Features of Romantic Music

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  • Features of Romantic music
    • Harmony
      • They use many dissonant chords:
        • Diminished 7ths
          • Half diminished 7ths
            • Neopolitan sixths
              • added 9ths and 7ths
                • dominant 7ths
                  • inverted chords
      • Variety of cadences
      • The piece can finish in a different key
    • Melody
      • Arpegiated chords
      • Counter- melodies
      • Triplets
      • Acciaccaturas and appogiaturas
      • broad range
      • sequences
      • Fragmentation
      • repetition
      • chromatic/scalic
    • Texture
      • polarized texture
      • polyphonic
      • 2 against 3
      • monophonic
      • homophonic
    • Tonality
      • They modulate to unrelated keys.
      • They end the piece in a different key
    • tempo, rhythm and metre
      • Strict and different tempo and expression markings
      • syncopation
      • counter rhythms
    • Sonority and timbre
      • Orchestra increased in size due to more instruments being introduced.
      • more idiomatic writing for the piano
    • structure
      • Ternary
      • Brahms liked the structure of  classical music. However, he used interesting chords such as inverted chords
      • binary
    • Key composers
      • Chopin
        • Uses lyrical melody lines in the piano
        • He created Ballade in F major and Nocturne in E minor
      • Brahms
        • He was a composer for absolute music
          • Absolute music: A form of music that doesn't contain a theme
            • Programme music: It is a style of music that portrays a particular mood or story.
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        • Brahms likes balance and he often uses the abridged sonata form
          • structure
            • Ternary
            • Brahms liked the structure of  classical music. However, he used interesting chords such as inverted chords
            • binary
        • He created Intermezzo in A major and Ballade in G minor
      • Frederic Grieg
        • He is a nationalist composer from Norway
          • Nationalism: These are people who are influenced by their own country and they often create marches or dances to celebrate their country.
        • Grieg motif: Descend of a tone, then a descend of a semi-tone
        • He created Norwegian March and Notturno

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