Schuman, Brahms, Wagner, Mahler and Mendelssohn are among the most important representatives of Romanticism in music; a period of musical history which covers the entire 19 th century. During this era, the role of the musical artist changed quite a bit in Europe compared with years prior. During the Classical period and earlier eras such as Baroque and Renaissance the musical artist was simply a craftsman but beginning with Beethoven, all that began to change. Through the influence of

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... musicians (specially composers in this case) became more individual and unique, with their personal, subjective, emotional and irrational attitudes fully revered and placed in the spotlight. 1 This is the era, which not only birthed many of the so-called stars in classical music, both composers and performers, but also witnessed completely new techniques of composition. In many ways, music from the Romantic period was a continuation of that from the Classical. Harmonically, the major-minor tonal system was still dominant at this  Assistant professor at the Music department at the college of basic education at the public authority for applied training and education ** Professor of Arabic music 1 Abraham, G. (1979). In The concise oxford history of music. essay, Oxford University Press.