... in the opposite direction. Romantic melodies tended to be more lyrical and expressive and could be repeated many times throughout an entire piece. Other melody trends were the use of one single unbroken rhythmic pattern. The obvious trends in Rhythm were freedom and flexibility. Cross rhythms were popular as well as simple subdivisions against irregular subdivisions (duplets against ... triplets and so on). Chopin often used this technique in his piano music with the numerous notes for the right-hand against a steady accompaniment for the left-hand. Rhythms were generally "Stylized dance...

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... in the opposite direction. Romantic melodies tended to be more lyrical and expressive and could be repeated many times throughout an entire piece. Other melody trends were the use of one single unbroken rhythmic pattern. The obvious trends in Rhythm were freedom and flexibility. Cross rhythms were popular as well as simple subdivisions against irregular subdivisions (duplets against ... triplets and so on). Chopin often used this technique in his piano music with the numerous notes for the right-hand against a steady accompaniment for the left-hand. Rhythms were generally "Stylized dance...

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... the German Romantic writer E.T.A. Hoffmann (1776-1822) can seamlessly collide in their finest works. Schumann and Hoffmann were linked in many aspects of life including their shared passion for both literature and music, and in their eccentric and slight bipolar personalities - The similarities in their Romantic ... they expressed themselves through art form was uncanny. This is found to be most evident in Schumann's piano song cycle, Kreisleriana, and in E.T.A. Hoffman's novel, Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr for numerous reasons. Perhaps the biggest and most notable similarity b...

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... 1833. His father, a musician himself, introduced him to the world of music at a very young age. Brahms never showed the impressive characteristic of Mozart, but he was unusually talented, mastering the violin, cello and piano by the age of 10. As a teenager, he began studying composition, and while still in ... composing the "German Requien" (premiere in 1869) and his orchestral variations on a Theme by Haydn (1873). The experience and familiarity of the different popular styles he acquired from his previous jobs, the conservative tastes influenced upon him by German music teacher Eduar...

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