3. Musical Elements of the Period
• RHYTHM – Use of Rubato (slight holding
back or pressing forward of tempo)
• MELODY – Expressive and richer tone color
• HARMONY – Intricate and colorful
• FORMS – Miniature and monumental
5. Program Music
• It is music which tries to tell a story in sound
• It brought music closer to poetry and painting
• Helped composers relate their own work to the
political issues of their time.
6. Types of Program Music
• INCIDENTAL MUSIC
• PROGRAM SYMPHONY
• CONCERT OVERTURE
• SYMPHONIC POEM
7. • INCIDENTAL MUSIC
Music played between acts of a play and during important
scenes.
Example: J. M. Kraus - VB 33
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr69RE8xmDY
Types of Program Music
8. Types of Program Music
• PROGRAM SYMPHONY
A piece of music for orchestra which tells a certain story.
Example: Hector Berlioz's Symphony Fantastique
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwCuFaq2L3U
9. • SYMPHONIC POEM
is a long single movement piece for orchestra to develop a poetic
idea, suggest a scene or create a mood.
Example: Vltava by Smetana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6kqu2mk-Kw
Types of Program Music
10. • CONCERT OVERTURE
is designed to serve as introduction to an opera.
Ex. 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2W1Wi2U9sQ
Types of Program Music