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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.
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.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky [n 1] (/ tʃ aɪ ˈ k ɒ f s k i / chy-KOF-skee; [2] 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) [n 2] was a Russian composer during the Romantic period.He was the first Russian composer whose music made a lasting impression internationally.
Edward Alexander MacDowell (December 18, 1860 [1] – January 23, 1908) was an American composer and pianist of the late Romantic period. He was best known for his second piano concerto and his piano suites Woodland Sketches, Sea Pieces and New England Idylls. Woodland Sketches includes his most popular short piece, "To a Wild Rose".
The Romantic composers, on the other hand, often wrote for public concerts and festivals, with large audiences of paying customers, who had not necessarily had any music lessons. [16] Composers of the Romantic Era, like Elgar , showed the world that there should be "no segregation of musical tastes" [ 17 ] and that the "purpose was to write ...
English composers of romantic music. Pages in category "English Romantic composers" The following 102 pages are in this category, out of 102 total. ...
Richard Georg Strauss (German: [ˈʁɪçaʁt ˈʃtʁaʊs] ⓘ; 11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a German composer and conductor best known for his tone poems and operas. Considered a leading composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras, he has been described as a successor of Richard Wagner and Franz Liszt. [1]
Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (September 5, 1867 – December 27, 1944) was an American composer and pianist. She was the first successful American female composer of large-scale art music. Her "Gaelic" Symphony, premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1896, was the first symphony composed and published by an American woman. She was one of the ...