Mapeh 4th quarter

• Romanticism is a revolt against strict rules that characterized classicism, it rejected the concept of rationalization
• Art with the heart is how we can describe the artworks of the romantic period
• Ludwig van beethoven bridged the transition between the classical and romantic periods. His latter works expanded the classical musical style
• Romantic era is the golden age of virtouso, and concertos with piano music became more important in this era
• A program music is an insrumental music that narrates a story through music, it already existed in the four seasons of vivaldi
• Concert overture is an overture used for a concert performance
• Program symphony is a multi movement orchestral music that follows the same structure of symphony
• Symphonic poem or tone poem was introduced by franz liszt, it is similar to concert overture
• Pyotr IIyich tchaikovsky began his piano lessons at the age of five. But his parents chose civil service as his course cause music was not offered in russia but when his mother died of cholera, his father hired a teacher for him. He died on november 6 1893
• Pyotr IIyich tchaikovsky famous works include the nutcracker and sleeping beauty
• Nocturne is a musical composition that has a soft, sad and dreamy character. Typically for the piano
• Etude is a short musical composition designed to improve the technique of the player
• Polonaise is a polish dance in triple time signature
• Mazurka is a lively polish folkdance in triple time signature
• Prelude in romantic piano music became an independent piece
• Frederic chopin was a child prodigy similar to beethoven and known for his solo pianos and concertos and his music was associated with nationalism but died at age 39, october 17 1849
• Individualism can be seen in the works of romantic composers
• Camille saint-saens was known for his symphonic poems and operas
• Franz liszt wanted to be the paganini of piano when he watched czerny's concert
• Franz liszt developed a musical form known as symphonic tone or tone poem , he died of pneumonia on july 3 1886 at 74
• Short piano pieces:

  • Nocturne
  • Etude
  • Polonaise
  • Mazurka
  • Prelude
• (Louis)Hector berlioz was a conductor. His tour around Europe bcame his bread and butter
• Robert schumann studied piano under johann Gottlob friedrich wieck who later became his father in law. Schumann accisentally damaged his right hand and suffered from bipolar disorder. At age of 46 after attempting 2 suicides, he died.