Romantic Song

The Romantic Period 

• Lasted from 1820 - 1900. 
  
• A popular type of song from this period is the Lied. Which is a solo song (acoompanied by the piano) that is usually set to German Poetry.
• Songs are sometimes are wrote in sets (called song cycles). The words were taken from a group of related poems (usually all by the same poet).
• Lieder were originally performed in confined…