Sociology Schedule Friday, Monday and Tuesday, 19-23 – Crash Wednesday, 24 – Reflection (Sub) Thursday and Friday, 25-26 – Final Monday and Tuesday, 29-30 – Chapter 9

Sections 3 and 4 – Notes Only Wednesday - Friday, 1-3 (Final time will be

given later) – American History X Monday – Thursday, 6-9 – End of course

testing

Humanities Schedule Monday, 22 – Romantic Music ppt. Tuesday, 23 – Music and Art Review Wednesday, 24 – Romantic/Realism Drama &

Dance worksheet with Sub Thursday & Friday, 25&26 – Final Monday, 29 – Binder Check Tuesday, 30 – Test Wednesday, 1 – Make-up test Thursday & Friday, 2&3 – Final Monday-Thursday, 6-9 – End of course testing

Romantic MusicTchaikovsky and Wagner

General Info Very diff. from Neoclassical – emotion,

adventure, and imagination Beethoven inspired composers to become

self-supported Opera very popular Soft/dreamy music accomplished by:

• Chromatic scale – moving in half steps• Dissonance – harsh sounds to the ear• Modulations – change from one key to another

General cont. Composers focused on melodies and

themes Cycle – complete story told w/ several

related songs Improved range power of

piano/improvements to orchestral instruments

Tchaikovsky Studied music as a

child At 21 entered the St.

Petersburg Conservatory/ studied composition

Graduated and taught theory and composition at Moscow Conservatory

Tchaikovsky cont. Mme. Von Meck – contributions allowed

him to dedicate himself to his music Best remembered for his ballets:

Nutcracker, Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty

Performed 6th symphony (Pathetique) as the opening concert for Carnegie Hall in 1891 – died a few days later

Tchaikovsky’s Music Symphony #6 In B Minor, Op. 74, "Pathétique" Symphony #5 In E Minor, Op. 64 – Finale Symphony #2 In C Minor, Op. 17, "Little

Russian" – Finale The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71 - Russian Dance Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66A Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20 1812 Overture, Op. 49

Wagner Born in a theatrical

family Began composing at

17 Chorus master for

several theatres Built his own theatre

(Das Festspielhaus) in 1872

Wagner Cont. Most significant works – Tristan and Isolde

and Ring Cycle (covers German and Scandinavian mythology – over 16 hrs.)

Leitmotif – assigning short melodies to people or ideas in operas (used in many 20th century films)

Adolf Hitler well known admirer of Wagner and adopted much of his work for the Nazi party

Wagner Music Prelude to Die Meistersinger von

Nürnberg Overture to Tannhäuser The Ride of the Valkyries Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin Tristan and Isolde: Prelude to Act 1

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