Aaron J. Rabushka wrote:

>What is there necessarily romantic about generating music from motifs?

Cyclical construction of whole pieces was, for a long time, regarded as
one of the list of differentiating features between classical and romantic
style, and one of the points often raised to draw a sharper distinction
between Haydn and those who followed that the music really supports.

Stirling Newberry
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