Music, Art, and Architecture
1830-1910
Carrie Finnegan
SPE 536
July 8, 2011
Dr. Barbara Hof Gordon
Lesson plan 3
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Music
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Art
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Passionate and expressive
Formal structures
Mainly in France
Impressionism!
Softer edges and intermingling colors
Architecture
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Many memorials and landmarks
Lots of growth in the U.S.
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Impressionism
Originated in Paris in the late 1800s.
• Many outdoor scenes
• Named derived from Monet’s painting “Impression,
Sunrise”
• Artists: Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renior
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Post-Impressionism
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Different techniques derived from Impressionism
Artists: Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cezanne
Impression, Sunrise, 1872
Bridge Over a Pond of
Water Lilies, 1899
Self portrait, 1888
The Starry Night, 1889
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Expressed progressive social and political
ideals
Many memorials and landmarks were built
during this time
There is a building boom in Chicago following
the Great Chicago Fire of 1871
The U.S. Capitol building receives a new dome in 1855
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1858 – competition to design Central Park is won
A map of Central Park
from 1875
Central Park as it is seen today
Built in 1889,
the Eifel Tower is
a global icon of
France
The Woolworth Building
was constructed in the
neo-Gothic style and was
designed by Cass Gilbert.
It opened in 1913 as the
world’s tallest building.
It cost $13 million to
build.
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Mahler, Wagner, Tchaikovsky
Does not refer to romantic love although that
was a prevalent theme in many works
Increase in emotional expression
Nationalism – composers wrote music for their
country
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Freedom in form and design
Lyrical melodies, bold harmonies
Ambiguous rhythm and meter
Wide range of pitch, bold contrasts
Dense, weightier textures
Expansion of the orchestra
Program music
Greater technical virtuosity
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Born in Leipzig, Germany
Composer, conductor, theater director, essayist
Primarily known for his operas
Complex texture, rich harmonies and
orchestration
Wrote both the music and the libretto for his
operas (not common for this time period)
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Russian
Wrote symphonies, operas, ballets,
instrumental, chamber music, and songs
Emphasis on national character in music
Strived to link those ideals to a standard to
meet Western criteria
Built an “emotional experience of almost
unbearable intensity”
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Austrian
Late Romantic period
Leading conductor of his time
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Conducted the Vienna Court Opera for 10 years
Briefly conducted New York’s Metropolitan Opera
and the New York Philharmonic
Compositions included 10 symphonies (largescale works) and a number of songs and piano
works
This caricature mocked Mahler’s conducting
style in a 1901 humorous magazine.
This cartoon mocked Mahler’s use of
instrumentation. The caption reads “My
God, I've forgotten the motor horn! Now
I shall have to write another symphony."
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How is music from the Romantic period
different than music written in the Baroque
and Classical periods?
Are any of the pieces we have played in class
from the Romantic period?
Based on what you have just learned about the
Romantic period, what other composers have
you heard of from this time?
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Architect of the Capitol. (n.d.). Architecture. Retrieved from
http://www.aoc.gov
Central Park. (2010). The Official Site. Retrieved from
http://www.centralparknyc.org
Google. (2011). Google Images. Retrieved from
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Stolba, K. M. (1997). The Development of Western Music (3rd ed.).
Columbus, OH: McGraw-Hill.
Wikipedia. (2011). Post-Impressionism. Retrieved from
http://www.wikipedia.com
Wikipedia. (2011). Program music. Retrieved from
http://www.wikipedia.com
Wikipedia. (2011). Richard Wagner. Retrieved from
http://www.wikipedia.com
Wikipedia. (2011). Romantic music. Retrieved from
http://www.wikipedia.com