Franz Schubert: “When I wished to sing of love, it turned to sorrow. And when I wished to sing of sorrow, it was transformed for me into love.” Robert Schumann: “To send light into the darkness of men’s hearts – such is the duty of the artist.” Franz Liszt: “Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts and especially in the art of words.”

Sources for this episode:

Hector Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewoAW-Zyuj8

Other Sources:

https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/periods-genres/romantic/#:~:text=Discover%20Music%20Home-,Romantic,inspiration%20from%20art%20and%20literature.

https://www.britannica.com/art/Romanticism/Music

https://www.musictheoryacademy.com/periods-of-music/romantic-period-music/

https://racheltaylorgeier.org/2017/04/15/75-inspirational-composer-quotes/

https://cnx.org/contents/5xVkusr9@11/The-Music-of-the-Romantic-Era

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zgcmxnb/revision/2