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  "name": "Joseph Haydn",
  "description": "Joseph Haydn appears 2 times in our Classical Period list, placing as high as No. 8. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-30",
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      "title": "String Quartet Op. 76 No. 3 \"Emperor\"",
      "year": 1797,
      "label": null,
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      "whyItMatters": "Haydn effectively invented the string quartet and then, at sixty-five, wrote the best ones. The slow movement's hymn tune went on to become two national anthems.",
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      "title": "Symphony No. 94 \"Surprise\"",
      "year": 1791,
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      "whyItMatters": "A quiet tune, then a fortissimo chord placed purely to startle a London audience. Proof that the period's reputation for politeness was mostly the nineteenth century's idea.",
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