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Ludwig van Beethoven Lists of classical music composers by era Medieval (476–1400) Renaissance (1400–1600) Baroque (1600–1760) Classical era (1730–1820) Romantic era (1815–1910) 20th century (1900–2000) 21st century (since 2000) List of Romantic-era composers en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Romantic-era_composers This is a list of Romantic-era composers. Note that this list is purely chronological, and also includes a substantial number of composers, especially those born after 1860, whose works cannot be 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 (born 1860–80) 6 Timeline 7 See also 8 References Classical-era/Romantic-era composers (born 1770–99) Name Date born Date died Nationality Comments Ludwig van Beethoven 1770 1827 German composer and pianist, regarded by many as the first Romantic-era composer, best known for Symphony No. 5 and Für Elise among others Ferdinando Carulli 1770 1841 Italian composer for the guitar, wrote concertos and chamber music

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Page 1: List of Romanticera Composers

Ludwig van Beethoven

Lists of classical musiccomposers by era

Medieval (476–1400)

Renaissance (1400–1600)

Baroque (1600–1760)

Classical era (1730–1820)

Romantic era (1815–1910)

20th century (1900–2000)

21st century (since 2000)

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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"

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Reinhold Glière

Albert Ketelbey

ReinholdGlière

1875 1956 Russian composer

AlbertKetelbey

1875 1959 English composer, conductorand pianist

Fritz Kreisler 1875 1962 Austrian composer and violinist

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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