Romantic Composers

Module Seven: Text Questions

Review Questions
1.What is nationalism? How did this impact the music of the Romantic period? Nationalism began to emerge in the nineteenth century between nations and groups, it was the rise of a strong identification with a particular political group, sometimes an ethnic group. It had an impact or affected the composers in many ways, composers showed this was basing their music on the songs and dances of their people, they also composers wrote dramatic works based on folklore, and some of the also exploited the scenic beauty of his countryside.
2.What is chromaticism? Is a compositional technique based in the use of notes outside the scale that the music is using.
3.What are the three types of Romantic composers? Describe each type. Conservative Romantic composers maintain the classical forms and guidelines. Full Romantic composers are more modern and had a creative style and form their work. Nationalist Romantic composers use ethnic and national folk traditions in their work.
4.What is a ballet? How did Romantic composers change this music form? A ballet tel;s a story of the dancer movement through music. The original composers added a few sections to the current piece, ad they change its form, constraints and rules
5.What is a symphonic poem? How is it related to programme music? A symphonic poem is a single continuous movement that reflects a poem, story or paint. Symphonic poem is related to programmemusic by telling a story that gives an impression of a poem and literary work.

Critical Thinking Questions
1.How does the music of the Romantic period differ from the music of the Classical period? How is the music similar? The romantic period draws on themes popular to the century before, where the classical period draws on themes from the ancient civilizations that the society was interested in then. Romantic music shows strong emotions and drama while classical music shows grace and balance.
2.What are the characteristics of Romantic music? The characteristics of Romanticism include an strong emotion, awe of nature, and a break from following rigid structure. It also allows a emotional depth and experimentation with harmony
3.What were some of the social and cultural influences on the music of the Romantic period? A strong sense of nationalism that came by when the musical instrument changes meant composers could produce fuller sounds that were more reliable and easier to play, the nationalism also created a strong sense of pride.
4.Choose one piece of music from the Romantic period. Identify the piece of music. What emotion do you think the piece is illustrating? Why? What aspects of the music indicate this emotion? Fantastic Symphony the piece is a mixture of facts, emotions, dreams and nightmare, the dreams can make me feel the freedom of the individual emotions.
5.Discuss one Romantic composer. How did the composer influence the music of the Romantic period? What does his music sound like? I chose Chopin he composed many pieces called noctunes, they were written specially to create a mood or describe a specific play or event, he used to play them for his friends in the evenings as a form of relaxation.