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Some Romantic composers analogized music to poetry and its rhapsodic and narrative structures, while creating a more systematic basis for the composing and performing of concert music. Music theorists of the Romantic era codified previous practices, such as the sonata form, while composers extended them.
Romantic-era composers kept the forms of Classical music, but the Romantic composer did not feel constrained by form. Breaking through boundaries was now an honorable goal shared by the scientist, the inventor, and the political liberator.
The Romantic Era was a cultural and artistic revival that started in the early 1800s and lasted until the early 20th century (right before WWl). There was a fascination with the past, particularly the Middle Ages and legends of medieval chivalry. This movement was extremely evident in not only...
Romantic composers — those classical composers who wrote music in the era of Romantic Music, between about 1815 and 1910. Note: This is not to be confused with the overlapping period of Romanticism in literature and the visual arts, which centres on the early-mid 19th century.
Learn about the top composers of the romantic era, including Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Chopin, and more. Discover their unique styles and rich emotions that defined the 19th-century music.
The Romantic era of Western Classical music spanned the 19th century to the early 20th century, encompassing a variety of musical styles and techniques. Part of the broader Romanticism movement of Europe, Ludwig van Beethoven, Gioachino Rossini and Franz Schubert are often seen as the dominant ...
Hey! My favourite era/style of classical music is the late romantic era, specifically the tradition from Wagner extending to Mahler and early Schoenberg (i.e. Gurrelieder)-unsurprising since Wagner and Mahler are my all-time favourite along with Bach.
