Early Music Composers - Pre-History to 600 C.E. | |||
Dates |
Composer |
Nationality |
Main Musical Genres |
Medieval Music - Early Middle Ages - 600 to 1100 C.E. | |||
Dates |
Composer |
Nationality |
Main Musical Genres |
1013-1054 |
Contractus, Hermannus | German |
Choral Music - Plainchant |
1098-1179 |
Hildegard of Bingen | German |
Liturgical Music |
Medieval Music - Late Middle Ages - 1100 to 1450 C.E. | |||
Dates |
Composer |
Nationality |
Main Musical Genres |
c. 1150-c. 1180 |
Ventadorn, Bernart de | French |
|
c. 1159-c. 1201 |
Léonin | French |
|
c. 1170-c. 1230 |
Vogelweide, Walther von der | German |
|
c. 1170-c. 1236 |
Pérotin | French |
|
1173-1220 |
Bornelh, Giraut de | French |
|
c. 1180-c. 1240 |
Reuental, Neidhardt von | German |
|
1201-1253 |
Navarre, Thibaut de | French |
|
c. 1237-c. 1287 |
Halle, Adam de la | French |
|
c. 1250-1300 |
Cruce, Petrus de | French |
|
1291-1361 |
Vitry, Philippe de | French |
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c. 1300-1377 |
Machaut, Guillaume de | French |
|
c. 1325-1397 |
Landini, Francesco | Italian |
|
1340-c. 1360 |
Bologna, Jacopo da | Italian |
|
Mid 14th Century-Late 14th Century |
Cuvelier, Johannes | French |
|
c. 1340-1411 |
Ciconia, Johannes | Dutch |
|
c. 1350-c. 1410 |
Senleches, Jacob de | French |
|
Late 14th Century-Early 15th Century |
Caserta, Anthonello de | Italian |
|
c. 1375-1445 |
Power, Leonel | English |
|
c. 1377-1445 |
Wolkenstein, Oswald von | German |
|
Late 14th Century |
Caserta, Philippus de | French |
|
c. 1380-c. 1440 |
Cordier, Baude | French |
|
c. 1385-1453 |
Dunstable, John | English |
|
c. 1400-1460 |
Binchois, Gilles | Dutch |
|
c. 1400-1474 |
Dufay, Guillaume | Dutch |
Mass, Motet |
c. 1410-1473 |
Paumann, Conrad | German |
|
Renaissance Music - 1450 to 1600 C.E. | |||
Dates |
Composer |
Nationality |
Main Musical Genres |
c. 1430-c. 1478 |
Morton, Robert | English |
|
c. 1410-1487 |
Hothby, John | English |
|
c. 1430-1492 |
Busnois, Antoine | Dutch |
|
c. 1440-1521 |
Desprez, Josquin | Dutch |
|
c. 1445-1505 |
Fulda, Adam von | German |
|
1445-1527 |
Finck, Heinrich | German |
|
c. 1446-1506 |
Agricola, Alexander | Dutch |
|
c. 1450-1475 |
Frye, Walter | English |
|
c. 1450-1505 |
Obrecht, Jacob | Dutch |
|
c. 1450-1517 |
Isaac, Heinrich | Dutch |
|
c. 1455-1518 |
Compère, Loyset | Dutch |
|
1459-1522 |
Mouton, Jean | French |
|
1459-1537 |
Hofhaimer, Paul | German |
|
c. 1460-1518 |
La Rue, Pierre de | Dutch |
|
c. 1464-1521 |
Fayrfax, Robert | English |
|
c. 1465-1523 |
Cornyshe, William | English |
|
1469-1529 |
Encina, Juan del | Spanish |
|
c. 1470-1511(12) |
Fevin, Antoine de | Dutch |
|
c. 1470-c. 1525 |
Cara, Marchetto | Italian |
|
c. 1470-1554 |
Bruck, Arnold von | Dutch |
|
c. 1480-?? |
Dalza, Joan Ambrosio | Italian |
|
c. 1485-c. 1560 |
Janequin, Clément | French |
|
c. 1486-1543 |
Senfl, Ludwig | Swiss |
|
c. 1490-1544 |
Ducis, Benedictus | German |
|
c. 1490-1545 |
Festa, Costanzo | Italian |
|
c. 1490-1545 |
Taverner, John | English |
|
c. 1490-1548 |
Dietrich, Sixtus | German |
|
c. 1490-1562 |
Sermisy, Claudin de | French |
|
c. 1490-1562 |
Willaert, Adrian | Dutch |
|
1494-1576 |
Sachs, Hans | German |
|
c. 1495-1556 |
Gombert, Nicolas | Dutch |
|
c. 1496-1541 |
Hellinck, Lupus | Dutch |
|
1496-1570 |
Walter (Walther), Johann | German |
|
c. 1500-1553 |
Morales, Cristóbal de | Spanish |
|
c. 1480-1557 |
Créquillon, Thomas | Dutch |
|
c. 1500-c. 1561 |
Milán, Luis de | Spanish |
|
c. 1500-1565 |
Buus, Jacques | Dutch |
|
c. 1505-1568 |
Arcadelt, Jacob | Dutch |
|
c. 1505-1572 |
Goudimel, Claude | French |
|
c. 1505-c. 1572 |
Tye, Christopher | English |
|
c. 1505-1585 |
Tallis, Thomas | English |
|
c. 1510-c. 1556 |
Papa, (Jacobus) Clemens non | Dutch |
|
c. 1510-c. 1561 |
Bourgeois, Loys | French |
|
c. 1510-1564 |
Manchicourt, Pierre de | Dutch |
|
1510-1566 |
Cabezón, Antonio de | Spanish |
|
c. 1514-1571 |
Animuccia, Giovanni | Italian |
|
1516-1565 |
Rore, Cipriano de | Dutch |
|
c. 1520-1586 |
Gabrieli, Andres | Italian |
|
1521-1603 |
Monte, Philippe de | Dutch |
|
c. 1525-1594 |
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da | Italian |
|
1527-1575 |
Padovano, Annibale | Italian |
|
1528-1599 |
Guerrero, Francisco | Spanish |
|
1528-1600 |
Jeune, Claude Le | French |
|
1530-1550 |
Narváez, Luys de | Spanish |
|
1531(32)-1591 |
Kerle, Jacobus de | Dutch |
|
1531-1606 |
Costeley, Guillaume | French |
|
1532-1594 |
Lassus, Orlando de | Dutch |
|
1533-1604 |
Merulo, Claudio | Italian |
|
1535-1596 |
Wert, Giaches de | Dutch |
|
1536-1626 |
Dowland, John | English |
|
c. 1538-1574 |
Whyte, Robert | English |
|
c. 1540-1592 |
Striggio, Alessandro | Italian |
|
c. 1540-1599 |
Regnart, Jacob | Dutch |
|
1543-1623 |
Byrd, William | English |
|
1545-1607 |
Luzzaschi, Luzzasco | Italian |
|
c. 1545-1607 |
Nanino, Giovanni Maria | Italian |
|
1548-1611 |
Victoria, Tomás Luis de | Spanish |
Motets |
1548-1614 |
Macque, Jean de | Dutch |
|
c. 1550-c. 1557 |
Valderrábano, Enríquez de | Spanish |
|
1550-1591 |
Handl (Gallus), Jacob | German |
|
c. 1550-1602 |
Cavalieri, Emilio del | Italian |
|
1550-1605 |
Vecchi, Orazio | Italian |
|
c. 1550-1622 |
Gastoldi, Giovanni Giacomo | Italian |
|
1551-1618 |
Caccini, Giulio | Italian |
|
1553-1599 |
Marenzio, Luca | Italian |
|
c. 1553-1606 |
Lechner, Leonhard | German |
|
1553-1611 |
Eccard, Johannes | German |
|
c.1555-1612 |
Gabrieli, Giovanni | Italian |
Motets and Madrigals |
1557-1602 |
Morley, Thomas | English |
|
1557-1627 |
Mauduit, Jacques | French |
|
c. 1560-1613 |
Gesualdo, Don Carlo | Italian |
|
1560-1614 |
Anerio, Felice | Italian |
|
1560-1627 |
Viadana, Lodovico Grossi da | Italian |
|
1560-1629 |
Praetorius, Hieronymus | German |
|
1560-1630 |
Brade, William | English |
|
1560-1640 |
Farnaby, Giles | English |
Madrigals and Psalm tunes |
1561-1628 |
Philips, Peter | English |
|
1561-1633 |
Peri, Jacopo | Italian |
|
1562-1621 |
Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon | Dutch |
|
c. 1562-1628 |
Bull, John | English |
|
1563-1633 |
Titelouze, Jean (Jehan) | French |
|
1564-1612 |
Hassler, Hans Leo | German |
|
1567-1620 |
Campion, Thomas | English |
|
1567-1643 |
Monteverdi, Claudio | Italian |
|
1568-1634 |
Banchieri, Adriano | Italian |
|
1571-1621 |
Praetorius, Michael | German |
|
1572-1656 |
Tomkins, Thomas | English |
|
1574-1638 |
Wilbye, John | English |
|
c. 1575-1623 |
Weelkes, Thomas | English |
|
c. 1575-1626 |
Coprario (Cooper), John | English |
|
c. 1575-1630 |
Grandi, Alessandro | Italian |
|
c. 1575-1647 |
Trabaci, Giovanni Maria | Italian |
|
1575-1651 |
Gaultier, Ennemond | French |
|
1578-1628 |
Ferrabosco, the Younger, Alfonso | English |
|
c. 1582-1629 |
India, Sigismondo d' | Italian |
|
1583-1625 |
Gibbons, Orlando | English |
|
1583-1643 |
Frescobaldi, Girolamo | Italian |
|
1585-1672 |
Schutz, Heinrich | German |
|
1586-1630 |
Schein, Johann Hermann | German |
|
1587-1654 |
Scheidt, Samuel | German |
|
c. 1587-1663 |
Marini, Biagio | Italian |
|
1588-1666 |
Lanier, Nicholas | English |
|
c. 1590- |
Landi, Stefano | Italian |
|
1592-1665 |
Mazzochi, Domenico | Italian |
|
1592-1678 |
Jenkins, John | English |
|
c. 1594-1665 |
Merula, Tarquinio | Italian |
|
1595-1674 |
Wilson, John | English |
|
1596-1662 |
Lawes, Henry | English |
|
1597-1653 |
Rossi, Luigi | Italian |
|
1598-1662 |
Crüger, Johann | German |
|
Baroque Music - 1600 to 1750 C.E. | |||
Dates |
Composer |
Nationality |
Main Musical Genres |
c. 1601-1672 |
Chambonnières, Jacques Champion de | French |
|
1602-1645 |
Lawes, William | English |
|
1602-1676 |
Cavalli, Pier Francesco | Italian |
|
1603-1672 |
Gaultier, Denis | French |
|
1604-1651 |
Albert, Heinrich | German |
|
1605-1672 |
Benevoli, Orazio | Italian |
|
1605-1674 |
Carissimi, Giacomo | Italian |
|
1607-1655 |
Staden, Sigmund Theophil | German |
|
1610-1684 |
Dumont, Henri | French |
|
1612-1675 |
Hammerschmidt, Andreas | German |
|
1614-1667 |
Tunder, Franz | German |
|
1615-1676 |
Gibbons, Christopher | English |
|
1616-1667 |
Froberger, Johann Jokob | German |
|
1619-1674 |
Weckmann, Matthias | German |
|
c. 1620-1677 |
Cazzati, Maurizio | Italian |
|
?-1683 |
Poglietti, Alessandro | Italian |
|
c. 1620-1684 |
Rosenmuller, Johann | German |
|
1621-1677 |
Locke, Matthew | English |
|
1622-1683 |
Sebastiani, Johann | German |
|
1623-1669 |
Cesti, Marc' Antonio | Italian |
|
1623-1722 |
Reinken, Johann Adam | German |
|
1626-1661 |
Couperin, Louis | French |
|
1626-1690 |
Legrenzi, Giovanni | Italian |
|
c. 1627-1677 |
Cambert, Robert | French |
|
1627-1704 |
Provenzale, Francesco | Italian |
|
1630-1680 |
Sartorio, Antonio | Italian |
|
1630-1688 |
Pallavicino, Carlo | Italian |
|
1632-1687 |
Lully, Jean-Baptiste | French |
|
1632-1692 |
Vitali, Giovanni Battista | Italian |
|
1634-1666 |
Krieger, Adam | German |
|
1634-1704 |
Charpentier, Marc-Antoine | French |
|
c. 1635-1680 |
Agostini, Pietro Simone | Italian |
|
1635-1691 |
Anglebert, Jean Henri d' | French |
|
1636-1679 |
Reusner, Esajas | German |
|
1637-1695 |
Colonna, Giovanni Paolo | Italian |
|
c. 1637-1707 |
Buxtehude, Dietrich | German |
|
1642-1703 |
Bach, Johann Christoph | German |
|
1644-1682 |
Stradella, Alessandro | Italian |
|
1644-1704 |
Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von | Czech |
|
1644-1712 |
Cabanilles, Juan Bautista José | Spanish |
|
1646-1724 |
Theile, Johann | German |
|
1647-1674 |
Humfrey, Pelham | English |
|
1649-1708 |
Blow, John | English |
|
1649-1725 |
Krieger, Johann Philipp | German |
|
1650-1717 |
Walther, Johann Jakob | German |
|
1651-1735 |
Krieger, Johann | German |
|
1653-1704 |
Muffat, Georg | German |
|
1653-1706 |
Pachelbel, Johann | German |
|
1653-1713 |
Corelli, Arcangelo | Italian |
Sonata and Concerto |
1653-1722 |
Pollarolo, Carlo Francesco | Italian |
|
1654-1728 |
Steffani, Abbate Agostino | Italian |
|
1657-1726 |
Lalande, Michael-Richard de | French |
|
1657-1743 |
Pitoni, Giuseppe Ottavio | Italian |
|
1658-1709 |
Torelli, Giuseppe | Italian |
|
1659-1695 |
Purcell, Henry | English |
|
1660-1722 |
Kuhnau, Johann | German |
|
1660-1725 |
Scarlatti, Alessandro | Italian |
|
1660-1727 |
Kusser (Cousser), Johann Sigismund | German |
|
1660-1741 |
Fux, Johann Joseph | Austrian |
|
1660-1744 |
Campra, André | French |
|
1661-1733 |
Böhm, Georg | German |
|
1661-1756 |
Perti, Giacomo Antonio | Italian |
|
1663-1712 |
Zachow, Friedrich Wilhelm | German |
|
c. 1665-1746 |
Fischer, Johann Kaspar Ferdinand | German |
|
c. 1665-1747 |
Vitali, Tomaso Antonio | Italian |
|
1666-c. 1729 |
Ariosti, Attolio | Italian |
|
c. 1667-1740 |
Lotti, Antonio | Italian |
|
1668-1727 |
Gasparini, Francesco | Italian |
|
1668-1733 |
Couperin, François | French |
|
1670-1736 |
Caldara, Antonio | Italian |
|
1670-1747 |
Bononcini, Giovanni | Italian |
|
1671-1750 |
Albinoni, Tomaso | Italian |
|
1674-1739 |
Keiser, Reinhard | German |
|
1675-1742 |
Abaco, Evaristo Felice dall' | Italian |
|
1676-1749 |
Clérambault, Louis Nicolas | French |
|
1678-1741 |
Vivaldi, Antonio Lucio | Italian |
Orchestral Music, Opera, Chamber Music |
1681-1764 |
Mattheson, Johann | German |
|
1681-1767 |
Telemann, Georg Philipp | German |
|
1683-1760 |
Graupner, Christoph | German |
|
1683-1764 |
Rameau, Jean-Philippe | French |
|
1685-1732 |
Gay, John | English |
Opera |
1685-1750 |
Bach, Johann Sebastian | German |
Vocal, Orchestral, Keyboard |
1685-1757 |
Scarlatti, Dominico | Italian |
|
1685-1759 |
Handel, George Frederic | German |
Opera, Oratorio |
1686-1739 |
Marcello, Benedetto | Italian |
|
1686-1750 |
Weiss, Sylvius Leopold | German |
|
1686-1768 |
Porpora, Nicola Antonio | Italian |
|
1687-1762 |
Geminiani, Francesco | Italian |
|
1690-1730 |
Vinci, Leonardo | Italian |
|
1690-c. 1750 |
Veracini, Francesco Maria | Italian |
|
1690-1770 |
Muffat, Gottlieb (Theophil) | German |
|
1692-1770 |
Tartini, Giuseppe | Italian |
|
1695-1764 |
Locatelli, Pietro Antonio | Italian |
|
1695-1775 |
Greene, Maurice | English |
|
1697-1764 |
Leclair, Jean-Marie | French |
|
1697-1773 |
Quantz, Johann Joaquim | German |
|
1698-c. 1765 |
Logroscino, Nicola | Italian |
|
1699-1783 |
Hasse, Johann Adolf | German |
|
1701-1775 |
Sammartini, Giovanni Battista | Italian |
|
c. 1703-1771 |
Graun, Johann Gottlieb | German |
|
1704-1759 |
Graun, Carl Heinrich | German |
|
1706-1784 |
Martini, Giovanni Battista | Italian |
|
1706-1785 |
Galuppi, Baldassare | Italian |
|
1709-1789 |
Richter, Franz Xaver | Czech |
|
1710-1736 |
Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista | Italian |
|
c. 1710-1740 |
Alberti, Domenico | Italian |
|
1710-1778 |
Arne, Thomas Augustine | English |
|
c. 1710-c. 1780 |
Capua, Rinaldo di | Italian |
|
1710-1784 |
Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann | German |
|
1711-1772 |
Mondonville, Jean-Joseph Cassanáa de | French |
|
1711-1779 |
Boyce, William | English |
|
1711-1783 |
Holzbauer, Ignaz | Austrian |
|
1712-1778 |
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques | French |
|
1713-1751 |
Terradellas, Domingo | Spanish |
|
1714-1774 |
Jommelli, Niccolò | Italian |
|
1714-1787 |
Gluck, Christoph Willibald | German |
|
1714-1788 |
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel | German |
|
1715-1777 |
Wagenseil, Georg Christoph | Austrian |
|
1717-1750 |
Monn, Georg Matthias | Austrian |
|
1717-1757 |
Stamitz, Johann Wenzel Anton | Czech |
|
1719-1787 |
Mozart, Leopold | Austrian |
|
c. 1720-1767 |
Schobert, Johann | German |
|
1721-1783 |
Kimberger, Johann Philipp | German |
|
Classical Music - 1750 to 1825 C.E. | |||
Dates |
Composer |
Nationality |
Main Musical Genres |
1726-1795 |
Danican-Philid, François André | French |
|
1727-1779 |
Traetta, Tommaso | Italian |
|
1728-1800 |
Piccinni, Niccolò | Italian |
|
1728-1804 |
Hiller, Johann Adam | German |
|
1729-1774 |
Gassmann, Florian Leopold | Czech |
|
1729-1802 |
Sarti, Giuseppe | Italian |
|
1729-1817 |
Monsigny, Pierre-Alexandre | French |
|
c. 1730-1760 |
Filtz, Anton | German |
|
1732-1809 |
Haydn, Franz Joseph | Austrian |
|
1734-1829 |
Gossec, François Joseph | Belgian |
|
1735-1782 |
Bach, Johann Christian | German |
|
1736-1809 |
Albrechtsburger, Johann Georg | Austrian |
|
1737-1791 |
Hopkinson, Francis | American |
|
1737-1806 |
Haydn, Michael | Austrian |
|
1739-1799 |
Dittersdorf, Carl Ditters von | Austrian |
|
1740-1816 |
Paisiello, Giovanni | Italian |
|
1741-1813 |
Grétry, André Ernest Modeste | Belgian |
|
1743-1805 |
Boccherini, Luigi | Italian |
|
1746-1800 |
Billings, William | American |
|
1746-1825 |
Cambini, Giuseppe Maria | Italian |
|
1747-1800 |
Schultz, Johann Abraham Peter | German |
|
1748-1798 |
Neefe, Christian Gottlob | German |
|
1749-1801 |
Cimarosa, Domenico | Italian |
|
1749-1814 |
Vogler, Georg Joseph | German |
|
1750-1825 |
Salieri, Antonio | Italian |
|
1751-1825 |
Bortniansky, Dimitri | Russian |
|
1752-1814 |
Reichardt, Johann Friedrich | German |
|
1752-1832 |
Clementi, Muzio | Italian |
|
1753-1836 |
Schenk, Johann | Austrian |
|
1756-1791 |
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Austrian |
Orchestral Music, Opera, Chamber Music, Choral Music |
1757-1831 |
Pleyel, Ignaz Joseph | Austrian |
|
1758-1832 |
Zelter, Carl Friedrich | German |
|
1760-1802 |
Zumsteeg, Johann Rudolf | German |
|
1760-1812 |
Dussek, Jan Ladislav | Czech |
|
1760-1837 |
Le Sueur, Jean-François | French |
|
1760-1842 |
Cherubini, Luigi | Italian |
|
1763-1817 |
Méhul, Étienne-Nicolas | French |
|
1763-1845 |
Mayr, Simon | German |
|
1766-1837 |
Wesley, Samuel | English |
|
1770-1827 |
Beethoven, Ludwig van | German |
Orchestral Music, Chamber Music, Vocal/ Choral Music, Opera |
1774-1850 |
Tomásek, Jan Václav | Czech |
|
1774-1851 |
Spontini, Gasparo | Italian |
|
1775-1834 |
Boieldieu, François Adrien | French |
|
1776-1822 |
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Amadeus | German |
|
1778-1837 |
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk | Hungarian |
Concerto, Sonata |
1781-1861 |
Heinrich, Anthony Philip | American |
|
1782-1837 |
Field, John | Irish |
|
1782-1840 |
Paganini, Niccolò | Italian |
Orchestral Music |
1782-1871 |
Auber, Daniel François Esprit | French |
|
1784-1859 |
Spohr, Louis (Ludwig) | German |
|
1785-1849 |
Kalkbrenner, Friedrich | German |
|
1786-1826 |
Weber, Carl Maria von | German |
Opera Music, Orchestral Music, Chamber Music |
1791-1825 |
Vorísek, Jan Hugo | Czech |
|
1791-1833 |
Hérold, Ferdinand | French |
|
1791-1857 |
Czerny, Carl | Austrian |
|
1791-1864 |
Meyerbeer, Giacomo | German |
|
1792-1868 |
Rossini, Gioacchino Antonio | Italian |
Opera, church music, and chamber music |
1795-1861 |
Marschner, Heinrich | German |
|
1796-1868 |
Berwald, Franz Adolf | Swedish |
|
1796-1869 |
Loewe, Carl | German |
|
1797-1828 |
Schubert, Franz Peter | Austrian |
|
1797-1848 |
Donizetti, Gaetano | Italian |
Opera |
1799-1862 |
Halévy, Jacques Fromental | French |
|
Romantic Music - 1820 to 1900 C.E. | |||
Dates |
Composer |
Nationality |
Main Musical Genres |
1801-1835 |
Bellini, Vincenzo | Italian |
|
1801-1851 |
Lortzing, Albert | German |
|
1803-1856 |
Adam, Adolphe-Charles | French |
|
1803-1869 |
Berlioz, Hector | French |
|
1804-1849 |
Strauss (father), Johann | Austrian |
|
1804-1857 |
Glinka, Mikhail | Russian |
|
1807-1742 |
Bach, P.D.Q. | German |
Classical Satire |
1809-1847 |
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix | German |
|
1810-1849 |
Chopin, Frédéric | Polish |
Concertos, Sonatas, Mazurkas, Preludes, Etudes |
1810-1849 |
Nicolai, Otto | German |
|
1810-1856 |
Schumann, Robert Alexander | German |
|
1810-1876 |
Wesley, Samuel Sebastian | English |
|
1811-1866 |
Liszt, Franz | Hungarian |
|
1811-1896 |
Thomas, Ambroise | French |
|
1812-1871 |
Thalberg, Sigismond | Swiss |
|
1813-1864 |
Fry, William Henry | American |
|
1813-1883 |
Wagner, Richard | German |
Opera |
1813-1901 |
Verdi, Giuseppe | Italian |
Opera |
1815-1892 |
Franz, Robert | German |
|
1816-1875 |
Bennett, William Sterndale | English |
|
1817-1890 |
Gade, Neils | Danish |
|
1818-1893 |
Gounod, Charles François | French |
Opera, Mass |
1819-1872 |
Moniuszko, Stanislaw | Polish |
|
1819-1880 |
Offenbach, Jacques | French |
|
1819-1895 |
Suppé, Franz von | Austrian |
|
1819-1896 |
Schumann, Clara Wieck | German |
Piano Works, Art Songs |
1820-1881 |
Vieuxtemps, Henri | Belgian |
|
1822-1890 |
Franck, Cèsar | Belgian |
|
1823-1892 |
Lalo, Èdouard | French |
|
1824-1874 |
Cornelius, Peter | German |
|
1824-1884 |
Smetana, Bedřich | Czech |
|
1824-1896 |
Bruckner, Anton | Austrian |
Symphony |
1825-1898 |
Bristow, George Frederick | American |
|
1825-1899 |
Strauss, Jr., Johann | Austrian |
|
1826-1864 |
Foster, Stephen Collins | American |
Folk music, Minstrel songs |
1827-1870 |
Strauss, Joseph | Austrian |
|
1829-1869 |
Gottschalk, Louis Moreau | American |
Piano, Vocal, Opera, Orchestral |
1829-1894 |
Rubinstein, Anton | Russian |
|
1830-1894 |
Bülow, Hans Guido von | German |
Orchestral Music |
1831-1869 |
Dargomyzhsky, Alexander | Russian |
|
1833-1887 |
Borodin, Alexander Porfiryevich | Russian |
Opera |
1833-1897 |
Brahms, Johannes | German |
Orchestral Music, Vocal Music, Choral Music, Chamber Music |
1834-1886 |
Ponchielli, Amilcare | Italian |
|
1835-1880 |
Wieniawski, Henryk | Polish |
|
1835-1916 |
Strauss, Eduard | Austrian |
|
1835-1918 |
Cui, César | Russian |
Songs, Piano music, and Operas |
1835-1921 |
Saint-Saëns, Camille | French |
|
1836-1891 |
Delibes, Léo | French |
|
1836-1896 |
Gomes, Antonio Carlos | Brazilian |
|
1837-1910 |
Balakirev, Mily | Russian |
Orchestral Music |
1837-1924 |
Dubois, Théodore | French |
|
1838-1875 |
Bizet, Georges | French |
Orchestral |
1838-1920 |
Bruch, Max | German |
|
1839-1881 |
Musorgsky, Modest Petrovich | Russian |
Orchestral, Opera |
1839-1906 |
Paine, John Knowles | American |
|
1839-1909 |
Buck, Dudley | American |
|
1840-1893 |
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | Russian |
Orchestral |
1840-1901 |
Stainer, John | English |
|
1841-1894 |
Chabrier, Emmanuel | French |
|
1841-1904 |
Dvořák, Antonín Leopold | Bohemian |
Symphonies, Opera, concertos, string quartets |
1841-1922 |
Pedrell, Felipe | Spanish |
|
1842-1900 |
Sullivan, Arthur Seymour | English |
Operetta |
1842-1912 |
Massenet, Jules | French |
|
1842-1918 |
Boito, Arrigo | Italian |
|
1843-1907 |
Grieg, Edvard Hagerup | Norwegian |
Orchestral (Norwegian Folk) |
1844-1908 |
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nicolai Andreyevich | Russian |
Orchestral, Opera |
1844-1908 |
Sarasate, Pablo de | Spanish |
|
1844-1937 |
Widor, Charles-Marie | French |
|
1845-1924 |
Fauré, Gabriel-Urbain | French |
|
1846-1916 |
Pratt, Silas Gamaliel | American |
|
1848-1918 |
Par, Charles Hubert (Hastings) | English |
|
1848-1933 |
Duparc, Henri | French |
|
1850-1900 |
Fibich, Zdenko | Czech |
|
1851-1931 |
Indy, Vincent d' | French |
|
1852-1924 |
Stanford, Charles Villiers | Irish |
|
1853-1937 |
Foote, Arthur | American |
|
1854-1921 |
Humperdinck, Englebert | German |
|
1854-1928 |
Janácek, Leos | Czech |
|
1854-1931 |
Chadwick, George Whitfield | American |
|
1854-1932 |
Sousa, John Philip | American |
|
1855-1899 |
Chausson, Ernest | French |
|
1855-1914 |
Liadov, Anatoly | Russian |
|
1855-1960 |
Weiner, Léo | Hungarian |
|
1856-1915 |
Taneyev, Sergei Ivanivich | Russian |
|
1856-1936 |
Glazunov, Alexander | Russian |
|
1857-1934 |
Elgar, Sir Edward | English |
Orchestral, Choral |
1858-1919 |
Leoncavallo, Ruggiero | Italian |
|
1858-1924 |
Puccini, Giacomo | Italian |
|
1859-1924 |
Herbert, Victor | Irish |
Operetta |
1859-1935 |
Ippolitov-Ivanov, Mikhail | Russian |
|
1860-1903 |
Wolf, Hugo | Austrian |
Vocal Music (Lieder), Choral Music, Chamber Music |
1860-1908 |
MacDowell, Edward Alexander | American |
|
1860-1909 |
Albéniz, Isaac | Spanish |
|
1860-1911 |
Mahler, Gustav | Austrian |
|
1860-1941 |
Paderewski, Jan Ignacy | Polish |
Concertos, Sonatas, Operas, Piano |
1861-1935 |
Loeffler, Charles Martin | American |
|
1862-1918 |
Debussy, Claude-Achille | French |
Orchestra Music, Chamber Music, Songs, Opera |
1862-1921 |
Diepenbrock, Alfons | Dutch |
|
1862-1934 |
Delius, Frederick | English |
|
1863-1919 |
Parker, Horatio William | American |
|
1863-1945 |
Mascagni, Pietro | Italian |
|
1864-1949 |
Strauss, Richard | German |
|
1865-1930 |
Harris, Charles Kassell | American |
Popular Music |
1865-1931 |
Nielsen, Carl August | Danish |
|
1865-1935 |
Dukas, Paul | French |
Orchestral |
1865-1957 |
Sibelius, Jean | Finnish |
Orchestral |
1866-1924 |
Busoni, Ferruccio Benvenuto | Italian |
|
1866-1925 |
Satie, Erik | French |
|
1866-1949 |
Burleigh, Henry Thacker | American |
|
1867-1916 |
Granados, Enrique | Spanish |
|
1867-1944 |
Beach, Amy (Mrs. H. H. A.) | American |
|
1867-1948 |
Giordano, Umberto | Italian |
|
1867-1950 |
Koechlin, Charles | French |
|
1868-1917 |
Joplin, Scott | American |
|
1868-1928 |
Gilbert, Henry Franklin Belknap | American |
|
1868-1946 |
Bantock, Granville | English |
|
1869-1937 |
Roussel, Albert | French |
|
1869-1949 |
Pfitzner, Hans Erich | German |
|
1870-1928 |
Lamb, Arthur J. | English |
Musicals, Popular Songs |
1870-1948 |
Lehár, Franz | Austrian |
|
1870-1958 |
Schmitt, Florent | French |
|
1872-1915 |
Scriabin, Alexander | Russian |
|
1872-1952 |
Farwell, Arthur | American |
|
1872-1958 |
Vaughn Williams, Ralph | English |
Orchestral Music, Opera, Art Songs |
1873-1916 |
Reger, Max | German |
|
1873-1943 |
Rachmaninoff, Sergei | Russian |
|
1873-1953 |
Jongen, Joseph | Belgian |
|
1874-1934 |
Holst, Gustav | English |
|
1874-1951 |
Schoenberg, Arnold | Austrian |
|
1874-1954 |
Ives, Charles Edward | American |
|
1875-1937 |
Ravel, Maurice | French |
|
1875-1952 |
Montemezzi, Italo | Italian |
|
1875-1956 |
Glière, Reinhold | Russian |
|
1876-1946 |
Falla, Manuel de | Spanish |
|
1876-1971 |
Ruggles, Carl | American |
|
1877-1933 |
Karg-Elert, Sigfrid | German |
|
1877-1960 |
Dohnányi, Ernst von | Hungarian |
Piano and Pianoforte. |
1878-1934 |
Schreker, Franz | Austrian |
|
1879-1936 |
Respighi, Ottorino | Italian |
|
1879-1970 |
Scott, Cyril | English |
|
1880-1959 |
Bloch, Ernest | Swiss |
|
1880-1968 |
Willan, Healey | Canadian |
|
1881-1945 |
Bartók, Béla | Hungarian |
Hungarian Folk Music |
1881-1950 |
Miaskovsky, Nicolai | Russian |
|
1881-1955 |
Enesco, Georges | Romanian |
|
1881-1956 |
Fillmore, Henry | American |
March Music |
1882-1937 |
Szymanowski, Karol | Polish |
|
1882-1948 |
Ponce, Manuel María | Mexican |
|
1882-1949 |
Turina, Joaquín | Spanish |
|
1882-1952 |
Laliberté, Alfred | Canadian |
|
1882-1961 |
Grainger, Percy Aldridge | Australian |
|
1882-1967 |
Kodály, Zoltán | Hungarian |
|
1882-1971 |
Stravinsky, Igor | Russian |
|
1882-1973 |
Malipiero, Gian Francesco | Italian |
|
1883-1945 |
Webern, Anton von | Austrian |
Orchestral Music |
1883-1947 |
Casella, Alfredo | Italian |
|
1883-1953 |
Bax, Arnold | English |
|
1883-1965 |
Varèse, Edgar | American |
Electro-acoustic, Orchestral |
1884-1920 |
Griffes, Charles Tomlinson | American |
|
1884-1954 |
Soro, Enrique | Chilean |
|
1885-1935 |
Berg, Alban | Austrian |
Orchestral, Chamber, Opera |
1885-1945 |
Kern, Jerome David | American |
Musical Theatre, Popular Songs, Film Music |
1885-1961 |
Riegger, Wallingford | American |
|
1886-1946 |
Kaminski, Heinrich | German |
|
1886-1979 |
Clarke, Rebecca | English |
Chamber Music, Choral |
1887-1951 |
Romberg, Sigmund | American |
|
1887-1959 |
Villa-Lobos, Heitor | Brazilian |
|
1887-1964 |
Toch, Ernst | Austrian |
|
1888-1953 |
Price, Florence | American |
|
1888-1989 |
Berlin, Irving | American |
|
1890-1959 |
Martinu, Bohuslav | Czech |
|
1890-1962 |
Ibert, Jacques | French |
|
1890-1974 |
Martin, Frank | Swiss |
|
1891-1953 |
Prokofiev, Sergei | Russian |
|
1891-1957 |
Yelvington, Gladys | American |
Jazz Rags |
1891-1964 |
Porter, Cole | American |
Broadway and Popular Music |
1891-1975 |
Bliss, Arthur | English |
|
1892-1955 |
Honegger, Arthur | Swiss |
Orchestral Music |
1892-1972 |
Grofé, Ferde | American |
|
1892-1974 |
Milhaud, Darius | French |
|
1892-1983 |
Tailleferre, Germaine | French |
|
1893-1969 |
Moore, Douglas Stuart | American |
|
1893-1973 |
Hába, Alois | Czech |
|
1893-1981 |
Warren, Harry | American |
Popular Music |
1894-1947 |
Pijper, Willem | Dutch |
|
1894-1976 |
Piston, Walter | American |
|
1894-1981 |
Bennett, Robert Russell | American |
|
1895-1963 |
Hindemith, Paul | German |
Opera, Orchestral, Ballet, Chamber Music |
1895-1978 |
Still, William Grant | American |
|
1895-1982 |
Orff, Carl | German |
|
1896-1967 |
Weinberger, Jaromir | Czech |
|
1896-1981 |
Hanson, Howard | American |
Orchestral |
1896-1985 |
Sessions, Roger | American |
|
1896-1989 |
Thomson, Virgil | American |
|
1897-1957 |
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang | Austrian |
Opera, Film Music, Orchestral |
1897-1965 |
Cowell, Henry Dixon | American |
|
1897-1972 |
Eimert, Herbert | German |
|
1897-1984 |
Kósa, György | Hungarian |
|
1898-1937 |
Gershwin, George | American |
Musical Theatre, Popular Music |
1898-1954 |
Harsányi, Tibor | Hungarian |
|
1898-1979 |
Harris, Roy | American |
Orchestral |
1898-1990 |
Bacon, Ernst | American |
|
1899-1940 |
Revueltas, Silvestre | Mexican |
|
1899-1963 |
Poulenc, Francis | French |
|
1899-1974 |
Ellington, Edward Kennedy (Duke) | American |
Big Band Jazz |
1899-1978 |
Chávez, Carlos | Mexican |
|
1899-1983 |
Auric, Georges | French |
|
1899-1984 |
Thompson, Randall | American |
|
1899-1987 |
Santa Cruz (Wilson), Domingo | Chilean |
|
Modern Period - 1900 to Present C.E. | |||
Dates |
Composer |
Nationality |
Main Musical Genres |
1900-1950 |
Weill, Kurt | German |
|
1900-1990 |
Copland, Aaron | American |
Piano, symphonies, ballet, movie scores |
1900-1991 |
Krenek, Ernst | Austrian |
|
1900-1996 |
Luening, Otto | American |
|
1901-1953 |
Crawford, Ruth Porter (Seeger) | American |
Piano, Chamber Music |
1901-1964 |
McPhee, Colin | Canadian |
|
1901-1970 |
Newman, Alfred | American |
Film Music |
1901-1974 |
Partch, Harry | American |
|
1901-1981 |
Pepping, Ernst | German |
|
1901-1988 |
Poot, Marcel | Belgian |
|
1901-1989 |
Beck, Conrad | Swiss |
|
1901-1989 |
Sauguet, Henri | French |
|
1901-1999 |
Rodrigo, Joaquin | Spanish |
|
1902-1979 |
Rodgers, Richard | American |
Broadway Musicals |
1902-1983 |
Walton, William | English |
|
1902-1984 |
Willson, Meredith | American |
Broadway Musicals |
1902-1986 |
Duruflé, Maurice | French |
|
1903-1966 |
Giannini, Vittorio | American |
|
1903-1975 |
Blacher, Boris | German |
|
1903-1978 |
Khachaturian, Aram | Russian |
|
1903-1983 |
Kadosa, Pál | Hungarian |
|
1904-1949 |
Skalkottas, Nikolaus | Greek |
|
1904-1975 |
Dallapiccola, Luigi | Italian |
|
1904-1987 |
Kabalevsky, Dmitri | Russian |
|
1904-2003 |
Petrassi, Goffredo | Italian |
|
1905-1964 |
Blitzstein, Marc | American |
|
1905-1968 |
Landré, Guillaume | Dutch |
|
1905-1986 |
Arlen, Harold | American |
Broadway, Film and Popular Music |
1905-1991 |
Bozza, Eugène | French |
Chamber Music, Symphonies, Brass Ensemble |
1905-1998 |
Tippett, Michael | English |
|
1906-1967 |
Waxman, Franz | German |
Film Music |
1906-1970 |
Baaren, Kees van | Dutch |
|
1906-1975 |
Shostakovich, Dmitri | Russian |
Orchestral |
1906-1983 |
Lutyens, Elisabeth | English |
|
1906-1996 |
Gideon, Miriam | American |
|
1906-1996 |
Talma, Louise | American |
|
1907-1987 |
Badings, Henk | Dutch |
|
1907-1987 |
Fortner, Wolfgang | German |
|
1907-1993 |
Guarnieri, Camargo | Brazilian |
|
1908- |
Carter, Jr., Elliott Cook | American |
|
1908-1942 |
Distler, Hugo | German |
|
1908-1975 |
Anderson, Leroy | American |
|
1908-1992 |
Messiaen, Olivier | French |
|
1910-1969 |
Loesser, Frank | American |
Broadway Musicals, Movie Scores, Popular Songs, Lyricist |
1910-1981 |
Barber, Samuel | American |
|
1910-1992 |
Schuman, William Howard | American |
|
1910-1993 |
Galindo, Blas | Mexican |
|
1910-2000 |
Heiden, Bernard | Italian |
|
1911-1975 |
Herrmann, Bernard | American |
Film Music, Orchestral |
1911-1984 |
Newman, Emil | American |
Film & Television Music |
1911-1990 |
Ussachevsky, Vladimir | American |
|
1911-2000 |
Hovhaness, Alan Scott | American |
|
1911-2007 |
Menotti, Gian Carlo | Italian |
Opera |
1912-1958 |
García, José Pablo Moncayo | Mexican |
|
1912-1992 |
Cage, John | American |
|
1912-1997 |
Weisgall, Hugo | American |
|
1912-2000 |
Pentland, Barbara | Canadian |
|
1912-2004 |
Raksin, David | American |
Film Music |
1913- |
Dello Joio, Norman | American |
|
1913-1976 |
Britten, Benjamin | English |
|
1913-1994 |
Lutoslawski, Witold | Polish |
|
1913-1996 |
Gould, Morton | American |
|
1913-2006 |
Weinzweig, John | Canadian |
|
1915- |
Diamond, David | American |
|
1915- |
Palmer, Robert | American |
|
1915- |
Perle, George | American |
|
1915-1982 |
Searle, Humphrey | English |
|
1915-1987 |
Persichetti, Vincent | American |
|
1916- |
Babbitt, Milton Byron | American |
Electronic, Orchestral, String quartets, Piano concertos |
1916-1983 |
Ginastera, Alberto | Argentinian |
|
1916-1989 |
Newman, Lionel | American |
Film Music |
1917- |
Arnell, Richard | English |
|
1917- |
Kay, Ulysses Simpson | American |
|
1918- |
Rochberg, George | American |
|
1918-1990 |
Bernstein, Leonard | American |
Musical Theatre, Orchestral |
1919- |
Kasemets, Udo | Canadian |
|
1919- |
Orrego-Salas, Juan | Chilean |
|
1920- |
Brubeck, Dave | American |
Jazz |
1920- |
Shankar, Ravi | Indian |
Indian classical music |
1920-1973 |
Maderna, Bruno | Italian |
|
1920-1990 |
Fricker, Peter Racine | English |
|
1921- |
Arnold, Malcolm | English |
|
1921- |
Husa, Karel | Czech |
|
1921- |
Shapey, Ralph | American |
|
1921-2005 |
Reed, Alfred | American |
Symphonic Wind Ensemble |
1922- |
Foss, Lukas | American |
|
1922- |
Walker, George | American |
Orchestral Music, Choral Music, Chamber Music |
1922-2001 |
Xenakis, Iannis | Greek |
|
1922-2004 |
Bernstein, Elmer | American |
Film & Television Music |
1923- |
Wen-chung, Chou | Chinese |
|
1923-1983 |
Mennin, Peter | American |
|
1923-2006 |
Ligeti, György | Romanian |
|
1924-1990 |
Nono, Luigi | Italian |
|
1924-1994 |
Mancini, Henry | American |
Film Music |
1924-2005 |
Benson, Warren | American |
Chamber Music, Wind Ensemble, Instrumental Solo, Song Cycles |
1925- |
Boulez, Pierre | French |
|
1925- |
Rorem, Ned | American |
|
1925- |
Schuller, Gunther | American |
|
1925-1981 |
Haley, Bill | American |
|
1925-2003 |
Berio, Luciano | Italian |
|
1926- |
Henze, Hans Werner | German |
|
1926- |
Jolas, Betsy | French |
Vocal, Opera, Piano |
1926- |
Leeuw, Ton de | Dutch |
|
1926-1987 |
Feldman, Morton | American |
|
1926-1993 |
Gaburo, Kenneth | American |
|
1927- |
Argento, Dominick | American |
|
1927-1995 |
Martirano, Salvatore | American |
|
1927-2008 |
Erb, Donald | American |
|
1928- |
Adler, Samuel | American |
|
1928- |
Druckman, Jacob | American |
|
1928- |
Lehrer, Tom | American |
Musical Satire |
1928- |
Musgrave, Thea | Scottish |
Instrumental compositions, Opera |
1928- |
Stockhausen, Karlheinz | German |
|
1929- |
Crumb, George | American |
Piano, Orchestra |
1929- |
Pousseur, Henri | Belgian |
|
1929-1997 |
Mayuzumi, Toshirô | Japanese |
|
1929-2004 |
Goldsmith, Jerry | American |
Film & Television Music |
1930- |
Austin, Larry | American |
|
1930- |
Sondheim, Stephen | American |
Broadway Musicals |
1930-1996 |
Takemitsu, Toru | Japanese |
|
1930-1999 |
Bart, Lionel | English |
Popular Song, Musicals, Film Music |
1931- |
Baker, Jr., David Nathaniel | American |
Chamber Music, Jazz |
1931- |
Dlugoslewski, Lucia | American |
|
1931- |
Kagel, Mauricio | Argentinian |
|
1931- |
Williamson, Malcolm | Australian |
|
1932- |
Schifrin, Boris 'Lalo' | Argentinian |
Film Music, Televison Music, Jazz Music, Classical Music |
1932- |
Williams, John | American |
Film Scores, Orchestral Music |
1933- |
Barry, John | English |
Film Music, Television Music |
1933- |
Jones, Quincy | American |
Jazz |
1933- |
Penderecki, Krzysztof | Polish |
|
1934- |
Birtwistle, Harrison | English |
|
1934- |
Davidovsky, Mario | Argentinian |
|
1934- |
Davies, Peter Maxwell | English |
|
1934-1994 |
Tull, Fisher | American |
|
1935- |
Riley, Terry | American |
|
1935- |
Schickele, Peter | American |
|
1935- |
Young, La Monte | American |
|
1936- |
Bennett, Richard Rodney | English |
|
1936- |
Reich, Steve | American |
|
1937- |
Del Tredici, David | American |
Vocal works, also orchestral, choral and piano |
1937- |
Glass, Philip | American |
|
1938- |
Bolcom, William | American |
Orchestral, Popular Music (Ragtime), Opera |
1938- |
Corigliano, John | American |
|
1938- |
Harbison, John | American |
Orchestral, Opera, Chamber |
1938- |
Takahashi, Yugi | Japanese |
|
1938- |
Tower, Joan | American |
|
1938- |
Wuorinen, Charles | American |
|
1939- |
Kolb, Barbara | American |
|
1939- |
Zwilich, Ellen Taaffe | American |
Orchestral Music, Concerto for Solo Instruments and Orchestra |
1940-1993 |
Zappa, Frank | American |
Rock Music |
1941-1992 |
Albert, Stephen | American |
Vocal, Orchestral |
1942- |
Mata, Eduardo | Mexican |
|
1943- |
Ferneyhough, Brian | English |
|
1943- |
Newman, Randy | American |
Film and Popular Music |
1944- |
Hamlisch, Marvin | American |
Film Scores |
1945- |
Rutter, John | English |
|
1945- |
Zaimont, Judith Lang | American |
Chamber Music, Choral Music |
1947- |
Adams, John | American |
|
1948- |
Osmon, Leroy | American |
Concert Band, Chamber Ensemble, Ballet |
1948- |
Webber, Andrew Lloyd | English |
Broadway Musicals |
1953- |
Elfman, Daniel Robert | American |
Film Music |
1954- |
Newman, David | American |
Film Music |
1955- |
Newman, Thomas | American |
Film Music |
1958- |
Jackson, Michael | American |
Popular Music |
1959- |
Yankovic, 'Weird Al' | American |
Satire |
1962- |
Santa Rosa, Gilberto | Puerto Rican |
Salsa Music |
1970- |
Whitacre, Eric | American |
Choral Music, Symphonic Music |
c. 1420-1497 |
Ockeghem, Johannes | Dutch |
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c. 1475-1526 |
Stoltzer, Thomas | German |
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c. 1480-1545 |
Verdelot, Philippe | Dutch |
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c. 1573-1626 |
Pujol, Juan | Spanish |
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c. 1595-1663 |
Scheidemann, Heinrich | German |
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