Romance
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Romance or romantic may refer to:
- Romance languagesRomance languagesThe Romance languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family, more precisely of the Italic languages subfamily, comprising all the languages that descend from Vulgar Latin, the language of ancient Rome...
, a family of languages originating in south-western Europe. - Romance (genre)Romance (genre)As a literary genre of high culture, romance or chivalric romance is a style of heroic prose and verse narrative that was popular in the aristocratic circles of High Medieval and Early Modern Europe. They were fantastic stories about marvel-filled adventures, often of a knight errant portrayed as...
, a genre of medieval and renaissance narrative fiction - Romance (music)Romance (music)The term romance has a centuries-long history. Applied to narrative ballads in Spain, it came to be used by the 18th century for simple lyrical pieces not only for voice, but also for instruments alone. During the 18th and 19th centuries Russian composers developed the French variety of the...
, a type of ballad or lyrical song - RomanceroRomanceroA romancero is any collection of Spanish romances, a type of folk ballad . The romancero is the entire corpus of such ballads...
, the Spanish tradition of such ballads - Romance (meter)Romance (meter)The romance is a metric combination that originated in the verse and poetry of Spain. It consists of an indefinite series of verses, in which the even-numbered lines have a near-rhyme and the odd lines are unrhymed...
, a metric pattern found particularly in Spanish-language poetry - RomanticismRomanticismRomanticism was an artistic, literary and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe, and gained strength in reaction to the Industrial Revolution...
, an artistic and intellectual movement in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, including - Romantic musicRomantic musicRomantic music or music in the Romantic Period is a musicological and artistic term referring to a particular period, theory, compositional practice, and canon in Western music history, from 1810 to 1900....
- Romantic poetryRomantic poetryRomanticism, a philosophical, literary, artistic and cultural era which began in the mid/late-1700s as a reaction against the prevailing Enlightenment ideals of the day , also influenced poetry...
- Romance (love), love emphasizing emotion over libido.
- Romance filmRomance filmRomance films are love stories that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate involvement of the main characters and the journey that their love takes through courtship or marriage. Romance films make the love story or the search for love the main plot focus...
, a genre of film of which the central plot focuses on the romantic relationships of the protagonists - Romance novelRomance novelThe romance novel is a literary genre developed in Western culture, mainly in English-speaking countries. Novels in this genre place their primary focus on the relationship and romantic love between two people, and must have an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending." Through the late...
, a genre of fiction focused on romantic love
Places
- Romance, ArkansasRomance, ArkansasRomance, Arkansas is an unincorporated community in west-central White County, Arkansas. The community is located approximately halfway between the town of Rose Bud to the north, and the unincorporated community of El Paso to the south...
, U.S. - Romance, MissouriRomance, MissouriRomance is an unincorporated community in Ozark County, Missouri, in the United States. It is located about nine miles north of Gainesville....
, U.S. - Romance, West VirginiaRomance, West VirginiaRomance is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.Romance is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia. It is located along Sugar Creek Rd . It used to have a post office with a zip code of 25248, but it closed on February 18, 1986...
U.S. - Romance, WisconsinRomance, WisconsinRomance, Wisconsin is an unincorporated community in the town of Genoa in Vernon County, Wisconsin, United States.-Religion:RoundRiver Institute LCC is a Buddhist retreat and education center located in Romance not too far away from the village of Genoa, Wisconsin.-Sources:**...
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Titles and proper names
- Romance (song)Romance (song)"Romance Anónimo" is a piece for guitar, also known as "Estudio en Mi de Rubira" , "Spanish Romance", "Romance de España", "Romance of the Guitar", "Romanza" and "Romance d'Amour" among other names.Its origins and authorship are currently in question...
, also known as Romance Anónimo, a Spanish instrumental guitar piece of anonymous origin - Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in G major, Op. 40 and Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 in F major, Op. 50Violin Romance No. 2 (Beethoven)The Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 in F major, Op. 50 is a piece for violin and orchestra by Ludwig van Beethoven, one of two such compositions by Beethoven, the other being Romance No. 1 in G major, Op. 40. It was written in 1798, four years before the first romance, and was published...
by Ludwig van Beethoven - Romance (novel)Romance (novel)Romance is a novel co-authored by Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford. It was the second of their three collaborations. Romance was eventually published by George Bell and Sons in London and by McClure, Phillips in New York, in March 1904....
, a 1905 novel by Joseph Conrad - "Romance" (poem), an 1829 poem by Edgar Allan Poe
- Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 4Symphony No. 4 (Bruckner)Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major is one of the composer's most popular works. It was written in 1874 and revised several times through 1888. It was dedicated to Prince Konstantin of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst. It was premiered in 1881 by Hans Richter in Vienna with great success...
, known as Romantic - "Romantic" (song)Romantic (song)"Romantic" is a song recorded by Karyn White. It hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 2, 1991, making it her biggest hit to date. "Romantic" was also Karyn White's fourth number one on the Hot Black Singles chart....
, by Karyn White - The RomanticsThe RomanticsThe Romantics is an American New Wave band from Detroit, Michigan, formed in 1977. The band adopted the name "The Romantics" because they formed on Valentine's Day, 1977. The Romantics achieved popularity in the United Kingdom, The U.S...
, an American rock 'n roll band from Detroit - Romance (Luis Miguel album), 1991
- Romance (Seldom album)Romance (Seldom album)Romance is an album by Seldom. It was released on July 16, 2002 on Casa Recording Co. and distributed by Barsuk Records.-Track listing:#Who Am I#Meteor Showers#Sexual Identity#Family#You've Heard It All Before#Until We Meet Again#Flame#Romance...
, 2002 - Romance (Ali Project album)
- Romance (Dave Palmer album)Romance (Dave Palmer album)Romance is a solo album by session keyboardist Dave Palmer. The album has seven piano solo tracks and two tracks which are a trio of piano, drums and bass...
- Romance (David Cassidy album)Romance (David Cassidy album)Romance was David Cassidy's seventh studio album as a solo artist and his first released by Arista Records. Released in 1985, Romance was the only studio album Cassidy released during the 80's...
- Romance (Mamet play)Romance (Mamet play)Romance is a play by David Mamet. It opened in 2005 off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theater Company in New York and was also performed at London's Almeida Theatre, starring John Mahoney, later that year...
- "Romance", a track on the album Light & ShadeLight & ShadeLight + Shade is a two-disc album by English musician Mike Oldfield. It is the first album to be released by Oldfield following his signing with Mercury Records. The album was released on 26 September 2005...
by Mike Oldfield - Romance (1920 film)Romance (1920 film)Romance is a 1920 American silent film directed by Chester Withey and released through United Artists. The film is based on the 1913 play Romance by Edward Sheldon and stars Doris Keane, the actress who created the role in the play. This was Miss Keane's only motion picture. D.W...
, silent film, directed by Chester Withey - Romance (1930 film)Romance (1930 film)Romance is a 1930 film which tells the story of a bishop sharing a cautionary tale with a young man, who is going against the wishes of his family, of the dangers of falling in love with "fallen women", by using a story of naivete from his past...
, starring Greta Garbo - Romance (1999 film)Romance (1999 film)Romance is a 1999 French movie written and directed by Catherine Breillat. It stars Caroline Ducey, pornographic actor Rocco Siffredi, Sagamore Stévenin and François Berléand. The film features explicit copulation scenes, especially one showing Caroline Ducey's coitus with Rocco Siffredi...
, directed by Catherine Breillat