INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC OF THE

ROMANTIC PERIOD
(Pages 49-54)
 This era was called the
ROMANTIC ERA. They tried
creating songs that could
express their sentiments by
means of using song-like
melodies, richer harmonies,
denser textures, and wider ranges
of pitch. It was a time when
composers used music to
increase emotional expression.
WHAT IS THE HISTORICAL -
CULTURAL BACKGROUND OF
ROMANTIC INSTRUMENTAL MIUSIC?
The Romantic movement (1800-1900)
was an intellectual, artistic and literary
movement that started in the second
half of the 18th century as ideas spread
from Germany to other European
countries. People at that time were
rebelling against social and political
standards of the classical era. They
believed in expressing their
imaginations and passion through their
artworks including literature, arts,
education, and music.
HOW IS THE ROMANTIC PERIOD MUSIC RELATED TO ITS HISTORICAL AND
CULTURAL BACKGROUND?

People in the Romantic era moved away from the standards of balance and restraint
prominent during the classical era. People in the Romantic era moved away from the
standards of balance and restraint prominent during the classical era.
WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF INSTRUMENTAL ROMANTIC MUSIC?

These characteristics include themes that focused on national identity;

surrender to nature; the mystic and supernatural; a longing for the infinite,
the strange, and surprising; spiritual experiences and subjectivism. During
the Romantic era, musicians started new ways for expressing music like
lengths of composition, harmony and tonal relationships.
 RHYTHM 2/4 Time signature

TEMPO Allegro or fast and quickly

DYNAMICS P or soft to Mf or moderately loud
• THE FOLLOWING ARE THE MUSICAL
ELEMENTS FOUND IN THE RONDEAU
REPRESENTED BY THE STAFF ABOVE

Another form of music is the art song, a composition for solo

voice and piano that gives premium on symbolic meanings
attached on the lyric. The German word for an artsong is
LIED which is commonly used for German text.
Composers also use the strophic form which uses the same
music for each stanza of the poem. the strophic form is
almost always used in all folk songs.
WHAT KIND OF ART AND MEDIA PORTRAYED ROMANTIC PERIOD
ELEMENTS?
Romantic period elements are presented in arts and media in the
form of paintings and literature.
WHAT ARE TEH MUSICAL ELEMENTS OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD?
Elements of Romantic era resulted to changes in vocal
music. The artsong became lyrical, and composers gave
efforts to associate the music texty to its musical
counterpart. here are some of its elements.Poetry was
converted into a form that may be emotionalized
through music.
• The Romantic era composers expressed
various music themes by varying lengths of
compositions, ways to harmonized, and tonal
relationships.
• In addition, Romantic music composers used
sharp contrasts in musical dynamics to
project expressiveness in music
compositions.
WHAT WERE THE PERFORMANCE PRACTICES
DURING THE ROMANTIC PERIOD?
Romantic music composers found themselves
essentially compelled to use sharp contrasts.This may
be found in the use of dynamics as composers sought to
include expressiveness in their composition through the
use of abrupt changes in the volume of musical
compositions. Composers explored the expression of
feelings like flamboyanCe and intimacy, unpredictability,
longing, and rapture.
WHAT IS PROGRAM MUSIC?
Program music is a form of instrumental music of a narrative
and descriptive kind that is intended to express a story of
images that depict the theme and scenes in a literary text.

Program music refers to the romantic period European musical

work.The term was introduced by Franz Liszt, Who defined it as
a program preface added to a piece of instrumental music to
direct the listener's attention to the poetical idea of the whole
or a particular part of it.