Education
Music 271: 3/21/07II: The concept of program music of the Romantic and Post-Romantic periods: A: Differences between the SP (Symphonic Poem) and Character piece:• Similar to Photograph vs. Film• CP invite image without a story, SP creates a story• Both assume an extra-musical role• Berlioz, Liszt, Smetana, Strauss, Sibelius were all examples of programmatic composers B: Criticism of the Concept of Program Music:1. Robert Schumann (1835): wrote a critical essay about Symphonie Fantastique (1829, Germany: mid-1830s)2. Eduard Hanslick (1854: published an essay “Vom musikalischen Schönen” in 1854• Ideas which a composer expresses are mainly and primarily of a purely musical nature.• Definite feelings and emotions are not capable of being embodied in music.C: Putting this to the test: two orchestral compositions and the evidence of their composers’ expressive intentions: