Music of the Romantic Period

William Prinzing Briggs, music director of the Central Kentucky Youth Orchestra, discusses characteristics of music of the Romantic period, introduces some of the major composers of the period, and introduces a performance of Franz Schubert’s “Death of a Maiden” Quartet in D-minor by members of the youth orchestra.

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