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Excerpt from The Romantic Composers
Istorians of music are accus tomed to speak of the first half or three-quarters of the nine teenth century as the Romantic Period in music, and of those composers who immediately follow Beethoven, including Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Berlioz, Chopin, Liszt, and some others, as the Romantic Composers. The word roman tic, as thus used, forms no doubt a convenient label; but if we attempt to explain its meaning, we find ourselves involved in several difficulties. Were there then no romanticists before Schu bert Have no composers written romantically since 1870? Such questions, arising at once.
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