Submitted by dippydrawer on December 30, 2008

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Saint Saens And Tchaikovski

The nineteenth century witnessed one of the most developmental periods in history in terms of architecture, literature, poetry and of course music. Romanticism swept through the whole of Europe, gripping the imagination of the entire generation. The period captured the beauty and power of nature and human emotion. Beethoven and revolutionary ideals of the 1790’s were the catalysts of the Romantic Era where stylistic and emotional ranges of music were to a degree unprecedented in art history. Composers and performers no longer served kings, clergymen or aristocracy but were freer to do as they pleased and did not have to oblige their paymasters. New ways to express emotion in music,...

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