Episode 370: Romantic Melodies

The Romantic Era of Classical Music lasted just 95 years, from 1815 to 1910, but it produced some of the most memorable melodies, ever. 
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The Enlightenment changed the course of human history with the concept that science and empirical arguments could explain human existence. Not surprisingly though, not everyone was thrilled, so some pushed back. To the disappointment of medieval theologians not everyone continued to embrace the old ways of thinking, but the concept that we could explain all of our existence by empirical observation didn’t fit well either. This philosophical tug-of-war still rages on. But, in 1815 the Romantic Era of classical music pushed back against what was then the new thinking of the Classical Era, and thus music became reactionary. 

Fanfare for La Peri: Dukas
  Atlantic Brass Band, Salvatore Scarpa
Andante from “Hungarian Fantasy, Op. 35”:
  Carl Maria von Weber
  UNLV Wind Orchestra, Thomas Leslie
Fur Elise “Bagatelle in A Minor”: Ludwig Van Beethoven
  Canadian Brass
Overture in C for Winds, Opus 24: Felix Mendelßohn
  US Marine Band, Colonel Michael J. Colburn
Gnossienne No. 2: Erik Satie
  Empire Brass
Emperor Waltz Op. 437: Johann Strauss
  US Army Band, Colonel Gary F. Lamb
Barcarolle 'Tales of Hoffman': Jacques Offenbach
  Black Dyke Mills Band, John Foster
Panis Angelicus: Cesar Franck
  Washington Winds, Edward Petersen
To a Wild Rose: Edward MacDowell
  Brass of the Potomac, Stephen Bulla
Clair De Lune: Claude Debussy
  US Army Brass Quintet