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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 transitional figures composers from the preceding Classical era.
Mihai Eminescu (a Romantic for part of his career; poet, short story writer, essayist) Nicolae Filimon (novelist and short story writer) Ion Ghica (essayist and memoirist) Andrei Mureşanu (poet) Costache Negruzzi (short story writer) Alexandru Odobescu (short story writer) Bogdan Petriceicu-Hasdeu (historian and playwright)
Romantic music is a stylistic movement in Western Classical music associated with the period of the 19th century commonly referred to as the Romantic era (or Romantic period). It is closely related to the broader concept of Romanticism —the intellectual, artistic, and literary movement that became prominent in Western culture from about 1798 ...
In other fields and other countries the period denominated as Romantic can be considerably different; musical Romanticism, for example, is generally regarded as only having ceased as a major artistic force as late as 1910, but in an extreme extension the Four Last Songs of Richard Strauss are described stylistically as "Late Romantic" and were ...
Romantic music was a self-conscious break from the ideals of the Age of Enlightenment [3] as well as a reaction to socio-political desire for greater human freedom from despotism. [4] The movement sought to express the liberty, fraternity, and equality which writers such as Heinrich Heine and Victor Hugo artistically defended by creating new ...
In his earlier works, Beethoven was a Classicist in the traditions of Mozart and Haydn (his tutor), but his Middle Period, beginning with his third symphony (the 'Eroica'), bridges the worlds of Classical and Romantic music. Because Beethoven wrote some of his greatest music after he became totally deaf, he embodies the Romantic ideal of the ...
Among the greatest Romantic artists were Eugène Delacroix, Francisco Goya, J. M. W. Turner, John Constable, Caspar David Friedrich, Thomas Cole, and William Blake. [38] Most artists attempted to take a centrist approach which adopted different features of Neoclassicist and Romanticist styles, in order to synthesize them.
This is a list of artists and people who were either part of or linked to the New Romantic scene of the late 1970s and early 80s. This list does not include little-known local bands or individuals. Bands are listed by the first letter in their name (not including articles such as "a", "an", or "the"). Individuals are listed by last name.