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Romantic Period in Full Swing
Objects, art, and life were all romanticized. Emotions were put at the forefront of making music. The composer could truly express what they were feeling. A focus on the past and death were popular themes. No more rules for the form, harmony, chord progression, and orchestration. -
Romantic Period in Full Swing
Objects, art, and life were all romanticized. Emotions were put at the forefront of making music. The composer could truly express what they were feeling. A focus on the past and death were popular themes. No more rules for the form, harmony, chord progression, and orchestration. -
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Romanticism
Romanticism is a cultural movement that originated in Germany and the United Kingdom in the late 18th century as a reaction against the Enlightenment and Neoclassicism, giving priority to feelings over reason. -
Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884)
Bohemian nationalist composer known for his programmatic cycle of 6 symphonic poems called "Ma vlast" (My Country). wrote the tone poem "The Moldau". -
Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884)
Bohemian nationalist composer known for his programmatic cycle of 6 symphonic poems called "Ma vlast" (My Country). wrote the tone poem "The Moldau". -
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
German romantic composer who continued the classical traditions. Composed symphonies and Lieder. -
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
German romantic composer who continued the classical traditions. Composed symphonies and Lieder. -
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Russian composer who composed many wonderful ballets that are used and famous today. -
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Czech Nationalist composer. Wrote a ton of symphonies, most of them are out of the correct printing order starting confusion for people trying to get parts. Inspired by American folk music and the pentatonic scale that was featured in both Native American and Black American music. -
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Brahms' Symphony No. 4
-Johannes Brahms
-Composed in 1884
-Composed in E minor
-Premiered in 1885
-Published in 1886
-A traditional four-movement work in unusual arrangement of tempos 1st mvt: Allegro non troppo (not too fast)
-2nd mvt: Andante
-3rd mvt: Allegro giocoso (merrily fast)
-4th mvt: Allegro energico e passionato (energetically and passionately fast) -
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Mahler's Symphony No. 1
It was composed by Gustav Mahler between 1887 and 1888, and premiered in 1889 in Budapest.1 On all occasions in which it was performed after its premiere in Budapest, the work met with almost total rejection from critics and the public.