Music 3rd Quarter Module 1.1 instrumental Music of Romantic Period

This document provides information about instrumental music of the Romantic period from 1820-1900. It discusses key characteristics including the expression of extreme emotions, a freedom in composition, and themes of love, nature, religion and nationalism. Genres that developed included piano music in free forms like fantasies, rhapsodies, ballades and nocturnes, as well as program music expressed through tone poems. Musical elements like melody and harmony became more lyrical and chromatic. Rhythms were used freely and tempos frequently accelerated or slowed down. Dynamics from soft to loud were used extensively. The orchestras also expanded to produce richer tones.