Romantic period composers and their compositions

The Romantic era of Western Classical music spanned the 19th century to the early 20th century, encompassing a variety of musical styles and techniques. Part of the broader Romanticism movement of Europe, Ludwig van Beethoven , Gioachino Rossini and Franz Schubert are often seen as the dominant transitional figures composers from the preceding Classical era.

A European-wide debate took place, particularly in Germany, on what the ideal course of music was, following Beethoven's death. Note that this list is purely chronological, and includes a substantial number of composers, especially those born after , whose works cannot be conveniently classified as " Romantic ", or those whose early compositions did begin in the Romantic style but later developed beyond it in the 20th century.

German romanticism characteristics

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German romantic poets

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