Composers of the 19th century of the era of romanticism

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At the end of the 18th - beginning of the 19th century, such an artistic movement as romanticism appeared. In this era, people dreamed of an ideal world and "flee" in fantasy. This style found its most vivid and figurative embodiment in music. Among the representatives of romanticism, such composers of the 19th century as Karl Weber,

Robert Schumann, Franz Schubert, Franz Liszt and Richard Wagner.

Franz Liszt

The future great composer was born in the family of a cellist. His father taught him music from an early age. As a child, he sang in a choir and learned to play the organ. When Franz was 12 years old, his family moved to Paris so that the boy could study music. He was not admitted to the conservatory, however, since the age of 14 he has been composing sketches. Such famous composers of the 19th century as Berlioz, Paganini had a great influence on him.

Paganini became Liszt's real idol, and he decided to hone his own piano playing skills. The concert activity of 1839-1847 was accompanied by a brilliant triumph. During these years, Ferenc created the famous collection of plays "Years of Wanderings". Piano virtuoso and favoritethe audience became a real embodiment of the era.

Franz Liszt composed music, wrote several books, taught, taught open lessons. Composers of the 19th century from all over Europe came to him. We can say that almost all his life he was engaged in music, because he worked for 60 years. To this day, his musical talent and skill are a role model for modern pianists.

Richard Wagner

The brilliant German composer created music that could not leave anyone indifferent. She had both admirers and fierce opponents. Wagner was fascinated by the theater since childhood, and at the age of 15 he decided to create a tragedy with music. At the age of 16, he brought his compositions to Paris.

For 3 years he tried in vain to stage an opera, but no one wanted to deal with an unknown musician. Such popular composers of the 19th century as Franz Liszt and Berlioz, whom he met in Paris, do not bring him luck. He is in poverty and no one wants to support his musical ideas.

Failing in France, the composer returns to Dresden, where he begins to work as a conductor in the court theater. In 1848 he emigrated to Switzerland, because after participating in the uprising he was declared a criminal. Wagner was aware of the imperfection of bourgeois society and the dependent position of the artist.

In 1859 he sings of love in the opera "Tristan and Isolde". In Parsifal, universal brotherhood is presented in a utopian way. Evil is defeated, and justice and wisdom win. All the greatcomposers of the 19th century were influenced by Wagner's music and learned from his work.

In the 19th century, a national composing and performing school was formed in Russia. There are two periods in Russian music: early romanticism and classical. The first includes such Russian composers of the 19th century as A. Varlamov, A. Alyabyev, A. Verstovsky, A. Gurilev.

Mikhail Glinka

Mikhail Glinka founded a school of composition in our country. The Russian spirit is present in all his musical works. Such famous operas as "Ruslan and Lyudmila", "A Life for the Tsar" are imbued with patriotism. Glinka generalized the characteristic features in folk music, used old tunes and rhythms of folk music. The composer was also an innovator in musical dramaturgy. His work is the rise of national culture.

Russian composers gave the world many brilliant works that still win people's hearts today. Among the brilliant Russian composers of the 19th century, such names as M. Balakirev, A. Glazunov, M. Mussorgsky, N. Rimsky-Korsakov, P. Tchaikovsky are immortalized.

Classical music vividly and sensually reflects the inner world of a person. Strict rationalism was replaced by romance of the 19th century.