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MUSI 1306 Music Appreciation – Listening Assignment
Comparison of Romantic Program
Music
Dr. Oscar Dressler, DMA.
Professor of Music
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Goal: To determine similarities and differences in programmatic compositions of the Romantic period.
Instructions
: Following your listening guides, “mp3” files and the information in your textbook, listen to
the compositions below and answer the following questions.
1.
Read pages 212-222 in your textbook. Compare the following two listening guide examples:
Listening Guide 26, pages 215-216:
Symphonie Fantastique,
Fourth movement.
Listening Guide 27, pages 221-222:
Peer Gynt,
Suite. No. 1, Op. 46.
Who composed the first selection?
Hector Berlioz
Who composed the second selection?
Edvard Greig
2. In a programmatic composition, the composer always provides the program for his work. This is
what he/she wants to narrate, portray or convey through the composition. What is the program
for the
Symphonie Fantastique?
(213-215).
The program note for the Symphonie Fantastique recounts the tragic tale of a prodigious artist
who committed suicide due to unrequited love for another individual. The musician
experiences unsettling flashbacks of his beloved because of his unsuccessful suicide
endeavor.
What does the composition
Peer Gynt
describe? (220).
The arrangement In Peer Gynt, a Norwegian named Peer is described as a lazy daydreamer
who makes snap decisions that cause him to have a lot of problems.
How are these two selections similar? State at least
three similarities
.
1.
they both were written in the romantic period
2.
they have 4 or more movements
3.
both were written to express their personal experiences
Talk about
musical medium (instruments)
in the first and second selections.
The musical medium for Symphonie Fantastique are English horns, harp, ophicleide, clarinet,
a few strings, flute/piccolo, bassoons, and trumpets/cornet.
In Peer Gynt Suite it includes a few wind, string, percussion, drum, and brass instruments
The
Symphonie Fantastique
is a program symphony, and
Peer Gynt
is incidental music.
Compare the musical genres
of these two works and
explain
them.
Program symphony is a multi-movement orchestral work containing 3 - 5 movements .
Incidental music is usually a series of pieces which is played between acts of a play .
Explain the use of
idée fixé
in the
Symphonie Fantastique
. What does it represent in the
composition by Berlioz? (213).
The Symphonie Fantastique uses the term "idée fixé" to allude to the recurring theme of his
love and obsession with Harriet.
3.
Read pages 208-211 in your textbook about program music for the piano in the Romantic period.
Listening Guide 25, page 211:
September, At the River
from “The Year” (Das Jahr).
1. What is the piano cycle “The Year” about? Describe this composition as a whole.
It is said that the piano cycle "The Year" is about the passing of time, either in terms of the
seasons or an individual's life.
2.
Describe “September, At the River” (209-210).
A steady stream of sounds that depict the river's movement plays the melancholy tune
"September, At the River." There are both high-pitched and low-pitched melodies in the
composition. As the composition comes to a finish, the tone changes to one that is happier and
brighter, as though the grief has subsided.
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