Music of the romantic period

• Romantic period is described as a cultural movement that stressed emotion, imagination, individualism, and freedom of expression.
• Nationalism was also incorporated in the music of the romantic period.
• An example of composition that shows nationalism is the polonaise of frederic chopin.
• Most of the musical compositions of the romantic era portray literature, history, emotions, and nature.
• Niccolo paganini is the musician who plays violin and strings music.
• Niccolo Paganini - he became the most famous violin virtuoso in the world and his compositions inspired a lot of composers like franz liszt and frederic chopin.
• Piano music of the romantic period was filled with innovations. Most of the compositions are a high level of virtuosity.
• The musicians who play piano music are: frederic chopin, franz liszt, and robert schumann
• Frederic chopin - he was known as the "poet of the piano" and his compositions are characterized by its beautiful tone, rhythmic flexibility, grace, and elegance.
• The works of chopin are: ballade, etude, mazurka, and nocturne.
• Ballade - a verse form or narrative that is set to music.
• Etude - a piece composed for the development of a specific technique.
• Mazurka - a polish dance in triple time signature.
• Nocturne - an instrumental composition of a pensive, dreamy mood for the piano.
• Franz list - the word that describes his works is "virtuosity". He is a piano virtuoso.
• Robert Schumann - one of the most famous composers that beautifully combined music and words.
• Program music - is an instrumental composition that conveys images of scenes to tell a short story without text or lyrics.
• Composers of program music: hertor berlioz, peter Ilyich tchaikovsky, and camille saint-saens
• Hertor berlioz - a french romantic composer and one of his famoues camposition is a five movement symphony called "symphonie fantastique" (fantastic symphony).
• Symphonie fantastique - the timbre use in this musical composition are rich in instrumentation, percussion, and woodwind instruments.
• Hector berlioz assembled hundreds of musicians to play music to produce powerful sounds in his compositions.
• Peter Ilyich tchaikovsky - he was known for his ballet music and nationalistic compositions.
• Swan lake - there are gradual dynamic changes of crescendo and diminuendo use in this composition.
• 1812 overture - it was composed to commemorate russia's victory over the french invasion. Liberty leading the people us a painting use to commemorate the july revolution of 1830.
• Camille saint-saens - he was considered as a composer who creates elegant music, neat, clean, polished, and never excessive.