Instrumental Music Bearing The Title "Romance"
- Beethoven's two Violin Romances (Romanze) for violin and orchestra, no. 1 G Major, Op. 40; no. 2 in F Major, Op. 50 takes the form of a loose theme and variations.
- Antonín Dvořák's Romance in F minor for violin and orchestra, Op. 11 (1873/1877)
- Camille Saint-Saёns' Romance in D for violoncello and orchestra, Op. 51 (1877)
- Clara Schumann's Drei Romanzen for violin and piano, Op. 22 (1853)
- Robert Schumann's Drei Romanzen (for piano), Op.28. (1839)
- Robert Schumann's Drei Romanzen (for oboe or violin and piano), Op.94. (1849)
- Jean Sibelius, Romances for piano Op 24, no. 9, Op. 78, no. 2.
- Johan Svendsen's Romance for violin and orchestra, Op. 26 (1881)
- Johannes Brahms' Romanze in F major for piano, Op. 118, no. 5 (1893)
- Edward Elgar's Romance for bassoon and orchestra, Op. 62. (1910)
- Ralph Vaughan Williams's Romanza, in his Concerto in F minor for bass tuba, no. 2 (1954)
- Anonymous "Romance/ Romanza" for the classical guitar, known variantly as Spanish Romance, Romance D'Amour, etc.
- Max Bruch's "Romanze for Viola and Orchestra in F"
- Mozart's Romanze from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, the second movement.
- Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 Second Movement
- Shostakovich's Romance from The Gadfly Suite
Mozart subtitled the second movement of his piano concerto no. 20 in D minor (K.466) "Romanze" and his Horn Concerto has a romanze and Rondo. Robert Schumann was particularly fond of the title for lyrical piano pieces.
Georges Bizet's "Je crois entendre encore" from The Pearl Fishers (1863) is labelled a romance in the score.
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