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Beethoven
Instrumental in moving music towards romanticism -
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Berlioz
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Mendelssohn
Composer with a conservative approach to form -
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Emotional Content
Became focus, longing was a distinguishable feature -
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Programmatic Music
Expressed dramatic situations and emotions without sung text. -
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Large, Grand Productions
Large choral-orchestral works, etc. -
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Small Intimate Musical Experiences
Solo character piece for piano, Lied for the salon, etc. -
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Glorify Feeling and Passion
This was put over reflection and self control. -
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Romanticized Emotion
Made larger than life, deeply felt -
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Supernatural and Macabre Topics
Interest artists in the 19th century -
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Strange New Melodies
Result of a desire to create deep felt emotions -
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New Forms and Harmony Possibilities
Result of distrust of composition rules -
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Chromaticism
Especially harmonic type, was used freely -
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Rubato
Created need for more conductors -
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Solo Recitals
Became more popular -
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Improvisation of trills/ornaments Discontinued
Composer's wishes valued more highly -
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Patronage System Disappeared
Upper and Upper middle class patrons replaced the old court systems -
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Schumann
Composer with a conservative approach to form -
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Melody
Preferred expansive, elongated musical thoughts. Upward leap of sixth was the romantic interval. -
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Rhythm
Heroism was a fad. fanfare-like musical statements were popular in orchestral music. Dances lost their dominating force. More free nature because of rubato. More meter changes -
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Texture
Homophony, polyphony, monophony. -
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Form
Forms from 18th century continued but were expanded, and sometimes abandoned all together. -
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Dynamics
Used to their fullest potential, central device for style. -
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Timbre
Outrageous combo of instruments and untraditional usage of traditional instruments. -
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Instruments
Modern improvements made to orchestral instruments. Piano received its most important improvements, and tuning was significantly refined. Percussion found an important voice. Accompanying instruments were able to be integrated into a new sound. -
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Individual Feeling
Interest in nature and mind of the artist -
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Harmony
Sevenths, ninths, harmonic chromaticism dominated. Dissonance used freely without proper preparation. Tonal progressions by thirds became popular. Was still functional, moved to an extended tonality. -
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Liszt
A More progressive composer -
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Wagner
A More progressive composer -
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Bruckner
A More progressive composer -
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Brahms
Composer with a conservative approach to form