Beethoven Romanticism

The Romantic period began in the late 18th hundreds or the early 19th hundreds. This style of music is very interesting. "Romanticism" was brought about by the social and political stresses following the French Revolution, and the resulting nationalistic trends. It was a period of dramatic thought and action, also involving contradictions between capitalism and socialism, freedom and oppression, logic and emotion, science and faith. This resulted in a change in the thinking of people, especially creative artists. There was a general impatience with the rules and restraints of Classicism, and music "revolted" against the practices of Mozart and Haydn. Beethoven is another artist that was known is the Romantic period. The center of musical