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Romantic Period [嚙踝蕭嚙踝蕭嚙瘩嚙緬嚙褕湛蕭]
(ca. 1800s - 1890s)
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Song Cylces
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Alongside with the flourishing of orchestral music, song, in particular the German art song (lied) became a favorite outlet for intense personal feelings.
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In the works of Franz Schubert, for example, it served as the most suitable medium for the literary [嚙踝蕭ギ嚙稽 and lyrical [嚙賜情嚙踝蕭] tendencies [嚙談塚蕭] of Romanticism.
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Piano Music
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The piano, instead of mere accompaniment, became an equal partner with the voice in illustrating [嚙踝蕭嚙踝蕭] and intensifying [嚙稼嚙篌] the meaning of the poetry.
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Moreover, composers found new ways of writing for the instrument in order to fully capture its rich expressiveness and virtuosity.
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Food
for Thought
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If you are given a choice, do you like composer to write music that expresses emotions through words or purely instrumental sound?
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Why do you think that the position of human voice was suddenly uplifted in the Romantic era?
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Music
Examples
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique-4th Movement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb7BJQ7LAlo
Schubert's "Winterreise"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSHdVCy6Gj8
Chopin Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvxS_bJ0yOU
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