02974cam a22003973u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000380011324500270015126400510017830000470022933600260027633700260030233800360032850000310036450501650039550802030056052014540076353400450221765300280226265300360229065300270232665300320235365300440238565300310242965300310246065300250249185600430251699900170255958511UtSlPG20260610134340.0mcr n260607r2018||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aML1 aMason, Daniel Gregory,d1873-195314aThe Romantic Composers 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2018  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2018-12-210 aPreface -- Introduction: romanticism in music -- Franz Schubert -- Robert Schumann -- Felix Mendelssohn -- Frédéric Chopin -- Hector Berlioz -- Franz Liszt.  aProduced by Andrés V. Galia, Jude Elander and the Online
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by The Internet Archive)  a"The Romantic Composers" by Daniel Gregory Mason is a comprehensive study of music written in the early 20th century. The book focuses on notable composers from the Romantic Period, beginning with Franz Schubert and continuing through Schumann, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Berlioz, and Liszt, exploring their contributions to music and the unique characteristics of their compositions. This work aims to illuminate how each composer's personal character influenced their musical output while discussing the broader developments in musical style during this pivotal era.  The opening of Mason's study serves as an introduction to Romanticism in music, discussing its significance as a departure from the classical traditions that preceded it. He explains how composers like Schubert and Schumann began to place greater emphasis on individual expression and emotional depth in their music, contrasting it with the more structured and impersonal qualities of classicism. Mason emphasizes the evolution of musical language during this time, as composers sought innovative methods to convey deeply felt emotions, marking the beginning of a new artistic framework that would redefine music comprehension and appreciation. The reader is invited on a journey through the philosophical underpinnings of Romantic music, highlighting how these thematic shifts reflect the personal and societal transformations of the era. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aLiszt, Franz, 1811-1886  aChopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849  aComposers -- Biography  aSchumann, Robert, 1810-1856  aMendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847  aBerlioz, Hector, 1803-1869  aSchubert, Franz, 1797-1828  aRomanticism in music40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58511  c99338d99338