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 ...

The Hays Symphony Orchestra will put a bow on its 2025 season with "Romantic Visions," a performance featuring the ...

Composers added chromatic notes to their chords and melodies to make their music more expressive. In the slow movement of Sergei Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2, the opening flute melody ...

although the music is clearly in a minor key. The slow middle section boasts the long lyrical melodies that are associated with Frederic Chopin and the Romantic period.

and Germany (1871), the Romantic period was one of both political upheaval and unforgettable musical brilliance. In this class, we will set out to identify the relationship between music and national ...

Arlodhes a Shalott, meaning the Lady of Shallot in Cornish, has been composed by Matthew Thomason from Falmouth. The lyrics ...