Lecture 4 Even More Romanticism - Even More Romanticism 1801 Beethoven sonata no.14"moonlight 1807 Beethoven symphony no 5 1815 Shubert erlking 1830

11/15/2007 Even More Romanticism: 1801 – Beethoven: sonata no.14 “moonlight” 1807- Beethoven: symphony no. 5 1815- Shubert: erlking 1830 – Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique 1836- C. Schumann: Nocturne 1838- Chopin: “Military” Polonaise 1840- R. Shumann: What is Program Music Genre: Program Symphony- a multi movement orchestral work which possesses a plot or general story-line (typically specified by the composer in a program book.) Hector Berlioz (1803-1868) - French - Seen as a rather radical composer in his youth - Won prestigious Prix de Rome in 1830 - Infatuated with poetry and art, especially shakespeare Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique (1830) - Genre: Program Symphonie - 5 movements - Elaborate story written by composer and distributed to the audience - Very large orchestra - Innovative concept: idée fixe - Movements: • Reveries-passions • A ball • Scene in the country • March to the scaffold Movement IV: March to the Scaffold  Dramatic Opening Crescendo  Very big orchestral sound  Appearance of idée fixe  The execution (the thud)