The Romantic Period | Music History Video Lesson

The Romantic Period in Western Music History
In the third of our music history video series we dive into the roiling musical waters of the Romantic Period. Many of the expressive and ideological characteristics of music created during this period have lingered into the modern day, and the Romantic "sound" continues to inform a great deal of what we expect from the music we listen to.
The time of the Romantic Period was one of great change, great progress, and great conflict on the European and American continents. Many of the artistic genres, preoccupations, and developments of the time were heavily influenced by what was happening in the world at large, and as the connectivity of civilization increased, so too did the demands for greater levels of musical involvement.
Correction: At the end of the video La Boheme was attributed to Giuseppe Verdi however it was written by Puccini
Join us as we delve into the details of this essential period in classical music history.
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
00:49 - What is Romanticism?
02:40 - Topics of Romanticism
04:59 - Musical Traits of Romanticism
09:48 - Concert Life
12:51 - Music for the Home
15:06 - Lists of Composers/Musical Examples
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Written by Michelle Aichele
Narration and Script Editing by West Troiano
Video Editing by Nick Vaky
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Major composers of the Romantic Period:
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847), Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835), Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), Georges Bizet (1838-1875), Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849), Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904), Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857), Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869), Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (1805-1847), Franz Liszt (1811-1886), Gustav Mahler (1860-1911), Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881), Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Clara Schumann (1819-1896), Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Bedŕich Smetana (1824-1884), Richard Strauss (1864-1949), Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900), Piotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), Richard Wagner (1813-1883), and Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826).
Musical Examples from this Period:
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel: Schwannenlied
Franz Schubert: Gretchen am Spinnrade
Fryderyk Chopin: Nocturne in D-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1
Robert Schumann: Waldszenen Op. 82, No. 7: Vogel als Prophet
Clara Schumann: Piano Trio, Op. 17
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Violin Concerto in E Minor
Franz Lizst: Piano Concerto No. 1 in Eb major
Johannes Brahms: A German Requiem
Giuseppe Verdi: “Che Gelida Manina” from La Bohème
Richard Wagner: “Prelude” to Tristan und Isolde
Piotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky: “Act 1 Finale” from Swan Lake
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Music -
Chopin - Waltzes, Op. 34, No. 3, Vivace in F major
Olga Gurevich: Piano
Chopin - Fantaisie-Impromptu, Op.66
Frank Levy: Piano
Wagner - Tristan und Isolde - Liebestod, S.447
Piano Transcription: Franz Liszt
Ilaria Baldaccini: Piano
Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique Op. 14: V. Songe d'une Nuit du Sabbat
Elgar - Ave Verum Corpus
Orchestra Gli Armonici
Smetana - Ma Vlast - III. Vltava (The Moldau)
Barbara Schubert; University of Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Beethoven - Symphony No.6, Op.68 (transcription for organ)
Beethoven - Symphony No.10 (sketches)
Orchestre Nouveau
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 - I. Allegro con brio
Brahms - Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 100
Chopin - Gallop Marquis
Aya Higuchi: Piano
Berlioz - Romeo et Juliette, Op. 17 - I. Introduction
Barbara Schubert; University of Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13 'Winter Dreams' - I.
Daydreams on the Wintry Road: Allegro tranquillo
Barbara Schubert; DuPage Symphony Orchestra
Paganini - Caprice No. 24
Elias Goldstein: Viola, Christina Lalog: Piano
Liszt - Mephisto Waltz No.1, S.514
Gabriel Antonio Hernandez Romero
Mendelssohn - Songs Without Words, Op. 30, No. 1
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CORRECTION FOR THE CONTENT IN THE VIDEO: At the end of the video (15:17) La Boheme was attributed to Giuseppe Verdi however it was written by Puccini

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Correction: "Che Gelida Manina" by Giacomo Puccini from the opera "La Boheme"

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Nicely done. Only Beethoven is not considered a romantic composer even though he embodies many of the typical features. His music is late classical. Even Schubert stuck with a classical style for many of his compositions.

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Beethoven pioneered romantic music and broke far enough from the strict classical methods that he could be considered the very first romantic composer.

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Most of his music after 1800 is romantic, especially the symphonies (3-9). I would say his third (Eroica) is the first romantic work.

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@@joanneaugust1489 The word Romantic was at that time to mean something like 'emotional fantasy', expressing longing and desire and pain and joy. Beethoven's Eroica was a revolution in that respect. It is deeply emotional at times (compared to anything else of the time). It's a combination of emotional conflict, sturm und drang, weight, length, description, abrupt dynamic change, extreme dark to light, extreme development. This is way ahead of classical. Nothing had been so heavy, dark and painful as the funereal slow movement, and no one had pushed emotional intensity forward as much as Beethoven. Instrumentation does not define romanticism so much as how it is expressed. Who would you say was comparable in 1803?

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unfortunately at the time of the romantic era, rights for black/ non white people were severely behind, let alone equal treatment for black people trying to become successful composers, but im sure there were tons! they just didnt get the same accollade because of racism :/

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