To hear Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky , click here . Brahms Chopin Liszt Tchaikovsky Click on the names of these Romantic period composers to go to their page. The Romantic period had much more artistic freedom than the periods before it.
Emotions are more important.
Musical storytelling was also popular. The tone poem was a new musical form which told a story. Many of the Romantic period's stories, art, and music were about exotic places and fantastic events . Tone color also became more important. Tone color is a special sound that makes an instrument or voice sound different from another.