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OF THE
ROMANTIC
PERIOD
4 Quarter Lesson
th
MUSIC Grade 9
• How do you
express
your
feelings?
•What do you
feel when these
emotions are
not expressed?
Vocal music is one of the
best tools for expressing
one‟s feelings.
This form of expression
became more evident
during the Romantic
period.
The parallelisms of music and
literature were clearly evident in
almost all forms of vocal music
during the Romantic period.
Composers interpret poems,
mood, atmosphere and imagery
into music.
Musical compositions such
as:
the art song was written
for solo voice and piano.
• art song has its
inspiration from poetry
in this period.
Vocal music in this period
require singers to perform a
greater range of tone color,
dynamics and pitch.
Because of this, Opera became
an important source of
musical expressions.
The birth of the opera
houses came. It was the
place where all the arts
converged: not only music,
but poetry, painting,
architecture and the dance
as well.
COMPOSERS OF
VOCAL MUSIC DURING
THE ROMANTIC
PERIOD
Franz Peter Schubert
Died :1828 in
Vienna, Austria at
31.
lieder, (German word for song )- the proper
name of his songs
He developed lieder so that they had a
powerful dramatic impact on the listeners.
He tapped the poetry of writers like
Johann Goethe.
He is considered the last of the classical
composers and one of the first romantic
ones.
His famous vocal music works/ Lieder
were:
“Gretchen am Spinnrade”,
“Erlkonig”
“Ellens Gesang III” (“Ave Maria”)
“Schwanenge sang” (“Swan Song”).
Alexandre-Cesar-
Leopold
Bizet, but was
baptized Georges
Bizet
born October 25,
1838
in Paris, France.
o He entered the Paris Conservatory
of music at a very young age.
o Bizet became famous for his
operas.
His most famous opera is “Carmen”.