Victorian+Art+&+Music

Milah Mohsin



= = = = =**__VICTORIAN ART__** =  ===**During the Victorian Era, the most prominent art movement was the Pre-Rafaelite movement. This was due to the emergence of a group called the Pre-Rafaelite Brotherhood. There were also other art movements including the Impressionist, the Post-Impressionist, the Classical and the Neoclassical.** ===

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==== Reaction to the limitations of impressionism   ====

**CLASSICAL & NEOCLASSICAL **
====  Based on the Artistic Principles of Greek and Roman antiquity ====





= = = = = = =__**VICTORIAN MUSIC**__ =

====Rapid urbanization and industrialization was occurring during this era, so it was dubbed "The Industrial Revolution". Since urban development was arising, audiences became more jaded and demanding. They requested a more professional level of music. The style of music evolved from traditonal folk songs to songs with a relatively more contemporary and humorous subject matter. ====

Sir Arthur Sullivan


**FAMOUS COMPOSITIONS**
 //The Maid of Artois// By Michael W. Balfe //The Land of Hope & Glory// By Sir Edward Elgar //Intermezzo// By Edward German //Maguire's Kick// By Percy Grainger //Jerusalem// By Hubert Parry //Weep You No More// By Roger Quilter //The Breeze and I// By Ethel Smith //The Sailor// By Arthur Somervell Don Quixote By Richard Strauss //The Pirates of Penzance// By Arthur Sullivan

Listen to //The Maid of Artois//:
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Watch Sir Edward Elgar Himself conduct //The Land of Hope & Glory// (Isn't this the song they play at Graduation?)
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Listen to I//ntermezzo// By Edward German
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Watch Percy Grainger play the Irish folk song //Maguire's Kick//
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Watch this guy sing along to Roger Quilter's //Weep You No More//
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Watch Ethel Smith's Live Performance of //The Breeze and I//
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Watch this kid play //The Sailor// By Arthur Somervell
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Watch this very talented orchestra play //Don Quixote// By Richard Strauss
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Watch this guy sing to the //Pirates of Penzance// By Sir Arthur Sullivan
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Listen To //Oh Susanna//:
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">This dance became increasingly popular amongst both the rich and the poor.
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Waltz:**
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">More graceful, sophisticated ballroom dancing. media type="youtube" key="bu9_-m7SsEE" height="344" width="425"

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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Proffesional songwriters were enlisted and many had contracts with songwriters, like pop singers do today.
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**FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT THESE WEBSITES:**
[|http://erasofelegance.com/ history/victorianarts.html] [|http://www.victoriaspast.com/ FrontPorch/victorianera.htm] [] [|http://www.fashion-era.com/ victorian_recreations.htm]