Write at least a 1000-word (about 4 pages, double-spaced, 12-point font) essay based on Prelude 5, “Music as Passion and Individualism” and Chs. 36~43. It is a reflective essay that you should include what you learned from and thought when you read the chapter, not just rewriting what it was. If you want to cite a textbook or any other sources, please make sure you have a correct citation. Citing all sources and avoid plagiarism! You submit your paper to “Turnitin” via canvas and I can check every single sentence, words by words with original sources. If you are using any books for your paper, please put summaries and paraphrases in your OWN words. If you commit plagiarism, you will fail this class. I use “turnitin.com” to avoid plagiarism and ensure academic integrity. The internet source, en.wikipedia.org cannot be the reference for your writing assignment.
In your essay, please include following topics in your content. You may, of course, include more if you wish.
• An Age of Revolutions
• Romanticism in Music
• What is program music?
• How does it differ from absolute music?
• Why program music was important during the nineteenth century?
• Why many Romantic composers cultivated program music over absolute music?
• How Romantic composers expressed their stories in music?
• What is Romantic about the program and music of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique?
• How nationalism was expressed in programmatic pieces?
