L iter atur e Romanticism Music &

Although r omanticism did come

somewhat later in the United States
than in Eur ope, it was still a
Romanticism was a major
inter national movement that was
influential in shaping moder n views
L iter atur e
vigor ous movement ther e with
distinctive themes. T he love of natur e
of ar t, liter atur e, and music.
Romanticism was a movement in the
in Amer ica
took a philosophical for m in the
gr oup of New England wr iter s
ar ts and liter atur e that or iginated in
the late 18th centur y, emphasizing
(19th Century)
known as tr anscendentalists. T heir
inspir ation, subjectivity, and the
views ar e expr essed in Natur e
gr eater impor tance of the individual. Culture Day
(1836), by Ralph Waldo Emer son,
and Walden (1854), by H enr y David February 1, 2018
T hor eau. Amer ican r omanticism is
par ticular ly r ich in pr ose nar r atives W ritten By:
that have become an impor tant par t
of the countr y's liter atur e. T hese
Shira Sobol
include the novels Moby-Dick &
(1851), by H er man Melville, and T he
Scar let L etter (1850), by Nathaniel Blake Hecht
H awthor ne, and the shor t stor ies of
Edgar Allan Poe.
Romanticism in liter atur e was
equally var ied, developing many
new for ms. T he emphasis on
imagination and emotion led to the
flour ishing of lyr ic poetr y.
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Romanticism
T he r eal beginning of
r omanticism in music began in
the 1800's with oper as that
r elated to old legends or
Shakespear ean subjects. As
well as oper a, mor e intimate
kinds of music wer e cr eated as
well by r omantic composer s.
Often, shor t pieces for the
piano expr essed the composer 's
per sonal emotions and feelings.
Some composer s made pr ogr am
music, which is music that tells
a stor y. L ater in the 1800's
symphony and oper a wer e the
dominant for ms of music in
Amer ica.
Wester n Amer ican
Music
Although symphony and oper a music
wer e the dominant for ms of music in
Amer ica in the 1800s, another , new
style of music was being cr eated on
the Wester n side of Amer ica.
Wester n Amer ican music or cowboy
music or iginated in the wester n par t
of the United States dur ing the
1800s which inspir ed moder n
countr y music. T his music attr acted
young men fr om all over the countr y
to wor k as cowboys. T hey changed
old folk songs to their own tastes,
and added ser ious lyr ics about their
lives and wor k. T hey would play on
differ ent instr uments like the piano,
the fiddle, the bass, and the guitar !
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