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List of Romantic composers

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Lists of classical composers
by era and century
Medieval (500–1400)
Renaissance (1400–1600)
Baroque (1600–1760)
Classical (1730–1820)
Romantic (1815–1910)
Modernist (1890–1950)
Postmodernist (since 1930)
20th century (1901–1999)
21st century (since 2000)

The Romantic music era was the predominant music era of the 19th century. It directly followed and grew out of the classical music era. Romantic composers expanded on the forms and structures established in the previous era, resulting in longer musical forms such as cyclic form and program music[1]. Technology improved the quality of instruments, including the addition of valves to brass instruments and an improved piano[2]. Composers used increased expressiveness, often using terms such as dolce (sweetly) or maestoso (majestically) as instructions in their scores[3]. They experimented with tonality, including increased use of chromaticism and dissonance[4]. Nationalist music also became prominent in the Romantic era, with composers such as Glinka in Russia and Sibelius in Finland drawing on folk music from their native lands for inspiration[5].

Johannes Brahms

Toward the end of the Romantic era, a musical movement called impressionist music began. Composers such as Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel tended to focus on atmosphere or mood instead of emotion in their compositions[6]. Although sometimes seen as a reaction to romanticism, impresionism is sometimes considered an extension of the romantic era[7]. Thus, some impressionist composers are listed here.


Early Romantic composers (born 1800-1820)

Richard Wagner

Middle Romantic composers (born 1820-1850)

Johann Strauss II
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Late Romantic composers (born 1850-1870)

Richard Strauss

Romantic/20th century transition composers (born 1870-1880)

Notes

  1. ^ Machlis, page 310
  2. ^ Machlis, page 310
  3. ^ Machlis, page 311
  4. ^ Machlis, page 312
  5. ^ Machlis, page 311
  6. ^ Moss, Charles K. [1]. URL accessed 14 August 2006.
  7. ^ Machlis, page 442

References

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