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Composers in the subsequent [[Classical period (music)|Classical period]], notably [[Joseph Haydn]] and W.A. [[Mozart]] studied it, and used it extensively in the development of sonata-form movements within their works. The [[Romantic period (music)|Romantic]] period saw the importance of the theory decline, but not disappear. [[Felix Mendelssohn|Mendelssohn]] and [[Brahms]] both found musical inspiration in its forms. (Brahms would “doodle” with counterpoint as a cure for “writer’s block”.)  The rise of “neo-classicism” in many of the works of [[Igor Stravinsky]] in the 20th century gave it new impetus. It is still a part of the study of composition.

Composers in the subsequent [[Classical period (music)|Classical period]], notably [[Joseph Haydn]] and W.A. [[Mozart]] studied it, and used it extensively in the development of sonata-form movements within their works. The [[Romantic period (music)|Romantic]] period saw the importance of the theory decline, but not disappear. [[Felix Mendelssohn|Mendelssohn]] and [[Brahms]] both found musical inspiration in its forms. (Brahms would “doodle” with counterpoint as a cure for “writer’s block”.)  The rise of “neo-classicism” in many of the works of [[Igor Stravinsky]] in the 20th century gave it new impetus. It is still a part of the study of composition.

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