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A court poet in Vienna who is the author of the most important librettos for the 18th century
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Italian composer and innovator of the symphony in Milan
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One of the most famous castrati in the 18th century
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German composer, teacher, and singer and the innovator of the string quartet
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Haydn's patron and employer until 1790
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Eldest son of J.S. Bach who wrote in both baroque and classical styles
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German opera-reform composer who is often considered Baroque who created a new balance between music and drama
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Symphonic innovator in Mannheim, a violinist, and teacher who helped establish symhponic genre
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Music historian, author, and organist who traveled Europe and wrote about his observations
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This style emerged in Italian operas in the 1720s and 30s with the use of musical gestures and slower harmonic motions
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Primary Austrian composer, teacher, keyboardist, and violinist who served as innovator and mover within the new classic style
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Son of J.S. Bach who worked in Milan and London. Friend and influence to Mozart
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Italian composer and cellist
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Most prominent composer in New America, singing teacher but not a strong composer
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Italian composer and a central figure in opera in the late 18th century
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Italian librettist and poet who collaborate with Mozart
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German poet and writer who was a literary force behind Romanticism
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Italian composer and teacher who functioned in the transitional periods between the galant and classic and then again between classic and the romantic
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keyboardist, teacher, music publisher, piano manufacturer, and English composer of Italian birth
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Austrian composer and child prodigy who wrote in all genres. His best innovations were in opera, one of the best musicians and composers of all time