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Rameau
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Tartini
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Metastasio
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Sammartini
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Richter
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Gluck
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C. P. E. Bach
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Jommelli
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Burney
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Piccinni
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Symphony invented by Sammartini
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Rococo style
French, extremely ornate -
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Haydn
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Schobert
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J. C. Bach
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Paisiello
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Billings
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Cyclical Structure
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da Ponte
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Ballad operas invented
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Absolute music
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String quartets introduced by Richter
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Salieri
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Nannerl Mozart
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Empfindsamkeit style
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Mozart
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von Paradis
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Opera Buffa invented
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Sonata form
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American Revolution
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Piano patented
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French Revolution
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Weidinger created trumpet with keys
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Rondo form
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