Romantic music. Romantic 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. Background[edit] Romanticism[edit] Traits[edit] Characteristics often attributed to Romanticism, including musical Romanticism, are (Kravitt 1992, 93–94, 107): List of Romantic-era composers. This is a list of Romantic-era composers.
Classical-era/Romantic-era composers (born 1770–99)[edit] Repertoire key: B=In Classical Net's basic Timeline of Major Composers 1600–present[1] Early Romantic-era composers (born 1800–19)[edit] Middle Romantic-era composers (born 1820–39)[edit] Late Romantic-era composers (born 1840–59)[edit]
Middle romantic era (1820- 1839) Late Romantic era composers (1840-1859) Romantic era/20th century transition composers (1860-1880)