list of romanticera composers
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Ludwig van Beethoven
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List of Romantic-era composersen.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Romantic-era_composers
This is a list of Romantic-era composers. Note that this list ispurely chronological, and also includes a substantial number ofcomposers, especially those born after 1860, whose works cannotbe conveniently classified as "Romantic".
Contents
1 Classical-era/Romantic-era composers (born 1770–99)
2 Early Romantic-era composers (born 1800–19)
3 Middle Romantic-era composers (born 1820–39)
4 Late Romantic-era composers (born 1840–59)
5 Romantic-era/20th-century classical composers (born1860–80)
6 Timeline
7 See also
8 References
Classical-era/Romantic-era composers (born 1770–99)
NameDateborn
Datedied Nationality Comments
Ludwig vanBeethoven
1770 1827 German composer and pianist,regarded by many as thefirst Romantic-eracomposer, best known forSymphony No. 5 and FürElise among others
FerdinandoCarulli
1770 1841 Italian composer for the guitar, wrote concertos and chambermusic
Édouard Du Puy
Anton Reicha
Édouard DuPuy
1770 1822 Swiss composer, singer, directorand violinist
Peter Hänsel 1770 1831 German-Austrian
composer and violinist
James Hewitt 1770 1827 American composer, conductor and music publisher
Anton Reicha 1770 1836 Czech-bornFrench
composer whoexperimented withirregular time signatures inhis keyboard fugues,composed a large numberof significant works forwind quintet
ChristianHeinrich Rinck
1770 1846 German composer and organist
Jan AugustVitásek
1770 1839 Bohemian composer
Adam ValentinVolckmar
1770 1851 German composer
Friedrich Witt 1770 1836 German composer and cellist
JohannBaptistCramer
1771 1858 English musician of German origin
FerdinandoPaer
1771 1839 Italian composer
Václav Tomášek
Maria FrancesParke
1773 1822 English composer, pianist and soprano
François-Louis Perne
1772 1832 French composer and musicographer
JosefTriebensee
1772 1846 Bohemian composer and oboist
JohannWilhelmWilms
1772 1847 Dutch-German
composer, best known for writing Wien NeêrlandsBloed, which served as the Dutch national anthemfrom 1815 to 1932
Sophie Bawr 1773 1860 French composer, writer and playwright
PietroGenerali
1773 1832 Italian composer of operas and vocal music
WenzelThomasMatiegka
1773 1830 Bohemian composer
BartolomeoBortolazzi
1773 1820 Italian mandolin and guitar virtuoso and composer
Pierre Rode 1774 1830 French composer and violinist
GaspareSpontini
1774 1851 Italian opera composer and conductor
VáclavTomášek
1774 1850 Czech composer and musicteacher
ChristophErnstFriedrichWeyse
1774 1842 Danish composer in the Danish Golden Age
Johann AntonAndré
1775 1842 German composer and music publisher
François-Adrien Boieldieu
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
François-AdrienBoieldieu
1775 1834 French composer
JoãoDomingosBomtempo
1775 1842 Portuguese composer, pianist and pedagogue
BernhardCrusell
1775 1838 Finnish composer and clarinet player
SophiaDussek
1775 1847 Scottish composer of Italian descent, singer, pianist and harpist
François deFossa
1775 1849 French composer and guitarist
Ernst TheodorAmadeusHoffmann
1776 1822 German composer, author of fantasy and horror, jurist, musiccritic, draftsman and caricaturist
JosephKüffner
1776 1856 German composer and musician
Philipp JakobRiotte
1776 1856 German composer
Ignaz vonSeyfried
1776 1841 Austrian composer, musician and conductor
Ludwig Berger 1777 1839 German composer, pianist and piano teacher
PaulineDuchambge
1778 1858 French composer and pianist
JohannNepomukHummel
1778 1837 Austrian composer and pianist, hismusic bridged theClassical era of music andRomantic era of music
Mauro Giuliani
Sigismundvon Neukomm
1778 1858 Austrian composer and pianist
Fernando Sor 1778 1839 Spanish composer for the classical guitar who is credited withelevating the guitar to the level of concert instrument
WilliamKnyvett
1779 1856 British composer and singer
LouiseReichardt
1779 1826 German composer and songwriter
Luigi AntonioCalegari
1780 1849 Italian opera composer
ConradinKreutzer
1780 1849 German composer and conductor
Louis FrançoisDauprat
1781 1868 French composer, horn player and music professor at theConservatoire de Paris
Anton Diabelli 1781 1858 Austrian composer, music publisher and editor
MauroGiuliani
1781 1828 Italian composer and virtuosoguitarist
Anthony PhilipHeinrich
1781 1861 American composer
Sophie Lebrun 1781 1863 German composer and pianist
FrançoisJosephNaderman
1781 1835 French composer, harpist and teacher
John Field
Niccolò Paganini
Daniel Auber 1782 1871 French opera composer, noted for La muette de Portici
Carlo Coccia 1782 1873 Italian opera composer
John Field 1782 1837 Irish composer and pianist,notable for cultivating thenocturne
NiccolòPaganini
1782 1840 Italian composer and virtuosoviolinist, wrote the 24Caprices for violin, fiveconcerti for violin, stringquartets and works forviolin and guitar
CharlottaSeuerling
1782 1828 Swedish composer, concert singer, harpsichordist and poet
FriedrichDotzauer
1783 1860 German composer and cellist
Teresa Belloc-Giorgi
1784 1855 Italian composer and contralto
Martin-JosephMengal
1784 1851 Belgian composer and instructor
FrancescoMorlacchi
1784 1841 Italian composer
GeorgeOnslow
1784 1853 Anglo-French
composer
Ferdinand Ries
Louis Spohr
FerdinandRies
1784 1838 German composer, friend and pupilof Ludwig van Beethoven
Louis Spohr 1784 1859 German composer, violinist andconductor, renowned forchamber music andcompositions for violin andharp
AlexandrePierreFrançoisBoëly
1785 1858 French composer, organist and pianist
Bettina vonArnim
1785 1859 German composer, writer and novelist
CatherinaCibbini-Kozeluch
1785 1858 Austrian composer of Bohemian ancestry and pianist
IsabellaColbran
1785 1845 Spanish composer and opera singer
KarolKurpiński
1785 1857 Polish composer, conductor and pedagogue
Marie Bigot 1785 1820 French composer and piano teacher
Henry Bishop 1786 1855 English composer
FriedrichKuhlau
1786 1832 German-Danish
composer
PietroRaimondi
1786 1853 Italian composer
Carl Maria von Weber
Carl Czerny
Carl Mariavon Weber
1786 1826 German composer, conductor,pianist, guitarist and critic,one of the first significantRomantic operacomposers
AlexanderAlyabyev
1787 1851 Russian composer, conductor and pianist
MicheleCarafa
1787 1872 Italian opera composer
Johann PeterPixis
1788 1874 German composer and pianist
SimonSechter
1788 1867 Austrian prolific composer, renowned music theorist, teacher,organist and conductor
Elena Asachi 1789 1877 Romanian composer of Austrian birth, pianist and singer
NicolasBochsa
1789 1856 French composer and musician
FredericErnest Fesca
1789 1826 German composer of instrumental music and violinist
Maria AgataSzymanowska
1789 1831 Polish composer and virtuoso pianist
HarrietBrowne
1790 1858 English composer and writer
Carl Czerny 1791 1857 Austrian composer, teacher andpianist
Ferdinand Hérold
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Franz Xaver WolfgangMozart
FerdinandHérold
1791 1833 French operatic composer
GiacomoMeyerbeer
1791 1864 German composer for grand opera(Il crociato in Egitto, LesHuguenots, L'Africaine)
Franz XaverWolfgangMozart
1791 1844 Austrian composer, pianist,conductor and teacher
Carlo EvasioSoliva
1791 1853 Swiss-Italian
composer
Jan VáclavVoříšek
1791 1825 Bohemian composer, pianist and organist
Gioachino Rossini
Ignaz Moscheles
GioachinoRossini
1792 1868 Italian prolific opera composer,best known for The Barberof Seville
HeddaWrangel
1792 1833 Swedish composer
Gertrude vanden Bergh
1793 1840 Dutch composer and pianist
BernhardKlein
1793 1832 German composer
CarolineRidderstolpe
1793 1878 Swedish composer and singer
PrincessAmalie ofSaxony
1794 1870 German composer
IgnazMoscheles
1794 1870 Czech composer and pianovirtuoso, head of theLeipzig Conservatory afterFelix Mendelssohn
JosifŠlezinger
1794 1870 Serbian composer
SaverioMercadante
1795 1870 Italian composer
NikolaosMantzaros
1795 1872 Greek composer
Franz Berwald 1796 1868 Swedish composer, little known in his lifetime, but his works,including his four symphonies are better known today
HeleneLiebmann
1796 1835 German composer and pianist
Carl Loewe
Gaetano Donizetti
Franz Schubert
Carl Loewe 1796 1869 German composer, baritone singerand conductor
Mathildad'Orozco
1796 1863 Swedish composer, noble, salonist, poet, writer, singer, amateuractress and harpsichordist
GiovanniPacini
1796 1867 Italian composer
EmilieZumsteeg
1796 1857 German composer, pianist, songwriter and choir conductor
LuigiCastellacci
1797 1845 Italian virtuoso on the mandolin and guitar, instrumentalcomposer and author of popular French romances withguitar and piano accompaniments
GaetanoDonizetti
1797 1848 Italian opera composer, knownfor Lucia di Lammermoorand L'elisir d'amoreamong others
FranzSchubert
1797 1828 Austrian composer, best known forhis more than 600 lieder,chamber music, pianoworks and symphonies.
Fromental Halévy
Annette vonDroste-Hülshoff
1797 1848 German composer and writer
Antonio Rolla 1798 1837 Italian composer and violin and viola virtuoso
Olivia Buckley 1799 1847 English composer, harpist and organist
MariaFrederica vonStedingk
1799 1868 Swedish composer and courtier
FromentalHalévy
1799 1862 French composer
Repertoire key: B=In Classical Net's basic Timeline of Major Composers 1600–present[1]
Early Romantic-era composers (born 1800–19)
NameDateborn
Datedied Nationality Comments
Vincenzo Bellini
Adolphe Adam
VincenzoBellini
1801 1835 Italian opera composer, knownfor I Puritani, Norma andLa sonnambula amongothers
Jean-BaptisteDuvernoy
1802 1880 French composer and pianist
AmédéeMéreaux
1802 1874 French composer, his works are somewhat known for theirimmense difficulties
Cesare Pugni 1802 1870 Italian prolific composer of ballet music
Eliza Flower 1803 1846 English composer
Adolphe Adam 1803 1856 French composer, best known forhis ballet score Giselle
Hector Berlioz
Mikhail Glinka
Hector Berlioz 1803 1869 French composer, famous for hisprogrammatic symphonySymphonie Fantastique
Henri Herz 1803 1888 Austrian composer and pianist
Franz Lachner 1803 1890 German composer and conductor, brother of Ignaz Lachner
Louise Farrenc 1804 1875 French composer of three symphonies and many chamberworks including the earliest known sextet for piano andwind quintet (1852)
Mikhail Glinka 1804 1857 Russian nationalist composerwhose works include theopera A Life for the Tsar
Johann Strauss I
Felix Mendelssohn
JohannStrauss I
1804 1849 Austrian dance music composer,famous for RadetzkyMarch
FannyMendelssohn
1805 1847 German composer and pianist, sister of Felix Mendelssohn,mainly known for her vocal compositions and chambermusic
Leopold vonZenetti
1805 1892 Austrian composer, mainly known for being one of AntonBruckner's masters
JuanCrisóstomoArriaga
1806 1826 Spanish composer who died at nineteen and by which time hehad already been nicknamed the "Spanish Mozart" forhis Symphony in D and three string quartets
JohannKaspar Mertz
1806 1856 Hungarian composer, known for his guitar pieces.
JohannFriedrichFranzBurgmüller
1806 1874 German composer and pianist, brother of Norbert Burgmüller
Ignaz Lachner 1807 1895 German conductor, composer and organist, a prolific composer,notable for his chamber music such as his stringquartets and trios
MichaelWilliam Balfe
1808 1870 Irish conductor and composer, remembered for his operaThe Bohemian Girl
SebastiánIradier
1809 1865 Spanish composer, best known for La Paloma
FelixMendelssohn
1809 1847 German conductor, music-director,composer and pianist,brother of FannyMendelssohn, best knownfor Wedding March from AMidsummer Night'sDream
Otto Lindblad 1809 1864 Swedish composer
Frédéric Chopin
Robert Schumann
FrédéricChopin
1810 1849 Polish composer and virtuosopianist, his output includesnocturnes, ballade,scherzos, etudes, and anumber of Polish dancessuch as mazurkas,polonaises, and waltzes(including Minute Waltz)
Ferenc Erkel 1810 1893 Hungarian composer of grand opera
Otto Nicolai 1810 1849 German opera composer and conductor, best known for TheMerry Wives of Windsor
NorbertBurgmüller
1810 1836 German composer, praised by Robert Schumann
RobertSchumann
1810 1856 German composer and pianist,husband of ClaraSchumann, a significantlieder writer, a prolificcomposer, wrote manyshort piano pieces, foursymphonies, concerti andchamber music
LudwigSchuncke
1810 1834 German composer and pianist
FerdinandDavid
1810 1873 German composer and violinist
WilhelmTaubert
1811 1891 German pianist, composer and conductor whose early worksreceived praise from Felix Mendelssohn
Franz Liszt
Ambroise Thomas
Franz Liszt 1811 1886 Hungarian composer and virtuosopianist, wrote a number oftone poems and extendedpiano technique, bestknown for his HungarianRhapsodies and othersolo piano works, one ofthe most influential anddistinguished pianocomposers of theRomantic era
FerdinandHiller
1811 1885 German composer, conductor, writer and music-director, closefriend of Felix Mendelssohn
AmbroiseThomas
1811 1896 French composer, best known forthe operas Mignon andHamlet
SpyridonXyndas
1812 1896 Greek opera composer and guitarist
SigismondThalberg
1812 1871 Austrian composer and one of the most distinguished pianists ofthe Romantic era
Louis-AntoineJullien
1812 1860 French conductor and composer of light music, king ofpromenade concerts in England
Emilie Mayer
Friedrich von Flotow
Emilie Mayer 1812 1883 German composer of eightsymphonies as well asovertures, lieder andnumerous chamber works
Friedrich vonFlotow
1812 1883 German composer, chieflyremembered for his operaMartha
AlexandreDubuque
1812 1898 Russian-French
composer, known for teaching
Joaquín Espíny Guillén
1812 1881 Spanish major opera and zarzuela composer and musician,best known for Padilla, Carlo Broschi and El encogidoy el estirado
Stephen Heller 1813 1888 Hungarian composer, highly effected the late Romanticcomposers
AlexanderDargomyzhsky
1813 1869 Russian composer
Charles-Valentin Alkan
1813 1888 French composer and virtuoso pianist
ErnstHaberbier
1813 1869 German composer
GeorgeAlexanderMacfarren
1813 1887 English major opera composer, best known for Robin Hood,She Stoops to Conquer and Helvellyn, also known asa teacher
Richard Wagner
Giuseppe Verdi
RichardWagner
1813 1883 German major opera composer,best known for his cycle offour operas Der Ring desNibelungen
GiuseppeVerdi
1813 1901 Italian major opera composer,best known for Nabucco,Rigoletto, La Traviata andAida
AndoniosLiveralis
1814 1842 Greek opera composer and conductor
Giuseppe Lillo 1814 1863 Italian composer, best known for his operas amongst which isworth noting Odda di Bernaver and Caterina Howard
Adolf vonHenselt
1814 1889 German composer and pianist
JosephineLang
1815 1880 German composer and pianist
RobertVolkmann
1815 1883 German composer, companion of Johannes Brahms
WilliamSterndaleBennett
1816 1875 English composer, conductor, and editor
CharlesDancla
1817 1907 French violinist, composer and teacher
Émile Prudent 1817 1863 French pianist and composer
Károly Thern 1817 1886 Hungarian composer, conductor and teacher
Niels Gade 1817 1890 Danish composer, violinist and organist
Henry Litolff 1818 1891 British pianist, composer and music publisher, best known forhis Concerto Symphoniques
Charles Gounod
Jacques Offenbach
Franz von Suppé
CharlesGounod
1818 1893 French composer, best known forhis operas Faust andRoméo et Juliette
AntonioBazzini
1818 1897 Italian violinist, composer and teacher, best known for TheDance of the Goblins
JacquesOffenbach
1819 1880 French opera and operettacomposer, known for TheTales of Hoffmann andOrpheus in theUnderworld
Franz vonSuppé
1819 1895 Austrian composer and conductor,notable for his operettas
StanisławMoniuszko
1819 1872 Polish composer, best known as the Father of Polish NationalOpera
Henri Vieuxtemps
Joachim Raff
César Franck
ClaraSchumann
1819 1896 German composer and pianist, wife of Robert Schumann, oneof the leading pianists of the Romantic era
Middle Romantic-era composers (born 1820–39)
NameDateborn
Datedied Nationality Comments
HenriVieuxtemps
1820 1881 Belgian composer and violinist
GiovanniBottesini
1821 1889 Italian conductor, composer and double bass virtuoso
Josif Runjanin 1821 1878 Serbian composer
EmilieHammarskjöld
1821 1854 Swedish composer, concert pianist and organist
Joachim Raff 1822 1882 Swiss-bornGerman
composer, best known foreleven symphonies, mostof them program music
César Franck 1822 1890 Belgian-bornFrench
composer, noted for hisSymphony in D minor, alsoa significant composer forthe organ
Anton Bruckner
Bedřich Smetana
Luigi Arditi 1822 1903 Italian composer, violinist and conductor
Édouard Lalo 1823 1892 French composer, remembered for his Symphonie Espagnolefor violin and orchestra and his Cello Concerto
TheodorKirchner
1823 1903 German composer and pianist, he wrote over 1,000 pianopieces.
AntonBruckner
1824 1896 Austrian composer of nine large-scale symphonies (oneincomplete) and two moreunacknowledged
BedřichSmetana
1824 1884 Czech nationalist composer, bestknown for his cycle of sixsymphonic poems, Mávlast and his opera TheBartered Bride
Carl Reinecke 1824 1910 German composer, conductor and pianist, best known for hisattachment to classical forms and conductedGewandhausorchester for nearly 35 years
Jean-BaptisteArban
1825 1889 French composer and virtuoso cornetist, wrote the "Grandeméthode complète pour cornet à pistons et de saxhorn"now referred to as the "Trumpeter's Bible"
Johann Strauss II
Karl Goldmark
JohannStrauss II
1825 1899 Austrian composer known as "TheWaltz King", son ofAustrian dance musiccomposer Johann StraussI and elder brother of JosefStrauss and EduardStrauss, best known forBlue Danube Waltz andhis opera Die Fledermaus
Richard Hol 1825 1904 Dutch organ composer
Ivar Hallström 1826 1901 Swedish opera composer
LudwigMinkus
1826 1917 Austrian composer of ballet music
Josef Strauss 1827 1870 Austrian composer and younger brother of Johann Strauss II
AdolpheBlanc
1828 1885 French composer of chamber music
JohannDubez
1828 1891 Italian composer and mandolinist
JacquesBlumenthal
1829 1908 German composer
Louis MoreauGottschalk
1829 1869 American composer, famous for performing his own romanticpiano works
AntonRubinstein
1829 1894 Russian conductor, composer and pianist
KarlGoldmark
1830 1915 Hungarian composer
Hans vonBülow
1830 1894 German conductor, composer and virtuoso pianist
Ivan Larionov 1830 1889 Russian composer, writer and folklorist
Johannes Brahms
Amilcare Ponchielli
KornelijeStanković
1831 1865 Serbian composer
Jan GerardPalm
1831 1906 DutchAntillean
composer, best known for his mazurkas, waltzes,danzas, tumbas, fantasies and serenades
HiromoriHayashi
1831 1896 Japanese composer, known for the Japanese national anthemKimigayo
JosephJoachim
1831 1907 Hungarian composer, violinist, conductor and teacher
EduardoMezzacapo
1832 1898 Italian mandolin virtuoso, composer and teacher, known forAubade for Mandolin, Violin and Guitar and Tarantella"Napoli"
AugustSöderman
1832 1876 Swedish composer, best known for his lieder and choral works
FrancisEdwardBache
1833 1858 English composer and organist
AlexanderBorodin
1833 1887 Russian chemist and nationalist composer, wrote the operaPrince Igor, and part of the Russian Five
JohannesBrahms
1833 1897 German composer, one of theleading musicians of theRomantic period, bestknown for his foursymphonies, ViolinConcerto, two pianoconcertos, and DoubleConcerto for Violin, Celloand Orchestra
AmilcarePonchielli
1834 1886 Italian opera composer, known forLa Gioconda
TeklaBądarzewska-Baranowska
Julius Reubke
TeklaBądarzewska-Baranowska
1834 1861 Polish composer
Julius Reubke 1834 1858 German piano and organcomposer, known forSonata on the 94th Psalm
Peter Benoit 1834 1901 Flemish composer
GiuseppeBranzoli
1835 1909 Italian mandolinist, violinist, composer and music historian
FelixDraeseke
1835 1913 German composer
Camille Saint-Saëns
Henryk Wieniawski
César Cui
Camille Saint-Saëns
1835 1921 French music critic, composer,pianist and an exceptionalorganist, best known forhis biblical opera Samsonet Dalila
HenrykWieniawski
1835 1880 Polish composer and violinist,famous for two concertosand character pieces ofexceptional difficulty
EduardStrauss
1835 1916 Austrian composer and younger brother of Johann Strauss IIand Josef Strauss
César Cui 1835 1918 Russian army officer, music criticand composer of theRussian Five
Davorin Jenko 1835 1914 Slovenian-bornSerbian
composer and conductor
FriedrichBaumfelder
1836 1916 German piano, choral, and orchestra composer, in his dayknown for his 'Tirocinium musicae' and today known forhis 'Melody in F major'
Léo Delibes 1836 1891 French composer, one of the first significant ballet composerssince the Baroque music, known for Coppélia, Sylvia,and Lakmé
Émile Waldteufel
Mily Balakirev
Georges Bizet
AntônioCarlos Gomes
1836 1896 Brazilian opera composer, praised by Franz Liszt and GiuseppeVerdi whose Il Guarany premiered at La Scala in 1870,a first opera ballo for the composer from the New World
BerthaTammelin
1836 1915 Swedish composer, concert pianist and opera singer
JuliusWeissenborn
1837 1888 German bassoonist, composer and music teacher, famous forhis Practical Bassoon School
ÉmileWaldteufel
1837 1915 French composer of light music
Mily Balakirev 1837 1910 Russian nationalist composer andthe leader of the RussianFive
Georges Bizet 1838 1875 French composer, best known forhis opera Carmen
Max Bruch
Modest Mussorgsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Max Bruch 1838 1920 German composer, known for hisViolin Concerto No. 1,Scottish Fantasy, and KolNidrei for cello andorchestra
ModestMussorgsky
1839 1881 Russian nationalist composer andthe member of the RussianFive, best known for hispiano suite Pictures At AnExhibition
John KnowlesPaine
1839 1906 American first native-born American composer to acquire fame forhis large-scale orchestral music
JosefRheinberger
1839 1901 German composer and organist, born in Liechtenstein, primarilynoted for his organ music including 20 sonatas
Late Romantic-era composers (born 1840–59)
NameDateborn
Datedied Nationality Comments
Pyotr IlyichTchaikovsky
1840 1893 Russian composer, best known forhis three ballets TheNutcracker, Swan Lake andThe Sleeping Beauty, hisopera Eugene Onegin, his1812 Overture, his PianoConcerto No. 1, his ViolinConcerto and his sixsymphonies
John Stainer 1840 1901 English composer and organist
Antonín Dvořák
Arrigo Boito
JohanSvendsen
1840 1911 Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist
EmmanuelChabrier
1841 1894 French composer who influenced Maurice Ravel, Les Six, JeanFrançaix and many other French composers, known forthe opera L'étoile
AntonínDvořák
1841 1904 Czech composer, best known forNew World Symphony
GiovanniSgambati
1841 1914 Italian composer, conductor and pianist
GiuseppeSilvestri
1841 1921 Italian composer and mandolin virtuoso
Arrigo Boito 1842 1918 Italian composer and librettist,known as a composer forhis opera Mefistofele
JohannNepomukFuchs
1842 1899 Austrian composer, conductor, teacher and editor
Jules Massenet
Arthur Sullivan
Edvard Grieg
JulesMassenet
1842 1912 French composer, best known forhis two operas Manon andWerther and the Méditationfor violin from the operaThaïs
FelipePedrell
1842 1922 Spanish composer of opera, zarzuela and church music whotaught and influenced Isaac Albéniz, Enrique Granadosand Manuel de Falla
ArthurSullivan
1842 1900 English composer, known for hisoperettas in collaborationwith William SchwenckGilbert
ÉmileBernard
1843 1902 French composer and organist, known for his Divertissement forDoubled Wind Quintet
DavidPopper
1843 1913 Czech composer and virtuoso cellist, known for his 40 etudes,4 concerti and Hungarian Rhapsody for cello andorchestra
Edvard Grieg 1843 1907 Norwegian composer, known for hisincidental music to PeerGynt
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Gabriel Fauré
NikolaiRimsky-Korsakov
1844 1908 Russian composer and the memberof the Russian Five, bestknown for Flight of theBumblebee from The Taleof Tsar Saltan
PietroArmanini
1844 1895 Italian composer, virtuoso mandolinist and teacher, known forhis performances and two dances La cigale polka pour(The Grasshopper Polka) and L'éventail polka-mazurka(The Range Mazurka)
Pablo deSarasate
1844 1908 Spanish virtuoso violinist and composer, best known forZigeunerweisen
Charles-Marie Widor
1844 1937 French composer, known for his works for the organ
Ion Ivanovici 1845 1902 Serbian-bornRomanian
composer, known for his waltz Waves of the Danube
GabrielFauré
1845 1924 French composer, known for hischamber music and arequiem among otherpieces
Ignaz Brüll 1846 1907 Austrian composer and pianist
Luigi Denza 1846 1922 Italian opera composer, composed and played for mandolinand guitar
Ferdinandode Cristofaro
1846 1890 Italian mandolin virtuoso, pianist, composer and music teacher
ZygmuntNoskowski
1846 1909 Polish composer, conductor and teacher
AugustaHolmès
1847 1903 French composer of Irish descent
RobertFuchs
1847 1927 Austrian composer and music teacher
PhilippScharwenka
1847 1917 German-Polish
composer and music teacher, brother of Franz XaverScharwenka
Henri Duparc 1848 1933 French composer, noted for seventeen melodies
Hubert Parry
Vincent d'Indy
Hubert Parry 1848 1918 English composer, wrote choralsong Jerusalem
BenjaminGodard
1849 1895 French composer and violinist
ErnestoKöhler
1849 1907 Italian flautist and composer, known by flautists for hisinstructional work Progress in Flute Playing
C. A. Bracco 1850 1903 Italian mandolinist, violinist, composer and conductor, knownfor I mandolini a congresso
XaverScharwenka
1850 1924 German-Polish
composer, pianist and music teacher, brother of LudwigPhilipp Scharwenka
AlexandreLuigini
1850 1906 French composer and conductor
JosifMarinković
1851 1931 Serbian composer
Vincentd'Indy
1851 1931 French composer, teacher of ErikSatie and Darius Milhaudamong others
FranciscoTárrega
1852 1909 Spanish composer and virtuoso classical guitarist, known as the'Father of modern classical guitar playing'
Hans Huber 1852 1921 Swiss composer
Charles Villiers Stanford
Bernard Zweers
CharlesVilliersStanford
1852 1924 Irish composer
CiprianPorumbescu
1853 1883 Romanian composer
TeresaCarreño
1853 1917 Venezuelan composer
EngelbertHumperdinck
1854 1921 German opera composer, influenced by Richard Wagner,famous for Hänsel und Gretel
LeošJanáček
1854 1928 Czech composer, known for his two operas Káťa Kabanováand Jenůfa and his two orchestral pieces Sinfoniettaand Taras Bulba
AlfredoCatalani
1854 1893 Italian composer, known for the operas Loreley and La Wally
MoritzMoszkowski
1854 1925 German composer and pianist who wrote prolifically for thepiano, also composed a piano concerto and a violinconcerto
John PhilipSousa
1854 1932 American composer known as "The March King", best known forThe Stars And Stripes Forever
BernardZweers
1854 1924 Dutch composer
GeorgeWhitefieldChadwick
1854 1931 American composer
ErnestChausson
1855 1899 French composer, influenced by César Franck and RichardWagner, seen as a bridge from them to Claude Debussy
JeanPietrapertosa
1855 1940 Italian-French
composer and mandolin virtuoso
Anatoly Lyadov
Sergei Taneyev
Christian Sinding
JuliusRöntgen
1855 1932 German-Dutch
composer, influenced by Johannes Brahms, close friendto Edvard Grieg
AnatolyLyadov
1855 1914 Russian composer, teacher andconductor
ArnoldMendelssohn
1855 1933 German composer and music teacher
StevanStojanovićMokranjac
1856 1914 Serbian composer
GiuseppeMartucci
1856 1909 Italian composer and music teacher
SergeiTaneyev
1856 1915 Russian composer, pianist andmusic teacher
ChristianSinding
1856 1941 Norwegian composer
Edward Elgar
Ruggero Leoncavallo
EdwardElgar
1857 1934 English composer, wrote oratorios,chamber music, concertiand symphonies, bestknown for his EnigmaVariations and his Pompand Circumstance Marches
CécileChaminade
1857 1944 French composer and pianist
RuggeroLeoncavallo
1857 1919 Italian opera composer, knownalmost exclusively forPagliacci
Giacomo Puccini
Eugène Ysaÿe
GiacomoPuccini
1858 1924 Italian opera composer, known forLa bohème, Tosca andMadama Butterfly
EugèneYsaÿe
1858 1931 Belgian composer
MikhailIppolitov-Ivanov
1859 1935 Russian composer, conductor and teacher
SergeiLyapunov
1859 1924 Russian composer and pianist
Per Lasson 1859 1883 Norwegian composer, brother of Norwegian painter Oda Krohg
RobertTolinger
1859 1911 Czech-bornSerbian
composer and conductor
Romantic-era/20th-century classical composers (born 1860–80)
Name Date bornDatedied Nationality Comments
Isaac Albéniz
Gustave Charpentier
Isaac Albéniz 1860 1909 Spanish composer, known fornationalist pianoworks such as Iberiaand a 'set of 12 pianopieces'
Valborg Aulin 1860 1928 Swedish pianist and composer
GustaveCharpentier
1860 1956 French composer, bestknown for his operaLouise
Gustav Mahler
Edward MacDowell
Hugo Wolf
GustavMahler
1860 1911 Austrian composer, one of themost important late-Romantic/early-Modernistcomposers, his worksinclude nineinnovative large-scale and sometimesprogrammaticsymphonies, andmany lieder
EdwardMacDowell
1860 1908 American composer, bestknown for his pianoconcertos and pianosuites, his worksinclude his mostpopular short piece"To a Wild Rose"
Hugo Wolf 1860 1903 Austrian composer of lieder,influenced byRichard Wagner
Ignacy JanPaderewski
1860 1941 Polish pianist and composer
Claude Debussy
Frederick Delius
AntonArensky
1861 1906 Russian composer, pianist and music teacher
SpyridonSamaras
1861 1917 Greek opera composer, widely known for hiscomposition of the song "Olympic Hymn"
WilhelmBerger
1861 1911 German composer, pianist and conductor
GeorgyCatoire
1861 1926 Russian composer
Václav Suk 1861 1933 Czech-bornRussian
composer, violinist and conductor
ClaudeDebussy
1862 1918 French composer, one of themost prominentfigures working withinthe field ofImpressionist music,best known for Clairde Lune from Suitebergamasque
FrederickDelius
1862 1934 English composer, usedchromaticism inmany of hiscompositions
Edward German
Pietro Mascagni
EdwardGerman
1862 1936 English composer of Welshdescent, known forhis three comicoperas MerrieEngland, A Princessof Kensington andTom Jones
AlbertoWilliams
1862 1952 Argentine composer and conductor
PietroMascagni
1863 1945 Italian opera composer,known for CavalleriaRusticana
GabrielPierné
1863 1937 French composer, conductor, and organist
RicardoCastro
1864 1907 Mexican composer, works include piano music
Alberto Nepomuceno
Clarence L. Partee
AlbertoNepomuceno
1864 1920 Brazilian composer
Clarence L.Partee
1864 1915 American composer for banjo,mandolin and guitar
Guy Ropartz 1864 1955 French composer and conductor
Richard Strauss
Paul Dukas
Alexander Glazunov
RichardStrauss
1864 1949 German composer, known forAlso SprachZarathustra (basedon the book ThusSpoke Zarathustra byFriedrich Nietzsche),wrote many tonepoems, operas andlieder
Eduardo diCapua
1865 1917 Italian composer, known for his song "’O sole mio"
Paul Dukas 1865 1935 French composer, known forhis piece of programmusic The Sorcerer'sApprentice
Herbert J.Ellis
1865 1903 English musician (banjo, mandolin and guitar), wrotemethod books, more than 1000 compositions
Paul Gilson 1865 1942 Belgian musician and composer
AlexanderGlazunov
1865 1936 Russian composer, influencedby Richard Wagnerand Franz Liszt
Albéric Magnard
Carl Nielsen
Jean Sibelius
AlbéricMagnard
1865 1914 French composer
Carl Nielsen 1865 1931 Danish composer, renownedfor his sixsymphonies andconcerti
Jean Sibelius 1865 1957 Finnish nationalist composerof sevensymphonies, knownfor the symphonicpoem Finlandia andViolin Concerto
Ferruccio Busoni
FerruccioBusoni
1866 1924 Italian composer andpianist, known for hisopera Turandot andhis manytranscriptions andarrangements ofJohann SebastianBach
FrancescoCilea
1866 1950 Italian composer, particularly known for his two operasL'arlesiana and Adriana Lecouvreur
VladimirRebikov
1866 1920 Russian composer and pianist
Erik Satie 1866 1925 French composer and pianist, best known for Les TroisGymnopédies
JohannStrauss III
1866 1939 Austrian composer, son of Eduard Strauss
SamuelMaykapar
1867 1938 Russian composer
Amy Beach
Enrique Granados
Amy Beach 1867 1944 American composer and pianist
UmbertoGiordano
1867 1948 Italian opera composer
EnriqueGranados
1867 1916 Spanish composer andpianist, known for hispiano works andchamber music
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Scott Joplin
WilhelmPeterson-Berger
1867 1942 Swedish composer, wrotesymphonies, operas,vocal and pianomusic
CharlesKoechlin
1867 1950 French composer, teacher and writer on music
Scott Joplin c.1867/1868
1917 American composer and pianistknown as "TheRagtime King", bestknown for Maple LeafRag (1899) and TheEntertainer (1902)
GranvilleBantock
1868 1946 British composer
HermannBischoff
1868 1936 German composer
HamishMacCunn
1868 1916 Scottish composer, conductor and teacher
Vittorio Monti 1868 1922 Italian composer, violinist and conductor, only famous forCsárdás
Juventino Rosas
Seth Weeks
JuventinoRosas
1868 1894 Mexican composer, known forhis song "'Sobre lasOlas"
Jan BrandtsBuys
1868 1933 Dutch-Austrian
composer
TokichiSetoguchi
1868 1941 Japanese composer, music educator, conductor andclarinetist, famous for Warship March
Seth Weeks 1868 1953 American composer, musiceducator, jazzbandleader andmandolinist
DemetriosLialios
1869 1940 Greek composer of chamber music
Julius Conus 1869 1942 Russian composer and violinist
Albert Roussel
AlbertRoussel
1869 1937 French composer
ZygmuntStojowski
1870 1946 Polish composer and pianist
Franz Lehár 1870 1948 Hungarian composer, mainly known for his operettas
FlorentSchmitt
1870 1958 French composer
Luigi vonKunits
1870 1931 Serbian-bornAustrian
composer and conductor, founder of the Pittsburgand Toronto symphony orchestras
GuillaumeLekeu
1870 1894 Belgian composer, known for his violin sonata
GiacomoBalla
1871 1958 Italian futurist composer and artist
HenryKimballHadley
1871 1937 American composer and conductor, known for the operaCleopatra's Night
OresteRavanello
1871 1938 Italian composer, known for works for choir and for organ
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Alexander von Zemlinsky
Hugo Alfvén
WilhelmStenhammar
1871 1927 Swedish composer, conductorand pianist
AlexandervonZemlinsky
1871 1942 Austrian composer and musicteacher, his studentsinclude ArnoldSchoenberg andErich WolfgangKorngold
StanislavBinički
1872 1942 Serbian Composer
Hugo Alfvén 1872 1960 Swedish composer, known forSwedish Rhapsody,works include choralmusic, and fivesymphonies
Julius Fučík
Alexander Scriabin
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Julius Fučík 1872 1916 Czech composer and conductorof military bands, knownfor Entrance of theGladiators
RubinGoldmark
1872 1936 American composer, pianist, educator and nephew of KarlGoldmark
AlexanderScriabin
1872 1915 Russian composer andpianist, known for hisharmonicallyadventurous pianosonatas andtheatrical, orchestralworks
RalphVaughanWilliams
1872 1958 English composer, his worksinclude ninesymphonies,Fantasia on a Themeby Thomas Tallis andother orchestralpoems
SalvatorLéonardi
1872 1938 Italian composer, performer and teacher, known forSouvenir de Catania, Souvenir de Napoli,Souvenir de Sicile and Angeli e Demoni
William HenryBell
1873 1946 English composer, conductor and lecturer
Leo Fall 1873 1925 Austrian composer of operettas
PascualMarquinaNarro
1873 1948 Spanish prolific orchestral and operatic composer
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Gustav Holst
SergeiRachmaninoff
1873 1943 Russian composer, conductorand virtuoso pianist,wrote threesymphonies, fourpiano concertos,Rhapsody on aTheme of Paganiniand solo piano music
Max Reger 1873 1916 German prolific composer, known for his Variations andFugue on a Theme by Mozart
ReynaldoHahn
1874 1947 Venezuelan composer, known for his strikingly beautiful andunabashedly tonal melodies
Gustav Holst 1874 1934 English composer, bestknown for hisorchestral suite ThePlanets
Charles Ives 1874 1954 American composer, member of the American Five, bestknown for The Unanswered Question and hisConcord Sonata
Arnold Schoenberg
Josef Suk
ArnoldSchoenberg
1874 1951 Austrian composer, whoseearly works (e.g.Verklärte Nacht) areinfluenced byRichard Wagner, butsubsequentlydeveloped atonalismand serialism withsuch watershedworks as Moses undAron
Josef Suk 1874 1935 Czech composer andviolinist
FranzSchmidt
1874 1939 Austrian composer, influenced by Anton Bruckner andJohannes Brahms
Franco Alfano 1875 1954 Italian composer and pianist
Julián Carrillo 1875 1965 Mexican composer, conductor, violinist and music theorist
SamuelColeridge-Taylor
1875 1912 English composer, known for his trilogy of cantatas TheSong of Hiawatha
MikalojusKonstantinasČiurlionis
1875 1911 Lithuanian painter and composer
Reinhold Glière
Albert Ketelbey
ReinholdGlière
1875 1956 Russian composer
AlbertKetelbey
1875 1959 English composer, conductorand pianist
Fritz Kreisler 1875 1962 Austrian composer and violinist
Maurice Ravel
Manuel de Falla
MauriceRavel
1875 1937 French composer, bestknown for Boléro
HenrietteRenié
1875 1956 French harpist and composer
Edgar Bara 1876 1962 French mandolinist and composer, conducted mandolinorchestra
John AldenCarpenter
1876 1951 American composer
Manuel deFalla
1876 1946 Spanish composer, bestknown for The Three-Cornered Hat
Mieczysław Karłowicz
Carl Ruggles
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
MieczysławKarłowicz
1876 1909 Polish composer, his style isof late-Romantic andnationalist character
FilippoTommasoMarinetti
1876 1944 Italian futurist composer, poet, and editor
Fermo DanteMarchetti
1876 1940 Italian composer, best known for the song "Fascination"
LudolfNielsen
1876 1939 Danish composer, violinist, conductor and pianist
Carl Ruggles 1876 1971 American composer, painterand the member ofthe American Five,best known for hisorchestral work Sun-Treader
ErmannoWolf-Ferrari
1876 1948 Italian composer and musicteacher, known forhis comic operas
Petar Krstić 1877 1957 composerandconductor
Gabriel Dupont
Frank Bridge
AntonioRussolo
1877 1942 Italian futurist composer and brother of Luigi Russolo
ElisabethKuyper
1877 1953 Dutch composer and conductor
ErnőDohnányi
1877 1960 Hungarian conductor, composer and pianist
Isidor Bajić 1878 1915 Serbian composer, conductor, pedagogue and publisher
GabrielDupont
1878 1914 French composer, known forhis operas andchamber music
JosephHolbrooke
1878 1958 English composer, conductor and pianist
FranzSchreker
1878 1934 Austrian conductor, composer and music teacher, primarilya composer of operas
Frank Bridge 1879 1941 English composer, bestknown as the teacherof Benjamin Britten;compositions includeOration for cello andorchestra, The Seafor orchestra and fourstring quartets
ViggoBrodersen
1879 1965 Danish composer and pianist
Joseph Canteloube
Ottorino Respighi
JosephCanteloube
1879 1957 French composer, primarilyknown for Chantsd'Auvergne
HamiltonHarty
1879 1941 Irish composer and conductor, best known for An IrishSymphony
John Ireland 1879 1962 English composer, whose Piano Concerto isrepresentative
Alma Mahler 1879 1964 Austrian composer and wife of Gustav Mahler
Otto Olsson 1879 1964 Swedish composer
OttorinoRespighi
1879 1936 Italian composer, known forhis two symphonicpoems TheFountains of Romeand The Pines ofRome
Rudolf Sieczyński
Rentarō Taki
Ernest Bloch
RudolfSieczyński
1879 1952 Austrian composer
Cyril Scott 1879 1970 English composer, writer and poet
Rentarō Taki 1879 1903 Japanese composer and pianist
Ernest Bloch 1880 1959 Swiss-bornAmerican
composer, bestknown for Schelomofor cello andorchestra
EdgarThomasCook
1880 1953 English organist and composer
John Foulds 1880 1939 English composer
Jan Kubelík 1880 1940 Czech violinist and composer
Nikolai Medtner
NikolaiMedtner
1880 1951 Russian composer, known forhis piano sonatasand concerti
IldebrandoPizzetti
1880 1968 Italian composer, best known for his opera Assassinionella cattedrale
FrancescoBalillaPratella
1880 1955 Italian futurist composer and musicologist
Timeline
See also
List of Renaissance composers
List of Baroque composers
List of Classical era composers
List of classical music composers by era
List of 20th-century classical composers by birth date
List of piano composers
References
Notes
1. ^ Classical Net
Sources
Classical Net, Timeline of Major Composers 1600-Present (PDF), retrieved 2009-05-06 fromClassical Net - Composers and Their Works - Timelines
Classical Composers Database: Composers timeline (1800-1900). Retrieved 5 July 2006.
Machlis, Joseph and Forney, Kristine. The Enjoyment of Music: Seventh Edition, W.W. Norton &Company, 1995, ISBN 0-393-96643-7
Moss, Charles K. Claude Debussy and Impressionism at the Wayback Machine (archivedFebruary 9, 2008). Retrieved 17 January 2009.
Sadie, Julie Anne and Rhian Samuel. The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers, W.W.Norton & Company, 1995, ISBN 0-333-51598-6
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