Culture Analysis

Romantic poets/musicians cultivated individualism, reverence for the natural world, idealism, physical and emotional passion, and an interest in the mystic and supernatural. Romantics set themselves in opposition to the order and rationality of classical and neoclassical artistic precepts to embrace freedom and revolution in their art and politics. Take music for example, it simply continues evolve into higher and more complex meanings within every time period. Take the 1800’s for example, Ludwig Beethoven was famous in that era, some people considered him no only a musician but also a poet due to his very inspiring lyrics.


"Music is a higher revelation


than all wisdom and philosophy.


Music is the electrical soil


in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents."


~ Ludwig van Beethoven ~





Teachers like Plato even says music is a big deal: “Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.” Music is the reason why people can share their feelings, ideas, or even just their everyday life without seeming so average. the musician Andie Anderson would agree, “


“…Children and adults with attention deficit disorder can get their work done faster with music played that they can appreciate. Law enforcement have found that if they play Classical music on loudspeakers in neighborhoods that have high crime rates, that the violence is downgraded in some strange way. Music creates a unified body of people at the beginning of sports and events where for instance, the national anthem is played and everyone sings in unison in respect, it commands pride and respect and emotion. [Andie Anderson]


“...Music is very important in our lives, we may not appreciate 'Rap' or 'Ska' or 'Heavy Metal' but groups like Run DMC and Aerosmith have banded together in the past and with their different sounds have created popular music that two groups of sounds merged into one and were accepted. Metallica, known for its head-banging sounds has done a version of Bob Seger's 'Turn the Page' which is profoundly moving. Another one of my favorites is Neil Young's 'Old Man' which has emotional lyrics and sound as well and Neil Young is usually known for his shouting. (Andie Anderson)”


America represents diversity in multicultural ideologies and overall creativity amongst nations; and we continually strive to evolve our ideas into the very best of our abilities in which we are capable of.