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 ...

In the Romantic period, composers further developed sonata form. Instead of modulating to the dominant, composers would choose keys which were less related). Sections were much longer in the ...

Composers added chromatic notes to their chords and melodies to make their music more expressive. In the slow movement of Sergei Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2, the opening flute melody ...

The concert will feature classical masterpieces from the great Romantic era, works by composers such as Frederic Chopin, ...

You can hear it in this weekend’s Minnesota Orchestra concerts. Standing at the center of each is the First Piano Concerto of ...

The Romantic era saw the most significant fusion of opera and ballet music. Composers such as Adolphe Adam, Léo Delibes, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky crafted ballet scores that mirrored the ...