They often wrote about love, thus the reason for calling it the romantic period. They also let the politics of the time period influence their work. The composers would create songs that contained a national identity, or they would compose songs that represented a foreign land. Another thing that became very popular in the romantic period is program music, which is instrumental music associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene. A great example of program music is Romeo and Juliet, by Tchaikovsky. He modeled the music after Shakespeare 's
They often wrote about love, thus the reason for calling it the romantic period. They also let the politics of the time period influence their work. The composers would create songs that contained a national identity, or they would compose songs that represented a foreign land. Another thing that became very popular in the romantic period is program music, which is instrumental music associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene. A great example of program music is Romeo and Juliet, by Tchaikovsky. He modeled the music after Shakespeare 's