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Programmatic Music

  • Liszt coined the term
  • Music that pulls in outside elements to help tell a story without words
  • Composers did this in many ways from instruments to titles to musical themes
  • Berlioz included program notes to be read along with the performance of Symphony Fantastique
  • Resulted in a debate between the programmatic movement and absolute music that was still referring back to the classical period

Programmatic Music

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  1. Intro
    • They Call it Romantic for a Reason
    • So Why All of a Sudden?
    • Berlioz
    • Liszt and Wagner
    • Some Famous Leitmotifs Through the Ages
    • Review

    Music History and Appreciation