Recap - Romantic Era

Composers aimed at creating music that expressed innermost emotions, thoughts and feeings.

• False

• True

Common themes in Romantic music are natrualism, realism, heroism, love, and trends of exoticism, worship of nature, nationalism, and mystical themes.

• True

• False

Some of the Romantic era characteristics are...

• Dramatic contrasts in dynamics and pitch.

• Making you feel the love when you listen to the music.

• Evoking images of events.

• Music does not convey impressions of events.

The Romantic era composers only composed pieces that are about love and romance.

• True

• False

Romantic composers ...

• All of the above.

• Created rich and memorable melodies.

• Composed highly emotional music and dynamic contrast.

• Wanted to connect with their audiences through their music.

Programme music is...

• Music that is intended to evoke images or convey the impression of events.

• Music that is explained before the performance in a programme.

• Music that is composed in a programme.