MUSIC OF

ROMANTIC
PERIOD
MUSIC OF THE ROMANTIC
PERIOD 1820-1920
 Romantic period is described as a cultural movement that stressed emotion, imagination,
individualism and freedom of expression. The compositions in this period are more passionate
and expressive
 The Romantic Instrumental Music is Piano music which is a free form such as fantasy,
rhapsody, ballad and nocturne, and Program music which was expressed in tone poems and
Symphony Fantastique.
 The music was used to tell stories and express ideas. Most of the composers were proud of
their country’s music and often use folk songs in their works.
WHO IS THE
FAMOUS
COMPOSER OF
VIOLIN AND
STRINGED
MUSIC?
NICCOLO PAGANINI
 is the famous composer of violin and Some Works of Niccolo Paganini: ✓ “La
strings music. He was born in October 27, Campanella”
1782 in Genoa, Italy. At the age of 5, he
started playing mandolin and transferred ✓ 15 Quartets for Guitar and Strings Trio
his training to the violin at the age of 7. ✓ The Carnival of Venice
Paganini became the most famous violin
virtuoso in the world.
THESE ARE THE
FAMOUS COMPOSERS
OF PIANO MUSIC
FREDERIC CHOPIN
 He was born on March 1, Piano works of Frederic Chopin

1810 in Zelazowa, Poland. ✓ BALLADE

Chopin was known as the ✓ ETUDE
“Poet of the Piano” and ✓ MAZURKA
considered as world renowned ✓ NOCTURNE
pianist and composer. At the ✓ POLONAISE
age of 4 he began playing ✓ PRELUDE
piano and at the age of 7 he ✓ IMPROMTU
composed Polonaise. ✓ SCHERZO
✓ SONATA
FRANZ LISZT
 He was born on October 22,
1811 in the village of
Doborjan. He was known as
the virtuoso pianist and
composer and the busiest
musicians during the romantic
era. His piano compositions
include works such as piano
Sonata in B minor, and two
piano concertos.
Some of Liszt’s Piano works:
✓ La Campanella
✓ Liebestraume No. 3
✓ Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsodies" were originally
written for solo piano, but many were arranged for
orchestra or other combinations of instruments. The
Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 is the most popular and was
the basis for the Tom & Jerry cartoon called the Cat
Concerto.
✓ Un Sospiro
✓ Sonata in B Minor
✓ Arrangements of the 9 Beethoven Symphonies
✓ Transcriptions of Lieder by Schubert
ROBERT SCHUMANN
 He was born in 1810 in
Zwickau. He was a
composer and music critic.
In 1830, Schumann went
to live in Leipzig and soon
developed a problem with
his hands, effectively
ending his dreams as a
pianist.
Piano Works:
✓ "Abegg Variations," Opus 1(1830)
✓ "Davidsbundlertanze" ("Dances of the Band of
David"), Opus 6 (1837)
✓ "Carnaval," Opus 9 (1835) - a portrait of a
masked ball attended by his allies and his
beloved Clara "Phantasiestucke," Opus 12 (1837)
- a series of mood pieces Kreisleriana," Opus 16
(1838) - a fantasy on the mad Kapellmeister
✓ "Kinderszenen," Opus 15 (1838) - a poetic
series of evocations of a child's world