Music A-Level
Romantic music
What Romantic music means in Music A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Romantic music
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Music of the 19th century in which portamento became a highly characteristic expressive device, used to heighten emotional intensity and connect notes in a lyrical, legato phrase.
Topics that use Romantic music
- Area of study 1: Western classical tradition 1650–1910 (compulsory) - Musical elements (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Antecedent phrase
- Antiphonal texture
- Aria
- Articulation
- Balanced phrases
- Bass suspension
- Basso continuo
- Binary form
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