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Romanticism

In the second half of the 18th century a new movement began in Western Europe mainly in response to the cult like rationalization of the Enlightenment period. This new movement was referred to as Romanticism. This became a time of more intellectual thinking and a going back to one’s psyche to view things in a different perspective. The French Revolution had a great impact on the formation of this time. This period of time will have a great impact on musicians and event politics. People would no longer be restricted to the classical way; they were now able to express themselves through their imagination.

The more modern term romantic is derived from the word romance which is a fictitious ideation of reality usually in reference to a character hence the capitalization of the “R” at times. More classically, it was an escape of the reality of industrialism and an attempt to go to the unknown by using the power of the imagination. Many intellectual historians have debated......


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