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    female writers of romantic period Introduction: Various types of literature are found from the advent of English literature. Before the romantic period, there were various other periods like old English literature, middle English literature, English renaissance, neo-classical period etc. From the beginning we notice that there is an imbalance between the male and female authors. Male writers are found more than the female writers. This imbalance is also found in the romantic literature. Also

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    For my era, I chose the Romantic period and the artist I chose associated with this time is none other than Johannes Brahms. The Romantic movement originated in Europe toward the end of the 18th century, however, it reached its peak in most areas approximately between 1800 and 1850. Nevertheless, since the spread and popularity of the movement depended on the region, it’s said to have reached Vienna around 1825 and ended roughly around 1900. The Romantic period was not only an intellectual, literary

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    Neoclassical and Romantic movements cover the period of 1750 to 1850. Neoclassicism showed life to be more rational than it really was. The Romantics favoured an interest in nature, picturesque, violent, sublime. Unlike Neo_classicism, which stood for the order, reason, tradition, society, intellect and formal diction, Romanticism allowed people to get away from the constrained rational views of life and concentrate on an emotional and sentimental side of humanity. In this movement the emphasis was

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    The Romantic movement throughout Europe was in response to the rationalism and Enlightenment movement of the 18th century. This time period was seen as a Segway between two time periods, the Enlightenment and the Romantic movement, creating a conflict between cultures. Whereas most of Europe was transitioning into a time of Romanticism, German culture didn’t accept the movement until later 1790’s, due to the thought that it was undermining the national identity. It wasn’t until a new generation decided

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    unique style. Brahms’s music and his fourth symphony are often viewed as a bridge between the music of the baroque and romantic era. Although Brahms is considered to be a romantic composer, his music is unique from others because you can hear both the style of older-era composers and features of romantic style in the texture of his works. This combination of baroque and romantic style in his music helps create more balance in the music, which gives it a blend that captured audiences and still entrances

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    and eventually went on to shape and redefine the music of the Romantic period he was born in with his revolutionary composition the German Requiem. The romantic period was a movement in art and literature that started in the 18th century. This revolution emphasized on inspiration, subjectivity and how the individual felt about the art. Morner, Kathleen and Ralph Rausch “Friedrich Schlegel is given credit for first using the term romantic to describe literature, defined it as "literature depicting emotional

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    Change Influenced the Music of the Romantic Era The Romantic Era was spurred from the defeat of Napoleon. Beginning in the early 19th century, the Romantic Era focused on the romantic aspects of life. Definitively, romantic means as follows: “conducive to or characterized by the expression of love.” The expression of love was the centerpiece of all romantic music. Emotion-filled. Riveting. Romantic music was able to portray the beauty and melancholy of life. Romantic composers like Frédéric Chopin,

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    In order to explore the career of Ludwig van Beethoven, and his ‘bridging the gap’ between the classical and romantic eras of music, this essay will examine the style of music and its features, most commonly associated with the Classical era (1750-1820), and those of the Romantic era (1815-1820) . It will look at some musical examples from Beethoven’s work, how they fit into each of the eras, and also how they transition from one era to the next. Beethoven’s career spans both eras mentioned above

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    Ballet and Giselle

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    ART OF DANCE NAZ OZBASATAK Giselle Giselle is considered one of the great Romantic ballets. Romantic era was late 18th and early 19th centuries. The period mainly does not follow rational movements but rather Romantic ideas in art influence the ballets. Ballets in Romantic period focus on the conflict between man and nature where as others try to bring difference to ballets from other nations. Ballerinas stand in the forefront

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    that there have been changes since the original score was written, it still remains to be a staple in the education of trombone players. Recent Scholarship Kenneth B. Klaus wrote a book which studies the Romantic Period in Music. In this book, Klaus states in the preface that the romantic period in music (as well as any other art from) is not a time where everything is the same, but is uniformed in the sense that they are moving away from the standard form of

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