Romanticism in Music Romanticism is not only the terminology coined to explain the times in music world history; however, it was also a distinct change in art, music and any literature, moving it away from classical ideals of organizations and all reasons. In addition it moved music into a stead of expressions and emotions. The period of romanticism in a general way, has been considered to have been started in Great Britain and part of Germany in the 1770s, it then moved slowly across Europe in the whole of 19th century, (Roger 139).