answer the following question in two versions… I need one for me and one for my friend. Each should be about 150 words. The idea can be similar but please change the grammar,etc… Book is Music Listening Today, Hoffer. Thank you.
Q1: In the paragraph of "Tone Poem" on p. 217, Hoffer states, "The most important type of program music is the tone poem, or symphonic poem. It is the rather long, complex orchestral work in one movement that develops a poetic idea, creates a mood, or suggests a scene."
Many Romantic composers such as Brahms still wrote the more traditional multi-movement symphonies. Some composers such as Tchaikovsky and Schumann wrote multi-movement symphonies which are considered programmatic. But these are also not single but multi- movement works.
Why do you think that the more progessive composers such as Liszt, Berlioz, and Strauss wrote major orchestral works in one movement rather than the more traditional multi-movement forms? How does this form fit with the characteristics of the romantic period (refer to Chapter 22 in the text)?