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Music 653

Guidelines for Presentations: Romantic Period

Suggested textbooks: Leon Plantinga, Romantic Music; Alfred Einstein, Music in the Romantic Era.

  • Romanticism and the art song
    • Discuss the literary and artistic aspects of Romanticism
    • The rise of the German Lied
    • The relationship between poetry, melody, and accompaniment
    • The song cycle
    • The song with orchestral accompaniment
    • Include discussion of the following works by principal composers in terms of typical structure, style (there will not be time to listen to all of them -- bring scores to look at; maybe play short selections):
      • Schubert: Erlkönig [Hör zu 314; M1620.S34 B28 v. 1H]
      • Schubert: Gretchen am Spinnrade [CD 1195; M 1620.S34.B28 v. 3]
      • Schumann: Dichterliebe [CD 2694; M1621.4.S39 D5]
      • Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde [CD 8; M1614.M212 L5]
  • Romantic opera
    • Italian lyric opera
    • Paris as operatic center of Europe
    • Grand opera
    • German opera and Wagner
    • Include discussion of the following works by principal composers in terms of typical structure, style (there will not be time to listen to all of them—bring scores to look at; play short selections):
      • Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia [CDbox 128; M1503.R835 B22 1956 c.2]
      • Bellini: I Puritani [CD 1501; M1503.B444 P87]
      • Weber: Der Freischütz [CD 2; M1500.W37 F7]
  • Romantic choral music
    • Choral societies
    • Mass and motet
    • Oratorio
    • Include discussion of the following works by principal composers in terms of typical structure, style (there will not be time to listen to all of them -- bring scores to look at; maybe play short selections):
      • Berlioz: La damnation de Faust [CD 1455: M1503.B514 D34]
      • Mendelssohn: Elijah [Angel 36288; M3.M235 v. 13 pt. 2-3]
      • Brahms: Gesänge, Op. 104 [CD 594; M3.B83 v. 21, p. 117]
  • Schubert and Schumann
    • Life: training, influences, important life events
    • Personal stylistic development
    • Works to discuss (there will not be time to listen to all of them -- bring scores to look at; maybe play short selections):
      • Schubert: Grab und Mond, D893 (choral song) [CD 956;
      • Schubert: Die Winterreise [CD 1232; M1621.4.S386 W5]
      • Schumann: "Widmung", Op. 25/1 [CD 3063; M1620.S39 P4 v.1]
      • Schumann: "Der Nussbaum", Op. 25/3 [CD 3063; M1620.S39 P4 v.1]
      • Schumann: Requiem for Mignon [CD 3340; M3.S3925 v. 9 pt. 3]
    • In the study sheet, include a works list of the most important works in the following genres: song cycles, choral music, operas.
  • Brahms
    • Life: training, influences, important life events
    • Personal stylistic development
    • Works to discuss (there will not be time to listen to all of them -- bring scores to look at; maybe play short selections):
      • Ein deutches Requeim [CD 513; M2010.B73 Op. 45 K3]
      • Vier ernste Gesänge, Op. 121 [CD 310; M1620. B8 M22 v. 4]
      • Rhapsodie (Alto Rhapsody) [CD 2609; M2030.B8 op. 53]
    • In the study sheet, include a works list of the most important works in the genres of song cycles and choral music.
  • Wagner and Verdi
    • Highlights of the lives of the composers: training, influences, important life events
    • Brief overview of personal stylistic development
    • Works to discuss (there will not be time to listen to all of them—bring scores to look at; play short selections):
      • Wagner: Tristan und Isolde [CDbox 75; M1500.W13 T7 1973]
      • Verdi: Rigoletto [CDbox 47; M1500.V47 R55]
      • Verdi: Requiem [CD 180; M2010.V48 R48 1978]
    • In the study sheet, include a works list of their most important operas.

 

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