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The romantic era - Coggle Diagram
The romantic era
1825-1900
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Many pieces convey emotions, evoking subjects such as dreams, love or nature.
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Homophonic textures continue to predominate, often with denser accompaniments.
Harmony is often complex, including chromatic chords and expressive dissonances.
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The orchestra grew to its largest size, typically 80 or more players.
The piano
The full name of the piano is the pianoforte, made from the dynamics: piano (quietly) and forte (loudly).
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Greater dynamic contrast was possible, including crescendos and diminuendos.
Foot pedals introduced so that sounds could be sustained (with the right pedal ) or muted (with the left pedal con sordino)
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Preludes
In earlier musical periods, the prelude was used simply as an introduction to another piece of music.
At the beginning Chopin writes 2 balances 4 bar phrases, the first ends on the dominant, the second on the tonic.
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