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The term romance (Spanish ''romance/romanza'', Italian ''romanza'', German ''Romanze'', French ''romance'', Russian ''романс'') has a centuries long history. Beginning as 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 romance as a sentimental category of Russian Art Song . As for instrumental romances, 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. Some instrumental music bearing the title "Romance":
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