Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Regional Office IX, Zamboanga Peninsula

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MUSIC
Quarter 3 – Module 1:
Composers of the Romantic Period

Name of Learner: ___________________________

Grade & Section: ___________________________
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 What I Need To Know
Romantic music refers to Western music composed in the late 18th century
19th century. Composers and artists believed in letting their imagination and passion
are seen through their works. In this module, you will learn about the violin and
strings, piano and program music of Hector Berlioz, Franz Liszt, Frederick Chopin,
Camille Sain-Saëns, Robert Schumann, and Peter Ilyich Tchaickowsky.
At the end of the lesson, you as a learner are expected to:
 Describes musical elements of given Romantic period pieces. (MU9RO-IIIa-2);
 Explains the performance practice (setting, composition, role of
composers/performers, and audience) during Romantic Period. (MU9RO-IIIb-
h-3); and
 Relates Romantic music to other art forms and its history within the era.
(MU9RO-IIIc-h-7).

What I know
Read the questions carefully and choose the correct answer.
1. Frederick Chopin wrote most of his music for the following instrument.
a. Violin b. Flute c. Piano d. Orchestra
2. What does the term “Nationalism” means?
a. Being patriotic b. Having a strong feeling for one’s nation c. Pride in one’s own
composition d. Pride for another country or culture
3. Name the composer who bridged the Classical Period to the Romantic Period. a.
Bach b. Bruckner c. Berlioz d. Beethoven
4. Which of these is not a characteristic of the romantic period?
a. A freedom in writing and designing an intense personal expression of self-emotion
b. Has a rich variety of piece types c. Has a shape and unity of the theme d. The
textures are more expressive e. None of the above
5. Which one of the following is not a type of Program music?
a. Song cycle b. Symphonic poem c. Concert overture d. Incidental music

What’s In
A. Guess Who?

Instructions: Identify the names of the composers. Choose your

answer from the box below.

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 Franz Liszt
Frederick Chopin
Camille Sain-Saëns
Hector Berlioz
Robert Schumann
Niccolo Paganini
Peter Ilyich Tchaickowsky.

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2. ______________________

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B. Name that Composer!

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 Instruction: Name the composer who created the given musical pieces.
___1. Ballade
___2. “La Campanella”
___3. “Romeo & Juliet”
___4. Symphonie Fantastique
___5. “Abegg Variations”
___6. 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, OP.1
___7. “Danse Macabre”

C. Music Match
Instruction: Choose the composer of the given music piece from the 2nd column.
Write your answer in the box.
MUSIC COMPOSER ANSWER
Romeo and Juliet Hector Berlioz
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Niccolo Paganini
Frederic Chopin
Danse Macabre Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Niccolo Paganini
Frederic Chopin
Camille Saint-Saëns
Ballade Frederic Chopin
Hector Berlioz
Camille Saint-Saëns
Franz Liszt
Abegg Variations Niccolo Paganini
Franz Liszt
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Robert Schumann
La Campanella Camille Saint-Saëns
Niccolo Paganini
Frederic Chopin
Franz Liszt

What’s New
Listen and Observe:

1. Play the audio entitled ―”Symphony Fantastique.”

Visit the link: https://youtu.be/5HgqPpjlH5c
2. Listen and observe the audio on how will you describe the music.
3. Write your observations on the space provided below.

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What Is It
Did you know that the Romantic music refers to Western music entitled
“Symphonie Fantastique” was composed by one of the famous composers in
the 18th and 19th century? It was created by Hector Berlioz.

Famous Composers of the Romantic Period

VIOLIN AND STRINGS MUSIC

NICCOLO PAGANINI
He was born in October 27, 1782 in Genoa,
Italy in a family of six children. His musical
skills started with playing the mandolin at
the age of five. He eventually transferred his
training to the violin at the age of seven with
different violin professors in Italy. His violin
teachers could not keep up with the
progress of his violin skills that he kept on
transferring from one violin teacher to
another. This led him to adopt all his
teachers’ influences in playing the violin.

Paganini became the most famous violin virtuoso in the world. However,
together with his fame came the rumors about his amazing violin skills that was said
to be a gift from the devil and that he sold his soul in exchange for those skills. He
was also rumored to have a problem with women and gambling.
His compositions inspired a lot of other composers such as Franz Liszt, Frederic
Chopin and Robert Schumann.
Some Works of Niccolo Paganini:
 “La Campanella”
 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1
 Concerto No. 1 in Eb. Op. 6
 15 Quartets for Guitar and Strings Trio
 The Carnival of Venice

PIANO MUSIC

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 FREDERIC CHOPIN
Frederic Chopin was known as the “Poet of
the Piano”. He was born on March 1,1810 in
Zelazowa, Poland. Frederic Chopin began
to play piano at age 4. He composed
polonaise at the age of 7. He studied piano
at Warsaw Conservatory under Wilhelm
Würfel and most of his music was
influenced by folk music. He finished his
formal education at the higher school in
1829 and soon traveled to Europe giving
concerts in places such as Vienna, Munich,
Paris, and London. He wrote almost
exclusively for piano. He made extensive use of piano pedal in most of his
compositions.

Some of his music is characterized by its beautiful tone, rhythmic flexibility,

grace and elegance. Some of his compositions like mazurkas and polonaise express
his love for Poland.
Chopin is famous for the following:
 BALLADE- a verse form or narrative that is set to music
 ETUDE –a piece composed for the development of a specific technique.
 MAZURKA - a Polish dance in triple time signature
 NOCTURNE - an instrumental composition of a pensive, dreamy mood, for
the piano
 POLONAISE – a slow Polish dance in triple time that consists of a march or
procession
 PRELUDE - a short piece of music that can be used as a preface, and
introduction to another work or may stand on its own
 WALTZ – a German dance in triple meter
 IMPROMPTU–a short free-form musical composition usually for a solo
instrument, like the piano
 SCHERZO - a musical movement of playful character, typically in ABA form
 SONATA - composition for one or more solo instruments usually consisting of
three or four independent movements varying in key, mood, and tempo

2. FRANZ LISZT
The best word that describes the works of Franz Liszt is “virtuosity”. He was
known as the virtuoso pianist, a composer and the busiest musician during the
romantic era. He played and studied in Vienna and Paris while performing in
concerts in the rest of Europe.
Liszt was born in the village Doborjan, Hungary. He displayed remarkable
talent at a young age and easily understood sight reading. His father was his first
teacher at age six. A turning point came when, in his early twenties, Liszt heard the
virtuoso violinist Niccolo Paganini perform so he decided to dedicate himself in
becoming a virtuoso pianist.

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 He was known for his symphonic
poems where he translated great literary
works into musical compositions. He also
made piano transcriptions of operas and
famous symphonies. Many of his piano
compositions are technically challenging
pieces.
He was also known with his
generosity in sharing time and money to the
orphans, victim of disasters and the many
students he taught music for free.

Some of Liszt’s Piano works:

 La Campanella
 Liebestraume No. 3
 Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsodies" were originally written for solo piano, but
many were arranged for orchestra or other combinations of instruments. The
Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 is the most popular and was the basis for the Tom
& Jerry cartoon called the Cat Concerto
 Un Sospiro
 Sonata in B Minor
 Arrangements of the 9 Beethoven Symphonies
 Transcriptions of Lieder by Schubert

3. ROBERT SCHUMANN
One of the famous Romantic
composers that beautifully combined music
and words is Robert Schumann. He was a
composer and music critic.
Robert Alexander Schumann was
born in 1810 in Zwickau. His father wanted
him to study law and so in 1821, Schumann
went to Leipzig to study law. However, he
spent most of his time with musical and
literary circles thru the effort of Friedrich
Wieck who took some time to teach
Schumann how to play the piano.

It was also this time when he wrote

some of his first piano compositions. He
eventually convinced his family that he
should put aside law in favor of a performing career. In 1830, Schumann went to live
with Wieck in Leipzig. He soon developed a problem with his hands, effectively
ending his dreams as a pianist.

Piano Works
 "Abegg Variations," Opus 1(1830)
 "Davidsbundlertanze" ("Dances of the Band of David"), Opus 6 (1837)

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  "Carnaval," Opus 9 (1835) - a portrait of a masked ball attended by his allies
and his beloved Clara
 "Phantasiestucke," Opus 12 (1837) - a series of mood pieces
 Kreisleriana," Opus 16 (1838) - a fantasy on the mad Kapellmeister
 "Kinderszenen," Opus 15 (1838) - a poetic series of evocations of a child's
world

PROGRAM MUSIC
Program music is an instrumental composition that conveys images or scenes to tell
a short story without text or lyrics. It entices the imagination of the listener.

COMPOSERS OF PROGRAM MUSIC:

1. HECTOR BERLIOZ
Hector Berlioz is a French romantic composer born on December 11, 1803. At his
young age, he learned to play guitar and flute but never became skilled in a specific
musical instrument. His father was a physician who sent Hector to medical school
but he ended up pursuing a career in music.

One of his famous musical compositions is a

five movement symphony called “Symphonie
Fantastique”. In this composition which is also
known as “Fantastic Symphony”, Berlioz showcased
the important features in his composition in
creating tone color. He assembled hundreds of
musicians to produce a powerful sound. In most of
his compositions, he made tone color as the basic
part of his musical language.

2. PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (Pyotr Ilyich Chaykowsky)

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky who was born on
May 7, 1840 in Votkinsk, Russia, was known for his
ballet music. He first studied law and became a law
clerk in St. Petersburg in his twenties. He rebelled
and began to study music at the conservatory also
in St. Petersburg.
As a big fan of Mozart, Tchaikovsky studied
composition with Anton Rubinstein and moved to
Moscow and started teaching at the new conservatory.

He continued his music career in New York

despite having marital problems and became famous
after composing the musical poem “Fatum” and
“Romeo and Juliet”. He composed haunting melodies and used a great deal of folk
music in his symphonic works. Unfortunately, there are very few surviving

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manuscripts written by Tchaikovsky. His fame peaked in the last ten years of his life
and later died due to cholera.

Tchaikovsky’s Famous Compositions:

 Swan Lake  Symphony No. 6 “Pathetique”
 The Nutcracker  Romeo & Juliet
 1812 Overture  Symphony No. 2
 Sleeping Beauty  Piano Concerto No. 1

3. CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS
Camille Saint-Saëns was known as a talented
musician from an early age. He was born in Paris on October 9, 1835 and started his
music through the help of his aunt by teaching him piano lesson when he was only
two years old and afterward, he began composing piano piece at age three.
He was considered as a composer
who creates elegant music, neat, clean,
polished and never excessive. One of this is
example is “The Swan”. As an organist and
one of the best pianists of his time, he sat
very still at the piano and played gracefully
and cool.
Some of the facts during the peak of
his career in musician and composer, many
beautiful building, churches and instruments
were being built in France which includes
the famous Eiffel Tower.

Best known music of Camille Saint-Saëns:

 Carnival of the Animals
 Danse Macabre and his Symphony No. 3
 The Swan
 Over 300 works, unusually in all genres, including
 3 operas (Samson and Delilah the only one remembered)
 5 Symphonies (best known No3 the Organ Symphony)
 3 concertos for violin and orchestra
 5 concertos for piano and orchestra
 2 concertos for cello and orchestra
 organ music
 numerous pieces for the piano
 approximately 100 songs
 chamber music
 sacred music including a Requiem

What’s More

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Enhancement Activity!
Instruction: Complete the following unfinished sentence.

1. My understanding about the music of the Romantic Period is that…

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2. I realized that most of instrumental music from the Romantic are…

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3. The reason why I really appreciate instrumental music from the Romantic Period
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4. I love listening to the romantic music composition because…

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What I Have Learned

Make an insight of what you have learned.

ROBERT SCHUMANN
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 CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS
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2. FRANZ LISZT
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What I Can Do
Musical Concept Rapping!

Procedure:

1. Choose a topic either Violin and Strings Music, Piano Music and Program
Music and you will present the report in RAP style.
2. Record a video of your performance and send it to the teacher either offline or
online. You can send it through Facebook messenger.
3. Write the script of your concept rapping.

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Criteria for Grading:
1. Originality & Appearance………………………………………………………………………40%
2. Content…………………………………………………………………………………………….30%
3. Audio Qualty……………………………..………………………………………………………30%
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100%

Assessment
A. Read each statement or question below carefully and fill in the blank
with the correct answer.

_________1. Who was known as the virtuoso pianist composer and the busiest
musician during the Romantic Era?

_________2. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky became famous after composing the musical
poem Fatum” and _________?

_________3. It is a verse form or narrative that is set to music?

_________4. Who was considered as a composer who creates elegant music, neat,
clean, polished, never excessive and an example of this is “The Swan”?
_________5.Who was the most famous violin virtuoso in the world?

B. Identify the composer of the given music piece. Write your answer on
the underlined space provided.

_______________1. Sonata
_______________2. The Carnival of Venice
_______________3. Un Sospiro
_______________4. Swan Lake
_______________5. The Swan

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References:
Music and Arts Grade 9,
LM, pp.67-87

DEVELOPMENT TEAM

Writer: Normila R. Dimaporo

Editor
Language Editor:
Proof Reader:
Illustrators: Jeyvilyn J. Manalo
Layout Artist: Jonard Q. Laporga

Management Team:
Julieto H. Fernandez, Ed. D., CESO VI
SDS-Isabela City
Maria Laarni T. Villanueva, Ed. D., CESE
ASDS-Isabela City
Henry R. Tura, CID Chief
Elsa A. Usman, LR Supervisor
Jani P. Ismael, EPS-MAPEH, Module Coordinator

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One night I had a dream. I dreamed I think that I shall never see
that I was walking along the beach A poem lovely as a tree.
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