Romanticism+and+music

=**Romantic music**=

Although the term "Romanticism" when applied to music has come to imply the period roughly from the 1820s until around 1900, the contemporary application of "romantic" to music did not coincide with this modern interpretation. In 1810 [|E.T.A. Hoffmann] called [|Mozart], [|Haydn] and [|Beethoven] the three "Romantic Composers", and [|Ludwig Spohr] used the term "good Romantic style" to apply to parts of Beethoven's [|Fifth Symphony]. Technically, Mozart and Haydn are considered Classical composers, and by most standards, Beethoven represents the start of the musical Romantic period. By the early 20th century, the sense that there had been a decisive break with the musical past led to the establishment of the 19th century as "[|The Romantic Era]", and it is referred to as such in the standard encyclopedias of music.(NG) sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanticism