Roamantic Music

1. MUSIC OF
THE
ROMANTIC
PERIOD

2. Romantic Period was a time where artists,
composers, and authors start anew apart
from the formal restraints of the Classical
Period.
The main goal of Romanticism is for the
artists
to be free of the limitations imposed by
classicism.

3. It was then used by musicians to express the
modification in musical style.
In 18th century, Romanticism was used
to describe new ideas in painting and
literature.
Romantic composers
aimed for a powerful expression of
emotion.

4. Music of the Romantic period
is not all about love, it can
also be about negative
feelings or thoughts, such as
anger and hatred.

5. ROMANTIC
PERIOD
COMPOSER
S

6. FREDERIC FRANCOIS
CHOPIN
 Born on March
01, 1810
 Completed his
musical
education from
the Warsaw
Conservatory

7. FREDERIC FRANCOIS
CHOPIN
 Had his first
formal piano
lessons in 1816.
 At 7, he started
performing in
public and
composed two
Polonaises.

8. FREDERIC FRANCOIS
CHOPIN
 At 18, he earned
the title “Poet of
the Piano”.
 History says that
no other
composer has
made the piano
sound so beautiful
as Chopin.

9. FREDERIC FRANCOIS
CHOPIN
 His works are
described to be
elegant,
graceful, and
melodic.
 At 39, he died of
Tuberculosis in
October 17,
1849.

10. POLONAIS
E IN A
FLAT
MAJOR
FREDERIC FRANCOIS
CHOPIN

11. PETER ILYICH
TCHAIKOVSKY
 Born in May 7,
1840
 Son of Petrovich
Tchaikovsky and
Alexandra
Andreyevna
 At 5, he started
taking piano
lessons.

12. PETER ILYICH
TCHAIKOVSKY
 He pursued his
career as a civil
servant.
 At 21, he began
studying music
theory
 He became a
professor of music
in Moscow
Conservatory.

13. PETER ILYICH
TCHAIKOVSKY
 At 30, he made
“Romeo and
Juliet”
 Tchaikovsky
underwent
several
emotional
disturbances.

14. PETER ILYICH
TCHAIKOVSKY
His works were
influenced by
French, Italian,
German and
Russian.
He blended national
and exotic elements
to produce subjective
and passionate
music.

15. GIUSEPPE VERDI
Born on October
9, 1813 in Le
Roncole Italy
He began
studying music in
Busseto.
Married to
Margerita Barezzi

16. GIUSEPPE VERDI
“Oberto”, his
first opera
Death of his
wife and two
children.

17. GIUSEPPE VERDI
A LIBRETTO
about Jews
exiled from their
homeland is
what changed
Verdi’s heart.

18. GIUSEPPE VERDI
He composed
“NABUCCO”
(Nebuchadnezza
r, King of
Babylon) that has
proved him being
nationalistic.

19. GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi’s opera
symbolizes
Italian
Independence.
His compositions
were merely for
the public whose
main
entertainment

20. GIUSEPPE VERDI
Themes of his
works:
 Mature
 Serious
 Ends unhappily
 Hatred, love,
jealousy and fear

21. GIUSEPPE VERDI
Three greatest
works:
 Aida
 Otello
 Falstaff
 He died of stroke
on January 27,
1901 in Milan.

22. GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi’s opera
symbolizes
Italian
Independence.
His compositions
were merely for
the public whose
main
entertainment

23. GIUSEPPE VERDI
“NABUCCO”
(Nabucodnozor)

24. GIACOMO PUCCINI
The Greatest
Italian Opera
Composer after
Verdi
Born in Tuscany,
Italy on
December
22,1858

25. GIACOMO PUCCINI
Fortuna Magi, his
uncle, assisted
him in his musical
education. He
bare have
enough money or
food to supply his
needs.

26. GIACOMO PUCCINI
 He got his diploma
from Pacini School
of Music in Lucca in
1880.
 In 1893, he became
popular all
throughout Italy for
his Manon Lescaut.

27. GIACOMO PUCCINI
Became wealthy
because of his
world-famous
composition La
Boheme (1896),
Tosca (1900) and
Madame Butterfly
(1904)

28. GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini, who
was a chain
smoker, felt he
had a chronic
soar throat an
later diagnosed
to throat cancer
in 1923.

29. GIACOMO PUCCINI
Died of
continuous
bleeding due to
radiation therapy
treatment in
November 29,
1924.

30. GIACOMO PUCCINI
MADAME
BUTTERFLY

31. FRANZ LISZT
Born in Hungary
on October 22,
1811
Only child of
Adam Liszt and
Anna Lagen
At 6, he had his
first music
lessons

32. FRANZ LISZT
His father was his
first teacher who
was an
administrator for
the Esterhazy
Family.
In Vienna, Carl
Czerny taught his
piano techniques.

33. FRANZ LISZT
Antonio Salieri,
taught him
different
techniques in
composition.
Liszt was inspired
by Paganini, a
great violinist.

34. FRANZ LISZT
He is the inventor
of Symphonic
Poem/Tone Poem
His music is
controversial.
His piano works
require extreme
dynamics.

35. FRANZ LISZT
At 74, he died of
Powemonia in
Bayreuth,
Germany on June
30, 1886.
He composed
“Transcendental
Etudes”

36. FRANZ LISZT
HUNGARIAN
RHAPSODIE
S

37. RICHARD
WAGNER
Born on May
22, 1813 in
Leipzig,
Germany.
At 7, he began
his music
studies under a
Latin teacher.

38. RICHARD
WAGNER
His
compositions
were well-
known for its
rich harmonies,
complicated
texture and
orchestration.

39. RICHARD
WAGNER
He died of heart
attack in
February 13,
1883.
He composed
“Bridal Chorus”
from the opera
Lohengrin.