition for one or more solo instruments usually consisting of three or four independent movements
varying in key, mood, and tempo

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Famous Compositions:

 Swan Lake
 Sleeping Beauty
 The Nutcracker
 Romeo & Juliet
 1812 Overture
 Symphony No. 2
 Symphony No. 6 “Pathetique”
 Piano Concerto No. 1
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky - known for his ballet music. He continued his music career in New York despite having
marital problems and became famous after composing the musical poem “Fatum” and “Romeo and Juliet”.

Hector Berlioz - a French romantic composer born on December 11, 1803. One of his famous musical compositions
is five movement symphonies called “Symphonie

Fantastique”.

Niccolo Paganini - the most famous violin virtuoso in the world.

Program music - is an instrumental composition that conveys images or

scenes to tell a short story without text or lyrics

ARTS

Neoclassicism – a Western movement in decorative and visual arts

Neoclassical arts Characteristics:

 portrayal of Roman history

 formal composition
 the use of diagonals to show the peak of an emotion or moment
 local color
 overall lighting
 classic geo-structure

Romanticism - a movement in which the artists of Neoclassical period sought to break new ground in the
expression of emotion, both subtle and stormy.

Romantic arts Characteristics:

 shows the height of action

 emotional extremes
 celebrated nature as out of control
 dramatic compositions
 heightened sensation (life and death moments)

Jacques-Louis David - was an influential French painter in the Neoclassical style, and considered to be the pre-
eminent painter of the era. One of his work the Death of Marat which shows the portrayal of a revolutionary martyr.
This is a painting of the murdered French revolutionary leader Jean-Paul Marat

Types of Neoclassical Architecture:

Temple style - building design was based on an ancient temple.

Palladian style - buildings were based on Andrea Palladio’s style of villa construction. Some of the buildings
feature a balustrade which is a railing with vertical supports along the edge of the roof.

Classical block style - features a rectangular or square plan, with flat roof and exterior rich in classical detail.

Robert Adam - He was known as the Palladian architect of the Neoclassical who designed two well-known
American civic buildings

Bertel Thorvaldsen - the first internationally acclaimed Danish artist. One of his works is Lion of Lucerne.

Eugene Delacroix – he was considered the greatest French Romantic painter of all.
Guillermo Tolentino –National artist for the visual arts in 1973, also known as “Father of the

Philippine Arts”.

Neoclassical and Romantic architecture during the American colonization in the Philippines:

 Laguna Provincial Capitol

 Cebu Normal School
 Executive House
 Iloilo Customs House
 Sorsogon Municipal Building

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Festival dances are cultural dances performed to the strong beats of percussion
instruments by a community of people sharing the same culture usually done in honor of a
Patron Saint or in thanksgiving of a bountiful harvest.

Festival dances may be religious or secular in nature. But the best thing about festivals is that they add
to the merry-making and festivities where they are celebrated, the reason why they are called festival
dances after all.
-Some of the famous festivals in the country include Sinulog of Cebu, Dinagyang of Iloilo,
Ati-atihan of Kalibo, Aklan, Buyogan and Lingayan of Leyte, Bangus of Dagupan, T’nalak of
South Cotabato, Masskara of Bacolod City, Bambanti of Isabela, and Kadayawan of Davao.
Many others, especially from Luzon, are now paving their way to join the country’s festival of
festivals, the Aliwan Fiesta which is done in the month of April.

Locomotor Movements
These are movements that allow you to move from one point in space to another. It is
canned from two words, “locos” which means place and “motor” which means movement. They
include the following:

Walk - Series of steps executed by both of your feet alternately in any direction.
In executing a walk, observe that there’s this moment when both feet are in contact with the
ground while one foot supports the weight and transfers it to the other.

Run - Series of walks executed quickly in any direction wherein only one foot
stays on the ground while the other is off the ground.

Non-Locomotor movements
These are movements that are performed in one point in space without transferring to
another point.

Contraction - A muscle movement done when it shortens, narrows and tightens using
sufficient amount of energy in the execution.
HEALTH

First Aid is an immediate and temporary care given to a person who suddenly gets
ill or injured.

Vital signs are measures of various physiological statistics taken in order to assess
the most basic body functions.

Primary survey of the victim is used when the victim is unconscious and to find
out and immediately treat life-threatening conditions.

Secondary survey is used when the victim is conscious or has revived. It aims to
detect everything about the patient’s condition.

CPR Training instructed people to open a victim's airway by tilting their head back, pinching the nose and
breathing into the victim's mouth, and only then giving chest compressions,

A Dressing is a piece of sterile cloth that covers a wound to prevent

infection and/or to stop bleeding.

A Cravat phase bandaging is used for wounds that need extra support like
wound on the eye, forehead, ear, cheek, jaw, shoulder, hip, arm, leg, elbow,
knee, and palm and for a sprained ankle. The narrower the cravat is, the
greater pressure it will give.

Triangular bandage is made from cloth and can be used as

cold compress, padding, support for pressure, or support sling. Ace
bandage secures dressings in place.

Cold compress is used to reduce swelling and relieve pain, especially used
for sprains and strains.