Who was the first romance composer to take advantage of the broad range of instruments in the modern orchestra

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The Classical Composer MUST be in the Romanticism Period & MUST'VE Taken this action in the above question.

The Classical Composer MUST be in the Romanticism Period & MUST'VE Taken this action in the above question.

It's a question that I have to find ut for World Civ., So please, I REALLY need an answer.

The Classical Composer MUST be in the Romanticism Period & MUST'VE Taken this action in the above question.

It's a question that I have to find out for World Civ., So please, I REALLY need an answer.

Answer 1

This would have been Hector Berlioz (1803-1869). He greatly expanded the orchestra and paved the way for the Romantic excesses that followed. Only a few years after the death of Beethoven, Berlioz had incorporated piccolos, the small E-flat clarinets the cor anglais, cornets, trombones, ophicleides (precursor to the modern tuba), a vast array of percussion instruments and harps into his orchestra.

Answer 2

This is a difficult one, and I think will probably rest on your Western Civ teacher's definition of the "Romance" period (which is probably stated in your text book.)

The problem is this: Beethoven died in 1827. He is considered to be the most important composer in the transition period between the Classical period of Mozart and Haydn, and the Romantic period of Liszt, Berlioz and Schubert. He was the first composer to meet the criterion of existing during the putative romance period dates which start at 1815: but he started life as a Classical composer. His contemporary, Carl Maria von Weber is the first "true composer of the Romantic School". Beethoven, though, clearly was the first composer to "take advantage of the broad range of instruments in the modern orchestra". First, because he essentially defined the modern orchestra, and second because his use of the instruments was so radical that his first symphony (e.g.,) was given bad reviews because of the claim that Beethoven thought the orchestra was a "wind band".

Hector Berlioz was from the French Romantic school, and clearly fills both criteria. His tretise (really an encyclopedia) on instrumentation is still considered valid today. His orchestras also grew to as many as 1000. He wasn't above incorporating instruments that others wouldn't even consider, so he both expanded the orchestra (as Beethoven had) and made great use of it all.

So if your book allows 1815 as the beginning of the Romantic period and expresses "existing" during that time as justification for calling a composer "romance", Beethoven wins. If it limits "romance composers" to Schubert, Schuman, Liszt, Berlioz, etc, then Berlioz wins!

Answer 3

You could say Berlioz, but Beethoven was quite expansive in his use of orchestral instruments. He added Bass Trombone, Piccolo and a host of other instruments, as well as being the first composer to write symphonies with vocal parts. Just so you know, Beethoven is considered both a classical era and romantic era composer.

Answer 4

Mozart.

Answer 5

Berlioz is probably the best answer. Though Rimsky-Korsakoff is a close second!

Answer 6

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