music

• Classical Music


  • Masyadong Simple - they wanted to break free of the simplicity
  • Individualistic - Freedom, Imaginative
• Forms of Music

  • Vocal Form
  • Instrumental Form
• Vocal Form


  • Singing [thru voice] is the main focus of the piece
  • Can be with or without accompaniment
• Examples of Vocal Music

  • A Capella
  • Choir
  • Scat Singing
• Instrumental Form


  • Instruments [thru voice] are the main focus of the piece
  • Can be with or without melody
• Examples of Instrumental Music

  • Symphony
  • Acoustic/Fingerstyle
  • Virtuoso playing
  • Single / Multi-movement Forms
• Examples of Single Movement Forms


  • Sectional - binary, rondo, ternary songs
  • Sonata
  • Variation
  • Free Form (widely used)
• Examples of Multi - Movement Forms


  • Sonata
  • Chamber Music
  • Symphony
  • Concerto
• Salient Features of Romantic Period

  • Remnants of Classical Period is still seen
  • Started in Germany (where Romanticism began)
  • Focused on the feeling of transcendence - enlightened, open
  • Cherishes Freedom, passion, & expressive songs
  • Emotionalism
  • Usage of musical expressions: espressivo, dolce, con amore (soft), con fuoco (loud)
  • Piano became the symbolic instrument of Romantic Period
  • Many Vocal Compositions were created like: Lied, Choral Music, Beatitudes, Opera, Oratorios
  • Larger Instrumental Forms: Sonata, Symphony, Concerto, Ballet, Ballade, Impromptu
  • Small Forms: Waltz, Nocturne, Etude, Fantasy, Mazurka, Rhapsody, Variations
• Three Main Highlights of Romantic Period

  • Violin & Strings Music
  • Piano Music
  • Program Music (conveys images or scenes to tell a story)
• Niccolo Paganini


  Virtuoso, Oido Dubbed "Devil's Violinist"
• Niccolo Paganini's Musical Pieces


  • La Campanella, Caprice No. 1, 4, 6, 24, Nel Cor Piu Non-Mi Sento, God Save the Queen
• Frederic Chopin


  Poet of Piano, Known to create many LARGE & SMALL INSTRUMENTAL forms like Etude, Mazurka, Nocturne, Ballade, Sonata, Impromptu, Waltz, Prelude
• Franz Liszt


  Piano Virtuoso (Inspired by Pagarini), Musical Pieces are challenging: Hungarian Rhapsodies (No. 2 was the musical tone used in Tom & Jerry), Sonata in B Minor
• Robert Schumann Composer & Critic Often criticized the performances of his fellow peers Finale (Opus 52), Frauen liebe und Leben (A Woman's Love & Life), Dichter liebe (A Poet's Love)
• Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Swan Lake Sleeping Beauty The Nutcracker "Pathetique" Symphony No. 6
• Camille Saint-Sëans Carnival of Animals The Swan Danse Macabre & Symphony No. 3