The term "classical music" did not appear until the early 19th century, in an attempt to distinctly canonize the period from Johann Sebastian Bach to Beethoven as a golden age. The earliest reference to "classical music" recorded by the Oxford English Dictionary is from about 1836.
What period is referred to as a "golden age"?
{'text': 'the period from Johann Sebastian Bach to Beethoven', 'answer_start': 109}