The Romantic Period, lasting from about 1825 to 1900, saw the beginning of great individualism in music styles. The era consisted of great contrasts in both musical literature and musical esthetics, the branch of philosophy that deals with beauty and taste. The Romantic Era was the period marked by distinctive character of such music forms as the short intimate preludes, music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera, and the extraordinarily big concertos …showed first 75 words of 1115 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1115 total…orchestra gave composers the ability to paint scenes Musical compositions today are still strongly reminiscent of the Romantic Era. They reflect the lovely works of the nineteenth century more than their own. Music composed during the Romantic Period showed great emotional appeal. Less complicated and reassuring to the ear. Yet at the end of the period, composer were moving in different directions and many tried to restore realism instead of yearning and dreaming about life.