The Romantic era of Western Classical music, starting with Beethoven’s 3rd and ending with World War I.
Note that traces of Romanticism exist to this day, and Richard Strauss died in the 1940s. Also note that Romanticism was already on the decline before World War I. However, I’ll also argue that WWI didn’t exactly start in 1914.
Why did Romanticism end? That’s a question I’ve wondered about in high school, but really couldn’t tackle until recently. We have a movement that started with Beethoven’s Third Symphony and ended with the onset of WWI. Dvořák’s New World Symphony was one of the last great Romantic pieces. Gustav Mahler
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There’s a complete misconception of what Romanticism means, and I can tell you the culprit. It’s terminology. People say all the time “that’s Romantic.” Um, no. That’s not Romantic. That’s one aspect of Romanticism. You’re talking about Romantic Love, not Romanticism. Romanticism was a movement that took some of the
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What is Romanticism? People toss around the word Romantic and they have no idea what it means. It’s like nails on a chalkboard to real Romantics. Well, more importantly, let me tell you why Romanticism needs a comeback, for the soul of humanity. We need the modern day Romantic to
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I’ve talked many times about Romanticism, because we are a Romantic Metal band. I take that moniker very seriously. Romantic Metal. That’s a cross between Romanticism and Metal music. A lot of folks talk out of their asses when it comes to life. I don’t. If I don’t know what
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Initially, I was going to do a top 25 Romantic era post. I decided against it. It’s simply too much work to even make a top ten list. Plus, it will have too much Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. So instead, I decided to just make a list of must hear works
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