This document discusses Frederic Chopin and Franz Liszt, two famous Romantic era composers of piano music. It provides biographical details about each composer's life and musical training. It also describes some of their most well-known piano compositions and the musical elements characteristic of their works, such as Chopin's beautiful tone and rhythmic flexibility. Students listen to excerpts from works by each composer and analyze the musical elements and similarities/differences between the pieces.
Frédéric Chopin On March 1st, 1810, Fryderyk Franciszek ChopinJeanmarieColbert3
Frédéric Chopin
On March 1st, 1810, Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin was born in Zelazowa Wola Village in Poland. At the age of 6, Chopin began to show musical talents on the piano and was writing verse and composing by the age of 7. Chopin began performing at salons at age 8 and it was not long before his skills surpassed those of his own piano teacher and was deemed a child prodigy.
In 1826, Chopin's father enrolled him in the Main School of Music at Warsaw University. During the time he was in school he composed two important variations: Mozart’s Op.2 on the theme of La ci darem la mano and the Sonata in C minor, Op.4 (Chopin Institute 6), which were published and pushed his career forward. After graduating from the School of Music in July 1829, Chopin left to travel to Vienna, for a tour like experience. He gave two concerts in Vienna, in which he performed “Op.2 and Rondo” and “Op.13 and improvised”. Soon after he returned home to Warsaw, he made a reluctant return to Vienna in hopes of continuing his success, but his second trip was very different from his first. After he left, there was an uprising in Poland that prevented him from being able to visit or see his family or his home. In his distress he performed almost no concerts and the music that he did compose during that time was influenced by the gloomy mindset that he had about his family’s situation.
After eight weeks in Vienna, Chopin moved to Paris, which at the time was the focal point of romanticism in music and the center of the pianistic world (Walker 20). Chopin made a comfortable living teaching piano to the daughters of the rich and also had a very lively social life, being associated with other artists such as Eugene Delacroix, Franz Liszt, and Hector Berlioz. In the late 1830s, Chopin began an affair with Aurore Dudevant, a novelist more commonly known as George Sand. When Chopin was with Sand he came to a new point in his career, producing a remarkable amount of compositions. During their time together, even in the midst of his troubles with tuberculosis, Chopin produced works such as the B minor sonata, the Op.55 Nocturnes and the Op.56 Mazurkas which are characterized by remarkable refinement and complexity (Libbey). As years passed, his relationship with Sand came to an end and his health was deteriorating even more. He died on October 17, 1849, at age 39, from his tuberculosis.
Megan Gannon for livescience.com wrote that Chopin’s last recorded words were: “Swear to make them cut me open, so I won’t be buried alive.” It was said that Chopin had a terrible fear of being buried prematurely so as a result his body was buried at the Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris and his heart is now kept in a crypt at the Holy Cross Church in Warsaw, Poland.
Frédéric Chopin was a composer in the Romantic Era. Chopin is infamous for being the first genius to be completely devoted to piano and compose piano centered pieces only. He composed extremely emotional music and many miniatures, ...
Frédéric Chopin On March 1st, 1810, Fryderyk Franciszek ChopinJeanmarieColbert3
Frédéric Chopin
On March 1st, 1810, Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin was born in Zelazowa Wola Village in Poland. At the age of 6, Chopin began to show musical talents on the piano and was writing verse and composing by the age of 7. Chopin began performing at salons at age 8 and it was not long before his skills surpassed those of his own piano teacher and was deemed a child prodigy.
In 1826, Chopin's father enrolled him in the Main School of Music at Warsaw University. During the time he was in school he composed two important variations: Mozart’s Op.2 on the theme of La ci darem la mano and the Sonata in C minor, Op.4 (Chopin Institute 6), which were published and pushed his career forward. After graduating from the School of Music in July 1829, Chopin left to travel to Vienna, for a tour like experience. He gave two concerts in Vienna, in which he performed “Op.2 and Rondo” and “Op.13 and improvised”. Soon after he returned home to Warsaw, he made a reluctant return to Vienna in hopes of continuing his success, but his second trip was very different from his first. After he left, there was an uprising in Poland that prevented him from being able to visit or see his family or his home. In his distress he performed almost no concerts and the music that he did compose during that time was influenced by the gloomy mindset that he had about his family’s situation.
After eight weeks in Vienna, Chopin moved to Paris, which at the time was the focal point of romanticism in music and the center of the pianistic world (Walker 20). Chopin made a comfortable living teaching piano to the daughters of the rich and also had a very lively social life, being associated with other artists such as Eugene Delacroix, Franz Liszt, and Hector Berlioz. In the late 1830s, Chopin began an affair with Aurore Dudevant, a novelist more commonly known as George Sand. When Chopin was with Sand he came to a new point in his career, producing a remarkable amount of compositions. During their time together, even in the midst of his troubles with tuberculosis, Chopin produced works such as the B minor sonata, the Op.55 Nocturnes and the Op.56 Mazurkas which are characterized by remarkable refinement and complexity (Libbey). As years passed, his relationship with Sand came to an end and his health was deteriorating even more. He died on October 17, 1849, at age 39, from his tuberculosis.
Megan Gannon for livescience.com wrote that Chopin’s last recorded words were: “Swear to make them cut me open, so I won’t be buried alive.” It was said that Chopin had a terrible fear of being buried prematurely so as a result his body was buried at the Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris and his heart is now kept in a crypt at the Holy Cross Church in Warsaw, Poland.
Frédéric Chopin was a composer in the Romantic Era. Chopin is infamous for being the first genius to be completely devoted to piano and compose piano centered pieces only. He composed extremely emotional music and many miniatures, ...
The best word that describes the works of Franz Liszt is “virtuosity”EMILIANOZPLANTILLAJR
The best word that describes the works of Franz Liszt is “virtuosity”. He was known as the virtuoso pianist, a composer and the busiest musician during the Romantic Era.
He played and studied in Vienna and Paris while performing in concerts in the rest of Europe.
The best word that describes the works of Franz Liszt is “virtuosity”EMILIANOZPLANTILLAJR
The best word that describes the works of Franz Liszt is “virtuosity”. He was known as the virtuoso pianist, a composer and the busiest musician during the Romantic Era.
He played and studied in Vienna and Paris while performing in concerts in the rest of Europe.
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4. • The teacher will play an example of piano music like Little “Butterfly”
Etude
• The students will listen and analyze the music.
•
• What can you say about the music?
•
•
• What musical elements did you observe?
6. One of the important features in the
development of music during the Romantic
era is the piano innovations. Classical era
made significance in piano through the
composition of sonatas made by Ludwig
Van Beethoven and other classical
composers but it was reinvented and
developed by some Romantic composers
like Frederic Chopin and Franz Liszt that
7. This two great composer for
piano signifies how a piano
music can be more enjoyable at
the same time challenging to
the people who wants to learn
their style.
9. FREDERIC CHOPIN
Frederic Chopin was
known as the “Poet of the
Piano”. Born on March 1,
1810 in Zelazowa, Poland, he
was considered as world
renowned pianist and
composer. He was known for
10. Frederic Chopin began to play piano at age
4. He composed polonaise at the age of 7. He
studied piano at Warsaw Conservatory under
WilhelmWürfel and most of his music was
influenced by polish folk music. He finished his
formal education at the higher school in 1829
and soon traveled to Europe giving concerts in
places such as Vienna, Munich, Paris, and
London. He wrote almost exclusively for piano.
He made extensive use of piano pedal in most
of his composition. He also composed mostly
for chamber music and avoided playing or
11. In 1831, Chopin arrived in Paris to further his
career and he met other legendary composers
such as Franz List, Felix Mendelssohn and Robert
Schumann. During this time in Paris, Chopin met
and married the famous French writer George Sand
and later became a source of inspiration as well as
a maternal figure in Chopin’s life. In the latter part
of Chopin’s life, his health began to decline and
was diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis.
Chopin died on October 17th, 1849, in
Paris.Chopin’s music is recognized worldwide for
its beauty and complexity and his works on the
12. Some of his music is characterized
through its beautiful tone, rhythmic
flexibility, graceful and elegant. Some of
his composition like mazurkas and
polonaise express his love for Poland and
most of his composition did not attach any
literary titles or programs to his pieces.
13. PIANO WORKS OF FREDERIC CHOPIN
• BALLADE- A verse form usually consisting of three stanzas of eight or ten lines each
along with a brief envoy, with all three stanzas and the envoy ending in the same one-
line refrain.
• ETUDE – Apiece composed for the development of a specific point of technique.
• MAZURKA- A Polish dance resembling the polka, frequently adopted as a ballet form
usually in triple time signature
• NOCTURNE - An instrumental composition of a pensive, dreamy mood, especially one for
the piano
• POLONAISE - A stately, march like Polish dance, primarily a promenade by couples.
• PRELUDE - An introductory performance, event, or action preceding a more important
one.
• WALTZ - A piece of music for this dance
• IMPROMTU - A short composition, especially for the piano, performed in an offhand or
extemporized style.
14. FRANZ LISZT
The best word that
describes the works of Franz
Liszt is “virtuosity”. He was
known as the virtuoso pianist
and composer and the busiest
musicians during the romantic
era which include playing and
studying at Vienna and Paris at
15. Liszt was born in the village Doborjan,
Hungary. He displayed remarkable talent at
young age and easily understands sight
reading through the effort of his father as
the first teacher at age six. A turning point
came when, in his early twenties, Liszt
heard the virtuoso violinist NiccoloPaganini
performs so he decided to dedicate himself
doing piano music as what Paganini has
16. Most of the people from
his time consider him as the
generous composers by
sharing both time and
money to the orphans,
victim of disasters and the
many students he taught
17. He was known as the musical
architect through his symphonic poem by
attempting to translate the greatest works
of literature into musical terms as shown
in some of his composition. His piano
compositions include works such as piano
Sonata in B minor, and two piano
concertos which have entered the
standard selection He also made
exuberant piano transcriptions of operas
and famous symphonies. Many of his
18. • Listening Activity:
•
• The teacher will play the music “Prelude” and describe the
musical elements.
19. • Listen to the musical piece “An Excerpt from a Love Dream by
Franz Liszt and Prelude by Frederic Chopin
• Describe each piece in your own point of view
• Compare the musicality of these two compositons
• How do they differ? How are they similar?
• Which do you prefer to listen to intently/ Why?
20. APPLICATION
• Group Activity:
•
• Each group will recieve a task card which contains activities that they need to perform
•
• Group A – Listen to the song No Other Love and sing it.
•
• Group B – Sing the song To Love Again.
•
• Group C – Describe the musical elements of No Other Love and To Love Again
•
• Group D – Explain the performance practice of the two songs.
21. GENERALIZATION
Frederic Chopin was a music
composer for piano and Franz
Joseph Liszt was an innovator in his
piano and orchestral works.
22. How does the structure of a
piano music of the Romantic
composers create its order and
clarity to describe the
elements?