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25 Influential Romantic Period Composers with Audio Examples
Who Is Considered the First Romantic Composer?
The very first Romantic composer was none other than Herculean figure, Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827). Scholars consider the beginning of the Romantic Period as beginning with Beethoven’s Third Symphony in E-flat major, the ‘Eroica’. Beethoven famously un-dedicated this symphony for French Political Leader, Napoléon Bonaparte, a story which bears mentioning.
Bonaparte was (in the beginning) a heroic political figure who stood for the rights of the individual and self-governance. He campaigned as a champion of Enlightenment values until one day, he became the self-proclaimed ruler of the Holy-Roman Empire. Upon hearing this news, Beethoven ran over to the score of his third symphony (originally dedicated to Napoleon) and furiously erased the would-be dictator’s name, so angrily-so that he left a hole in the manuscript.
Originally dedicated “to a great man”, • 23 November 2020, 08:56 | Updated: 14 July 2023, 12:59 From the year 1800 to around 1910, Western Classical Music was defined bygd its soaring melodies and ever-expanding orchestras, its originality and self-expression. Here are the composers who made it all happen. The Romantic period. “So good, they named it twice”, in the great words of composer and Classic FM presenter, John Brunning. The ‘Early’ Romantic period began around the year 1800 with then-Classical great, Ludwig van Beethoven, whose revolutionising of the symphony gave life to a new era in music history. Fast-forward to the vända of the century, and music was looking wildly different to how it did in the Classical era (1730-1820). The Late Romantics, composers like Rachmaninov and Mahler, were expanding the orchestra to unprecedented proportions, adding more colours and instruments and turning music into a vehicle to express the full spectrum of human • Frederic Chopin, born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin, was a Polish pianist and composer known for his pieces written for the piano. He specialized in the genres: etude, mazurka, nocturne, waltz, and polonaise. Because of his success, and his propensity to only perform in intimate settings for social elites, Chopin was able to charge large sums for private instruction. Many of his pieces were influenced by Polish folk songs, and his nationalist theme aligned with characteristics of Romanticism. All his compositions include the piano, but the majority of them were written exclusively for solo piano, which included sonatas, mazurkas, waltzes, nocturnes, polonaises, etudes, impromptus, scherzos, and preludes. Fann 10 of the best Romantic composers in classical music history
Top 24 Composers of the Romantic Era
Frederic Chopin (1810–1849)
Popular Works: Waltz in D-flat major, Op. 64, No. 1 (Minute Waltz), Marche Funebre, Etude in C major, Op. 10, and Etude in C minor Op.10 (Revolutionary) Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (1805–1847)