| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
| affair, romantic |
amour
,
liaison
,
love
,
relationship
,
romance
,
tryst
|
| Austrian organist and composer of romantic music (1824-1896) |
Anton Bruckner
,
Bruckner
|
| Russian composer (born in Armenia) whose works are romantic and reflect his interest in folk music (1903-1978) |
Aram Ilich Khachaturian
,
Aram Khachaturian
,
Khachaturian
|
| German conductor and composer of romantic operas (1786-1826) |
Baron Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber
,
Carl Maria von Weber
,
Weber
|
| French romantic writer (1766-1817) |
Baronne Anne Louise Germaine Necker de Steal-Holstein
,
Madame de Stael
,
Stael
|
| French composer of romantic works (1803-1869) |
Berlioz
,
Hector Berlioz
,
Louis-Hector Berlioz
|
| romantic novel containing scenes in which the heroine is sexually violated |
bodice ripper
|
| German composer who developed the romantic style of both lyrical and classical music (1833-1897) |
Brahms
,
Johannes Brahms
|
| English romantic poet notorious for his rebellious and unconventional lifestyle (1788-1824) |
Byron
,
Lord George Gordon Byron
,
Sixth Baron Byron of Rochdale
|
| French statesman and writer; considered a precursor of the romantic movement in France (1768-1848) |
Chateaubriand
,
Francois Rene Chateaubriand
,
Vicomte de Chateaubriand
|
| French composer (born in Poland) and pianist of the romantic school (1810-1849) |
Chopin
,
Frederic Francois Chopin
|
| English romantic poet (1772-1834) |
Coleridge
,
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
|
| French romantic painter (1798-1863) |
Delacroix
,
Eugene Delacroix
,
Ferdinand Victor Eugene Delacroix
|
| German musician and romantic composer of orchestral and choral works (1809-1847) |
Felix Mendelssohn
,
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
,
Mendelssohn
|
| brief romantic involvement |
fling
|
| British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925) |
Haggard
,
Rider Haggard
,
Sir Henry Rider Haggard
|
| United States writer of romantic novels about the unjust treatment of Native Americans (1830-1885) |
Helen Hunt Jackson
,
Helen Maria Fiske Hunt Jackson
,
Jackson
|
| French poet and novelist and dramatist; leader of the romantic movement in France (1802-1885) |
Hugo
,
Victor-Marie Hugo
,
Victor Hugo
|
| episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll |
idyll
|
| peaceful or romantic |
idyllic
|