MUS 1751 : Notes For Exam 3
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Romantic: reason, rules and form, monuments of ancient, greece and rome, emotionalism, passionate self-expression, wonders of nature. Love: sentiment pervaded the entire area, longing and despair, not happiness and fulfillment, music expresses the inarticulate depth of emotion. Role of the composer: no longer servants to aristocracy, now a prophet or demigod, inspires the audience, music morally uplifting and beautiful, music no longer entertainment, but art, serious tone in the concert hall. Melody: broad, sweeping themes, lyrical and expressive, build to a grandiose climax, phrases, longer, rhythmically flexible, irregular in shape. Rhythm: flexible and languid, meter can be obscure, rubato, italian for robbed , exaggerates the rhythmic flow, gives performers more artistic freedom. Form: no new forms, extended existing forms, character piece, brief binary or ternary form, essence of a single mood, whimsical titles. The virtuoso: pianists and violinists the most common, wizard-like dexterity, often more showmanship than musical substance, niccolo paganini (1782-1840) Chapter 23: romantic music the art song.
