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William Blake
William Blake was a British poet, painter and printmaker. Although he remained largely unknown during his lifetime, Blake's work is now held in high esteem. -
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer, conductor, pianist and piano teacher. His musical legacy spans, chronologically, from Classicism to the beginnings of Romanticism. -
The French Revolution
The French Revolution was a social and political conflict, with several periods of violence, that convulsed France and, by extension of its implications, other nations in Europe, pitting supporters and opponents of the system known as the Ancien Régime against each other. -
Piano development
It has almost all of its present-day characteristics, thanks to the intensity pedals and felt hammers. Its predominance over other instruments was justified by the preference of the bourgeoisie. -
Battle of Hernani
The Battle of Hernani is the name given to the controversy and riots that took place in 1830 around the performances of the play Hernani, a romantic drama by Victor Hugo. -
Coronation of Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom on 28 June 1838, just over a year after acceding to the throne at the age of 18. -
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War of the Romantics
War of the Romantics is a term used by music historians to describe the aesthetic schism that arose between leading musicians during the second half of the 19th century. -
Third Period
It can be considered a movement of the late 19th and early 20th century that differs from Romanticism by its orchestral exuberance and the excess in symphonic developments, also characterised by an intense chromaticism that surpasses Richard Wagner and ends in atonality. Post-Romantic composers are characterised by the melancholy caused by the loss of Romantic culture. The most representative composers of this style were Gustav Mahler and Richard Wagner.