All my ancestors are Russian, too, and Tchaikovsky is my favorite Russian
romance composer My other favorite romance composer is Offenbach who was a French raised German. And I confess a weakness for the entire Strauss
family (not just the waltzes). My favorite baroque composers are Bach and
Vivaldi. And Mozart is my favorite classical composer. The classical music period only covered about fifty years between baroque and romance music.
I know that the word 'classical is used generally to cover all old music,
but the actual classical music period only covered about 50 years between baroque and romance music. Classical music was a combination of the two
that developed into romance music. Most people think that any music over a century old is classical. That would make "A Bicycle Built For Two" classical
music. Being a classic is one thing; being classical is something else.
I'm not a music scholar. This is just my opinion which ArtieJoe will probably scream about.