... period of approximately one hundred years. Famous composers from this time include Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Richard Wagner, Johannes Brahms, and many others. In order to understand the literature of the crises at hand, one must be familiar with the classical music system when much of the repertoire was composed. Composers wrote music for a living, meaning that whatever income they earned was based on their output of music. This explains why the list of compositions for many artists is extremely high. Amongst the symphonies, the opera's, the songs, the masses, and the chamber music, the output for the common successful composer numbered well into the hundreds. A perfect example of this phenomenon is Robert Schumann, a Romantic composer who wrote well over three hundred songs during his lifetime. There is, also, another reason for high musical output. Composers wrote pieces for only a limited number ...

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