Editing Round (music) (section)

==Classical==
Classical composers who turned their hand to the round format include [[Thomas Arne]], [[John Blow]], [[William Byrd]], [[Henry Purcell]], [[Moondog]] (Louis Hardin), [[Joseph Haydn]], [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]], [[Ludwig van Beethoven]], and [[Benjamin Britten]] (for example, "Old Joe Has Gone Fishing", sung by the villagers in the pub to keep the peace, at the end of act 1 of ''[[Peter Grimes]]'') .{{sfn|Howard|1969|p=15}} Examples by [[Johann Sebastian Bach|J. S. Bach]] include the regular canons, variations 3 and 24 of the ''[[Goldberg Variations]]'', and the perpetual canons, canon 7 of ''[[The Musical Offering]]'' and "Canon a 2 Perpetuus" ([[BWV]] 1075).{{sfn|Smith|1996}} Several rounds are included amongst [[Arnold Schoenberg]]'s thirty-plus canons, which "within their natural limitations ... are brilliant pieces, containing too much of the composer's characteristically unexpected blend of seriousness, humour, vigour and tenderness to remain unperformed".{{sfn|Neighbour|1964|p=681}} [[Contemporary classical music|Contemporary classical]] composers, such as [[Abbie Betinis]], have also explored round-writing in the 21st century.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Abbie Betinis, Choral Works (selected) |url=https://www.abbiebetinis.com/works_choral.html |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=abbiebetinis.com}}</ref>