"Romantic music reflected the profound changes that were taking place in the nineteenth century at every level of human existence." The Industrial Revolution saw the creation of cheaper, more responsive instruments and technical improvements that strongly influenced the sound of Romanti...

Discuss the pivotal role Beethoven played between the Classical and Romantic genres. The term 'Classical' music, for the majority of people, covers all aspects of music which is not popular or folk; it is thought of as 'high brow' and inaccessible. However, to the music historian, it has specif...

Originating as a rebellion against classicism, during the French Revolution, romanticism is the emphasis on individual imagination and expression, then practiced as a respondent to political and social-economic conditions. By the early to mid 1800's, people, namely by means or art, literature, ...

Classical and Romantic Operas W. A. Mozart - "Zauberflote" and C. M. von Weber - "Der Freisschuetz" W. A. Mozart - "Zauberflote" Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in 1756 in Salzburg (Austria), and died in 1791 in Vienna (Austria). He was one of the first compose...

The Romanticism era or movement was basically a rebellion of the typical or mainstream idea of literature. This was a very strong movement, it was accepted and practiced by approximately two thirds of the popular writting population. It began in Germany and England in the 1770s, by the 1820s it had ...

Dr. George Boeree best describes the Romantic Movement in the following, " Reason and the evidence of our senses were important no doubt but they mean nothing to us unless they touch our needs, our feelings, our emotions. Only then do they acquire meaning. This 'meaning' is what the ...

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 - 1864) was born in Salem, Massachusetts, to a family that had been prominent in the area since colonial times. An ancestor, John Hathorne, had been one of the Magistrates who presided over the Salem witchcraft trials in 1692. Hawthorne believed his family to have been sham...

Giselle is a romantic ballet that displays multiple aspects of young love: joy, deception, and sorrow. Giselle, a weak-hearted, innocent, village maiden, is sought after by Hilarion, a gamekeeper, and Count Albrecht whose affection for Giselle has led him to disguise himself as a village peasant. ...

Romanticism began in the early 19th century and radically changed the way people perceived themselves and the state of nature around them. Unlike Classicism, which stood for order and established the foundation for architecture, literature, painting and music, Romanticism allowed people to get away ...

COPPELIA Some ballets get better with age. The romantic ballet Coppelia has an inbuilt scope for innovation. It remains fresh because of the wonderful music, clever, sometimes sublime choreography, the strong narrative, and the infinite variety of dolls that can be introduced into doctor Coppelius\'...

Romanticism and Frankenstein All literature is influenced by the time period in which it was written, whether it is war, poverty, or any other social trends. People tend to write commentaries of political events, or just describe the time period. Whether it is intentional or subconscious, an au...

The definition of romanticism is noted as a romantic spirit, outlook, tendency, etc. or the spirit, styles, and attitudes of, or adherence to the Romantic Movement or a similar movement contrasted with classicism and realism. Now, to complete this definition we must define the Romantic Movement. T...

The dictionary defines the term romantic as displaying, expressive of, or conducive to love; imaginative but impractical; visionary; not based on fact; imaginary or fictitious; hence, fanciful; marvelous; extravagant; unreal. Much to my surprise this meaning and the meaning portrayed in its era of p...

The Enlightment was the movement that spread and caused and influence in it's society. Romanticism, was wide spread in many different areas. Since the middle ages, had there been in artistic movement that made a big change. That changed was quickly traveled on to Germany and England and quickly spre...