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concert report

Running Head : E-CONCERT REPORT

E-Concert Report : Romantic Era

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The E-Concert was devoted to the music of romantic composers . It included the 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky , Chopin 's Piano Concerto No .1 and Mendelssohn 's Symphony No .4 Italian . Romantic era in music has no clearly defined chronological frames it refers broadly to the whole 19th century and at some points co-exists with classical music . It is not time but the content that distinguishes it from other styles Romantic music is focused on the subjective personal feelings

of the composer . The artists seek to project their personality into their music and value feelings and content more than reflection and form (Stringham 2008 ,

.176

A Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893 ) was the son of a government official and began study music rather late , only after the graduation from the School of Jurisprudence in St .-Petersburg . Only at 23 he devoted himself fully to music (Stringham , 2008 ,

.188-189 . Being an emotionally unstable person , Tchaikovsky created a very powerful music that fully corresponds to the major definitive characteristic of romantic music - it focuses on feelings

1812 Overture is one of the most well-known works of Tchaikovsky that is devoted to one of the crucial moments of Russian history , the Patriotic war of 1812 , when Napoleon 's invasion in Russia was thrown back . The piece was first performed in 1882 (Stringham , 2008 ,

.219 . It is not merely a solemn and patriotic music but a kind of theatrical...

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