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The 13 pages that link to Classical period, each with the reason it gives.

• Wolfgang Amadeus MozartNarrower topic: Mozart’s career sits at the center of this era’s style.

• Joseph HaydnNarrower topic: Haydn’s career helped define the period’s instrumental styles and conventions.

• Franz SchubertNarrower topic: Schubert learned its forms and conventions before extending them toward Romantic expression.

• Bruno WalterNarrower topic: Walter’s Mozart interpretations drew on a twentieth-century tradition of performing this repertory.

• Chevalier de Saint-GeorgesNarrower topic: His concertos and symphonies belong to the musical world of the Classical period.

• Georg Philipp TelemannNarrower topic: Telemann’s death in 1767 places his late career at the opening of the Classical era.

• Johann Nepomuk HummelNarrower topic: Hummel absorbed its forms and style through his training and early career.

• Galant musicNarrower topic: Galant style helped establish the melodic and textural priorities that Classical composers developed further.

• Luigi CherubiniNarrower topic: Cherubini’s early style grew from the formal clarity and orchestral language of this period.

• String Quartets, Op. 76Narrower topic: The set exemplifies the mature chamber music of this period.