Introduction:
Society during the Romantic Era improved musical instruments, while developing new ones, like the saxophone and tuba. Therefore a larger demand was placed on the performers to make a more superior noise. The fashion influence changed during this period to a neo-Gothic style dress. This was also the beginning oh the waltz and polka became acceptable dances for the men and women.


Questions:
When did the Polka become an overnight obsession during the Romantic Era.
1844
http://socialdance.stanford.edu/syllabi/19th_century.htm

What was he material used to stiffen women’s skirt hemlines in 1815?
Horsehair
http://www.fashion-era.com/romantic_era.htm

What is lieder and whom used it?
vocal art songs with piano accompaniment and composers
http://www.fasindy.org/Education/Romantic.html