Romanticism is a genre that describes the extreme emotions of passionate love between knights in the Middle Ages.
The romanticism that enjoyed the 19th century is also present today, with fantastic stories of people who have separated in reality from the person they love, but still meet in their dreams.
Because we love you that much too.
Loving as long as you love, singing out that love, and struggling to get that love back.
Can this fever of love truly be explained by reason and intellect? Romanticism, which draws upon intuition, emotion, and imagination to freely unleash what lies within, is overflowing with passion, fantasy, and freedom.
In their works, and in their lives.
The previous era, Classicism, emphasized the balance of order and form.
I was truly not free.
Goethe said, “Classicism is health, romanticism is disease,” and literally, romanticism is a disease of freedom, overflowing with improvisation and fantasy.
Romantic music, freely combined with literature and filled with free-spirited dreams, is the most relatable and familiar classic music for us today.
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These days, there is a growing culture of gathering together to do things, such as reading groups or one-day classes.
It was the same in Schubert's time.
At that time, every household in Vienna had a piano, and home concerts were actively held, and the number of gatherings to share music was also increasing.
Thanks to this, the publishing industry that publishes sheet music was able to enjoy a boom.
Schubert practiced with a small ensemble of music lovers, and was able to present his latest chamber music in concerts given by these groups.
Schubert participated in a number of these small gatherings simultaneously, including reading groups, picnics, and sausage-eating groups.
Thanks to this, he was able to actively pursue music while also building a social network.
Ultimately, it was the trust and support shown by this network that played a major role in his ability to resign from his teaching position.
Among them, the gathering created by my friend Schober is called Schubertiade (Schubert Night).

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Elegant and soft pieces by Chopin.
What did Chopin's hands look like when he played that piece? Of the many descriptions of Chopin's hands, the one that struck me most was the one that said they were "boneless, like rubber."
It is said that his hands were so flexible like rubber that they appeared to have no bones.
Here, Berlioz goes a step further, saying, “Chopin plays as if the tip of a brush strokes the keys rather than the hammers striking the strings, so you want to go up to the piano and put your ear to it.”
In this way, Chopin's performance shines even brighter when listened to closely, as if he were whispering his own story.
In fact, if you play in a large hall in front of many people at once, you can earn more money and become very popular overnight, but Chopin felt burdened by performing in public in such a large hall, and confessed to Liszt:
“I am not at all suited to performing.
I feel like I'm suffocating and paralyzed by the curious gazes from the audience.
“I feel dumb in front of those unfamiliar faces.”

Chopin, for example, disliked the suffocating atmosphere in which the audience held their breath and focused solely on him.
Instead, I enjoy playing more comfortably in small salons, in front of people I know.
He even played with the lights in the salon very dim.

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The ability that Paganini lacked and Liszt had was the ability to steal women's hearts.
The list shakes the hearts of women with its statue-like faces.
At that time, the stage was set up with the piano facing away from the audience, so the audience could only see the back of the pianist's head and not see his facial expressions or gestures while he was playing.
Liszt wanted to show the audience the side profile of his face, including his sharp nose, and he ended up taking the unconventional step of turning the piano sideways.
Now, the list can show off both its attractive side profile and its nimble hands at the same time.
It seems obvious now, but no one had ever tried it before.
And also, the piano lid was opened towards the audience so that the sound could be transmitted to the audience better.
This list of groundbreaking attempts remains a tradition that continues to this day.
As a result, at the list's concert, there were many women who fainted because the list was so good.
Naturally, fan clubs are formed due to this list craze.
Shocked by Liszt's performance and the audience's enthusiastic response, Liszt's friend Heine gave the fan club its name.
Lisztomania.
Listomania, the ancestor of today's idol fan clubs, is starting to sweep across Europe.
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Performing gave her not only money but also mental comfort.
Moreover, she was able to meet and love him through music, even if only for a moment while playing Schumann's works.
As soon as she got back into shape after giving birth to her youngest child, Felix, Clara embarked on a shockingly demanding schedule.
Before such tremendous stamina and passion could be unleashed, there were immediate problems at hand: the children and the immediate need to make a living.
And another thing was the very reason for Clara's existence.
From a childhood where she could only find her presence and be loved through music, she was able to find solace in her sadness through art.
Brahms thus returns Clara, who is destined to take over Clara's housework and go on stage, to the stage.
He knew what she truly wanted.
As he persuades her to hire more cooks, servants, and others, and even helps her with her household chores himself, a strong bond develops between Brahms and Clara, and her stage presence grows at an ever-increasing rate.

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