Characteristics of Romantic Era Music In terms of chronology, the Romantic Era followed on directly from the Classical EraIt is important to realise before we make a closer examination of its characteristics that the Romantic Era was not musically divorced from the Classical Era but built on the developments which it produced MUSIC LEARNER'S MATERIAL GRADE 9 Unit 3 RO R O M A N T I C M U S I C Page 68 WHAT TO KNOW MUSIC OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD Romantic Period is described as a cultural movement that stressed emotion, imagination, individualism and freedom of expression These characteristics are evident in music, art and literature of the eraRomantic music is a term denoting an era of Western classical music that began in the late 18th or early 19th century It was related to Romanticism, the European artistic and literary movement that arose in the second half of the 18th century, and Romantic music in particular dominated the Romantic movement in Germany
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