Well, they weren't exactly. They were still the music of the upper classes, and arguably the middle classes of a few very wealthy places such as Vienna. Not th

Well, they weren't exactly. They were still the music of the upper classes, and arguably the middle classes of a few very wealthy places such as Vienna. Not that there's anything wrong with that! It's just that there's plenty of folk dancing music, broadside ballads etc. from the same years.