Editing Romantic music (section)

===New German School===
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[[File: Franz Liszt 1858.jpg|thumb|upright| Franz Liszt in 1858 by [[Franz Hanfstaengl]]]]
The New German School was a loose collection of composers and critics informally led by [[Franz Liszt]] and [[Richard Wagner]] who strove for pushing the limits of [[Chromaticism|chromatic harmony]] and [[program music]] as opposed to [[absolute music]] which they believed had reached its limit under [[Ludwig van Beethoven]].<ref>{{harvp|Brendel|1858|p=111}}</ref>

This group also pushed for the development and innovation of the [[symphonic poem]], [[thematic transformation]] in [[musical form]], and radical changes in [[tonality]] and [[harmony]].{{sfn|Searle|loc=11:28–29}}

Other important members of this movement includes the critic [[Richard Pohl]] and composers [[Felix Draeseke]], [[Julius Reubke]], [[Karl Klindworth]], [[William Mason (composer)|William Mason]], and [[Peter Cornelius]].