Composers of the Classical period, roughly 1750 to 1820, the age of clear phrases, balanced form, the symphony and the string quartet. A composer belongs here when the cited article places the person in the Classical period. It excludes Baroque and Romantic composers. Its leading composers wrote symphonies, sonatas, string quartets and operas for courts, theatres and the growing public concert, and a composer is placed here by the period the cited article names, not by birth date alone.
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Joseph Haydn (Wikipedia)
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Franz Joseph Haydn ( HY-dən; German: [ˈfʁants ˈjoːzɛf ˈhaɪdn̩] ; 31 March 1732-31 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Wikipedia)
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756-5 December 1791) was a Classical composer and musician.
Wikipedia: Antonio Salieri
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Antonio Salieri (18 August 1750-7 May 1825) was an Italian composer and teacher of the classical period.
Franz Schubert (Wikipedia)
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was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras
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Regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music, he was mentored during the Classical period, and his musical style was a key driver of the transition to Romantic music, and the expansion of instrumental forms such as the symphony, the piano sonata and the string quartet.
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