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 slow middle section boasts the long lyrical melodies that are associated with Frederic Chopin and the Romantic period.

something is different. Culture.pl is here to explain what makes Poland’s version of romanticism unique. The beginning of the Romantic period in the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is thought to ...

The Romantic period started around 1830 and ended around 1900, as compositions became increasingly expressive and inventive. Expansive symphonies, virtuosic piano music, dramatic operas, and ...

B. J. Robinson, Ph.D. Bonnie J. (B.J.) Robinson, Ph.D., is the Director of the University of North Georgia Press and a professor of English at the University of North Georgia (UNG). She has published ...