VOCAL MUSIC

THE ROMANTIC
OF
PERIOD
Ms. Joana Marie M. Bernasol
Bro. Andrew Gonzalez Technical High School
 Composers interpret poems, mood, atmosphere
and imagery into music.
 Romantic artists found inspiration in landscapes.
 Their subjects were traditional myths, legends
and folklore usually dealing with the
supernatural, grotesque, and less ordinary.
 Vocal music in this period require singers to perform
a greater range of tone color, dynamics and pitch.
 Opera became an important source of
musical expressions.
 The birth of the opera houses came.
COMPOSERS OF
VOCAL MUSIC
ROMANTIC PERIOD
Franz  Schubert was born on the 31st of
January 1797 in Himmelpfortgrund,
Peter Austria
 The proper name for Franz Schubert
Schubert songs is lieder, which is the German
word for song.
 He is considered the last of the
classical composers and one of the
first romantic ones.
 His famous vocal music works/ Lieder
were: “Gretchen am Spinnrade”,
“Erlkonig”, “Ellens Gesang III” (“Ave
Maria”) and “Schwanenge sang” (“Swan
Song”).
 He also wrote piano pieces, string
quartets, operetta and the Symphony
No.8 in B minor (“Unfinished
  Verdi was born in Parma, Italy on October
Giuseppe 9, 1813.
 He studied in Busseto and later went to
Verdi Milan where his first opera “Oberto”
was performed in La Scala, the most
important opera house at the time.
 His final opera ends with “All the
world’s a joke.”
 His famous works are La Traviata,
Rigoletto, Falstaff, Otello and Aida
were he wrote for the opening of the
Suez Canal.
 Expressive vocal melody is the soul of
a Verdi opera.
 He died in Milan, Italy on
January 27,1901.
  Giacomo Puccini was born in a
Giacom poor family on December 22,
1858 in Lucca, Italy.
o  He studied at the
Puccini Milan Conservatory.
 He belonged to a group of
composers who stressed
realism, therefore, he drew
material from everyday life,
rejecting heroic themes from
mythology and history.
 Puccini’s famous operas were:
“La Boheme”, “Tosca”, “Madame
Butterfly”, and “Turandot”.
Wilhelm  Wilhelm Richard Wagner was born
in Leipzig, Germany on May 22,
Richard 1813.
Wagner  He was very much inspired
by Ludwig van Beethoven.
 Wagner introduced new ideas in
harmony and in form,
including extremes of
chromaticism.
 He was an advocate of a new form
of opera which he called “music
drama” where musical and
dramatic elements were fused
together.
 The expressiveness is aided by the
Wilhelm  His famous works are; Tristan
and Isolde, Die Walkure, Die
Richard Meistersinger, Tannhauser
Wagner and Parsifal.
 His work would later
influence modern film
scores, including those of the
Harry Potter and Lord of the
Rings film series.
 Wagner died of a heart attack
on February 13,1883 at age of
69.
  registered with the
Georges legal name Alexandre-
Cesar- Leopold Bizet,
Bizet but was baptized
Georges Bizet
 He was born October 25,
1838 in Paris, France.
 Bizet became famous for
his operas.
 His most famous opera
is “Carmen”.
 Bizet died (June 3, 1875).
ROMANTIC
OPERA
ROMANTIC
PERIOD
 OPERA
■ became increasingly popular during the
Romantic period.
■ It is a story (libretto) told by the composers through
music while using the words of the librettist. They
work closely together to tell the story.
■ The book that the composer and librettist put together
is called a score.
■ The score has all the musical notes, words and ideas
to help the performers tell the story.
COMPONENTS
OPERA
Components:
the texts of
an opera.
Librettist and the
Libretto composer work
closely together
to tell the story.
 the book that the
Components: composer and
librettist put together.
has all the musical
notes, words and
ideas to help the
Score performers tell the
story.
Often, there are operas
with overtures,
preludes, prologues,
several acts, finales
and postludes.
  Declamatory singing,
Components: used in the prose parts
and dialogue of opera.
 Different roles in operas
are created taking into
account different types
of voices.
Recitative  Each role requires a
different type of singer,
not only able to sing a
given vocal range but
also with certain voice
characteristics, color and
power.
  Declamatory singing,
Components: used in the prose parts
and dialogue of opera.
 Different roles in operas
are created taking into
account different types
of voices.
Aria  Each role requires a
different type of singer,
not only able to sing a
given vocal range but
also with certain voice
characteristics, color and
power.
 an air or solo singing
Components: part that the public
will remember best
when leaving the
opera house.
Aria Properly and well
sung, a beautiful aria
can bring an audience
to its feet and decide
the fate of an entire
opera.
Components:

Main division
Acts of an opera
Components:

Setting or
Scen
place
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 OTHER
COMPONENTS
:small
■ Duet, trio, and other

ensemble
■ Chorus
■ Orchestra
 VOICE
CLASSIFICATIONS
For MALE
Tenor highest male
voice
Middle male voice,
Bariton lies between Bass
and Tenor voices. It
is the common male
voice.
e
lowest male voice
For
FEMALE
Soprano  highest female
voice
 most common female
Mezzo voice; strong middle voice,
tone is darker or deeper
Soprano than the soprano

 lowest female voice and

Contralt most unique among
female
o
MUSICAL
TERMS
 one or more
A singers
Capella performing
without
instrumental
accompaniment
Cantabille Singing style
Capo Head, the

beginning
Coda Closing
section
appended to a
movement or
song
Dolc sweetl
y
e
 A weaker and
Falsett more airy
o voice usually
in the higher
pitch ranges
 Sliding quickly
Glissando between two
notes
 Parts of
Passagio singing voice
where register
transition occur
 Slight speeding
up or slowing
Rubato down of the
tempo of a
piece at the
discretion of
the soloist
 Most
Tessitura comfortable
singing range
of a singer
 Rapidly
Vibrat repeated
slight pitch
o variation
during a
sustained note