Clashy sounding-notes from outside of the key-composers used this to make it sound emotive, breaking the rules of music
Virtuoso- Liszt (best composer)
A performer that excels in technical ability-fanciest, most complicated music known
Programme Music
a piece of music for instruments that describes a story or a picture
Tone Poems
A composer who writes a piece of music for instruments only to describe a storyline
Impressionism
Creates an atmosphere instead of just telling a story
Stylistic origins
Reaction to 19th century
Romanticism Cultural origins
Late 19th century in Paris, France
Typical instruments
Woodwind, strings, harp, piano, small chamber ensembles
Mainstream popularity ca. 1875 to 1925
Romantic Symphony
Lasted 20-45 mins, didn't follow any strict rules unlike classical symphony, used large orchestras (70-80 people on stage), composer could do whatever they liked, much more expressive using harmonisation, rhythmic patterns and dynamics, used a lot more instruments
Change in Opera
Told myths and stories, composers used folk music to identify where they came from, very very very long, extremes in emotion (every form of emotion, death, murder) lots and lots of brass instruments, all about the gods
Schumann
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