Analysis of Romantic Music Style

Analysis of Romantic Music Style
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Analysis of Romantic Music Style
Exoticism was a common concept during the Romantic period since it was expressed in musical works. It is important to note that exoticism was expressed through structural and melodic features of Eastern-influenced folk music. Exoticism had the ability to take listeners to different worlds and make them fantasize about the beautiful unknown. An example of music that was composed during the Romantic era and has this feature is Der Erlkönig by Schubert, a poem based on German folk tales. First, the use of piano in the song brings the concept of instrumental music during the romantic era. Secondly, the combination of voice and instrument is an expression of emotions. Third, the colorful harmony depicting differences in characters is another feature of romantic music. For example, the composer used clashing dissonance to portray child terrors. Therefore, all the features present in this song clearly indicate the styles composers used during the romantic era.[Chang, Liu. "A Comparative Statistical Analysis of Music Styles (Seventeenth–Nineteenth Centuries)". (Interdisciplinary Science Reviews 45)- 590] [Djahwasi, Herry Rizal, and Zaharul Lailiddin Saidon. "An Analysis of Artistic Form and Musical Perspective of Romantic Era Music". (International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences 11)- 777] [Wu, Di. "Analysis On the Evolution of Piano Performance Techniques". (International Workshop on Arts, Culture, Literature, And Education) - 25] [Herget, Ann-Kristin. "Well-known and unknown music as an emotionalizing carrier of meaning in film." (Media Psychology 24)- 402]
One of the common things about romantic music is that it expressed people's feelings. The term 'romantic music' applies to classical music that has the ability to evoke a dreamy atmosphere. However, not all music from this era fit the romantic description because some pieces produced harsh sounds for distressing emotions. In most cases, people still believe that musicians compose music through feelings even to date. However, the difference between this kind of music and romantic music is the strength of feelings musicians express when singing. It is important to note that during the romantic period, musicians only intended to express their feelings and nothing else. In 1818, a German novelist, Jean-Paul, commented that Romanticism is beauty without bounds. The emotional subjectivity of this music has the ability to evoke a sense of drama followed by dramatic landscapes.[Kelly, Benjamin O., Cameron J. Anderson, and Michael Schutz. "Exploring changes in the emotional classification of music between eras." (Auditory Perception & Cognition 4)-130] [Kirby, Philip. "Geography and film music: Musicology, gender, and the spatiality of instrumental music." (Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 46)-580]
One of the common expressions during the Romantic era was rubato. This term was developed to denote all the music elements. Rubato, to be specific, entailed all texture elements. This technique was commonly used by music composers like Chopin and Schumann. However, it is important to note that this was something that was not commonly ...