roman’tic

rom antique (ré-midn-ték), Tomanzesco (tsas’-ko). A term much fought for and much evaded. In general, it means the striving after individuality, novelty, and personality of musical expre ion as opposed to the repetition of cla ic forms—the reaction of the molten against the mold. As every generation tries to modify, a imilate and re-spin the art of the preceding, and always meets an opposition from the schoolmen and conservatives, the word really means little more than “‘moderp.” © Rome, prix de (pré dti r6m), F. 1. A stipend granting four years’ study in Rome, annually awarded by the French government to competing pupils of the Paris Conservatoire. This is the grand prix (grin pré), the second (sii-kén) being a gold medal. 2. Stipend awarded every other year by the Bru els Cons.