Work with your partner.

Here are some sentences which describe features of ROMANTIC music and CLASSICAL music. a)Think about them and organise them into two groups.

b)Write the Romantic ones in the Table at the end.

-Music used simple melodies

-Extreme subjectivism, which produced a progressive disintegration of form and harmony.

-Idea of artistic freedom. The composer wanted a free language so that feelings could be conveyed.

-Changes in dynamics happened gradually throughout the musical pieces.

-Music was performed by an orchestra based on string instruments.

- An escape from reality is sought .Fantasy predominates over reality creating a world of dreams, imagination and legend.

- There was a preference for small musical forms, freer structure, like improvisations, which expresses intimacy.

- Melodies acquired more expressive curves, and were more colourful.

- The rhythm became more flexible, freer and less structured. New rhythms were discovered, such as folkloric.

-There was a lot of contrast in dynamics throughout the musical pieces

-The piano was very popular