The document discusses the key features of Romantic period music from the late 18th to 19th centuries. It was a time when composers emphasized emotion, individualism, and drawing inspiration from nature and literature. Nationalism also grew as an important influence, where composers incorporated folk melodies from their home countries. The piano became a central instrument of the period as composers like Chopin and Liszt developed its technical and expressive capabilities. A new genre of program music emerged where instrumental pieces aimed to convey scenes and narratives. Famous Romantic composers included Paganini, Chopin, Liszt, Schumann, Berlioz, Tchaikovsky, and Saint-Saëns.

1. MUSIC OF THE
ROMANTIC PERIOD
INTRODUCTION

2. ROMANTIC MUSIC
- refers to Western music composed in the
late 18th century to the 19th century.
- is described by some musicians,
composers and researchers around the
world as a cultural movement that
stressed emotion, imagination,
individualism and freedom of expression.
- The themes they wrote in their
compositions are mainly about nature,
literature, history, and feelings.

3. NATIONALISM
- is one of the main features of this era.
- POLONAISE - a dance composition for
piano which is famous in Poland by Frederic
Chopin.
- LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN - one of the great
composers during Classical period made a
great distinction to change the phase of
composing music by bridging the music from
Classical to Romantic era.

4. The culture of extensive music
education in Europe extends from the
Classical period and explored more in
this era. Orchestra grows in number
and became limitless, composers
explored instrumentation and many
compositions were inspired by
emotions in addition to musical
theme.

5. PIANO MUSIC
- one of the most important features in the
development of the music during the
Romantic era is the PIANO INNOVATIONS.
• Classical era made significance in piano
through the compositions of sonatas made
by Ludwig Van Beethoven but it was
reinvented and developed by some
Romantic composers like Frederic Chopin
and Franz Liszt.

6. PROGRAM MUSIC
- One of the distinct characteristics of romantic
is the unique feature of instrumental forms.
- It is an instrumental music that conveys image
or scenes, music that tells a short story
without text or lyrics and imaginative ideas
fully developed through the imaginative effort
of a great and genius composer Hector
Berlioz.

7. Facts about Romantic Musical
Period
• Piano music is in free form such as fantasy,
rhapsody, ballad and nocturne.
• Program music was expressed in tone poems
and Symphony Fantastique.
• The music was to tell stories and express
ideas.
• Most of the composers were proud of their
country’s music and often use folk songs in
their works

8. GREAT COMPOSERS
VIOLIN and STRINGS
MUSIC
• Niccolo Paganini
PIANO MUSIC
• Frederick Chopin
• Franz Liszt
PROGRAM MUSIC
• Robert Schumann
• Hector Berlioz
• Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• Camille Saint- Saëns