Tchaikovsky Romeo And Juliet Music Analysis

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Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet is an emotional piece that takes the listener through William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet but does so with music and not words. During the Romantic Era many composers believed that music could tell stories in the same way that words or a painting did. Tchaikovsky achieved just that. The opening of the piece is quiet but unsettling, the string family playing together creates an eerie feel as the deep bass combines with the higher violin. This beginning structure leads up to the moment of conflict. The listener can hearing the arguing and the fighting occurring through the overbearing string family and the shrieking woodwinds. The fight continues for several minutes with both families clashing and finally