Both Gaetano Donizetti and Luigi Cherubini were regarded as Beethovens greatest contemporaries?
Gaetano Donizetti: Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (] ; 29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was an Italian composer. Gaetano Donizetti:  Along with Gioachino Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini, Donizetti was a leading composer of the "bel canto" opera style during the first half of the nineteenth century. Luigi Cherubini:  His most significant compositions are operas and sacred music. Luigi Cherubini:  Beethoven regarded Cherubini as the greatest of his contemporaries.
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