Changes

Features include:

Features include:

*The heyday of German “lied” (song). [[Schubert]], [[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.

*The rise of the [[song cycle]]. Whilst the performance of a set of songs of the same style and theme sung together, had been known since the 17th century, the onset of the romantic era and the popularity of song brought about a flowering of this form. The three great cycles of [[Schubert]] and the two of [[Schumann]] are particularly notable.

*The rise of the [[song cycle]]. Whilst the performance of a set of songs of the same style and theme sung together, had been known since the 17th century, the onset of the romantic era and the popularity of song brought about a flowering of this form. The three great cycles of [[Schubert]] and the two of [[Schumann]] are particularly notable.

*The symphonic poem – or tone poem – made use of the new freedom from adherence to form to paint a musical picture or tell a story.  

*The symphonic poem – or tone poem – made use of the new freedom from adherence to form to paint a musical picture or tell a story.