Romantic music was a different form of music that did not focus on religion, political or social trends. According to Lawrence Kramer, author of the book Why Classical Music Still Matters, “Historically, the ideal of romantic love has tended to replace broader patterns of political, social, professional, or religious meaning, as part of a growing general tendency to rely on private rather than public compliance schemes.” This means that Romanticism had an impact on music where religion, political and social meanings were replaced by a new form that is based on private situations instead of general public situations. This musical form has influenced modern music the most because most of it is not based on