ROMANTIC PERIOD IN MUSIC

Michele Filippo Paluzzi

Rachele Petrucci
Luca Philip Caston
Maurizio Domenico Paluzzi
 History and cultural context

During XIX century, artists and

authors overcame the formal
restraint of the Classical period.

William Turner,
rain steam and speed
1844
 Sublime
Artist were interested in nature in a new way.

Sublime was the new protagonist of every

artistic form.

SUBLIME

Caspar David Friedrich,

Beauty Fear
wonderer on the sea of fog
1818
Spiritual and supernatural elements

Rationality and balance were no longer use by

artists who needed to express their feelings.

The approach was more spontaneous and

often with not logical explanations.

Francisco Goya
Saturn devouring his son
1820
 ... in music
The romantic period of music is from
1830 to 1900.

In the musical world composers like

Weber, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin,
Lizt, Berlioz, Wagner, were the most
important of the time.

Beethoven is considered the bridge

between Classical and Romantic period.
Frederyk Chopin 1810/1849
 Romantic music characteristics
Emotional expressions

Big expansion in size of the orchestra

New forms

Increasingly elaborate harmonic

progressions

Larger range in pitch (piano)

Nationalism in music
PROGRAMME MUSIC

Many composers used music as a way

to described places, persons or ideas.

This compositions were called

Symphonic poems.
 ROMEO AND JULIET
BY TCHAIKOVSKY

This is an example of programme music

and it’s based on the Shakespeare’s
play “Romeo and Juliet star-crossed
lovers”.

Tchaikovsky uses contrasting themes

for different characters.
ROMEO AND JULIET THEMES

As Romeo and Juliet this two themes are very gentle and lyrical.
 MONTAGUES AND CAPULETS THEME

This theme is fast and syncopated to describe the feud between the two
families.
 PIANO MUSIC
The Romantic era threw up some of the
most incredibly complex and beautiful
piano music.

The young instrument allowed

composers to express their emotions in
a completely new way thanks to the
dinamics variety the it offers.
 CHOPIN
Considered Poland’s greatest
composers, Frederic Chopin focused
his efforts on piano compositions and
was a strong influence on composers
who followed him.
 Nocturne op. 9 no. 2
This composition was written between
1829 and 1830.

Chopin creates a unique, dreamy and

romantic atmosphere.

The main characteristics are a soft

base line, a very lyric melody and
extraordinary expressive efficacy.
THE END!