The composition of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in 1812 is often regarded as the start of the Romantic period in the early years of the 19th century-with Beethoven straddling it and the preceding classical period. Romanticism in music, which survived through until the early 20th century, is closely related to romanticism in the other arts, such as literature, painting and sculpture. The romantic movement believed that not all truth could be deduced from established principles but that there were inescapable realities that could only be appreciated through emotion, feeling and intuition.
The age was one of contradictions: a harkening back to the music of an earlier age combined with experimentation in terms of harmony and form.
There were also new instruments to compose for and developments in earlier instruments that increased their range. Many composers of this era worked outside their discipline; both Schumann and Berlioz were noted writers and critics. Indeed, the former was influential in promoting the music of both Chopin and Brahms through the journal Neue Zeitschrift für Musik (New Journal of Music). An awareness of landscape and nature, essential parts of the romantic overview, played an important role in the work of many composers.
The Romantic era was also marked by an increased domesticity-the piano, although developed in the late 17th or early 18th centuries, was becoming an instrument of choice for the homes of the growing numbers of the increasingly prosperous middle class throughout the continent. Family entertainment regularly involved piano playing, or singing accompanied by the piano, and most of the great Romantic composers produced small-scale pieces that were, and remain, central to the piano's repertoire. Moreover, many larger scale pieces were themselves transcribed for use by pianists.
The romantic era. (2017). In M. Swift (Ed.), Latin American History and Culture: Classical music: an introduction. Greene Media. Credo Reference: https://ezproxy.southern.edu/login?url=https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/gmclassical/the_romantic_era/0?institutionId=2258
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