Twelve authors probe the mind of the Romantic era in its thinking about music. They provide a searching examination of writings by music theorists, critics, aestheticians, philosophers, and ...

This Companion presents a new understanding of the relationship between music and culture in and around the nineteenth century, and encourages readers to explore what Romanticism in music might mean ...

The Romantic period started around 1830 and ended around 1900, as compositions became increasingly expressive and inventive. Expansive symphonies, virtuosic piano music, dramatic operas, and ...

What we now call impressionist music is a style introduced in late 19th Century France. It was a move away from the long, dramatic and emotional works of romanticism. Instead, the focus was on ...

Romantic music developed directly from the classical period. There is no clear date as to when classical ended and romantic began but the period was approximately from 1780 to 1910. Beethoven’s ...

The star of these productions is obviously the music, and there have been some beautiful pieces about love. And as a theater ...