Romantic Period: 1820-1910

Romantic Period: 1820-1910

1. Composers

   • Tchaiovsky
     • The Sugar Plum Fairies
   • Chopin
     • Prelude in Db major
   • Rachmaninoff
     • Prelude in Cm Op. 3 No. 2

2. Texture

   • Homophonic Texture

3. Key Features

   • Ornaments
   • Terraced Dynamics
   • Has virtuosic lines
   • a lot of rubato
   • dissonance
   • a lot of sforzandos
   • wanted to portray
     • feelings
     • nature

4. Instruments

   • Piano
     • The piano was updated. It had seven octaves

5. Forms

   • Lied