<Li> Franz Liszt . Liszt was by nationality a Hungarian, but nevertheless he spent many years in Germany, and his first language was German . Credited as the inventor of the tone poem . In his old age, Liszt adopted a more dissonant, ominous flavour, characteristic works being' la Lugubre Gondola' and' Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth'--predating Impressionism and 20th - century atonality . </Li> <Li> Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy . A composer of the Early Romantic period, together with such figures as Schumann, Chopin and Liszt . One of the persons responsible for reviving interest in the almost - forgotten music of Johann Sebastian Bach . </Li> <Li> Franz Schubert . His body of work consists mainly of song cycles and German Lieder set to poems by his contemporaries, many of which are among the most common repertoire in those categories performed today . </Li> <Li> Robert Schumann . His works recall the nostalgia of lost childhood innocence, first love, and the magnificence of the German countryside . As an influential critic, he played a major role in discovering new talents, among them Chopin and Brahms . </Li>

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