MUSIC 15 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Tempo Rubato, Folia, Arcangelo Corelli
How does music convey emotion?
● 19th century Romantic music by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) and Sergei
Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Romantic period (1780-1910)
● applied to literature, visual arts, and music
● music: expressive, evocative, emotional, spiritual, extreme
● program music: music combines literature and visual arts (examples: Berlioz's
Symphonie Fantastique, Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony)
● famous romantic composers: Chopin, Schubert, Brahms, Liszt, Schumann,
Rachmaninoff, Mendelssohn
Observing romantic paintings
● The Raft of the Medusa by Theodore Gericault (1818)
○ Convey emotions using contrast of light and color
● The Third of May 1808 by Francisco Goya (1814)
● Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grand Jatte by George Seurat (1884-1886)
○ Colors used to convey sunny, relaxed feeling of leisure
● The Scream by Edward Munch (1893-1910)
○ Harsh, tumultuous, contrast of color
19th Century: The Combination of Music and Visual Ars
● Mendelssohn’s teacher Carl Friedrich Zelter: approached music from a visual standpoint
● Mendelssohn: transferred images into music (Hebrides Overture: depicts a beautiful
landscape)
● Goethe made an analogy: A bright and powerful picture is like a musical work in a major
key
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
● German composer, conductor, and pianist
● Musical prodigy like Mozart
● Conducted J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion in 1829, reviving Bach’s music all
throughout Europe
○ First one to use baton conducting a concert
Fantasie Op. 28 (1833)
● Incredibly virtuosic piece
● Fantasia or Fantasia:
○ A musical genre: free improvisation; “imaginative invention
● Images for three movements
○ 1st: Night dream
■ Two contrasting elements
● Improvisation (unrestricted)
○ Arpeggios: broken chords played in ascending or
descending order
■ major/minor
■ Peace (smooth) /storm (turbulent)
● Chorale melody (restricted hymn melody):theme of song
○ Heard four times
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Document Summary
19th century romantic music by felix mendelssohn (1809-1847) and sergei. Applied to literature, visual arts, and music. Program music: music combines literature and visual arts (examples: berlioz"s. Symphonie fantastique, beethoven"s pastoral symphony) famous romantic composers: chopin, schubert, brahms, liszt, schumann, The raft of the medusa by theodore gericault (1818) Convey emotions using contrast of light and color. The third of may 1808 by francisco goya (1814) Sunday afternoon on the island of la grand jatte by george seurat (1884-1886) Colors used to convey sunny, relaxed feeling of leisure. 19th century: the combination of music and visual ars. Mendelssohn"s teacher carl friedrich zelter: approached music from a visual standpoint. Mendelssohn: transferred images into music (hebrides overture: depicts a beautiful landscape) Goethe made an analogy: a bright and powerful picture is like a musical work in a major key. Bach"s st. matthew passion in 1829, reviving bach"s music all throughout europe. First one to use baton conducting a concert.
