romantic period: program music &franz liszt
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Slideshow detailing Paideia Academy (Apple Valley, MN) 6-8 General Music quarter 3, week 4's in-class activities.TRANSCRIPT
Homework
Quiz Review
Liszt’s Music
Name That Title!
Franz Liszt
Instrument Translation Share
Music ResponseEmergence of
Program Music and Franz Liszt
Music Response Title: Nuages Gris (Grey Clouds), S. 199 Composer: Franz LisztListen here
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Instrument Translation Share Stand where you are Speak slowly and clearly Tell us the language you chose Tell us the word in English, then the
translation Be sure to correct us if we butcher it!
Franz Liszt 1811-1886 Said to be the best pianist in Europe Born in Doborján, Hungary Liszt’s father worked for the Esterhazy
family, playing piano, violin, cello, and guitar
Popularized a brand new genre: the symphonic poem
Greatly idolized Niccolo Paganini, the greatest violin virtuoso of the day
Franz Liszt Married the Countess Marie d’Agoult Had a daughter who would go on to
marry Richard Wagner Toured Europe during the 1840s “Lisztomania” swept through the
cities in which he played Gave the vast majority of his money to
various charities
Liszt’s Music Piano works are
distinctive for their extreme difficulty
Transcribed for piano many great works including all 9 of Beethoven’s symphonies
Bagatelle sans Tonalité, S. 216a
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Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp minor, S. 244/2
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Quiz 2: Berlioz & Liszt Berlioz’ revolutionary early Romantic
composition: Symphonie Fantastique Berlioz was from the country of France Berlioz’ thoughts on orchestration were
published in an important treatise Liszt was a famous composer and extremely
talented pianist Franz Liszt was from the country of Hungary A piece of music without a descriptive title is
called absolute music
Homework Your assignment is to create original
titles to pieces of absolute music, turning them into program music. You will then provide a justification for your decision based on the musical and emotional material of the pieces you hear. Links have been provided on the website.