EXAM II

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EXAM II

• A 45 50 10
• B 40 - 44 23
• C 35 - 39 26
• D 30 - 34 14
• F 0 - 29 12
• Both classes

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The Romantic Movement

• Nineteenth Century Romantic Song and Piano Music

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The Romantic Movement

• Elements of Music
• Melody Singable, expanded phrases, Exoticism
• Rhythm Rubato
• Harmony Expressive, Chromatic
• Texture Homophonic moving towards polyphonic
• Form Expanded forms
• Expression greatly expanded and expressive
• Instrumentation Newer instruments and louder
  dynamics

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The Romantic Movement

• Romanticism in Literature
• German poets Goethe, Heine, Müller
• emotional display - "suffering artist
• The Romantic Song - Lieder
• perfect union of music and poetry
• Strophic form, Through-composed, Modified
  strophic
• Song cycle

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The Romantic Movement

• The Romantic Song
• Lieder
• Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
• "Erlking" (1815)

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Schubert "Erlking" Listening

• Melody - Conjunct
• Rhythm - Compound Meter
• Harmony - Minor
• Texture - Homophonic
• Form - Through-composed
• Expression - Fast Tempo expressive dynamics
• Instrumentation - Baritone and piano

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The Romantic Movement

• Lieder
• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
• "And if the Flowers knew,"
• from A Poet's Love

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Schumann "And if the Flowers knew," Listening

• Melody - Conjunct
• Rhythm - Duple
• Harmony - Minor
• Texture - Homophonic
• Form - Modified Strophic
• Expression - Fast Tempo expressive dynamics
• Instrumentation - Tenor and piano

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The Romantic Movement

• Piano Character Pieces
• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
• Prelude, Impromptu, Intermezzo

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The Romantic Movement

• Piano Character Pieces
• Frederic Chopin (1810 - 1849)
• Mazurka, Polonaise, Waltz, and Scherzo

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The Romantic Movement

• Piano Character Pieces
• Frederic Chopin (1810 - 1849)
• George Sand
• (Aurore Dudevant)
• Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48, No. 1 (1841)

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Chopin Nocturne in C minor Listening

• Melody - Conjunct
• Rhythm - Duple meter
• Harmony - Minor
• Texture - Homophonic
• Form - Ternary - ABA
• Expression - Slow tempo - Rubato
• Instrumentation - Solo piano

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The Romantic Movement

• Piano Character Pieces
• Clara Schumann (1819 - 1896)
• Scherzo, Op. 10 ( 1838)
• Expanded form
• TWO TRIOS!

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Clara Schumann Scherzo, Op. 10 Listening

• Melody - Disjunct
• Rhythm - Compound meter w/syncopation
• Harmony - Minor
• Texture - Homophonic
• Form - Dance-Trio ABACA
• Expression - Fast Tempo - Rubato
• Instrumentation - solo piano

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Assignment

• Read Chapters 47 - 49.