Romantic Era By devianic Period: 1770 to Mar 26, 1827 Ludwig van Beethoven Period: Oct 27, 1782 to May 27, 1840 Niccolò Paganini Period: Jan 31, 1797 to Nov 19, 1828 Franz Schubert Period: Dec 11, 1803 to Mar 8, 1869 Hector Berlioz Period: Feb 3, 1809 to Nov 4, 1847 Felix Mendelssohn Period: 1810 to Oct 17, 1849 Frédéric Chopin Period: Jun 8, 1810 to Jul 29, 1856 Robert Schumann Period: May 22, 1813 to Feb 13, 1883 Richard Wagner Period: Oct 10, 1813 to Jan 27, 1901 Giuseppe Verdi Period: Sep 13, 1819 to May 20, 1896 Clara Schumann Period: May 7, 1833 to Apr 3, 1897 Johannes Brahms Period: Sep 8, 1841 to May 1, 1904 Antonín Dvořák 1846 Adolphe Sax invents the Saxophone Period: Dec 22, 1858 to Nov 29, 1924 Giacomo Puccini Period: Jul 7, 1860 to May 18, 1911 Gustav Mahler Period: Aug 22, 1862 to Mar 25, 1918 Claude Debussy Period: Dec 8, 1865 to Sep 20, 1957 Jean Sibelius 1866 Franz Liszt completes his oratorio Christus 1869 Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner premieres in Munich 1874 Richard Wagner concludes Götterdämmerung, finishing The Ring Cycle 1890 John Philip Sousa makes first recordings with Columbia Phonograph Company