- Romantic Era: 1825-1900 - http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/eras/romantic.html
Introduction to the period from Essentials of Music linked to details on historical themes, musical context, style, and composer biographies.
- Music History 102: The Romantic Era - http://www.ipl.org/div/mushist/rom/index.htm
Composers, major styles and developments, illustrations, and Real Audio RAM sound files from the Internet Public Library.
- Fugues in the Nineteenth Century - http://www.kunstderfuge.com/800.htm
List of works written in the 1800s with biographical information, sheet music links, and downloadable MIDI audio from Kunst der Fuge.
- Early Romantic Period (1820 - 1850) - http://humanitiesweb.org/human.php?s=c&p=i&a=l&ID=6
Composer biographies and related information with a cultural overview focusing on intellectual fervor and emotionalism of the times. From the Conservatory at Humanities Web.
- Late Romantic Period (1850 - 1900) - http://humanitiesweb.org/human.php?s=c&p=i&a=l&ID=7
Composer biographies and related information for the time of self-expression and exploration with emphasis on the place of Grand Opera and rising nationalism during the later 19th century. From The Conservatory at Humanities Web.
- Romantic Music - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romantic_music
Wikipedia article with major trends, a brief chronology of the period, list of composers linked to individual articles, and internal references to related topics.
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