Musical Romanticism: Music of the soul...

🎸 DO YOU WANT TO GO ON A JOURNEY OF MUSICAL ROMANTICISM? 😎🙌 

                         Go ahead, I'm sure you know many of the pieces of music. Enjoy them!

1. Lied "The Trout" by Franz Schubert.

2. "The Toast" from the opera La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi (from the 38th second). 

                                           

La Traviata is an opera by Giuseppe Verdi. Based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas (son) The Lady of the Camellias, it was a failure at its premiere; however, a year later it was very successful, thus acquiring the popularity it enjoys today.

In Pretty Woman we can also hear it. 😍

"Amami Alfredo". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyVoQRhFFOg

3. Fígaro´s Aria from The Barber of Seville by Rossini. (From 3´40") 😎

  

                    You can find a version of it in this ad... 

4. Aria Casta Diva from the opera Norma by Bellini.

5. ‘Overture’ from the opera Carmen, by George Bizet. 

6. " Habanera" from opera Carmen by George Bizet. (After minute 1)

Explanation of habanera rhythm and opera libretto

With subtitles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ_HHRJf0xg

7. The Ride of the Valkyries (The Valkyrie. The Ring of the Nibelung) by Richard Wagner.

8. Zarzuela La verbena de la paloma. "Dónde vas con mantón de manila" by Tomás Bretón.

9. Nocturne No. 2 in E b Major by F. Chopin.

10.  Caprice No. 24 by N. Paganini.

11. Nocturne nº2 . Composer: Clara Wieck. 

12. Ballet Swan Lake. Composer: Tchaikovsky. Minute 1,20.

                             

Dance of the little swans     See what the rehearsals are like 

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13. The Morning. Edvard Grieg (Norway)

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14.  Opera La vida breve. First Spanish dance by Manuel de Falla.

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5. Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin  

Fantasía 2000 Disney + info          Playing by a melodica men other version

👉 FOR THE EXAM...

- Identify the 15 pieces of music. The names of the pieces and their respective composers will be given. 

- Remember to take the quiz. Some of the questions will be included in the exam. 

3. - Activities from the book (photocopy).

4. - This activity...

"Copy the following activity in your notebook and complete it.

- VOCAL MUSIC: OPERA

                Musical form                                          Main characteristic(s)                         Composer(s)

Lied
Romantic opera
	Paris Opera House
Germany
Spain	Zarzuela

- INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC.

 In vocal music (opera, masses) instrumental parts. 

 Symphonies and ........................ poems  with plots.

 Small compositions for ................ (nocturnes, waltzes, polkas,...).

 Chamber music.

Leading female composers: ................ Schumann or .................. Wieck and .................. Mendelssohn.

 

-NATIONALISM: Recovery of the .....................  music of each country.

OPTIONAL: 

‼️ 💿 "Create your own opera" activity. We just watched the Habanera from Carmen by Georges Bizet on the Google Arts & Culture app, Blob Opera experiment. "Now, it's your turn! Create your own opera with Blob Opera or perform a version of the Habanera. You can send it by email.

Will my grandparents and parents know what zarzuela is? I'll ask them and write it down here! 

🎸!! "I play the melody or the bass of the aria from Carmen's Habanera on an acoustic or virtual instrument, and record myself doing it". Read also the very interesting libretto.

👀 We read these two letters from the 19th century. What do you think about them? 

"What you wrote to me in one of your letters about your musical activities in relation to Felix is as well thought out as it is written. Perhaps for him music will become his profession, while for you it will always remain an ornament; it can never and must never become the basis of your daily existence and life", said the letter that Fanny Mendelssohn's father wrote to her when she was fifteen years old. This letter also urged her not to lose her femininity, which her prodigious knowledge of the piano was believed to give her.

On the other hand, when Fanny's brother Felix Mendelssohn turned 16, he received a letter from the German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe congratulating him on the quartet concerto he had composed for her. The writer sent greetings to his parents, his teacher and his "equally talented sister".

Source: https://gatopardo.com/perfil/el-prodigio-musical-de-fanny-mendelssohn/

Do you think that although Romanticism defends the freedom of the individual, it still labels women with a role to play in society, as mother, wife, etc.? What do you think?      

In Spanish...

«Lo que me escribiste en una de tus cartas sobre tus actividades musicales en relación a Felix está tan bien pensado, como lo está escrito. Quizás para él la música se convierta en su profesión, mientras que para ti siempre permanecerá como un ornamento; nunca podrá ni deberá convertirse en la base de tu existencia y vida diaria», decía la carta que el padre de Fanny Mendelssohn le escribió cuando ella cumplió los quince años de edad. Esta carta, además, la exhortaba a no perder su femineidad que se creía le otorgaban sus prodigiosos conocimientos en piano.

En cambio, cuando Felix Mendelssohn, hermano de Fanny, cumplió 16 años de edad, recibió una carta del escritor alemán, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe felicitándolo por el concierto para cuarteto que le había compuesto. El escritor le mandaba saludos a sus padres, a su maestro y a su «igualmente talentosa hermana».

Fuente: https://gatopardo.com/perfil/el-prodigio-musical-de-fanny-mendelssohn/

¿Crees que a pesar de que el Romanticismo defiende la libertad del individuo, sigue etiquetando a la mujer con un rol que cumplir en la sociedad, de madre, esposa, etcétera?  ¿Qué te parece?