3/28Music and the Human Experience with Professor KattariMusic for Dance- Dance for entertainment/expression- Social dance- Representation of identity- Ritual occasions- ExerciseNationalism in the Romantic Era- Revolutions in the 1830s and 1840s1. Folktales, myths, legends, fuel programmatic material 2. Vocal music in vernacular, often w/ folk melodies3. Instrumental music based on folk dancesa. Chopin’s mazurkas and polonaisesb. Viennese waltzesc. French and Russian balletsd. Liszt’s Hungarian Raphsodiese. Dvorak’s Slavonic DancesDance in 19th century- Increased popularity due to IRo Working class people into citieso Had more time and more moneyo Improved transportation and lighting for going out- Social dancing: ballrooms and dance halls- Professional dance in theater shows or ballet- Dancein-inspired music for concerts and amateur pianistsWaltz - Based on rural German peasant danceo Waltzen – to roll or turn in German- Triple meter with downbeato Bad reputation- Popularized in Vienna by the Strauss familyo Johann Younger “Waltz King”o “Emperor Waltz” “Blue Danube” “Waltz King”- Composed for home use (balls), dance halls, and listeningBallet- Origins in Franceo Second home in Russia- Ballet – “little dance”- Started off in opera breaks- Classical (traditional) ballet (Romantic Era) started “La sylphide” (1830)o En pointeo Female ballerinaso Ballet as independent formo Virtuosity for expressivenessPyotr Tchaikovsky- Russian- Life marked by crises and depression- Had a wealthy patroness for 13 years- Sudden death at 53- Tone poemso Romeo and Julet Famous “love theme”- Ballets in St. Petersburgo Swan Lake (1876) – Russian folk taleo Nutcracker (1892) – E.T.A. Hoffmanno Sleeping Beauty (1889) – Perrault, Grimm brothers’ fairy
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