Throughout the advancement of these two eras there were a lot of new additions to the music world. After the baroque period composers began to get a sense of individuality and an ability to make a living off of their music. The classical period consisted of composers appealing to the amateur musicians and experienced musicians altogether. The composers began to turn to freelance musicians and ultimately wanted to benefit from their work. This was not the same with the romantic period.
Although composers were still very motivated to benefit from their USIA in ever day life, they wanted their music to be easily identified. They wanted you to know who had composed the piece when you heard it and remember that. The harmonies of these two eras were also similar but like the composing role there was a little more that romantic composers wanted out of the music. The harmony was very identifiable in both of these periods and they liked it that way. Classical music harmonies used the major and minor scale and instituted dissonance to add to the piece.
They wanted the dissonance to spice the music up a bit in a sense of excitement and suspense. The romantic period harmony was a time where the composers were making the pieces longer. The symphonies of the romantic era are longer than the classical era. The use of harmony in the romantic era also sheered away from the major and minor scale to make the pieces rich in a sense and full of color. There was a lot of experimentation in the romantic era with harmony, instruments, and everything that made up the music.
There was a very major sense of Just wondering exactly they could do with all the music, seeing how everything would be if they used it different way. The style of performance was also changed or modified in a sense. During the classical period the audience knew that the music was changing. The audience yearned for the music to be made for a specific type of performer so that performer could give them the very best music of that type. The cadenza was used throughout performances to show the audience the strength of that certain performer.
During the romantic period the cadenza piece was written prepared before hand instead of the performer kind of winging it. The romantic period was also a very expanding era through the orchestra. Concert halls were growing so they needed more performing musicians. The style and form of these two eras were vastly similar. The traditional classic form moved on to the romantic era but this was an era for expanding them and in a sense letting them on their own. The form of the romantic period was very free unlike the classical era, which was very balanced.
As I mentioned earlier the symphonies were longer and also the addition of the symphonic poem came through the romantic period. These two periods had some of the most prolific composers in musical history. The three main composers from the classical era are widely known: Ludwig van Beethoven, Joseph Haydn, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Haydn was one of the most talented composers of this nine lineup. The Austrian composed for Prince Strachey for thirty years and lived out a long life. Haydn did very well with the symphony and the string quartet for starters.
Classical And Romantic Eras Of Music By weatherman The major surprising and emphasized part of the piece is when the loud chord comes crashing down through a mainly calm piece before then. This is a large part of the classical era with a sense of surprise and having a piece people wanted to be able to distinguish. Mozart was another major music fugue from this era. Mozart is very underrated in my opinion or more overshadowed. Being a child prodigy already had everything in place for Mozart who continued the excellence into adulthood.
The amount of passion and work Mozart put into his pieces brings me to his Symphony No. 40 in G Minor. It is a very good symphony when it comes to the classical period speed. It is a quicker symphony that has a nice accompaniment of instruments with it to continue a steady rhythm. The last major composer of the classical period I want to point out is Beethoven. I have known about Beethoven from a young age when I learned to play piano and have always had the utmost respect. The perfectionist attitude and hard work Beethoven put into his work was incredible.
The piece that he completed called “Ode to JOY’ was a very perfect example of classical era music. A consistent chord and note for a strong rhythm. As the piece progresses there are harder and more emphasized notes that give it its uniqueness. Moving onto the romantic period the composers that I personally would highlight are: Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, and Giaconda Puccini. Schubert was a major workhorse who produced hundreds of pieces. All of his pieces have a mass amount of moods instituted into them, which is also a big part of romantic music. Die Foreleg was Schubert piece that was very important of this era.
The use of nature and a simpler piece make this piece very romantic era. The sense of not using balance and proportion anymore like in the classical era was huge for the romantic era. Robert Schumann was a very good writer, which I believe, also fueled his talent in music history. The emotional nature of his pieces is a big reason why he is part of the romantic era. Reconnaissance is his piece that I really enjoy in the simplicity and emotion that is put into the piece. The repeated notes that make the piece unique are consistent and make the listener feel the emotions of the piece.
Puccini, who took over the role of the most important Italian opera composer, hugely showed his talents on the opera scene. Making the opera a more individual sense like everyday people was a big fuel of his popularity. Gaining fortune from his play Mammon Leaches, he became even better known after La Bohemia. The plot of this opera is held very dear to the audience throughout. The sense of this play being Just like the Romeo and Juliet plot that everyone had a soft spot for. The simplicity of his operas was a major factor that kept him successful and a big part of the romantic period too.
