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BBD a10018967
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Use as a date subdivision for music terms (e.g. Form--Classical period) and for classes of composers (e.g. Influence on German composers--Classical period)
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May subdivide by: Hungarian influence
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The period of music history that has its tentative beginnings in Italy in the early 18th century and extends through the early 19th century. In most periodizations of music history, the Classical period therefore succeeds the Baroque and precedes the Romantic, in both cases with sizable chronological overlaps (New Harvard Dictionary of Music)
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