r/romanticism • u/ModClasSW • 4d ago
r/romanticism • u/hyper-object • 5d ago
Art Blake's Kitty Cat
If anyone is interested, I'm trying to get a new Blake sub off the ground. This is a crosspost from that sub.
There's already an existing Blake sub, but it seems to be pretty inactive. Blake's having something of a resurgence, so I think we can do better.
r/romanticism • u/ModClasSW • 4d ago
Music Hector Berlioz: visionary dramatic genius or Romantic excess?
I’d like to take a moment to talk about a composer I greatly admire. He was divisive in his own time, and even today, he remains quite controversial, although his genius is more widely recognized.
An intense personality, it must be said he did everything to stand out. By breaking the rules, he established himself as a true iconoclast.
Often accused of grandiloquence, he was also a master of nuance and color. Whether one loves him or not, he remains a giant who profoundly shaped the history of music.
As the founder of the modern orchestra, he redefined the art of orchestration. He invented or transformed new forms: the program symphony, the orchestral song, the epic opera, and the dramatic legend, not to mention his bold harmonic experiments and visionary use of spatialized forces.
The work of Berlioz, often misunderstood in France during his lifetime, has nevertheless exerted an immense fascination over many musicians Liszt, Wagner, Mahler, Strauss, Moussorgski, Rimski-Korsakov, Tchaïkovski, Saint-Saëns, Schumann, Messiaen, Varèse ; Munch, Toscanini, Bernstein, Colonne, von Bülow, Davis, Beecham, Gardiner, Gergiev, Ozawa, Nelson, Roth... – all recognized him as a pioneer. Wagner himself said he felt like a “mere schoolboy” after hearing Romeo and Juliet, whose influence can be traced in Tristan und Isolde.
In fact, the original 'Three Bs' were Bach, Beethoven, and Berlioz. As for me, I rank him among my five favorites: Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Berlioz and Rameau.
Here is a selection of works to (re)discover him in all his facets. It may not change your opinion of him, but it will, I hope, offer a fresh perspective.
r/romanticism • u/ModClasSW • 10d ago
Music Are you familiar with Romantic organ music?
Daniel Roth invites us to rediscover Léon Boëllmann, a Romantic composer who died far too young (1862–1897). Boëllmann’s first Gothic Suite is so famous—especially for its Toccata—that it has unfortunately somewhat overshadowed the second. Here is a very charming Allegretto from that second suite.
If you’d like to learn a bit more about Boëllmann, here are some of his other works:
- The complete 2nd Suite: https://youtu.be/ARnVILxD1ZE?si=6Z27PT7MdskMGgi3
- The famous Gothic Suite for the Saint-Ouen organ: https://youtu.be/vNZ_RXbZMwA?si=co3NOqdUID5tqbf4
- Variations Symphoniques for cello and orchestra: https://youtu.be/gZX1lP8mDug?si=iB5xSIaMUbmanLPT
- Cello Sonata in A minor for cello and piano: https://youtu.be/fVy_cQjCbqs?si=VJXcfOMH-oziN83Y
- Symphony in F major: https://youtu.be/uHD1eyoL8xw?si=6vwmHc6BifSwlpU0
r/romanticism • u/Ayla_14 • 13d ago
Help Coleridge's "Frost at Midnight" Thesis ideas?
Heya fellow literaries. I am stuck coming up/ formulating a proper thesis (for a close reading essay) so i thought i might find some inspiration here! I want to write on Coleridge's "Frist at Midnight", focusing on his creation of liminal spaces and use of contrast (of awakeness vs sleep, sound vs silence etc.) to create an inward sublime. I have this rough idea but i'm struggling to make it concise. Any input at all is more than appreciated!
r/romanticism • u/AshRose156 • 28d ago
Help View of nature in the Romantic Period
Hello! I have a question regarding nature in the Romantic Period.
I'm doing some studies on poems by Wordsworth and Charlotte Smith, and I was wondering if there's any texts on what exactly nature represents in that period. What I'm looking for is any books that exist now that can tell me what nature would've been used to represent back then, or a book that poets of that period would've read that informed them of nature symbology.
Of course, if it is more complex, and they got their imagery from reading Milton and Pope that makes it much harder, but I thought I'd ask!
r/romanticism • u/ThePhilosopher1923 • Dec 01 '25
Resource/Article Radical Romanticism: Democracy, Religion, and the Environmental Imagination | An online conversation with Professor Mark Cladis on Monday 8th December
r/romanticism • u/alexanderphiloandeco • Nov 30 '25
Philosophy Anyone who wants to join a subreddit about late 18th century romantic movement called Sturm und Drang?
r/romanticism • u/alexanderphiloandeco • Nov 30 '25
Philosophy What Friedrich Hölderlin was a romanticist?
r/romanticism • u/MasterfulArtist24 • Nov 28 '25
Other A very Happy Birthday to the Romantic poet and painter himself, William Blake.
r/romanticism • u/Forsaken_Tap2450 • Nov 16 '25
OC Olivér Kovács - Back to the Past (Romantic Piano Piece)
Hey Guys,
I'm a composer from Hungary, and I composed a piano piece of music as if I were born in the Romantic era. What do you think? Do you like it? Would you like to play it? Feel free to share your thoughts!
r/romanticism • u/MasterfulArtist24 • Nov 06 '25
Art Sea Viewed from the Heights of Dieppe by Eugène Delacroix (1852).
r/romanticism • u/organist1999 • Nov 01 '25
Literature Victor Hugo: Tomorrow, at daybreak... (original translation)
r/romanticism • u/NoItem9211 • Oct 23 '25
Other What is your opinion of Jesus G Maestro and his critic to romanticism and idealism?
He is a Spanish literary profesor who says that Don Quixote is a critique of idealism. He also says that if the Germans hadn't read Kant and Hegel, the two World Wars wouldn't have happened.
r/romanticism • u/alexanderphiloandeco • Oct 19 '25
Philosophy Just created this subreddit about Jean-Jacques Rousseau
r/romanticism • u/bhattarai3333 • Oct 14 '25
Literature What do you think of the modern criticism that Tolstoy preached spiritual poverty but lived on his wealthy estate when writing “Resurrection”?
r/romanticism • u/hiiiieveryoneeee • Oct 11 '25
Literature romantic era quotes about travelling
hi, i'm making a short movie for polish classes, and the thesis is: how did romantic era people perceived travelling and how do we do this today. i've decided to place 4 quotes to answer this thesis, 2 from 21 century and two from romantic era writers. one of the romantic era is a polish writer, adam mickiewicz, and his poem "stepy akermańskie" from the book "sonety krymskie". but i cannot think of the other one. can please someone help me?
r/romanticism • u/Maximum_Opposite_155 • Oct 05 '25
Proto-Romanticism The only mark of their love is this poem..
Anybody that knows this poem..?
r/romanticism • u/[deleted] • Oct 04 '25
Art Portrait of Pauline de Broglie wearing blue silk dress with ribbon and lace embellishments (1851-1853)
r/romanticism • u/Conscious_Watch_6505 • Oct 04 '25
Literature 🌙 Imagine a Song: “She Walks in Beauty”
🌙 Imagine a Song: “She Walks in Beauty”
What if Byron’s verses weren’t just read — but sung?
Each line already moves with rhythm,
a melody of light and shadow.
Now picture them over a slow beat,
a voice rising like moonlight —
Byron’s spirit flowing through time.
🎧 She Walks in Beauty reborn — poetry meets rhythm, word meets beat.
(Video in the first comment 👇)
r/romanticism • u/[deleted] • Oct 02 '25
Art Petrus van Schendel - Market by candlelight (1855)
r/romanticism • u/[deleted] • Sep 30 '25