In this carefully selected anthology, the author of "Classical Music" has chosen seventy-six representative works from the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, which are a complete illustration of the genres, styles and instrumental combinations of the period, from the symphony to the Quartet, going through the concert, the sonata or the opera. The great geniuses of the time, Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, are represented with examples of the musical forms that they used. And along with them, the reader will find a generous compilation of the work of those "minor" composers who worked diligently throughout Europe to provide a growing audience of the latest musical trends.