ROMANTICISM
Cristina Montins Ortiz
Federico Escribano Huertas
CHARACTERISTICS
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It appeared in the mid-1900s as another Romantic component.: they sought to accentuate the musical and cultural individuality and autonomy fo different countries.
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Special relevance in countries that had not had a lot of weight in the artistic development and they come out of their cultural inferiority by looking into their own history and traditions.
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Use of folklore in 2 ways:
- copying the sources: introducing a popular melody in a piece.
- imitating its characteristic musical features, scales and melodies, dance rhythms,etc.
"A life for the Tsar"
"Flight of the Bumblebee"
orchestral interlude written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov for his opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan
"Pictures at an exhibition"
(Promenade, Gnomos, The old castle)
"Prince Igor:"Polevetsian Dances”.
Based on the incident of Polovtsinas’ invasion of Southern Russia in the 12th century, this opera tells the story of the capture of Prince Igor
"Sherezade": Symphonic poem based on "One Thousand and One Night"s, sometimes known as The Arabian Nights.
"Rapsody in Blue":
influence of jazz
"Choros": for guitar, based on indigenoues rhythms.
Suite "Iberia": El Corpus:
It reflects the atmosphere of the procesion of the Corpus Christi in Seville. Main theme based on the popular song "La Tarara".
"Goyescas"