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Music of the romantic era - key features - Coggle Diagram
Music of the romantic era - key features
List of iconic works from this era.....
Beethoven String Quartet in C
Chopin Preludes
Chopin BalladeNo.4
Schubert 'Lieder'
Schumann
Mendelsohn piano trio
Brahms Piano trio
Dynamics
extreme dynamics
terraced dynamics
forte
sforzando
Texture
Polyphonic
Layered
Contrast of textures
Homophonic
Harmony
dissonance
unconventional modulations
unconventional cadences
imperfect
interrupted
often ends on a perfect cadence - holding some sense of tonality and resolution
extended chords
chromaticism
non-functional harmony
Rhythm
syncopations
triplets
dotted rhythms
rubato
tuplet rhythms
ostinato
Texture
polyphony
contrapuntal
melody dominated homophony
contrasting sections
imitation
Tonality
unrelated modulations
more difficult keys used - e.g. C# / B / F# major
some modality used
Structure
sonata form
exposition
Thematic ideas
development
recapitulation
subject
counter subject
lieder
art music created (i.e. the waltzes, mazurkas and rhapsodies combined with vocals and piano)
movements
cadenzas
Melody
chromarticism
using extreme pitch ranges
lyrical melodies
virtuosic
prodigdy
composed and performed Piano trio in A minor at the age of 15
leitmotif
idee fixe
thematic transformations
cadenza
short virtuosic solo passage
often improvised
rubato
Sonority / Instrumentation
Piano trio
violin
piano
cello
extended techniques
string techniques
con sordino
pizzicato
sul ponticello
sul tasto
virtuosic
Development of piano forte
Upright pianos for chamber music
increasingly portable
vs piano
leather vs felt mallets
no. strings per note
chamber ensembles
left room for more expressive and intense parts - yet still retaining interaction and unity as a piece / work