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R O M A N T I C
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ROMANTIC
By: Alex, Kayla , Jessica, Zane, Jordan. And
Ashton
1850-1920 C.E.• This was a time after the Classical period
and the Twentieth Century period.• Many of the composers based their
musical on the structures from the classical period.
• Music was also influenced from art, poems, literature and drama and nature.
• Music itself started influencing people and their lives.
INFLUENCES-Starting point was from classical forms such as the sonata and symphony.-Composers concern was on movement of the audience instead of themselves with the structural discipline. -Structures had new melodies, better harmonies, and more dissonance.
Important People
• Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865 ( U.S. President)
• Mark Twain 1835-1910 (famous author)
• Harriet Tubman 1820-1913 (helped African-American slaves)
• Susan B. Anthony 1820-1906 (campaigned for women’s right to vote
Inventions
• First railroad (1830)• Alaska was purchased
(1867)• Panama Canal built
(1881)• Statue of liberty
unveiled in New York (1886)
Architecture
Art of the Romantic Era
Art Characteristics• Heroism- believed the common man
could be a hero.• Individuality- was subjective other than
objective, romanticism gave artist a way to show individual ideas and emotions.
• Painted many landscapes, natural world was considered less a model of perfection and more a source of mysterious powers.
Sources
• http://library.thinkquest.org/15413/history/history-rom.htm
• http://cnx.org/content/m11606/latest/• http://www.ipl.org/div/mushist/rom/• http://
www.classicalscore.com/romanticperiod.htm