What did musicians in the romantic era focus on?

Musicians in the Romantic era focused on expressing emotions and personal feelings in their music. This was in contrast to the Classical period that emphasized order, balance and restraint in music.

They also focused on more lyrical and expressive melodies and harmonies. They liked to use more elaborate and complex musical forms and used dramatic contrasts in dynamics, tempo, and orchestration.

Romanticism was a reaction to the Enlightenment's emphasis on reason and objectivity. Romantics believed that true beauty and understanding could be found through intuition and emotion rather than through reason and logic. This view of the world was reflected in music composed during this period.