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This might have been discussed before, but which period do you choose for a contemporary composer of older music (ex. Romantic, Classical, Baroque).

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It's already possible to list an individual title as one style when the composer page is listed under another. There are already some contemporary composers here (listed on their composer page as "Modern") who have individual works under "Classical" or another style. So, yes it's definitely possible.

Period and style of completely different meanings. Period is a time, style is the way the piece is composed. If the composer's style is classical, his period is still 21st century. I'd hate the idea of listing a contemporary composer as classical. The Classical, Romantic and Baroque Periods are time frames like eras, not a collection of a certain style – though it does contain similar styles within.

That's a good use of terminology. Period is a (more-or-less) fixed, historical aspect while style is highly variable. I suppose that one could argue that Gesualdo is a Renaissance period composer who wrote in a Modern style, though that might be stretching things a bit.