Today, we could ask artificial intelligence to write a Haydn symphony with some of Schubert's motifs, Hungarian music with Viennese influence or Beethoven's Symphony No. 10. Fortunately, in the past, it was done by actual people, and independent works were created instead of clones.

Haydn’s influence is unquestionable in Schubert's first symphonies. At the same time, Schubert's unique, song-like approach can already be perceived too. In the Hungarian March orchestrated by Liszt, we can hear what Hungarians music sounded like from Vienna. Brahms, in his turn, created his Symphony No. 1 with great meticulousness. Still, it was seen as Beethoven's tenth symphony. If we look closely, however, the work bears Brahms' unique style as much as it follows Beethoven.