Romantic music school is a new school after Vienna classical music school, which
came into being in the early 19th century.
In this period, the artists' creation showed their admiration for subjective feelings, their love for nature and their fantasy for the future. The forms of artistic expression have also undergone new changes, showing the formation and development of romantic thoughts and styles. The difference between romantic music and classical music is that it inherits the tradition of classical composers, and on this basis, it has also made new explorations. For example, it emphasizes that music should be combined with other
arts other than poetry, drama and painting, and advocates a comprehensive art; Advocate title music; Emphasize the expression of personal subjective feeling
, and the works often have autobiographical color; The works are full of fantasy, and there are many works describing the nature, because nature is calm and has no contradictions, which is an ideal realm; Pay more attention to drama, study ethnic and folk music and literature, and draw nutrition from it. The works have the characteristics of ethnic groups. In terms of artistic form and expression, it inherits the classical music school, but there are great differences in content, and exaggerated techniques are also used a lot. In the form of music, it suddenly < P > breaks the restriction of the balanced and complete formal structure of classical music, and has greater freedom. There are many instrumental music with the theme of Chanle
, mainly instrumental pieces, such as impromptu, nocturne, etude,
narrative, fantasia, prelude, lyrics and various dance music-Mazuka, Round Dance
and Polka. Among many instrumental pieces, piano pieces are the majority. There are a lot of artistic songs in vocal music works
, and many vocal pieces are connected in series to form a suite, such as Schubert's The Beautiful Mill Woman and Winter Journey, which are the artistic themes of romantic music school innovation
. Harmony is an important tool to express the romantic color. The dissonance is enlarged and freely used, and the 7 th and 9 th chords, as well as the semitone and tone sandhi often appear in music, which expands the scope and performance of harmony and enhances the color of harmony. The composer created
multi-movement title symphony and single-movement title symphony, which are
important forms of romantic music.
Romantic attention music has a strong contrast with the rigorous, elegant and dignified style of classical music with its unique strong, free and unrestrained style. If Beethoven's
music is only black-and-white movies or prints, then romantic music works are like watercolors and colorful oil paintings. This period produced two different schools of romantic music. One is conservative romanticism represented by Brahms, and the other is positive romanticism. Romantic music period is also the most fruitful period in the history of European music development.
It greatly enriched and developed the fine tradition of classical music and made bold innovations.
Many music treasures of this period are still deeply loved and welcomed by people.
romanticism, that is, romanticism. European romanticism appeared in the second half of the 18th century, first reflected in literature, and then extended to the whole art field including music. Romanticism is a rebellion against tradition, classical mode and various authorities that bind personality, and attaches importance to the free expression and expression of personality, subjectivity and emotion.
Romantic music appeared from the 182s until the end of the 19th century, which was an era when romanticism developed rapidly and swept across Europe. At the beginning of the 2th century, romanticism began to decline, but a few musicians still adhered to the romantic style.
Beethoven is a composer connecting the preceding with the following in the transition of European music from classical to romantic period. On the whole, he follows the classical form, but he is already breaking through. More importantly, he has devoted himself to expressing his personality in music, striving for independence and freedom in personality and spirit.
Until Beethoven, musicians lived under the "protection" of the nobility, which made them in a social position dependent on others. Mozart and Beethoven paid a great price for their independent social status. It was not until the Romantic era that musicians became free and independent artists. But spiritual freedom is not equal to material happiness, which makes them often in the contradiction of "painful freedom".
the most striking feature of romantic music is that it attaches importance to the expression of personal subjective feelings. Their creative inspiration comes from their emotional world, from their subtle perception of nature, from the inspiration of sister arts such as poetry, drama and painting, and from the fantasy and imagination caused by myths, legends and folk literature. As a result, title music became popular. They also use classical traditional forms or musical names, but often deal with them in a brand-new and free way. At the same time, many new forms have emerged. For example, "personality sketch" is very representative, which is a kind of ditty that shows some interest, mood and feelings with the whim.
of course, they don't stick to traditional forms, which doesn't mean they don't pay attention to forms at all. The emotions they express are not all confined to the narrow world of personal life. Excellent romantic music has a perfect form that adapts to their music content. And their music content, far beyond the personal scope, has a wide range of social and universal moral and ethical significance.
In The Romantic Period, there are pianists who specialize in playing. Before that, composers and performers were one. That is to say, piano music is mostly played by composers who write music themselves. The emergence of professional pianists means the division of labor between composition and performance. The result of the division of labor is an unprecedented improvement in playing skills. The super skill that makes people dizzy is one of the factors that make the concert successful. To meet this need, many piano pieces with superb playing skills appeared in this period, and at the same time, a large number of piano etudes just for practicing techniques also appeared in this period. The endless etudes of Cherny (1791-1858), a student of Beethoven and a teacher of Liszt who tortured several generations of pianists, were written in this period. Besides him, Clementi (1752-1857), Kramer (1771-1858), moszkowski (1854-1925) and others also wrote valuable technical etudes.
In a word, the piano art developed in an all-round and high-level way during the Romantic period. If we are willing to calculate on average, romantic piano music still occupies the largest proportion in the piano repertoire heard in today's concert hall. Our roaming will also stop at as many places as possible.
Weber (1786-1826) was the first important composer of European music when it entered the romantic era. He is a pioneer of German national opera. He is also an excellent pianist, who has created four piano sonatas and many dance music. His well-known piano works are Gorgeous Rondo and Invitation to Dance, both written in 1819. The two works are similar in nature, both gorgeous and lively, revealing a romantic atmosphere in beauty and ease. The theme of Gorgeous Rondo is:
Compared with this work, his Invitation to Dance is more widely circulated. Invitation is invitation, and the music describes the scene of inviting to dance. Wilbur himself gave a vivid explanation of the music, to the effect that at first a man politely invited a woman to dance:
The ascending melody in the bass area expressed the man's sincere attitude. But the woman was a little embarrassed and polite, but declined:
But the man invited again, and the bass melody was repeated again. This time, it leads to the conversation between the two people, and naturally * * * enters the dance floor. Later, it was a gorgeous multi-section waltz, which was an elegant dance scene that was clear at first sight. When the dance music stopped, the music similar to the beginning appeared again. This time, the man expressed his gratitude to the woman and the two said goodbye to each other in a friendly way. This is typical romantic title music. Music with a plot title also develops along the clue of the plot.
Schubert (1797-1828) is another representative figure of early romanticism. He has a genius similar to Mozart, but he has suffered more hardships than Mozart. He died young at the age of 31, only one year after Beethoven. He is a great composer of art songs, and also created famous symphonic music works. He also made achievements in piano music. He wrote sixteen piano sonatas in his life, as well as many sketches such as "Impromptu", "Moment of Music" (this is the name pioneered by Schubert) and "March". These works are called sexual sketches, and each song shows a specific and indescribable subtle emotion and feeling, showing a wonderful music world. Some of his sketches are already familiar to us, such as the second "Moment of Music", which will be heard on many occasions:
This is a beautiful and lovely ditty composed by Schubert's musical inspiration in an instant. For this kind of ditty, don't bother to think about "what is it", it shows what you hear and feel. So is his Impromptu. For example, "Impromptu in E Major", just let your emotions and your imagination fly with the winding and fast-flowing sound stream, which will definitely take you to a wonderful and charming place.