In Romanticism the main determinant is the mood the atmosphere. And in that regard you could also describe Schubert as a Romantic.
We know that a man can read Goethe or Rilke in the evening that he can play Bach and Schubert and go to his day's work at Auschwitz in the morning.
People can try to reinvent themselves. I don't think you can really change who you are though because who you are is pretty much where you came from and what you've done up to now.