Question: who was the composer who spanned the transition between classical and romantic eras
Answer: The best - known composers from this period are Joseph Haydn , Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Ludwig van Beethoven , and Franz Schubert ; other notable names include Luigi Boccherini , Muzio Clementi , Antonio Salieri , Leopold Mozart , Johann Christian Bach , Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach , and Christoph Willibald Gluck .