MUS 1751 : Music Appreciation Exam 4
Document Summary
Introduction: revolutionary sentiments in the air: new desire for liberty, bold action, passionate feeling, and individual expression. Symphonie fantastique: berlioz, personified the romantic spirit, orchestra increased in size with greater volume, symphony orchestra today is essentially that of the late. The virtuoso: 19th century was the age of the solo virtuoso, musicians began to expend enormous energy striving to raise their performing skills to unprecedented heights, pianists and violinists spent long hours practicing technical exercises. Chapter 20: romantic music: the art song: composers" lives included everything associated with romantic spirit: self-expression, passion, love of nature and literature, occasional excess, and sometimes lunacy. The art song: interest in literature, especially literature, odes, sonnets, ballads, and romances were set as songs by young. Father tries to calm down the boy in low tones that are steady, stable, and repetitive: elk king first charms in sweet, consonant tones but then xi.
