Art songs were very popular in the19th century.
Art songs are the product of The Romantic Period in Europe. Art songs have made great progress since Schubert, the "king of songs" in the19th century. Schubert and his successors, such as Schumann, Brahms and Robert Flantz, made art songs one of the most striking manifestations of romanticism in the19th century. Its structure is meticulous and exquisite, and the language of music and poetry is integrated, and the two are in perfect harmony. Poetry paves the way for songs and songs add luster to poems. In the history of western music, the creation of Schubert's artistic songs and its profound influence and enlightenment on later composers have enabled many music masters to write many excellent works for this genre, such as Schumann's Poet's Love and Carl Levi's Edward. So as to promote the development and perfection of artistic songs in expressiveness and bring European artistic songs into a brand-new world.