ROMANTICISM AND PERFECT PITCH
BY KIM JI NYEONG
As you know, the order of the historical periods of music is Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classicism, Romanticism, and 20 th century music. Here, the focus will be on the time of Romanticism. However, in order to understand Romanticism, you need to know about Classicism frst. So, allow me to break it down for you:
In Classicism, there were three famous composers: Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. Have you ever played Mozart ' s music? If you have, you may know that his music is very formal, since he composed music using a form, called Sonata form. Sonata form is made of exposition, development, and recapitulation.
In exposition, there are two types of subjects and they have big differences in sounds. If the frst subject is played in major, the second subject is played in minor. In development, there are frequent modulation and this is the core part of the music that shows the composers ' ability. Lastly, recapitulation is a reappearance of exposition including deformation.
Try listening to Mozart ' s music in Sonata form, and fnd the differences between the exposition, development, and recapitulation. If you think you ' ve mastered Mozart, then try listening to Beethoven ' s Für Elise to test your skills in differentiation.
Are you having trouble fnding the Sonata form in Für Elise? That ' s because Beethoven
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