Beethoven is a well-known composer for his great work and symphonies that are filled with intensity and emotion. “Some of Beethoven’s most famous works mirror this sense of struggle to overcome an adversity imposed by fate.”(Bonds) Like Beethoven, many other composers of this time began expressing intense feelings and emotion in music. Romantic music is an era of Western classical music that started during the Romantic period around the late 18th or early 19th century. During the Romantic period, music became more expressive and emotional. Art and literature greatly influenced and inspired symphonies, piano music, dramatic operas, and songs of passion throughout this era, as Romantic composers looked to the visual arts, poetry, drama, literature,
