MUS-0001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Caspar David Friedrich, Diatonic Function, Tempo Rubato
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Romantic era: roughly 1800 to 1914 (more firmly: 1830-1900) There were different trends in different places at different times: the height of the industrial revolution (developments in musical instrument technology, greater ease of travel) Interest in nature and also the focus on individuality is a response to individuality. Industrial revolution is a threat to individualism and nature (pollution) One gives in, eats their fruit, and nearly dies: vivid natural and supernatural imagery, also highly erotic (open to interpretation, some excerpts. (cid:862)(cid:373)oss(cid:455) gle(cid:374)(cid:863), (cid:862)shakes i(cid:374) wi(cid:374)d(cid:455) weather,(cid:863) (cid:862)ropp"d a tear more rare than pearl(cid:863) Trends in romantic music: public concert halls/ opera houses become more prominent (even used for chamber music, chamber music also performed in salons (performances at homes) There might be sections of pieces that are ambiguous when it comes to what key the piece is in, uncertainty for what comes next: long winded, emotional melodies, more flexibility/ variety in musical forms.
