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The era of Romantic music is defined as the period of European classical music that runs roughly from the early 1800s to the first decade of the 20th century. Music that was written during the Romantic period and considered "Romantic music" follows a certain style. The Romantic period was preceded by the classical period, and was followed by the modernist period.

Romantic music is related to romanticism in literature, visual arts, and philosophy, however the time periods that define the romantic period in music are different than that of other mediums. Where Romantic music spans from the early 1800s to the first decade of the 20th century, the romantic period for literature, visual arts, and philosophy runs from the 1780s to the 1840s. The Romanticism movement said that there were inescapable realities in the world which could only be reached through emotion, feeling and intuition. Romantic music struggled to increase emotional expression and power to describe these deeper......

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