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The Romantic Period (1820-1900)
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The Romantic Period (1820-1900)
Romanticism in Music
Nationalism and Exoticism
Romantic Artwork
- Nationalism- Expressed when Romantic composers deliberately created music with a national identity.
- Exoticism- composers would write music associated with distant lands.
- Puts unprecedented emphasis on self-expression and individuality of style.
- Many romantics created music that sounds unique and reflects their personalities.
- Today, the music listener can tell relatively easily what composer wrote a piece.
Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows
I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud
By William Wadsworth
Romanticism
Expressive aims and subjects
- The romantics explored a universe of feeling that included the very ends of emotions.
- All aspects of nature attracted romantic musicians.
- Romantic composers dealt with subjects drawn from the Middle Ages and from Shakespeare's plays.
- Romanticism- a cultural movement that stressed emotion, imagination and individuality.
- This was seen in literature, art, music.
- Aimed to broaden horizons and encompass the totality of human experience.
- Romantics were especially drawn to the realm of fantasy: the unconscious, the irrational, the world of dreams.
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