MUSIC101 Lecture Notes - Hector Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique, Fugue
Document Summary
Romantic, unify works, literary connection, arouse deep emotions. Character pieces, concert overtures, program symphonies, symphonic poems. Program music a piece of instrumental music associated with a story or extra-musical idea. Absolute music a piece of instrumental music without a story (program) or extra-musical idea. Engaged in music journalism, treatise on orchestration. Great conductor of his time, often conducting his own works. Wrote programmatic works romeo et juliette, hamlet . Travelled quite a bit to other countries. Written in 1830, berlioz was 26 years old. The original premiere date, may 1830, was cancelled and the work was premiered later in december of. Psychedelic work, different stages of an opium dream. Five movements: a fast sonata form with slow introduction, a waltz movement, a slow movement, a march, and a fast finale. Fixed idea , recurring melody that haunts the protagonist, subsequent transformations of the fixed idea. Romantic melody big leaps and chromatic lines without a tonal center contributes to this trait.
