WCT Music & Expression pt. 1

1. WCT Music &
Expression pt. 1
Classical vs Romantic

2. • Classical -- 1750-1800
• Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven
• Romantic -- 1800-1900
• Beethoven, Berlioz, Schumann

3. • Classical -- “classic”, universal, everlasting
• Romantic -- highly personal, supernatural

4. Classical
• Drama
• creating & resolving conflict
• Following well-worn paths
• playing with expectations

5. Romantic
• Episodic, loosely connected “scenes”
• Storytelling

6. Joseph Haydn,
Symphony no. 102, iv
(1795)

7. A Rapid stepwise soft
B Wide leaps, dotted rhythms loud
A Rapid stepwise soft
C Wandering melody over drone loud/soft/loud
A Rapid stepwise soft
D Leaping melody, upward loud
A Rapid stepwise soft
C Wandering melody over drone loud/soft/loud
A Rapid stepwise soft/loud

8. A Rapid stepwise soft
B Wide leaps, dotted rhythms loud
A Rapid stepwise soft
C Wandering melody over drone loud/soft/loud
A Rapid stepwise soft
D Leaping melody, upward loud
A Rapid stepwise soft
C Wandering melody over drone loud/soft/loud
A Rapid stepwise soft/loud

9. A Rapid stepwise soft
B Wide leaps, dotted rhythms loud
A Rapid stepwise soft
C Wandering melody over drone loud/soft/loud
A Rapid stepwise soft
D Leaping melody, upward loud
A Rapid stepwise soft
C Wandering melody over drone loud/soft/loud
A Rapid stepwise soft/loud

10. Beethoven, Symphony
no. 5, iii
(1808)

11. Theme 1: rising figure Soft
A
Theme 2: repeated note Loud
B Theme 3: rapid, upward-moving Loud
A’ Themes 1 & 2, varied Soft
Gradually
Coda Theme 1
softer

12. Theme 1: rising figure Soft
A
Theme 2: repeated note Loud
B Theme 3: rapid, upward-moving Loud
A’ Themes 1 & 2, varied Soft
Gradually
Coda Theme 1
softer

13. Theme 1: rising figure Soft
A
Theme 2: repeated note Loud
B Theme 3: rapid, upward-moving Loud
A’ Themes 1 & 2, varied Soft
Gradually
Coda Theme 1
softer

14. generic vs personal
expression

15. Berlioz, Symphonie
fantastique
(1830)

16. Hector
Berlioz
(1803-69)

18. Harriet Smithson

19. Harriet Smithson

20. Harriet Smithson

21. Symphonie Fantastique
• I. Reveries, Passions (Largo-Allegro agitatto
e appassionato assai)
• II. A Ball (Allegro non troppo)
• III. Scene in the Country (Adagio)
• IV. March to the Scaffold (Allegro non
troppo)
• V. Dream of a witches' Sabbath (Larghetto-
Allegro)

22. Symphonie Fantastique
• I. Reveries, Passions (Largo-Allegro agitatto
e appassionato assai)
• II. A Ball (Allegro non troppo)
• III. Scene in the Country (Adagio)
• IV. March to the Scaffold (Allegro non
troppo)
• V. Dream of a witches' Sabbath (Larghetto-
Allegro)

23. Symphonie Fantastique
• I. Reveries, Passions (Largo-Allegro agitatto
e appassionato assai)
• II. A Ball (Allegro non troppo)
• III. Scene in the Country (Adagio)
• IV. March to the Scaffold (Allegro non
troppo)
• V. Dream of a witches' Sabbath (Larghetto-
Allegro)

24. Symphonie Fantastique
• I. Reveries, Passions (Largo-Allegro agitatto
e appassionato assai)
• II. A Ball (Allegro non troppo)
• III. Scene in the Country (Adagio)
• IV. March to the Scaffold (Allegro non
troppo)
• V. Dream of a witches' Sabbath (Larghetto-
Allegro)

25. Symphonie Fantastique
• I. Reveries, Passions (Largo-Allegro agitatto
e appassionato assai)
• II. A Ball (Allegro non troppo)
• III. Scene in the Country (Adagio)
• IV. March to the Scaffold (Allegro non
troppo)
• V. Dream of a witches' Sabbath (Larghetto-
Allegro)

26. Symphonie Fantastique
• I. Reveries, Passions (Largo-Allegro agitatto
e appassionato assai)
• II. A Ball (Allegro non troppo)
• III. Scene in the Country (Adagio)
• IV. March to the Scaffold (Allegro non
troppo)
• V. Dream of a witches' Sabbath (Larghetto-
Allegro)

27. Symphonie Fantastique
• I. Reveries, Passions (Largo-Allegro agitatto
e appassionato assai)
• II. A Ball (Allegro non troppo)
• III. Scene in the Country (Adagio)
• IV. March to the Scaffold (Allegro non
troppo)
• V. Dream of a witches' Sabbath (Larghetto-
Allegro)

28. Symphonie Fantastique
• I. Reveries, Passions (Largo-Allegro agitatto
e appassionato assai)
• II. A Ball (Allegro non troppo)
• III. Scene in the Country (Adagio)
• IV. March to the Scaffold (Allegro non
troppo)
• V. Dream of a witches' Sabbath (Larghetto-
Allegro)

29. Symphonie Fantastique
• I. Reveries, Passions (Largo-Allegro agitatto
e appassionato assai)
• II. A Ball (Allegro non troppo)
• III. Scene in the Country (Adagio)
• IV. March to the Scaffold (Allegro non
troppo)
• V. Dream of a witches' Sabbath (Larghetto-
Allegro)

31. • semi-autobiographical
• story determines music

32. In sum...
• Classical expression -- generalized
• Romantic expression -- personalized