Structures and forms that were established in the Baroque period were developed into longer and more complex structures during the Classical and Romantic periods. As melodies and phrases became ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login The Call of Classical Literature in the Romantic Age reveals the extent to which writers now called romantic venerate and use classical ...

Famous Romantic composers include Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Mahler, and Verdi – to name but a few! The Romantic era is known for its intense energy and passion. The rigid forms of classical music gave way ...

1. Mozart (1756-1791): Overture to The Marriage of Figaro (1785), libretto by da Ponte based on Beaumarchais. 4' 15" 2. Beethoven (1770-1827): Leonore Overture number three (1806), projected on a ...