Was Isaac Albéniz a Romantic?
I'm a big fan of Isaac Albéniz and I love classical guitar.
As a big classical guitar fan, I obviously love Baroque music and I love Flamenco as well. I am not the biggest fan of Romantic music and my humble opinion is that the piano is the main instrument of this era and hence not many Romantic pieces were transcribed to the classical guitar (please correct me if I'm wrong).
With that said, considering Isaac Albéniz lived from 1860 to 1909 (therefore during the Romantic period), is he considered a Romantic composer? He has a lot of Flamenco sounding pieces as well, so could he be considered a popular composer instead of a classical composer? If so, considering the amount of Baroque ornamentation in Flamenco music, can we say that it's kind of a gray area?
(there's probably not a "black or white" way to answer this, but I'm looking forward to reading some of your answers...)
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When Isaac Albéniz found his musical voice, I suppose it could best be described as 'Spanish Nationalist'. The nationalist movement ln music is generally categorised as 'Romantic' I think.
This Wiki article postulates a 'Golden Age' of guitar works in the Romantic period.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_guitar_repertoire#Romantic_era
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