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romanticism

(Encyclopedia)romanticism, term loosely applied to literary and artistic movements of the late 18th and 19th cent. Romanticism in music was characterized by an emphasis on emotion and great freedom of form. It...

Seillière, Ernest, Baron

(Encyclopedia)Seillière, Ernest, Baron ĕrnĕstˈ bärôNˈ sāyĕrˈ [key], 1866–1955, French critic and philosopher. He is best known as an opponent of romanticism and for his philosophy of “imperialism.” ...

Brookner, Anita

(Encyclopedia)Brookner, Anita, 1928–2016, English writer and art critic. After establishing an academic career at London's Courtauld Institute of Art and becoming the first woman appointed (1968) Slade Professor ...

impressionism, in music

(Encyclopedia)impressionism, in music, a French movement in the late 19th and early 20th cent. It was begun by Debussy in reaction to the dramatic and dynamic emotionalism of romantic music, especially that of Wagn...

Dukas, Paul

(Encyclopedia)Dukas, Paul pōl dükäˈ [key], 1865–1935, French composer and critic. He was influenced by both the romanticism of Wagner and the impressionism of Debussy. His compositions are few, the best known...

Gretchaninov, Aleksandr Tichonovich

(Encyclopedia)Gretchaninov, Aleksandr Tichonovich əlyĭksänˈdər tēkônôˈvĭch grĕchänēˈnŏf [key], 1864–1956, Russian composer; pupil of Rimsky-Korsakov. Among his works are four symphonies, two operas...

Guerra Junqueiro, Abílio

(Encyclopedia)Guerra Junqueiro, Abílio äbēˈlyō gĕrˈə zho͝onkāˈrō [key], 1850–1923, Portuguese poet. A revolutionary, he wrote violent satiric poems attacking conservatism, romanticism, and the Church....

Parker, Horatio William

(Encyclopedia)Parker, Horatio William, 1863–1919, American composer, b. Auburndale, Mass.; pupil of Rheinberger in Munich. He was an organist and choirmaster in Boston and New York City and taught at the National...

Platen, August Graf von

(Encyclopedia)Platen, August Graf von ouˈgo͝ost gräf fən pläˈtən [key], 1796–1835, German poet, whose original name was August Graf von Platen-Hallermünde. An opponent of romanticism, he satirized it in s...

Vigeland, Gustav

(Encyclopedia)Vigeland, Gustav go͝osˈtäv vēˈgəlän [key], 1869–1943, Norwegian sculptor. Vigeland's sculpture owed much to Rodin in stylistic realism but was imbued with an unrestrained romanticism and emot...