The Romantic Era in music (1800-1900) embraced the power of passion and the emotions. Musical progress can be categorized by expansion and extension of the well-defined forms, harmonies and melodic structure of the Classical Era.
In this sequence of pages about the Romantic Era you will learn about:
- Impact of the shift from patronage to freelance musicians
- Inspiration from the Middle Ages
- Focus on nature
- Romantic expansion of musical form
- Harmonic complexity in Romantic music
- Romantic performance practices
- Innovations to the flute – emergence of the Boehm system
- Romantic composers
Use the links at the top and bottom of the pages to navigate through information about the Romantic Era.