Timeline 4: Romantic (1810's-1890)

Cherubini

Period: 1760 to 1842

Italian

Mayr

Period: 1763 to 1845

German

Beethoven

Period: 1770 to 1827

German

Reicha

Period: 1770 to 1836

Czech-born French

E.T.A. Hoffmann

Period: 1776 to 1822

German

Reichardt

Period: 1779 to 1826

German

Paganini

Period: 1782 to 1840

Italian

Onslow

Period: 1784 to 1853

French

Maria von Weber

Period: 1786 to 1826

German; Full name: Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber

G. Rossini

Period: 1792 to 1868

Italian

Mercadante

Period: 1795 to 1870

Italian

Donizetti

Period: 1797 to 1848

Italian

Schubert

Period: 1797 to 1828

Austrian

Bellini

Period: 1801 to 1835

Italian

F. Hensel

Period: 1805 to 1847

German; older sister of Felix Mendelssohn

F. Mendelssohn

Period: 1809 to 1847

German; younger brother of Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel

R. Schumann

Period: 1810 to 1856

German; married to Clara Schumann

Chopin

Period: 1810 to 1849

Polish

Romantic Genres and Stylistic Traits

Period: 1810 to 1890

Genres: symphony, opera, lieder, concerto, choral, tone poem, ballet, sonata, oratorio
Stylistic Traits: chromaticism, rubato, strong emotional content, individual feeling, large productions, programmatic music, dynamics, sonata form, variations, ritornello, rondo

Liszt

Period: 1811 to 1886

Hungarian

Verdi

Period: 1813 to 1901

Italian

Wagner

Period: 1813 to 1883

German

C. Schumann

Period: 1819 to 1896

German; married to Robert Schumann

Bruckner

Period: 1824 to 1896

Austrian

Smetana

Period: 1824 to 1884

Czech

J. Strauss II

Period: 1825 to 1899

Austrian

S. Foster

Period: 1826 to 1864

American; known as "father of American music"

Brahms

Period: 1833 to 1897

German

Cui

Period: 1835 to 1918

Russian

Balakirev

Period: 1837 to 1910

Russian

Bizet

Period: 1838 to 1875

French

Paine

Period: 1839 to 1906

1st American-born composer to achieve fame for large-scale orchestral music

Tchaikovsky

Period: 1840 to 1893

Russian

Dvořák

Period: 1841 to 1904

Czech

Sullivan

Period: 1842 to 1900

English

Grieg

Period: 1843 to 1907

Norwegian

Rimsky-Korsakov

Period: 1844 to 1908

Russian

Fauré

Period: 1845 to 1924

French

Mexican-American War

Period: 1846 to 1848

Janáček

Period: 1854 to 1928

Czech

Humperdinck

Period: 1854 to 1921

German

Sousa

Period: 1854 to 1932

American

Elgar

Period: 1857 to 1934

English

Puccini

Period: 1858 to 1924

Italian

Wolf

Period: 1860 to 1903

Austrian

Microphone Invented

1876

Invented by Emile Berliner and Thomas Edison

Phonograph Invented

1877

Invented by Thomas Edison and later improved by Alexander Graham Bell's Volta Laboratory