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Music
Quarter 3 – Module 3a:
Music of the Romantic Period

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 MAPEH – Grade 9
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Quarter 3 – Module 3a: Music of the Romantic Period
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 What I Need to Know
Romantic Era saw music as a means of individual and emotional
expression. Music was expected to communicate to the audience, capable of
expressing the full range of human emotion. For this reason, Romantic
composers broadened the scope of emotional content. Nationalism is reflected
most in the instrumental music of the Romantic Era.
In this module, you as a learner will learn the salient features of Romantic
instrumental music which include Piano and Program music. Piano continued
to be the most important musical instrument during the Romantic Era whereas
the Program music has a great demand in most of instrumental composition
which includes the concert overture, the Program symphony, symphonic poem
and incidental music.

What I Know
PRE-ASSESSMENT
Read the questions carefully and write the letter of your answer in your Music
notebook.
1. Frederick Chopin wrote most of his music for which instrument?
A. Flute B. Orchestra C. Piano D. Violin

2. The following are works of Niccolo Paganini EXCEPT:

A. Concerto No. 1 in Eb, Op. 6
B. “SymphonieFantastique”
C. “La Campanella”
D. 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1

3. Name the composer who bridged the time change from the Classical Period to the
Romantic Period.
A. Bach B. Beethoven C. Berlioz D. Bruckner

4. Which of the following is not a characteristic of Romantic Music?

A. Freedom in writing and designing an intensely personal expression of
self-emotion
B. Has a rich variety of piece types
C. The textures are more expressive
D. None of the above

5. It is a piece of instrumental music that conveys images or scenes, music that tells
a short story without text or lyrics and imaginative ideas.
A. Concert overture C. Song cycle
B. Program Music D. Symphonic poem

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 What’s In

The music during this period used forms borrowed from Classical music and
made them bigger, longer songs and more instruments. The themes they wrote in their
composition are mainly about nature, literature, history, and feelings.

Copy the table on the next page and identify the following composers of the
Romantic period. Circle your answer. Do this in your Music notebook.

1 2 3 4 5
Johann Claude Franz Liszt Richard Arnold
Sebastian Debussy Wagner Schoenberg
Bach
Robert Frederic Igor Stravinsky Camille Saint Claude
Schumann Chopin Saëns Debussy
Wolfgang Ryan Ramon Santos Johann Peter Ilyich
Amadeus Cayabyab Sebastian Tchaikovsky
Mozart Bach

What’s New

NOTE: This is just optional since not everybody has access to an internet
connection.
The romantic era produced great composers who innovate a variety of sounds
in piano music, orchestral music, and vocal music as well. FREDRIC CHOPIN, FRANZ
LISZT, CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS, PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY, and HECTOR
BERLIOZ are among the composers who contribute to the history of music.
Suggested listening activities
1. Frederic Chopin's, Fantasie Impromptu Op. 66
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gus4dnQuiGk
2. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake Op. 20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAeRzW98IFw
3. Franz Liszt - Liebestraum - Love Dream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBOa-2b4uQQ
4. Franz Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALqOKq0M6ho
5. Camille Saint-Saëns - The Swan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNdsrHPCcCg

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 What is It

MUSIC OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD 1820-1910

Romantic Period is described by some musicians, composers, and researchers
around the world as a cultural movement that stressed emotion, imagination,
individualism, and freedom of expression. It was characterized by expanding the
formal structure within a composition and making the pieces more passionate and
expressive.
Nationalism is one of the main features of this era. This is shown in some
compositions made by Romantic composers. One of which is the Polonaise of Frederic
Chopin, a dance composition for piano which is famous in Poland until today.
Also, the composer focuses mainly on the individuality of style and expressive aims
and subjects.
Emotions, a variety of musical styles in compositions, freedom of expression
are only a few things that characterized the music of the Romantic period. It was during
the height of popularity of Ludwig Van Beethoven, one of the great composers during
the Classical period, who made a great distinction to change the phase of composing
music by bridging the music from the Classical to Romantic era.
The culture of extensive music education in Europe extends from the
Classical period and explored more in this era. Orchestra grows in number and
became limitless, composers explored instrumentation and many compositions were
inspired by emotions in addition to a musical theme.
There are some facts about the Romantic musical period that everybody
should know. The piano music is in a free form such as fantasy, rhapsody, ballad, and
nocturne, and program music was expressed in tone poems and Symphony
Fantastique. The music was used to tell stories and express ideas. Most of the
composers were proud of their country’s music and often use folk songs in their works.

VIOLIN AND STRINGS MUSIC:

FAMOUS COMPOSER OF VIOLIN AND STRINGS
MUSIC:
NICCOLO PAGANINI
He was born on October 27, 1782, in Genoa,
Italy in a family of six children. His musical skills started
with playing the mandolin at the age of five. He
eventually transferred his training to the violin at the age
of seven with different renowned violin professors in Italy.
(Badiola, et.Al., 2014)
His violin teachers could not keep up with the progress of

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his violin skills that he kept on transferring from one violin teacher to another and was
therefore filled with all their influences.
Paganini became the most famous violin virtuoso in the world. However,
together with his fame came the rumors that said that his amazing violin skills were a
gift from the devil and that he sold his soul in exchange for those skills. He was also
rumored to have a problem with women and gambling.
His compositions inspired a lot of other composers such as Franz Liszt, Frederic
Chopin, and Robert Schumann to name a few.
Some Works of Niccolo Paganini:
o “La Campanella”
o 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1
o Concerto No. 1 in Eb , Op. 6
o 15 Quartets for Guitar and Strings Trio
o The Carnival of Venice

PIANO MUSIC
One of the important features in the development of music during the Romantic
era is the piano innovations. The classical era made significance in piano through the
composition of sonatas made by Ludwig Van Beethoven and other classical
composers but it was reinvented and developed by some Romantic composers like
Frederic Chopin and Franz Liszt that was shown in some of their composition. Some
of this piano composition was adapted from a song like Etude Op. 10, No. 3 in E major
of Chopin to “No Other Love”. These two great composer for piano signifies how piano
music can be more enjoyable at the same time challenging to the people who want to
learn their style.
FAMOUS COMPOSERS OF PIANO MUSIC:
FREDERIC CHOPIN

Frederic Chopin was known as the “Poet of the

Piano”. Born on March 1, 1810, in Zelazowa, Poland, he
was considered a world-renowned pianist and
composer. He was known for his originality in regards to
the piano.
Chopin composed almost primarily for the piano
and some of his most well-known compositions are
Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49, Revolutionary Etude, Op.
10, No. 12 and 24 Preludes, Op. 28. Frederic Chopin
began to play piano at age 4. He composed polonaise
at the age of 7. He studied piano at Warsaw
Conservatory under Wilhelm Würfel and most of his music (Badiola, et.Al., 2014)
was influenced by Polish folk music. He finished his formal
education at the higher school in 1829 and soon traveled to Europe giving concerts in
places such as Vienna, Munich, Paris, and London. He wrote almost exclusively for
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the piano. He made extensive use of the piano pedal in most of his compositions. He
also composed mostly for chamber music and avoided playing or performing inside
the hall.
In 1831, Chopin arrived in Paris to further his career and he met other legendary
composers such as Franz List, Felix Mendelssohn, and Robert Schumann. During this
time in Paris, Chopin met and married the famous French writer George Sand and
later became a source of inspiration as well as a maternal figure in Chopin’s life. In the
latter part of Chopin’s life, his health began to decline, and was diagnosed with
pulmonary tuberculosis. Chopin died on October 17th, 1849, in Paris. Chopin’s music
is recognized worldwide for its beauty and complexity and his works on the piano are
staples in the piano repertoire.
Some of his music is characterized through its beautiful tone, rhythmic
flexibility, graceful and elegant. Some of his compositions like mazurkas and polonaise
express his love for Poland and most of his compositions did not attach any literary
titles or programs to his pieces.
Piano works of Frederic Chopin
o BALLADE- A verse form usually consisting of three stanzas of eight or ten
lines each along with a brief envoy, with all three stanzas and the
envoy ending in the same one-line refrain.
o ETUDE – Apiece composed for the development of a specific point of
technique.
o MAZURKA- A Polish dance resembling the polka, frequently adopted as a
ballet form usually in triple time signature
o NOCTURNE - An instrumental composition of a pensive, dreamy mood,
especially one for the piano
o POLONAISE - A stately, march-like Polish dance, primarily a promenade by
couples.
o PRELUDE - An introductory performance, event, or action preceding a more
important one.
o WALTZ - A piece of music for this dance
o IMPROMPTU - A short composition, especially for the piano, performed in an
offhand or extemporized style.
o SCHERZO - a musical movement of a playful character, typically in aba form
o SONATA - composition for one or more solo instruments, one of which is
usually, a keyboard instrument, consisting of three or four
independent movements varying in key, mood, and tempo.

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FRANZ LISZT
The best word that describes the works of Franz
Liszt is “virtuosity”. He was known as the virtuoso
pianist and composer and the busiest musicians
during the romantic era which include playing and
studying in Vienna and Paris at the same time touring
throughout Europe by giving concerts.
Liszt was born in the village of Doborjan,
Hungary. He displayed remarkable talent at a young
age and easily understands sight-reading through the
effort of his father as the first teacher at age six. A
turning point came when, in his early twenties, Liszt
heard the virtuoso violinist Niccolo Paganini performs so (Badiola, et.Al., 2014)
he decided to dedicate himself doing piano music as what
Paganini has done for the violin.
Most of the people from his time consider him as a generous composer by
sharing both time and money to the orphans, victims of disasters, and the many
students he taught music for free.
He was known as the musical architect through his symphonic poem by
attempting to translate the greatest works of literature into musical terms as shown in
some of his compositions. His piano compositions include works such as piano Sonata
in B minor, and two piano concertos which have entered the standard selection. He
also made exuberant piano transcriptions of operas and famous symphonies. Many of
his piano compositions are among the most technically challenging pieces.
Piano works of Franz Liszt
o Grand Etudes after Paganini
o 12 Transcendental Etudes
o Sonata in B Minor
o Years of Pilgrimage (3 Volumes)
o Operatic Fantasies (after Bellini, Mozart, Verdi, and Wagner, among others)
o Arrangements of the 9 Beethoven Symphonies
o Transcriptions of Lieder by Schubert
o Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsodies" was originally written for solo piano, but many
were arranged for orchestra or other combinations of instruments. The
Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 is the most popular and was the basis for the Tom
& Jerry cartoon called the Cat Concerto

LISZT’S WORKS FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA

o 2 Concertos (Eb and A Major)
o Totentanz (Dance of Death) which adapts a Gregorian chant known as the
Dies Irae (or Day of Wrath)
o Malediction for Piano and Strings

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ORCHESTRAL COMPOSITION
o Symphonic Poems (Hamlet, Les Preludes)
o Faust Symphony
o Dante Symphony

PROGRAM MUSIC
One of the distinct characteristics of romantic music is the unique feature of
instrumental forms called “Program music”. It is a piece of instrumental music that
conveys images or scenes, music that tells a short story without text or lyrics, and
imaginative ideas fully developed through the imaginative effort of a `great and genius
composer Hector Berlioz.
In his composition “Symphonie Fantastique” or also known as the fantastic
symphony, Berlioz showcase the important features in his composition in creating tone
color which was never before heard. He treated the orchestra like a beautiful creation
and assembled hundreds of musicians to produce powerful sound. In most of his
compositions, he made tone color the basic part of his musical language.

ROBERT SCHUMANN
One of the famous Romantic composers that
worked intensively between music and words is
Robert Schumann. He was a composer, music critic
and considered himself as the heir to the original
creative tradition of Beethoven and Shubert. Robert
Alexander Schumann was born in 1810 in Zwickau.
His father wanted his son to study law and in 1821
Schumann went to Leipzig to study law but he spent
most of his time in Leipzig, understanding and
enjoying musical and literary circles thru the effort of
Friedrich Wieck who took some time to teach
Schumann to play the piano.
It was also this time when he wrote some of his
first piano compositions. He eventually convinced his
family that he should put aside law in favor of a performing career. In 1830 Schumann
went to live with Wieck in Leipzig. He soon developed a problem with his hands,
effectively ending his dreams as a pianist. It was in 1834 when Schumann founded
the music jornal Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik wherein he edited and wrote music criticism
for his publication. He wrote numerous works of the young composer and one of which
was the performance of Frederic Chopin in Paris, France. In his journal, Schumann
often wrote under two pseudonyms - Eusebius (his sensitive, lyrical side) and
Florestan (his fiery, stormy side).

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Piano Works
o "Abegg Variations," Opus 1(1830)
o "Davidsbundlertanze" ("Dances of the Band of David"), Opus 6 (1837)
o "Carnaval," Opus 9 (1835) - a portrait of a masked ball attended by his allies
and his beloved Clara
o "Phantasiestucke," Opus 12 (1837) - a series of mood pieces
o Kreisleriana," Opus 16 (1838) - a fantasy on the mad Kapellmeister
o "Kinderszenen," Opus 15 (1838) - a poetic series of evocations of a child's world

He wrote over 100 songs

o "Frauenliebe und Leben" ("A Woman's Love and Life")
o "Dichterliebe" ("A Poet's Love")

Orchestral music
o "Piano Concerto in A Minor," Opus 54
o "Overture, Scherzo
o “Finale," Opus 52 (a mini symphony)
o "Konzertstuck in F Major for Four Horns and Orchestra," Opus 86

COMPOSERS OF PROGRAM MUSIC

HECTOR BERLIOZ

Hector Berlioz is a French romantic composer

born on December 11, 1803. At his young age, he
learns to play guitar and flute but never became skilled
in any musical instruments. His father was a physician
and he was sent to a medical school to be like his
father but he ends up studying music.
One of the famous musical compositions made
by Hector Berlioz is a five-movement symphony called
“Symphonie Fantastique”.

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PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
(PyotrIlyichChaykovsky)
Ballet according to www.dictionary.reference.com is a
theatrical entertainment in which dancing and music
often with scenery and costumes combine to tell the
story and establish an emotional atmosphere.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky music was known for his
ballet music. Born on May 7, 1840, in Votkinsk,
Russia, he first studied law in his youth and became
a law clerk in St. Petersburg in his twenties. He
rebelled and began to study music at the
conservatory also in St. Petersburg. His name was
transcribed into English name and was called Peter
Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
As a big fan of Mozart, Tchaikovsky studied composition with Anton Rubinstein
and moved to Moscow and started teaching at the new conservatory.
The early works of Tchaikovsky were not memorable because he feels a little
frightened by his teacher Anton Rubinstein but later became famous after he
composed the musical poem “Fatum” and “Romeo and Juliet”.
Despite his struggle in marriage, he continues his music career in New York and
conducted his work. He experiences a great deal of fame in the last ten years of his
life and later died because of drinking unfiltered water from which he got cholera.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's music is characterized through the movement heard
in some of his ballet compositions. As a musician, he composed haunting melodies
and used a great deal of folk music in his symphonic works. His music is known for
being both too beautiful and too depressing. There are very few surviving manuscripts
written by Tchaikovsky. He was very critical of his work and very often burned his
scores.
Tchaikovsky’s Famous Compositions:
o Swan Lake
o Sleeping Beauty
o The Nutcracker
o Romeo & Juliet
o 1812 Overture
o Symphony No. 2
o Symphony No. 6 “Pathetique”
o Piano Concerto No. 1

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CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS
Camille Saint-Saëns was known as a talented
musician from an early age. He was born in Paris on
October 9, 1835, and started his music through the help
of his aunt by teaching him a piano lesson when he was
only two years old and afterward he began composing
piano piece at age three.
He was considered a composer who creates
elegant music, neat, clean, polished, and never
excessive. One of this is example is “The Swan”. As an
organist and one of the best pianists of his time, he sat
very still at the piano and played gracefully and cool.
Some of the facts during the peak of his career as a musician and composer,
many beautiful buildings, churches, and instruments were being built in France which
includes the famous Eiffel Tower.
Best known music of Camille Saint-Saëns:
o Carnival of the Animals
o Danse Macabre and his symphony no. 3
o The Swan
o Over 300 works, unusually in all genres, including
o 3 operas (Samson and Delilah the only ones remembered)
o 5 Symphonies (best known No3 the Organ Symphony )
o 3 concertos for violin and orchestra
o 5 concertos for piano and orchestra
o 2 concertos for cello and orchestra o organ music
o numerous pieces for the piano
o approximately 100 songs
o chamber music o sacred music including a Requiem

What’s More

“Time Table”
Below is a list of words. If the word or phrase goes along best with the
Classical Period, write a “C”. If the word or phrase goes along best with the
Romantic Period, write an “R”.
1. Simplicity ______
2. Individual Expression ______
3. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ______
4. Nationalism _______
5. Emotion _______

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 6. Frederic Chopin _______
7. Age of Reason _______
8. Program music _______

What I Have Learned

Congratulations on completing this module. Before we proceed, what are your
thoughts about this lesson? Share your insights by completing the following unfinished
sentences.

My understanding about the music of the Romantic Period is that

___________________________________________________________________
I realized that most instrumental music from the Romantic Period are
___________________________________________________________________
The reason why I really appreciate instrumental music from the Romantic Period is
__________________________________________________________________
I love listening to the romantic music composition because
__________________________________________________________________.

What I Can Do
Explain and describe the general characteristics of Romantic music. Copy
the table below in your Music activity notebook and answer.
A B C

History and characteristic Piano Music Program Music

of the Romantic Music

Assessment

POST TEST
Match the selected music of the Romantic period and its composer. Copy the
table and write your answer in the box. Do this in your Music activity notebook.
Music Composer Answer
1. Overture 1812 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Frederic Chopin
Camille Saint-Saëns
2. Revolutionary Etude Frederic Chopin
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 Franz Liszt
Camille Saint-Saëns
3. Years of Pilgrimage (3 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Volumes) Frederic Chopin
Franz Liszt
4. The Swan Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Frederic Chopin
Camille Saint-Saëns
5. 24 Preludes, Op. 28. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Frederic Chopin
Franz Liszt
6. Sleeping Beauty Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Franz Liszt
Camille Saint-Saëns
7. Symphonie Franz Liszt
Fantastique Hector Berlioz
Niccolo Paganini
8. The Carnival of Venice Franz Liszt
Robert Schumann
Niccolo Paganini
9. "Frauenliebe und Robert Schumann
Leben" ("A Woman's Hector Berlioz
Love and Life") Niccolo Paganini
10. “La Campanella” Robert Schumann
Hector Berlioz
Niccolo Paganini

Additional Activities

ESSAY...WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY…

Criteria:
Idea 2 pts
Content 2 pts
Organization 1 pt

Review the lessons in this module about Romantic instrumental music and write a 1-
2 paragraph summary of the lesson.

Write your answer in your Music notebook.

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What I have Learned: Answers may vary What’s More
What I can Do: Answers may vary Task 3:
Assessment 1. C
Posttest 2. R
1. PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY 3. C
2. FREDERIC CHOPIN 4. R
3. FRANZ LISZT 5. R
4. CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS
5. FREDERIC CHOPIN
6. R
6. PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY 7. C
7. HECTOR BERLIOZ 8. R
8. NICCOLO PAGANINI
9. ROBERT SCHUMANN
10. NICCOLO PAGANINI
Additional Activities: Answers may vary
What I Know
Additional Activities: Answers may vary Preassessment
1. C
2. C
3. B
What’s In 4. D
5. B
Task 1
1 2 3 4 5
. ROBERT FREDERIC FRANZ CAMILLE PETER ILYICH
SCHUMANN CHOPIN LISZT SAINT- TCHAIKOVSKY
SAËNS
Task 2: Answers may vary
Answer Key
References

Badiola, et al. “A Journey Through Western Music and Arts”

Grade 9 Learner’s Material. First Edition, 2014, Department of Education.

https://www.musical-u.com/learn/romantic-music/
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