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The '''Romantic period''' in classical music refers to that written generally during the nineteenth century and the first two decades of the twentieth - although what is “romantic” and what is “neo-romantic” is very open to debate. The novels of [[E.T.A. Hoffmann]], and Sir [[Walter Scott]], [[Goethe]] (especially his “Faust”), the increasing interest in nature, the  popularity of the [[English]] late 18th and early 19th century poets, all began to make their way into music - starting with a movement towards nationalistic vocal works in [[Paris]], the operas of [[Weber]] the songs of [[Franz Schubert]] and later works of Beethoven. The [[classical]] features of adherence to standards of form, balance and taste were increasingly overcome by the use of imagination, elements of fantasy and the supernatural, story telling, recognition of the human spirit, appreciation of the countryside and national and personal themes.

The '''Romantic period''' in classical music refers to that written generally during the nineteenth century and the first two decades of the twentieth - although what is “romantic” and what is “neo-romantic” is very open to debate. The novels of [[E.T.A. Hoffmann]], and Sir [[Walter Scott]], [[Goethe]] (especially his “Faust”), the increasing interest in nature, the  popularity of the [[English]] late 18th and early 19th century poets, all began to make their way into music - starting with a movement towards nationalistic vocal works in [[Paris]], the operas of [[Weber]] the songs of [[Franz Schubert]] and later works of Beethoven. The [[classical]] features of adherence to standards of form, balance and taste were increasingly overcome by the use of imagination, elements of fantasy and the supernatural, story telling, recognition of the human spirit, appreciation of the countryside and national and personal themes.

Features include:

Features include:

*The heyday of German “lied” (song). [[Franz Schubert|Schubert]], [[Felix Mendelssohn|Mendelssohn]], [[Schumann]], [[Brahms]] and [[Hugo Wolf]] head the list of composers that still fill recital halls today.

*The heyday of German “lied” (song). [[Franz Schubert|Schubert]], [[Felix Mendelssohn|Mendelssohn]], [[Schumann]], [[Brahms]] and [[Hugo Wolf]] head the list of composers that still fill recital halls today.

* Personal viewpoints, dreams, desires, autobiographical elements, all became present in otherwise purely instrumental music. (Berlioz’s “''Symphonie fantastique''” is partly autobiographical, as are string quartets by [[Bedrich Smetana]] (“''Intimate Letters''”) [[Leos Janacek]] (“''From my life”''))

* Personal viewpoints, dreams, desires, autobiographical elements, all became present in otherwise purely instrumental music. (Berlioz’s “''Symphonie fantastique''” is partly autobiographical, as are string quartets by [[Bedrich Smetana]] (“''Intimate Letters''”) [[Leos Janacek]] (“''From my life”''))

Many well known composers are associated with this era:

Many well known composers are associated with this era:

*[[Giuseppe Verdi|Verdi]]  

*[[Giuseppe Verdi|Verdi]]  

*[[Richard Wagner|Wagner]]  

*[[Richard Wagner|Wagner]]  

== See also ==

== See also ==