Image by drhenkenstein via Flickr Romantic Music Brief Characteristics of the Romantic Era : Larger Orchestra Program Music Nationalism More complicated texture, rhythm, tone color, form, dynamics Social status of composer as artist increased from the measly "servant" position of earlier eras. The populace began enjoying music, too, in greater numbers, due largely to the increase of manufacturing of the pianoforte. Composers of the Romantic Era Nationalist Composers Created music which glorified their culture and homeland. Jean Sibelius (Finland) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgwr3wrenkQ Louis Gottschalk, America The Banjo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKDyYiCXlOg Dvorak, Czech New World Symphony 4th Movement http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yctfXIqugXc Frederic Chopin ( Poland ) Polonaise in A Flat Major (the Heroic) The Polonaise was a popular dance of his native Poland. He wrote these works to decry Poland's occupation by the Russians and Prussians. http://www.youtube...