Question: Which Romantic era composer began their career first, Ludwig van Beethoven or Franz Schreker? 
Sentence (from "Franz Schreker"): Primarily a composer of operas, Schreker developed a style characterized by aesthetic plurality (a mixture of Romanticism, Naturalism, Symbolism, Impressionism, Expressionism and Neue Sachlichkeit), timbral experimentation, strategies of extended tonality and conception of total music theatre into the narrative of 20th-century music.
Relevant evidence: Yes