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VOCAL MUSIC OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD4th Quarter LessonMUSIC Grade 9 How do you express your feelings? What do you feel when these emotions are not expressed?

Vocal music is one of the best tools for expressing ones feelings. This form of expression became more evident during the Romantic period. The parallelisms of music and literature were clearly evident in almost all forms of vocal music during the Romantic period. Composers interpret poems, mood, atmosphere and imagery into music.

Musical compositions such as: the art song was written for solo voice and piano. art song has its inspiration from poetry in this period. Vocal music in this period require singers to perform a greater range of tone color, dynamics and pitch. Because of this, Opera became an important source of musical expressions. The birth of the opera houses came. It was the place where all the arts converged: not only music, but poetry, painting, architecture and the dance as well. COMPOSERS OF VOCAL MUSIC DURING THE ROMANTIC PERIOD

Franz Peter Schubert Born: January 31, 1797Himmelpfortgrund, Austria

Died :1828 in Vienna, Austria at 31.

lieder, (German word for song )- the proper name of his songsHe developed lieder so that they had apowerful dramatic impact on the listeners. He tapped the poetry of writers like Johann Goethe. 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,ErlkonigEllens Gesang III (Ave Maria) Schwanenge sang (Swan Song).

He also wrote piano pieces, string quartets, operetta and the Symphony No.8 in B minor (Unfinished Symphony)Let us listen to some of hisvocal music compositionGiuseppe Verdi

Born : Parma, Italy on October 9, 1813. Died : Milan, Italy on January 27,1901.A name associated with Romantic opera His characters are neither stock roles nor symbols like those found in German operas. He insisted on a good libretto. He wrote operas with political overtones and for middle-class audience.He studied in Busseto and later went to Milan where his first opera Oberto was performed in La Scala, the most important opera house at the time. Almost all of his works are serious love story with unhappy ending. Expressive vocal melody is the soul of a Verdi opera. He completed 25 operas throughout his career. His final opera ends with All the worlds a joke. His much acclaimed works are; La TraviataRigoletto Falstaff Otello and Aida

Let us listen to some of hiscomposition Giacomo Puccini

Born in a poor family onDecember 22, 1858 in Lucca, Italy.

He studied at the Milan Conservatory. He belonged to a group of composers who stressed realismhe drew material from everyday life, rejecting heroic themesfrom mythology and history.Famous operas were: La BohemeToscaMadame Butterfly Turandot. Let us take a look to some of hiscomposition

Richard WagnerBorn in Leipzig, Germany May 22, 1813. Died of a heart attack on February 13,1883He was very much inspired by Ludwig van Beethoven. Introduced new ideas in harmony He also explored the limits of the traditional tonal system that gave keys and chords their identity pointing the way to the rise of a tonality in the 20th century. exerted a strong influence on the operatic medium. He was an advocate of a new form of opera which he called music drama where musical and dramatic elements were fused together. He developed a compositional style in which the orchestra has of equal importance in dramatic roles as the singers themselves. The expressiveness is aided by the use of leitmotifs or musical sequences standing for a particular character/plot element. His famous works are; Tristan and IsoldeDie WalkureDie Meistersinger, Tannhauser and Parsifal.

His work would later influencemodern film scores, including those of the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings film series. Let us take a look to some of hiscomposition

Georges Bizetwas registered with the legal name Alexandre-Cesar-LeopoldBizet, but was baptized Georges Bizetborn October 25, 1838 in Paris, France. He entered the Paris Conservatory of music at a very young age. Bizet became famous for his operas. His most famous opera is Carmen.

However, when Carmen first opened in Paris, the reviews were terrible. The shows were criticized in horrible ways that resulted in poor audience attendance. During the first round of Carmen performances, Bizet died (June 3, 1875). He was only 36. Four months later, Carmen opened in Vienna, Austria, and was a smash hit.

CARMEN- is now one of the most popular operas ever written. Activity No. 1Activity notebookListen to the two songs that I will play and answer the questions given: you may express your answer in Filipino or English WHICH is WHICH?REFLECTION:

1. What did you feel? What emotions were evoked/expressed in the music? 2. Which style do you prefer? Why?

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