Download Notes: Music 6 Introductory Video Script

Notes:
Music 6 Introductory Video Script
Course
Music
Lesson Objective
Semester
A
Unit
1
Lesson
12
The student will be able to identify the forms utilized by romantic composers,
such as Brahms, in order to explain their purpose.
VISUAL
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AUDIO
We have discussed so much about the history
of music over the last 300 years or so.
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In this lesson we will talk about the role of the
orchestra and a big name that came with it in
the mid to late 19th century.
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In the 19th century, orchestras became more
popular, causing the number of them to grow
rapidly.
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<Text: Not all orchestras of the romantic period were
comprised of professional players. Some orchestras had
amateur players.>
As we discussed last time, not all orchestras of
the romantic period were comprised of
professional players. In fact, some orchestras
had only amateur players.
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Professional orchestras were a hit during the
time and many of them are still around today
in Europe and right here in the United States.
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3 Big Orchestras
- London Philharmonic (1813)
-New York Philharmonic (1842)
-Vienna Philharmonic (1842)>
The big three orchestras founded during the
romantic era were the London Philharmonic
(1813), New York Philharmonic (1842), and
the Vienna Philharmonic (1842).
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All of these groups are still active and
performing today.
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Orchestras were so popular that by the end of
the 19th century, most European and American
cities had their own.
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Orchestras did not always sprout up as their
own entities, often times, they could also be
heard in opera houses, theaters, cafes, and
dance halls.
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<Text: Orchestras during the romantic period did not
only grow in presence but in number of members as
well>
Orchestras during the romantic period did not
only grow in their presence, but the number of
members grew as well. During this time, there
could be anywhere from 40-100 musicians!
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<Text: What exactly are they? Who plays in them? >
We keep talking about orchestras, but what
exactly are they? Who plays in them?
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Orchestral Instruments:
Typical orchestras contain multiple families of
instruments. Instruments include members of
the woodwind, brass, percussion, and string
- flutes
-clarinets
-bassoons
-piccolos
-horns
-trumpets
-tubas
- violins
-violas
- cellos
-string bass
-members of the percussion family >
families.
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As the romantic orchestra developed, changes
were made to instruments.
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These changes included adding valves to
horns and keys to clarinets and oboes so that
they could be more agile and tuneful in their
playing.
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As a result of these changes, orchestral music
became more vibrant and colorful.
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Before the 19th century, typically the piano
player or the violin player would conduct their
fellow players in an ensemble.
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<Text: In the romantic period there was a brand
new person brought in to conduct rather than
someone from the ensemble>
In the romantic period, this all changed.
Rather than having a member of the ensemble
conduct, a brand new person was brought in
who’s only job was to conduct.
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If you are not familiar with what it means to
conduct, just think of a train. On a train, the
conductor leads the train from one point to
another safely.
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<TEXT: Like a train conductor, a conductor in an
orchestra is responsible for keeping all members of
an ensemble together so that they deliver the best
musical performance.>
The conductor in an orchestra does a similar
job. They are responsible for keeping all
members together so they deliver the best
musical performance.
To assist the conductor in cuing the members
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innovative tool called the baton.
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A leading composer in orchestral works and in
many compositional forms, except for opera,
was Johannes Brahms.
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<Text: Brahms was the leading composer of his time
and lived from 1833-1897>
Brahms lived from 1833-1897
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Like Bach, he was the son of a performer and
belonged to a musical family.
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As we discussed before, the music of the
greats before him dominated his era. By the
time Brahms was 20, 3/5 of the music played
by orchestras was by composers before his
time.
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In fact, he even remarked at one time that he
will never compose a symphony because he
felt that he could not match up to those who
came before him.
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Yet, by the time he was 40, he had composed
4 of them. Upon the completion of his fourth,
he knew who he had to pay tribute to and used
Beethoven’s model of composition.
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<Text: Four was the number that Brahms kept his
compositions to, yet they were so well written that after
each one, he was asked to write another.>
Four was the number that Brahms kept his
compositions to, yet they were so well written
that after each one, he was asked to write
another.
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Because of this, it pushed Brahms to write the
four that he did. Despite his homage to
Beethoven, he made his own unique stamp
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Instead of Beethoven’s fast third movement,
Brahms implemented a slower, more lyrical
intermezzo.
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Let’s now listen to an example and see if you
can hear the elements of Beethoven in Brahms
composition.
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<https://musopen.org/music/1072/johannesbrahms/symphony-no-3-in-f-op-90/>