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Music
Violin and Strings in Music
NICCOLO PAGANINI (1782 – 1840)
He was born in October 27, 1782 in Genoa, Italy and became the most famous
violin virtuoso in the world. He stands out primarily for his “rockstar performances”.
However, together with his fame came the rumors about his amazing violin skills that was said to
be a gift from the devil and that he sold his soul in exchange for those skills.

PIANO in MUSIC
Piano in music of the Romantic Period was filled with innovations. Most of the compositions
require high level of virtuosity, and also, reinvention of classical sonatas. Today, some piano
compositions from the Romantic Period had been adapted into songs.
FREDERIC CHOPIN (1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849)
He was known as the “Poet of the Piano” and was born on March 1, 1810 in Zelazowa,
Poland. He is an extra ordinary composer who is considered a genius in using the piano that he
had a tremendous impact on other musicians.

FRANZ LISZT (22 October 1811 – 31 July 1886)

Liszt was born in the village Doborjan, Hungary on October 22, 1811. He was known as
the greatest piano virtuoso of his time. He also became a court conductor for the grand duke of
Weimar when he was thirty-six years old.

ROBERT SCHUMANN (8 June 1810 – 29 July 1856)

Robert Alexander Schumann was born in 1810 in Zwickau, Germany. He was a German
composer, pianist and influential music critic. Most of his best-known piano pieces were written
for his wife, Clara Schumann who is also a pianist and a composer. His works were mostly
emotional.

PROGRAM in MUSIC
Program music is an instrumental composition that conveys images or scenes to tell a
short story without text or lyrics. Program music carries some extramusical meaning which are
"program" of literary idea, legend, scenic description, or personal drama.
HECTOR BERLIOZ (11 December 1803 – 8 March 1869)
Hector Berlioz is a French romantic composer born on December 11, 1803. He was known
largely for his “Symphonie Fantastique” Choral symphony, a term coined by Berlioz, is a
composition for orchestra, choir, and sometimes solo voices. His works and compositions
showcased innovativeness and search for expression. He is considered as one of the most
original great composers and a practical musician.

PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893)

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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born on May 7, 1840 in Votkinsk, Russia. He was the first Russian
composer whose music made a lasting impression internationally. He displayed an exceptional

musical gift when he started improvising at the piano and composing songs at an early age. His
works includes concertos, symphonies, ballets, operas and chamber music. He used his own
native folk music in his symphonic works planting the seeds of what would later be known as the
Nationalist movement.

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS (October 9, 1835 – December 16, 1921)

Camille Saint-Saëns was born in Paris on October 9, 1835. He started his music at an
early age through the help of his aunt. He began his piano lesson when he was only two years
old and composing his first piano piece at the age of three. He was considered as a composer
who creates elegant music that is neat, polished, and never excessive.

ARTS
ARSTIST FROM THE NEOCLASSICAL and ROMANTIC PERIOD
In the middle of the 18th century, Neoclassicism was born out of rejection of the Rococo
and late Baroque styles. Romanticism began in the same era, but its approach had to do with the
modern or new rather than the traditional.

NEOCLASSICISM (1780-1840)
 The word neoclassic came from the Greek word “neos” meaning “new” and the
Latin word classicus which is similar in meaning to the English phrase “First
class”.
 Neoclassicism is the renewed interest in classical ideals and forms that influenced
Europeans and Americans. It also refers to the art forms created after but inspired
from the ancient times.
Neoclassicism – Western movement in decorative and visual arts.
 Literature, Theater, Music and Architecture
Romanticism –Artists of Neoclassical period sought to break new ground in the
expression if emotion, both subtle and stormy.
 THEMES
• Longing for history, Supernatural elements, Social injustices and nature
CHARACTERISTICS
Neoclassicism (7)
 Portrayal of Roman History, Formal Composition, The use of diagonals to show the peak
of an emotion or moment, Local Color, Overall lightning and Classic geo-structure
Romanticism (5)
 Shows the height of action, Emotional extremes, Celebrated nature as out of control,
Dramatic compositions and Heightened sensation
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JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID
 1748 - 1825
 An influential French painter and considered to be the pre-eminent painter of the era.
 His subject of painting were more on history.
THE DEATH OF MARAT
 David’s masterpiece shows the portrayal of a revolutionary martyr. This is a painting of the
murdered French revolutionary leader Jean-Paul Marat
NAPOLEON CROSSING THE ALPS
 The painting that showed a strongly idealized view of the real crossing that Napoleon and
his army made across the Alps through the Great St. Bernard Pass in May 1800.
OATH OF THE HORATTI
 It was a large painting that depicts a scene from a Roman legend about the dispute
between Rome and Alba Longa. The three brothers, all of whom disappear willing to
sacrifice their lives for the good of Rome, are shown saluting their father who holds their
swords out for them.
JEAN -AGUSTE-DOMINIQUE INGRES
 1780-1867
 He was a pupil of Jacques-Louis David, and regarded as one of the great examples of
academic art and one of the finest old Masters of his Era.
 His paintings were usually nudes, and mythological theme.
NAPOLEON ON THE IMPERIAL THRONE
 Depicts Napoleon in his decadent coronation costume, seated upon his golden-encrusted
throne, hand resting upon smooth ivory balls.
THE APOTHEOSIS OF HOMER
 Depicts an image of Homer,
receiving all the brilliant men of Rome, Greece and contemporary times.

NEOCLASSICAL SCALPTURES
ANTONIO CANOVA
 1757-1822
 A Prolific Italian artist & Sculptor who became famous for his marble sculptures
PSYCHE AWAKENED BY CUPID’S KISS
 A marble sculpture portraying the relationship of Psyche and Cupid.
WASHINGTON
 A marble sculpture of Washington currently displayed at North Carolina Museum of
History.
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BERTEL THORVALDSEN
 1789-1838
 He was the first internationally acclaimed Danish Artist.
 He executed sculptures of mythological and religious theme characters.
CHRIST
 An image of resurrected Christ currently located at the Thorvaldsen Museum.

LION OF LUCERNE
 It commemorates the Swiss Guards who were massacred in 1792 during the French
Revolution.

NEOCLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE
ROBERT ADAM
 1728-1792
 A Palladian architect of the Neoclassic Period.
WHITE HOUSE/UNITED STATES CAPITOL
 A well known American civic buildings, with a balustrade which is a railing with vertical
supports along the edge of the roof.
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ROMANTIC PAINTINGS
JEAN LOUIS THEODORE GERICAULT
 1791-1824
 He was the first French master and the leader of the French realistic school.
 His masterpiece were energetic, powerful, brilliantly colored and tightly composed.
THE RAFT OF THE MEDUSA
 Portrays the victims of a contemporary shipwreck.
CHARGING CHASSEUR
 His first major work revealed the influence of the style of Rubens and an interest in the
depiction of contemporary subject matter.
INSANE WOMAN
 One of several portraits he made of the mentally disabled that has a peculiar hypnotic
power.

EUGENE DELACROIX
 1798-1863
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 He was considered the greatest and most influential French Romantic painter.
LIBERTY LEADING THE PEOPLE
 A woman holding the flag of French Revolution personifies Liberty and leads the people
forward over the bodies of the fallen.

FRANCISCO GOYA
 1746-1828
 He was commissioned Romantic painter by the King of Spain.
 He was also a printmaker regarded both as the last of the “Old Masters” and the first of
the “Moderns”.
THE THIRD OF MAY
 Commemorates Spanish resistance to Napoleon’s armies during the occupation of 1808
in the Peninsular War.
SATURN DEVOURING HIS SON
 Depicts the Greek myth of the Titan Cronus (Saturn), who fears what he would be
overthrown by one of his children, so he can ate each one upon their birth.
THE BURIAL OF SARDINE
 It was Spanish ceremony celebrated on Ash Wednesday and was a symbolical burial of
the past to allow society to be reborn, transformed with new vigor.

ROMANTIC SCULPTURES
vvFRANCOIS RUDE
 1784-1855
 He was known for his social art which aimed to inspire and capture the interest of a broad
public.
DEPARTURE OF THE VOLUNTEERS
 Portrays the goddess liberty urging the forces of the French Revolution onward.
JEANNE d’Arc

ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE
 1796-1875
 He was the most famous animal sculptor of all time.
HERCULES SITTING ON A BULL THESEUS SLAYING THE MINOTAUR
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Physical Education
Please review this lesson topic I already send the PowerPoint for this
the importance of doing a warm-up before physical activity
the preparatory movement that serves as the basis for all locomotor movements.
Festival dances and where they contribute for
Read and understand the Locomotor and Non-Locomotor movement
The importance of the festival dances and the Religion and non-Religion festival

Health
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