29th April 2006, 12:38 PM
grateful dead, moby, doors, prince, miss patricola, sting, floyd, beatles, temptations, starship, simon and garfunkle, bing, massive attack, willie nelson, zeppelin, elvis, motorhead/propeller etc, jackson, queen, eagles, ludicrous, rotting christ, jamiroquai, nin, godflesh, elton, marylin manson, sinatra, oingo boingo, guns and roses, rolling stones, vaughn de leath, james fucking brown, helen kane, hendrix, rem, al jolson, jelly roll, parker dizzy miles thelonious benny duke billy buck basie mulligan way too many to list... and of course my big bands which i cant live without lets just copy paste from wiki
Louis Armstrong
Count Basie (Count Basie Orchestra)
Cab Calloway (Cab Calloway Orchestra)
Rob McConnell (the Boss Brass)
Tommy Dorsey (Dorsey Brothers Orchestra, Tommy Dorsey Orchestra)
Jimmy Dorsey (Dorsey Brothers Orchestra, Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra)
Eddy Duchin (Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra)
Duke Ellington (Duke Ellington Orchestra)
Gil Evans
Maynard Ferguson
Bob Florence (the Limited Edition)
Jan Garber (Jan Garber Orchestra)
Benny Goodman (Benny Goodman and His Orchestra)
Gordon Goodwin (Big Phat Band)
Fletcher Henderson
Woody Herman
Harry James
Isham Jones
Quincy Jones
Louis Jordan
Thad Jones
Sammy Kaye
Stan Kenton
Tom Kubis
Kay Kyser
Ted Lewis
Guy Lombardo
Billy May
Glenn Miller
Vaughn Monroe
Ray Noble
Buddy Rich
Nelson Riddle
Maria Schneider (Maria Schneider Orchestra)
Ben Selvin
Brian Setzer
Artie Shaw
Fred Waring
Chick Webb
Ted Weems
Lawrence Welk
Paul Whiteman
Gerald Wilson
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Canadian bandleaders
Guy Lombardo(Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians)
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Australian bandleaders
Warren Daly and Ed Wilson (The Daly/Wilson Big Band)
Bob Johnson (The Bob Johnson Big Band)
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British bandleaders
(taken from Julien Vedey's book Band Leaders (London, 1950):
Ambrose
Ivy Benson
Stanley Black
Tito Burns
Billy Cotton
Harry Davidson
Ray Ellington
Geraldo
Carroll Gibbons
Henry Hall (BBC Dance Orchestra)
Ted Heath
Jack Hylton
Jack Jackson
Harry Leader
Joe Loss
Major Glenn Miller
Harry Parry
Jack Payne
Oscar Rabin and Harry Davis
Edmundo Ros
Harry Roy
Victor Silvester
Debroy Somers
Cyril Stapleton
Lew Stone
Billy Ternent
Jay Whidden
Eric Winstone
Michael Senior and Roger Palmer
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German bandleaders
Roberto Delgado
Max Greger
James Last
Jo Ment
Günter Norris
Hugo Strasser
Kai Warner
williams, horner, elliot goldenthal, jerry goldsmith, zimmer, james newton howard, glass, elfman, poledouris, silvestri, shore, mark isham gets a mention because the crash soundtrack is cool, cocole tan dun orchestra dunno if i'm spelling that right (with yoyoma), harry gregson-williams but only because of narnia; fuck him we already have a hans zimmer, eric serra, feidel, too many to mention
SOME OF THESE GUYS SUCK, i have not edited the list its straight from wiki but the vast majority are must-haves. I'd list some greek and roman shit and the like which i'm studying now but unfortunately they didnt write their shit down.
Early Medieval composers ( Born before 1150)
Adam de St. Victor
Pope Gregory I
Godric (Saint Godric)
Hildegard of Bingen
Hucbald
Notker (Notker Balbulus)
Odo of Arezzo
Odo of Cluny
Tuotilo (Tutilo)
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Middle Medieval composers (born 1150-1300)
Léonin
Pérotin
W. de Wycombe
Petrus de Cruce (Pierre de la Croix)
Berenguier de Palou
Arnaut Daniel
Giraut de Bornelh
Marcabru
Peire Cardenal
Raymond Lull
Bernart de Ventadorn
Bertran de Born
Dante
Jaufre Rudel
Alfonso X of Castile
Wolfram von Eschenbach
Walther von der Vogelweide
Neidhart von Reuenthal
Azalais de Porcairagues
Castelloza
Comtessa de Dìa
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Late Medieval composers (born 1300-1450)
Philippe de Vitry
Guillaume de Machaut
Jehan de Lescurel
Borlet
Solage
François Andrieu
Francesco Landini
Gherardello da Firenze
Andrea da Firenze
Giovanni da Firenze (aka Giovanni da Cascia)
Paolo da Firenze (c. 1355 – c. 1436)
Donato da Cascia
Lorenzo Masini
Bartolino da Padova
Niccolò da Perugia
Maestro Piero
Anthonello de Caserta
Philippus de Caserta (aka Philipoctus de Caserta)
Johannes Ciconia
Matteo da Perugia
Jacopo da Bologna
Lorenzo da Firenze (d. 1372 or 1373)
Grimace
Jacob Senleches
Baude Cordier
Zacara da Teramo
Giovanni Mazzuoli (Giovanni degli Organi) (1360-1426)
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Transitional composers between the Medieval and Renaissance eras ( born 1400-1450)
Antonius de Civitate Austrie (Antonio da Cividale) (fl. c.1392-1421)
Johannes Cesaris (fl. c.1406-1417)
Roy Henry (very likely King Henry V) (fl. c. 1410)
Pycard (fl. c. 1410)
Richard Loqueville (d.1418)
Byttering (possibly Thomas Byttering) (fl. c. 1410-1420)
Bartolomeo da Bologna (fl. 1405-1427)
Jacobus Vide (fl.1405–1433)
John Dunstable (c.1380-1453)
Hugo de Lantins (fl. c.1430)
Arnold de Lantins (fl. c.1430)
Leonel Power (d.1445)
Gilles Binchois (c.1400-1460)
Johannes Brassart (c.1400-1455)
Guillaume Dufay (c.1400-1474)
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Transitional composers from the Medieval era (1400-1450)
Composers of a transitional period between the late Medieval and early Renaissance eras.
Giovanni Mazzuoli (Giovanni degli Organi) (1360-1426)
Antonio da Cividale (Antonius de Civitate Austrie) (fl. c.1392-1421)
Antonius Romanus (fl. 1400-1432)
Johannes Cesaris (fl. c.1406-1417)
Roy Henry (very likely King Henry V) (fl. c. 1410)
Pycard (fl. c. 1410)
Richard Loqueville (d.1418)
Byttering (possibly Thomas Byttering) (fl. c. 1410-1420)
Bartolomeo da Bologna (fl. 1405-1427)
Pierre Fontaine (c.1380-c.1450)
Jacobus Vide (fl.1405–1433)
Guillaume Legrant (Lemarcherier) (fl. 1405-1449)
Reginald Liebert (fl. c.1425–1435)
Clement Liebert (fl. 1433–1454)
Nicolas Grenon (c.1375-1456)
John Dunstable (c.1380-1453)
Hugo de Lantins (fl. c.1430)
Arnold de Lantins (fl. c.1430)
Leonel Power (d.1445)
Gilles Binchois (c.1400-1460)
Johannes Brassart (c.1400-1455)
Guillaume Dufay (c.1400-1474)
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Early Renaissance composers (1450-1500)
Guillaume le Rouge (fl. 1450–1465)
Nicolaus Zacharie (d. 1466)
John Browne (?-1505)
Conrad Paumann (c.1410-1473)
Johannes Pullois (d. 1478)
Johannes Ockeghem (c.1415-1497)
Gilles Joye (1424/1425-1483)
Johannes Regis (c.1425-c.1496)
Walter Frye (fl. c.1450-1475)
Robert Morton (c.1430-after 1475)
Antoine Busnois (c.1430-1492)
Juan de Urrede (c.1430-after 1482)
Adrien Basin (fl.1457–1476)
Firminus Caron (fl. c.1460-c.1475)
Juan Pérez de Gijón (fl. c.1460-1500)
Francisco de la Torre (fl. c.1460-1500)
Guillaume Faugues (fl. c.1460-1475)
Juan de Triana (fl. c.1460-1500)
Richard Hygons (c.1435-c1509)
Johannes Tinctoris (c.1435-1511)
Eloy d'Amerval (fl. 1455-1508)
Colinet de Lannoy (d. 1497)
Johannes Martini (c.1440-1497 or 1498)
Heinrich Finck (1444 or 1445-1527)
Hayne van Ghizeghem (c.1445-c.1480)
Johannes de Stokem (c.1445-1487)
Gaspar van Weerbeke (c.1445-after 1517)
Alexander Agricola (1446?-1506)
Philippe Basiron (c.1449-1491)
Josquin des Prez (c1450-1521)
Edmund Turges (c1450 - ?)
Walter Lambe (c1450 - after 1504)
Matthaeus Pipelare (c.1450-c.1515)
Robert Wilkinson (c1450-1515 or later)
Heinrich Isaac (c.1450-1517)
Jean Japart (fl. c.1474-1481)
Loyset Compère (c1450-1518)
Arnolt Schlick (c1450-c1525)
Franchinus Gaffurius (1451-1522)
Jacob Obrecht (c1453-1505)
Jacobus Barbireau (1455-1491)
Jean Mouton (c1459-1522)
Paul Hofhaimer (1459-1537)
Pierre de La Rue (c1460-1518)
Antoine Brumel (1460-after 1520)
Robert Fayrfax (1464-1521)
Richard Davy (c1465-c1507)
William Cornysh (c1465-1523)
Pedro de Escobar (c1465-1535)
Juan del Encina (1468-c1529)
Marchetto Cara (c1470-1525?)
Carpentras (c1470-1548)
Antoine de Févin (c1470-1511 or 1512)
Robert de Févin (fl. late 15th, early 16th c.) (brother of Antoine de Févin)
Mathieu Gascongne (fl. early 16th c.)
Francisco de Peñalosa (c1470-1528)
Bartolomeo Tromboncino (c1470-c1535)
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Middle Renaissance composers (1500-1550)
Ninot le Petit (fl. c. 1500-1520)
Pierre Alamire (c.1470-1536)
Antonius Divitis (c.1470-c.1530)
Richard Sampson (fl. c. 1516)
Vincenzo Capirola (1474-after 1548)
Bartolomeo degli Organi (1474-1539)
Nicolas Champion (c.1475-1533)
Filippo de Lurano (c1475-c1520)
Philippe Verdelot (c1475-before 1552)
Marco Dall'Aquila (c.1480-after 1538)
Jean l'Héritier (1480-1552) (also Heretier, Lhéritier, Lirithier)
Gasparo Alberti (c1480-1560)
Jean Richafort (c1480-1547)
Matheo Flecha (the elder) (in Catalan, Mateu Fletxa el Vell) (?1481-?1553)
Hans Buchner (1483-c1540)
Jacquet of Mantua (1483-1559)
Robert Carver (1484-1568)
Nicholas Ludford (1485-1557)
Hugh Aston (c1485-1558)
Clément Janequin (c1485-1558)
Pierre Moulu (c1485-c1550)
Martin Agricola (1486-1556)
Ludwig Senfl (c1486-c1542)
John Taverner (c1490-1545)
Leonhard Kleber (c1490-1556)
Bernardo Pisano (1490-1548)
Thomas Crecquillon (c1490-?1557)
Sandrin (Pierre Regnault) (c.1490-c.1560)
Claudin de Sermisy (c1490-1562)
Adrian Willaert (c1490-1562)
Henry VIII of England (1491-1547)
Francesco de Layolle (1492-c1540)
Lupus Hellinck (c.1494-1541)
Lupus (c.1495-after 1530)
Costanzo Festa (c1495-1545)
Nicolas Gombert (c1495-c1560)
David Peebles (fl. c1530-1579)
Pietro Paolo Borrono (fl. c1531-1549)
Johann Walter (1496-1570)
Francesco da Milano (1497-1543)
Luis de Narvaez (fl. c1540)
Arnold von Bruck (c.1500-1554)
Tomaso Cimello (c. 1500-after 1579)
Heliodoro de Paiva (c1500-1552)
Cristóbal de Morales (c1500-1553)
Luis de Milán (c1500-c1561)
Tielman Susato (c1500-c1562)
Bartolomé de Escobedo (c1500-1563)
Jacques Buus (c1500-1565)
Hilaire Penet (1501?-15??)
Francesco Corteccia (1502-1571)
Giovanni Paolo Paladini (fl. c1540-1560)
Marco da l'Aquila (fl. c1505-1555)
Jacques Arcadelt (1505?-1568) (also known as Jacob Arcadelt)
Cornelius Canis (c.1505-1561)
Christopher Tye (c1505-1572?)
Thomas Tallis (c1505-1585)
Johannes Lupi (c1506-1539)
Bálint Bakfark (1507-1576) (aka Valentin/Valentine/Valentinus Bakfark)
Paolo Aretino (1508-1584)
Giovanni Battista Conforti (fl. c1550)
Jacob Clemens non Papa (c1510-c1555) (Jacques Clément)
Guillaume Morlaye (c1510-c1558)
Claudio Veggio (c1510-15??)
Loys Bourgeois (c1510-1560) (also known as Louis Bourgeois)
Pierre de Manchicourt (c1510-1564)
Juan Bermudo (c1510-c1565)
Antonio de Cabezón (1510-1566)
Jean Maillard (c1510-c1570)
Diego Ortiz (c1510-c1570)
Claude Goudimel (c1510-1572)
Alonso Mudarra (c1510-1580)
Andrea Gabrieli (c.1510-1586)
Giuseppe Guami (1510-1586)
Dominique Phinot (c.1510-c.1556)
Vincenzo Ruffo (c.1510-1587)
Pierre Certon (d.1572)
Agostino Agostini (d.1569)
Ambrose Lupo (d.1591)
Giovanni Domenico da Nola (c.1515-1592)
John Sheppard (c1515-1559)
Cypriano de Rore (c1515-1565)
Tomás de Santa María (c1515-1570)
Adrian Le Roy (fl. c1550-1580)
Antonio Carreira (c1515-c1590)
Leonardo Meldart Fiamengo (fl. c1550-1600)
Fabrizio Dentice (fl. c1550-1600)
Gioseffo Zarlino (1517-1590)
John Black (c1520-1587)
Vincenzo Galilei (c1520-1591)
Didier Lupi Second (c.1520-after 1559)
Claude Gervaise (fl. 1540-1560)
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Late Renaissance composers (1550-1600)
Hubert Waelrant (c.1517-1595)
Giovanni Animuccia (c.1520-1571)
Vicente Lusitano (fl. 1550-1561)
Philippe de Monte (1521-1603)
Miguel de Fuenllana (fl. 1553-1578)
Girolamo Cavazzoni (c1525-after 1577)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c1525-1594)
Baldassare Donato (1525 to 1530-1603)
Hermann Finck (1527-1558)
Annibale Padovano (1527-1575)
John Angus (fl. c1562-1595)
Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)
William Mundy (c1528-before 1591)
Alberto da Ripa (1529-1551)
Costanzo Porta (c1529-1601)
Jacobus Vaet (c1529-1567
Rodrigo de Ceballos (c1530-1591)
Guillaume Boni (c1530-1594)
Elias Nikolaus Ammerbach (c1530-1597)
Fabrizzio Caroso (c1530-after 1600)
Guillaume Costeley (1530-1606)
Matheo Flecha (the younger) (in Catalan, Mateu Fletxa el Jove) (c.1530-1604)
Nicolas de La Grotte (1530-c.1600)
Claude Le Jeune (1530-1600)
Orlandus Lassus (c1531-1594) (also known as Orlando di Lasso)
Jacobus de Kerle (1531 or 1532-1591)
Hernando Franco (1532-1585)
Giammateo Asola (1532 or earlier-1609)
Claudio Merulo (1533-1604)
Lodovico Agostini (1534-1590)
Francesco Soto de Langa (1534-1619)
Antoine de Bertrand (c.1530/1540-1581)
Pietro Vinci (c1535-1584)
Filippo Azzaiolo (fl. 1557-1569)
Girolamo Conversi (fl. c1570-1590)
Annibale Stabile (c.1535-1595)
Giaches de Wert (1535-1596)
Johannes Matelart (before 1538-1607)
Robert Whyte (1538-1574)
Paschal de l'Estocart (?1539-after 1584)
Giovanni Leonardo Primavera (1540-1585)
Maddalena Casulana (c1540-c1590)
Vincenzo Bellavere (15??-1587)
Alessandro Striggio (c1540-1592)
Francisco de Peraza (fl. c1575-c1600)
Gioseffo Guami (c1540-1611)
Hernando de Cabezón (1541-1602)
Anthony Holborne (?-1602)
Andreas Pevernage (1542/1543-1591)
William Byrd (1543-1623)
Alfonso Ferrabosco (I) (1543-1588)
Giovanni Maria Nanino (Nanini) (1543 or 1544-1607)
Francesco Guami (c.1544-1602)
Girolamo Dalla Casa (d.1601)
Jacob Polonais (c1545 - 1605)
Luzzasco Luzzaschi (c1545-1607)
Giulio Caccini (c1545-1618)
Marc Antonio Ingegneri (c1547-1592)
Manuel Mendes (c1547-1605)
Francesco Soriano (c1548-1621)
Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Eustache Du Caurroy (1549-1609)
Giovanni de Macque (c.1549-1614)
Emilio de' Cavalieri (c1550-1602)
Jacques Champion (before 1555-1642)
Jacobus Gallus (Jacob Handl) (1550-1591)
Pomponio Nenna (c1550-1613)
Pedro de Cristo (c1550-1618)
Orazio Vecchi (1550-1605)
Girolamo Belli (1552-c.1620)
Leonhard Lechner (c1553-1606)
Luca Marenzio (c1553-1599)
Paolo Bellasio (1554-1594)
Girolamo Diruta (c1554-after 1610)
Alonso Lobo (c1555-1617)
John Mundy (c.1555-1630)
Nicholas Strogers (fl. c1590-1620)
Gabriele Villani (c1555-1625)
Manuel Rodrigues Coelho (c1555-c1635)
Richardo Rogniono (15?? - 1620)
Johannes Nucius (c.1556-1620)
Giovanni Croce (c1557-1609)
Alfonso Fontanelli (1557-1622)
Jacques Mauduit (1557-1627)
Thomas Morley (1557-1603)
Giovanni Gabrieli (1557-1612)
Giovanni Bassano (c1558-1617)
Giulio Belli (c1560-c1621)
Ruggiero Giovannelli (c1560-1625)
Antonio Il Verso (c1560-1621)
Giovanni Bernardino Nanino (1560-1623)
Peter Philips (1560-1628)
Hieronymus Praetorius (1560-1629)
William Brade (1560-1630)
Dario Castello (c1560-c1640)
Felice Anerio (c1560-1614)
Jacopo Peri (1561-1633)
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)
Hans Leo Hassler (1562-1612)
John Bull (1562-1628)
John Dowland (1563-1626)
Giles Farnaby (c1563-1640)
Cornelis Verdonck (1563-1625)
Kryštof Harant z Polžic a Bezdružic (1564-1621)
Giulio Cesare Martinengo (1564 or 1568-1613)
Sebastián Aguilera de Heredia (1565-1627)
Ascanio Mayone (1565-1627)
Duarte Lobo (c1565-1647)
Alessandro Piccinini (1566-1638)
Manuel Cardoso (1566-1650)
Carlo Gesualdo (1560-1613)
Thomas Campion (1567-1620)
Christoph Demantius (1567-1643)
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Adriano Banchieri (1568-1634)
Diomedes Cato (c1570-after 1615)
Giovanni Paolo Cima (1570-1622)
Joan Pau Pujol (1570-1626)
Alfonso Ferrabosco (II) (c1570-1628)
Michael Praetorius (c1571-1621)
Thomas Lupo (1571-1627)
Daniel Bacheler (1572-1618)
Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)
Claudio Pari (1574-after 1619)
John Wilbye (1574-1638)
William Simmes (c1575-c1625)
John Coprario (c1575-1626)
John Maynard (c1576 - before 1633)
Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623)
Melchior Franck (1579-1639)
Sigismondo d'India (c1582-1629)
Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
Antonio Cifra (1584-1629)
John Jenkins (1592-1678)
William Corkine (15?? - after 1617)
Richard Sumarte (15?? - after 1630)
(i'm really finicky with barouque, so i wont list anyone, it's a very personal taste and ALOT of it just background music for rich people)
Baroque era/Classical era transition composers (born before 1710)
Lodovico Giustini (1685 - 1743)
Jean-Baptiste Masse (c1700 - c1756)
Michel Blavet (1700 - 1768)
Johan Agrell (1701 - 1765)
Jean-Fery Rebel (the younger) (1701 - 1775)
Giovanni Battista Sammartini (c1701 - 1775)
Johann Ernst Eberlin (1702 - 1762)
Johann Gottlieb Graun (c1702-1771)
Carl Heinrich Graun (c1703-1759)
Giovanni Battista Pescetti (c1704 - c1766)
Baldassare Galuppi (1706 - 1785)
Georg Reutter (1708 - 1772)
Michel Corrette (1709 - 1795)
Christoph Schaffrath (1709 - 1763)
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710 - 1736)
Domenico Alberti (1710 - 1740)
Thomas Arne (1710 - 1778)
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710 – 1784)
William Boyce (1711 - 1779)
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Early Classical era composers (born 1710-1730)
John Stanley (1712 - 1786)
Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713 - 1780)
Per Brant (1714 - 1767)
Niccolò Jommelli (1714 - 1774)
Gottfried August Homilius (1714 - 1785)
Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714 - 1787)
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788)
Georg Christoph Wagenseil (1715 - 1777)
Hinrich Philip Johnsen (1716 - 1779)
Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz (1717 - 1757)
Leopold Mozart (1719 - 1787)
William Walond (1719 - 1768)
Johann Philipp Kirnberger (1721 - 1783)
Sebastián Ramón de Albero y Añaños (1722 - 1756)
Karl Friedrich Abel (1723 - 1787)
Armand-Louis Couperin (1727 - 1789)
Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729 - 1774)[1]
Giuseppe Sarti (1729 - 1802)[2]
Antonio Soler (1729 - 1783)
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Middle Classical era composers (born 1730-1750)
Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
François-Joseph Gossec (1734 - 1829)
Johann Gottfried Eckard (1735 - 1809)[3]
Johann Christian Bach (1735 - 1782)
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736 - 1809)
Michael Haydn (1737 - 1806)
Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739 - 1799)
Johann Baptist Vanhal (1739 - 1813)
André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry (1741 - 1813)
Andrea Luchesi (1741-1801)
Giovanni Paisiello (1741 - 1816)
Luigi Boccherini (1743 - 1805)
Franz Nikolaus Novotny (1743 - 1773)
Carl Stamitz (1745 - 1801)
Leopold Kozeluch (1747 - 1818)
Joseph Schuster (1748 - 1812)[4]
Domenico Cimarosa (1749 - 1801)
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Late Classical era composers (born 1750-1770)
Antonio Salieri (1750 - 1825)
Antonio Rosetti (c1750 - 1792)
Dmytro Bortniansky (1751 - 1825)
Muzio Clementi (1752 - 1832)
Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli (1752 - 1837)
Jean-Baptiste Breval (1753 - 1823)
Vincenzo Righini (1756 - 1812)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Joseph Martin Kraus (1756 - 1792)
Franziska Danzi Lebrun (1756-1791)
François Devienne (1759 - 1803)[5]
Franz Vinzenz Krommer (1759 - 1831)
Maria Theresa von Paradis (1759 - 1824)
Luigi Cherubini (1760 - 1842)
Johann Ladislaus Dussek (1760 - 1812),
Joseph de Momigny (1762 - 1842)
Franz Danzi (1763 - 1826)
Etienne Mehul (1763-1817)
Simon Mayr (1763 - 1845)
Franz Xaver Süssmayr (1766 - 1803)
Wenzel Muller (1767 - 1835)
Francesco Gnecco (1769 - 1810)
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Classical era/Romantic transition composers (born 1770-1800)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), German regarded by many as the first romantic composer and one of the most significant composers in history
Ferdinando Paer (1771 - 1839), Italian composer of opera.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778 - 1837), German composer, whose music bridged the Classical and Romantic periods
Fernando Sor (1778 - 1839), Spanish composer and guitarist
Anthony Philip Heinrich (1781 - 1861), American composer of Bohemian origin, wrote highly original program music; first significant American orchestral composer
John Field (1782 - 1837), Irish composer and pianist, notable for cultivating the nocturne
Niccolò Paganini (1782 - 1840), Italian violinist and composer
Daniel Auber (1782 - 1871), French opera composer, well known in his time, but rarely performed today
Louis Spohr (1784 - 1859), German composer
Pietro Raimondi (1786 - 1853), Italian composer of operas and sacred music, noted for innovative contrapuntal experiments
Carl Maria von Weber (1786 - 1826), German composer, a bridge between the Classical and Romantic styles
Nicolas Bochsa (1789 - 1856), French composer best known today for his studies and exercises for the harp. One of the most celebrated harpists of the XIXth century.
Carl Czerny (1791 - 1857), Austrian composer best known today for his studies and exercises for the piano
Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 - 1864), German composer, whose spectacular operas such as Les Huguenots were popular in his day, but are less often performed now
Gioacchino Rossini (1792 - 1868), Italian opera composer, best known for The Barber of Seville and overture to various other operas
Franz Berwald (1796 - 1868), Swedish composer, little known in his lifetime, but his four symphonies are better known today
Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), German composer of lieder
Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848), Italian opera composer, known for Lucia di Lammermoor and L'Elisir d'Amore among others
Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Austrian composer, regarded as the first significant lieder writer, also known for his chamber music, piano works and symphonies
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), German regarded by many as the first romantic composer and one of the most significant composers in history
Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778 - 1837), German composer, whose music bridged the Classical and Romantic periods.
Fernando Sor (1778 - 1839), Spanish composer and guitarist
Anthony Philip Heinrich (1781 - 1861), American composer of Bohemian origin, wrote highly original program music; first significant American orchestral composer
Daniel Auber (1782 - 1871), French opera composer, well known in his time, but rarely performed today
John Field (1782 - 1837), Irish composer and pianist, notable for cultivating the nocturne
Niccolò Paganini (1782 - 1840), Italian violinist and composer
Louis Spohr (1784 - 1859), German composer
Pietro Raimondi (1786 - 1853), Italian composer of operas and sacred music, noted for innovative contrapuntal experiments
Carl Maria von Weber (1786 - 1826), German composer, a bridge between the Classical and Romantic styles
Nicolas Bochsa (1789 - 1856), French composer best known today for his studies and exercises for the harp. One of the most celebrated harpists of the XIXth century.
Carl Czerny (1791 - 1857), Austrian composer best known today for his studies and exercises for the piano
Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 - 1864), German composer, whose spectacular operas such as Les Huguenots were popular in his day, but are less often performed now
Gioacchino Rossini (1792 - 1868), Italian opera composer, best known for The Barber of Seville and overtures to various other operas
Franz Berwald (1796 - 1868), Swedish composer, little known in his lifetime, but his four symphonies are better known today
Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), German composer of lieder
Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848), Italian opera composer, known for Lucia di Lammermoor and L'Elisir d'Amore among others
Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Austrian composer, regarded as the first significant lieder writer, also known for his chamber music, piano works and symphonies
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Early Romantic composers (born 1800-1820)
Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835), Italian opera composer, known for I Puritani, Norma and La Sonnambula among others
Josef Lanner (1801 – 1843) Austrian dance music composer
Adolphe-Charles Adam (1803 - 1856), French composer best known for his ballet score Giselle
Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869), French composer famous for his programmatic symphony, the Symphonie Fantastique
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857), Russian whose operas such as A Life for the Tsar are based on specifically Russian themes
Johann Strauss I (1804 - 1849), Austrian dance music composer
Fanny Mendelssohn (1805 - 1847), sister of Felix Mendelssohn who herself wrote piano music and songs
Juan Crisostomo de Arriaga (1806 - 1826), Spanish composer who moved to Paris, France
Michael William Balfe (1808 - 1870), Irish opera composer, best known for The Bohemian Girl (1844)
Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), German composer, known for his symphonies, violin concerto and the overture Fingal's Cave among other works
Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849), Polish composer-pianist, his output includes a number of Polish dances such as mazurkas
Robert Schumann (1810-1856), German composer, a significant lieder writer, also wrote many short piano pieces
Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886), Hungarian composer-pianist, wrote a number of tone poems and extended piano technique
Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813 - 1888), French composer and pianist
Stephen Heller (1813 - 1888), Hungarian composer and pianist
William Henry Fry (1813 - 1864), American composer; composed the first opera written and produced in the United States
Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901), one of the most popular Italian opera composers
Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883), German opera composer, regarded as one of the most significant composers of the 19th century
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1814-1865), German violinist and composer, considered by some the greatest violinist of his time after Paganini
Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817 - 1890), probably the most significant 19th century Danish composer
Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893), French composer, best known for his opera Faust
Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880), French operetta composer, known for The Tales of Hoffmann
Clara Schumann (1819-1896), wife of Robert, and pianist who also wrote piano music
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Middle Romantic composers (born 1820-1860)
Joseph Joachim Raff (1822 - 1882), Swiss-born composer, noted for his eleven symphonies, particular nos. 3 (Im Walde), 4 and 5 (Lenore)
César Franck (1822 - 1890), Belgian-born composer, noted for his Symphony, also a significant composer for the organ
Édouard Lalo (1823 - 1892), French composer remembered primarily for his Symphonie Espagnole for violin and orchestra and Cello Concerto
Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896), Austrian composer of nine large-scale symphonies (one incomplete and two more unacknowledged, the third dedicated to Richard Wagner who he admired)
Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884), Czech nationalist composer, perhaps best known for his cycle of symphonic poems, Ma Vlast
Johann Strauss, Jr. (1825-1899), Austrian composer, known as "The Waltz King", composer of "The Blue Danube"
Josef Strauss (1827 - 1870), Austrian dance music composer
Woldemar Bargiel (1828 - 1897), German composer and teacher
Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829 - 1869), American composer, incorporated Creole melodies into his work, a forerunner of ragtime
Anton Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), Russian composer-pianist
Karl Goldmark (1830 - 1915), Hungarian influenced by Wagner
Gustav Lange (1830 - 1889), German composer. Two of his best loved piano solos are Edelweiss (Op. 31) and Blumenlied (Op. 39), a.k.a, Flower Song.
Francis Edward Bache (1833 - 1858), English composer-pianist
Alexander Borodin (1833 - 1887), Russian chemist and nationalist composer, one of The Mighty Handful, wrote the opera Prince Igor
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), German composer seen as following in the footsteps of Beethoven. His first symphony was once called "Beethoven's tenth." Regarded as one of the greatest composers of the romantic era.
Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886), Italian composer
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921), French composer perhaps best known for The Carnival of the Animals
Henryk Wieniawski (1835 - 1880), Polish composer and violinist, most famous for his two concertos and character pieces of exceptional difficulty
Felix Draeseke (1835 - 1913), German composer of the 'New German' school who nevertheless composed in the classical forms: his greatest work is the Symphony No. 3 (Tragica); the Cello Sonata, Op. 51 is also worthy to be ranked with Brahms.
Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891), one of the first significant ballet composers since the baroque, known for his Coppelia and Sylvia
Emile Waldteufel (1837 - 1915) was a French composer of popular music as well as waltzes and polkas.
Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875), French composer famous for his opera Carmen
Max Bruch (1838 - 1920), German composer, today known mostly for his Violin Concerto No. 1, Scottish Fantasy and Kol Nidrei (for cello and orchestra)
Friedrich Gernsheim (1839 - 1916), German composer, conductor, pianist and teacher (Moscheles pupil and friend of Brahms)
Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881) Russian composer, known for his intensely nationalist, original works; famous for his opera Boris Godunov, and Pictures at an Exhibition.
John Knowles Paine (1839 - 1906) First native-born American composer to acquire fame for his large-scale orchestral music.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Russian composer known for his symphonies and other works
Antonín Dvo?ák (1841 - 1904), Nationalistic Czech composer, famous for his symphonies, especially the late ones.
Calixa Lavallée (1842 - 1891), Canadian composer best known for the national anthem, "O Canada". Wrote many Operettas and was a contemporary of Sir Arthur Sullivan.
Arrigo Boito (1842-1918), Italian composer and librettist, known as a composer exclusively for his opera Mefistofele
Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912), French composer best known for "Meditation" from his opera Thaïs
Arthur S. Sullivan (1842 - 1900), English operetta composer known for his collaborations with W. S. Gilbert
Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), Norwegian composer who wrote a famous Piano Concerto and several books of Lyric Pieces for the piano
Karl Michael Ziehrer (1843-1922), an Austrian composer and military bandmaster.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908), Russian composer, member of The Mighty Handful, wrote operas, the Capriccio espagnol and Scheherazade but probably best known for "The Flight of the Bumblebee"
Pablo Sarasate (1844-1908), Spanish virtuoso violinist and composer
Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), French composer, known for his chamber music and a requiem among other pieces
Charles-Marie Widor (1845 - 1937), French composer, noted for his works for the organ
Luigi Denza (1846 - 1922), Italian composer of Funiculì, Funiculà
Robert Fuchs (1847 - 1927), Austrian composer and teacher, taught Sibelius, Wolf, Mahler, Melartin, among others
Franz Xaver Scharwenka (1850 - 1924), Polish-German composer, pianist, and teacher
Aleksandr Taneyev (1850 - 1918), Russian nationalist composer
Francisco Tarrega (1852-1909), Spanish composer who wrote many works for guitar
George Whitefield Chadwick (1854 - 1931), little known today, but one of the first significant American composers
Ernest Chausson (1855 - 1899), French composer influenced by Franck and Wagner, seen as a bridge from them to Claude Debussy
Julius Röntgen (1855 - 1932), German-born, later Dutch composer of the school of Brahms: wrote over 600 works in all the classical forms
Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov (1855 - 1914), Russian nationalist composer
Giuseppe Martucci (1856 - 1909), Italian composer, conductor and pianist, teacher of Respighi, early advocate of Wagner in Italy who however composed almost entirely instrumental music
Sergei Taneyev (1856 - 1915), Russian composer, oriented towards classical forms and the central European tradition
Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934), English composer, famous for his Enigma Variations, symphonies and Pomp and Circumstance Marches, among other pieces
Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1858 - 1919), Italian opera composer, known almost exclusively for I Pagliacci
Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924), late romantic Italian opera composer (La Bohème, Tosca, Madame Butterfly)
Eugène Ysaÿe (1858 - 1931), Belgian virtuoso violinist and composer
Hans Rott (1858 - 1884), Viennese composer
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859 - 1935), Russian composer, noted for his orchestral suite Caucasian Sketches, which contains the much excerpted Procession of the Sardar
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Late Romantic composers (born 1860-1900)
Isaac Albéniz (1860 - 1909), first well-known Spanish composer since the Renaissance, composed nationalist piano works such as Iberia
Gustave Charpentier (1860 - 1956), French composer best known for his opera Louise
Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911), Austrian composer of innovative large-scale and sometimes programmatic symphonies
Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), Austrian song composer
Anton Arensky (1861 - 1906), Russian composer, and a teacher of Rachmaninoff among others. His first piano trio and Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky (arranged from the second of his string quartets) are most often played presently.
Edward German (1862 - 1936), English composer known for his comic opera and light music
Horatio Parker (1863 - 1919), American composer, highly regarded in the late 19th century
Hugh Blair (1864–1932), composer
Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949), German composer, also a noted conductor
Paul Dukas (1865 - 1935), French composer, almost exclusively known today for his piece of program music, The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Alexander Glazunov (1865 - 1936), Russian, influenced by Wagner and Liszt
Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957), Finnish nationalist composer
Ferruccio Busoni (1866 - 1924), Italian composer-pianist, known for his operas Doktor Faust and Turandot and his many transcriptions and arrangements of Johann Sebastian Bach
Amy Beach (1867 - 1944), American, the leading female composer of her time
Franz Lehár (1870 -1948) Hungarian, mainly known for his operettas.
Guillaume Lekeu (1870 - 1894), Belgian/Walloon, best known for his violin sonata (1892–3)
Amadeu Vives (1871-1932), Catalan composer
Paul Juon (1872 - 1940), Russian-born though much-travelled composer with a large output of chamber works and lieder especially
Alexander Scriabin (1872 - 1915), Russian,known for his harmonically adventurous piano sonatas and theatrical orchestral works
Max Reger (1873 - 1916), prolific German composer, known for his Variations on a Theme of Mozart
Franz Schmidt (1874-1939), Austrian composer, influenced by Mahler
Reinhold Gliere (1875 - 1956), Russian who wrote pieces in a romantic style well into the 20th century
Erkki Melartin (1875 - 1937), Finnish composer, pupil of Robert Fuchs, whose six symphonies show the influence of Mahler and Sibelius (and in the vocalise of the fourth, also of Nielsen)
Isidor Baji? (1878-1915),Serbian composer
Joseph Canteloube (1879 - 1957), French composer, best known for his Songs of the Auvergne
Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936), Italian composer, known for symphonic poems The Fountains of Rome and The Pines of Rome
Grigora? Dinicu (1889 - 1949), Romanian composer, best known for his violin showpieces
Claude Champagne (1891 - 1965), Canadian composer best known for his violin showpiece "Danse villageoise"
I wont even try to name everyone in the post modernism, experimental and the nine billion genres, just know the above and you'll be happy. arron copland should be a must have, penderecki is an aqcuired taste but brilliant and of course you know all th famous ones
koji kondo probably the best video game composer but lacks the 'hollywood epic' feel), nobou uematsu (a better composer, but lacks video game soul), yasunori mitsuda (epic, funny, brilliant, heartfelt he should be a film composer), zuntata (hate/love), tadashi kimijima (hate/love), club kukeiha, sada, maezawa, koichi sugiyama, jun ishikawa, ***Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka*** just 6 notes! shitamachi kajiya, mayu, (I think he's dead), grant kirkhope and graeme norgate obviously and a BUNCH of composers I just dont know but love their music, chibi-robo, battalion wars, wario games (twisted and microgames as well as the platformers) the sonic games, hell all of sega's stuff, beyond good and evil, the music engineers and composer for god of war, ico, shadow of the collosus and of course tetris which i think is litteraly 400 year old russian folk music.
I will not put him in the same catagory as above because that would be unfair to the other composers;Akira Yamaoka the sound effects and musical director, composer of billions of konami games but specifically silent hill's series -- the best video game soundtrack(s) in history with metroid series being very close 2nd including retro's offerings which would make Hip proud. If you have never heard the orchestral versions of the 8 and 16 bit music you have no idea what you're missing, alot of it is better than anything hollywood pumps out, alot of it sucks too :D
and i'd mention my favorite ocr arrangers and stage/musicals composers but fuck it i'm tired. I'll think of more later.
Louis Armstrong
Count Basie (Count Basie Orchestra)
Cab Calloway (Cab Calloway Orchestra)
Rob McConnell (the Boss Brass)
Tommy Dorsey (Dorsey Brothers Orchestra, Tommy Dorsey Orchestra)
Jimmy Dorsey (Dorsey Brothers Orchestra, Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra)
Eddy Duchin (Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra)
Duke Ellington (Duke Ellington Orchestra)
Gil Evans
Maynard Ferguson
Bob Florence (the Limited Edition)
Jan Garber (Jan Garber Orchestra)
Benny Goodman (Benny Goodman and His Orchestra)
Gordon Goodwin (Big Phat Band)
Fletcher Henderson
Woody Herman
Harry James
Isham Jones
Quincy Jones
Louis Jordan
Thad Jones
Sammy Kaye
Stan Kenton
Tom Kubis
Kay Kyser
Ted Lewis
Guy Lombardo
Billy May
Glenn Miller
Vaughn Monroe
Ray Noble
Buddy Rich
Nelson Riddle
Maria Schneider (Maria Schneider Orchestra)
Ben Selvin
Brian Setzer
Artie Shaw
Fred Waring
Chick Webb
Ted Weems
Lawrence Welk
Paul Whiteman
Gerald Wilson
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Canadian bandleaders
Guy Lombardo(Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians)
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Australian bandleaders
Warren Daly and Ed Wilson (The Daly/Wilson Big Band)
Bob Johnson (The Bob Johnson Big Band)
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British bandleaders
(taken from Julien Vedey's book Band Leaders (London, 1950):
Ambrose
Ivy Benson
Stanley Black
Tito Burns
Billy Cotton
Harry Davidson
Ray Ellington
Geraldo
Carroll Gibbons
Henry Hall (BBC Dance Orchestra)
Ted Heath
Jack Hylton
Jack Jackson
Harry Leader
Joe Loss
Major Glenn Miller
Harry Parry
Jack Payne
Oscar Rabin and Harry Davis
Edmundo Ros
Harry Roy
Victor Silvester
Debroy Somers
Cyril Stapleton
Lew Stone
Billy Ternent
Jay Whidden
Eric Winstone
Michael Senior and Roger Palmer
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German bandleaders
Roberto Delgado
Max Greger
James Last
Jo Ment
Günter Norris
Hugo Strasser
Kai Warner
williams, horner, elliot goldenthal, jerry goldsmith, zimmer, james newton howard, glass, elfman, poledouris, silvestri, shore, mark isham gets a mention because the crash soundtrack is cool, cocole tan dun orchestra dunno if i'm spelling that right (with yoyoma), harry gregson-williams but only because of narnia; fuck him we already have a hans zimmer, eric serra, feidel, too many to mention
SOME OF THESE GUYS SUCK, i have not edited the list its straight from wiki but the vast majority are must-haves. I'd list some greek and roman shit and the like which i'm studying now but unfortunately they didnt write their shit down.
Early Medieval composers ( Born before 1150)
Adam de St. Victor
Pope Gregory I
Godric (Saint Godric)
Hildegard of Bingen
Hucbald
Notker (Notker Balbulus)
Odo of Arezzo
Odo of Cluny
Tuotilo (Tutilo)
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Middle Medieval composers (born 1150-1300)
Léonin
Pérotin
W. de Wycombe
Petrus de Cruce (Pierre de la Croix)
Berenguier de Palou
Arnaut Daniel
Giraut de Bornelh
Marcabru
Peire Cardenal
Raymond Lull
Bernart de Ventadorn
Bertran de Born
Dante
Jaufre Rudel
Alfonso X of Castile
Wolfram von Eschenbach
Walther von der Vogelweide
Neidhart von Reuenthal
Azalais de Porcairagues
Castelloza
Comtessa de Dìa
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Late Medieval composers (born 1300-1450)
Philippe de Vitry
Guillaume de Machaut
Jehan de Lescurel
Borlet
Solage
François Andrieu
Francesco Landini
Gherardello da Firenze
Andrea da Firenze
Giovanni da Firenze (aka Giovanni da Cascia)
Paolo da Firenze (c. 1355 – c. 1436)
Donato da Cascia
Lorenzo Masini
Bartolino da Padova
Niccolò da Perugia
Maestro Piero
Anthonello de Caserta
Philippus de Caserta (aka Philipoctus de Caserta)
Johannes Ciconia
Matteo da Perugia
Jacopo da Bologna
Lorenzo da Firenze (d. 1372 or 1373)
Grimace
Jacob Senleches
Baude Cordier
Zacara da Teramo
Giovanni Mazzuoli (Giovanni degli Organi) (1360-1426)
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Transitional composers between the Medieval and Renaissance eras ( born 1400-1450)
Antonius de Civitate Austrie (Antonio da Cividale) (fl. c.1392-1421)
Johannes Cesaris (fl. c.1406-1417)
Roy Henry (very likely King Henry V) (fl. c. 1410)
Pycard (fl. c. 1410)
Richard Loqueville (d.1418)
Byttering (possibly Thomas Byttering) (fl. c. 1410-1420)
Bartolomeo da Bologna (fl. 1405-1427)
Jacobus Vide (fl.1405–1433)
John Dunstable (c.1380-1453)
Hugo de Lantins (fl. c.1430)
Arnold de Lantins (fl. c.1430)
Leonel Power (d.1445)
Gilles Binchois (c.1400-1460)
Johannes Brassart (c.1400-1455)
Guillaume Dufay (c.1400-1474)
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Transitional composers from the Medieval era (1400-1450)
Composers of a transitional period between the late Medieval and early Renaissance eras.
Giovanni Mazzuoli (Giovanni degli Organi) (1360-1426)
Antonio da Cividale (Antonius de Civitate Austrie) (fl. c.1392-1421)
Antonius Romanus (fl. 1400-1432)
Johannes Cesaris (fl. c.1406-1417)
Roy Henry (very likely King Henry V) (fl. c. 1410)
Pycard (fl. c. 1410)
Richard Loqueville (d.1418)
Byttering (possibly Thomas Byttering) (fl. c. 1410-1420)
Bartolomeo da Bologna (fl. 1405-1427)
Pierre Fontaine (c.1380-c.1450)
Jacobus Vide (fl.1405–1433)
Guillaume Legrant (Lemarcherier) (fl. 1405-1449)
Reginald Liebert (fl. c.1425–1435)
Clement Liebert (fl. 1433–1454)
Nicolas Grenon (c.1375-1456)
John Dunstable (c.1380-1453)
Hugo de Lantins (fl. c.1430)
Arnold de Lantins (fl. c.1430)
Leonel Power (d.1445)
Gilles Binchois (c.1400-1460)
Johannes Brassart (c.1400-1455)
Guillaume Dufay (c.1400-1474)
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Early Renaissance composers (1450-1500)
Guillaume le Rouge (fl. 1450–1465)
Nicolaus Zacharie (d. 1466)
John Browne (?-1505)
Conrad Paumann (c.1410-1473)
Johannes Pullois (d. 1478)
Johannes Ockeghem (c.1415-1497)
Gilles Joye (1424/1425-1483)
Johannes Regis (c.1425-c.1496)
Walter Frye (fl. c.1450-1475)
Robert Morton (c.1430-after 1475)
Antoine Busnois (c.1430-1492)
Juan de Urrede (c.1430-after 1482)
Adrien Basin (fl.1457–1476)
Firminus Caron (fl. c.1460-c.1475)
Juan Pérez de Gijón (fl. c.1460-1500)
Francisco de la Torre (fl. c.1460-1500)
Guillaume Faugues (fl. c.1460-1475)
Juan de Triana (fl. c.1460-1500)
Richard Hygons (c.1435-c1509)
Johannes Tinctoris (c.1435-1511)
Eloy d'Amerval (fl. 1455-1508)
Colinet de Lannoy (d. 1497)
Johannes Martini (c.1440-1497 or 1498)
Heinrich Finck (1444 or 1445-1527)
Hayne van Ghizeghem (c.1445-c.1480)
Johannes de Stokem (c.1445-1487)
Gaspar van Weerbeke (c.1445-after 1517)
Alexander Agricola (1446?-1506)
Philippe Basiron (c.1449-1491)
Josquin des Prez (c1450-1521)
Edmund Turges (c1450 - ?)
Walter Lambe (c1450 - after 1504)
Matthaeus Pipelare (c.1450-c.1515)
Robert Wilkinson (c1450-1515 or later)
Heinrich Isaac (c.1450-1517)
Jean Japart (fl. c.1474-1481)
Loyset Compère (c1450-1518)
Arnolt Schlick (c1450-c1525)
Franchinus Gaffurius (1451-1522)
Jacob Obrecht (c1453-1505)
Jacobus Barbireau (1455-1491)
Jean Mouton (c1459-1522)
Paul Hofhaimer (1459-1537)
Pierre de La Rue (c1460-1518)
Antoine Brumel (1460-after 1520)
Robert Fayrfax (1464-1521)
Richard Davy (c1465-c1507)
William Cornysh (c1465-1523)
Pedro de Escobar (c1465-1535)
Juan del Encina (1468-c1529)
Marchetto Cara (c1470-1525?)
Carpentras (c1470-1548)
Antoine de Févin (c1470-1511 or 1512)
Robert de Févin (fl. late 15th, early 16th c.) (brother of Antoine de Févin)
Mathieu Gascongne (fl. early 16th c.)
Francisco de Peñalosa (c1470-1528)
Bartolomeo Tromboncino (c1470-c1535)
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Middle Renaissance composers (1500-1550)
Ninot le Petit (fl. c. 1500-1520)
Pierre Alamire (c.1470-1536)
Antonius Divitis (c.1470-c.1530)
Richard Sampson (fl. c. 1516)
Vincenzo Capirola (1474-after 1548)
Bartolomeo degli Organi (1474-1539)
Nicolas Champion (c.1475-1533)
Filippo de Lurano (c1475-c1520)
Philippe Verdelot (c1475-before 1552)
Marco Dall'Aquila (c.1480-after 1538)
Jean l'Héritier (1480-1552) (also Heretier, Lhéritier, Lirithier)
Gasparo Alberti (c1480-1560)
Jean Richafort (c1480-1547)
Matheo Flecha (the elder) (in Catalan, Mateu Fletxa el Vell) (?1481-?1553)
Hans Buchner (1483-c1540)
Jacquet of Mantua (1483-1559)
Robert Carver (1484-1568)
Nicholas Ludford (1485-1557)
Hugh Aston (c1485-1558)
Clément Janequin (c1485-1558)
Pierre Moulu (c1485-c1550)
Martin Agricola (1486-1556)
Ludwig Senfl (c1486-c1542)
John Taverner (c1490-1545)
Leonhard Kleber (c1490-1556)
Bernardo Pisano (1490-1548)
Thomas Crecquillon (c1490-?1557)
Sandrin (Pierre Regnault) (c.1490-c.1560)
Claudin de Sermisy (c1490-1562)
Adrian Willaert (c1490-1562)
Henry VIII of England (1491-1547)
Francesco de Layolle (1492-c1540)
Lupus Hellinck (c.1494-1541)
Lupus (c.1495-after 1530)
Costanzo Festa (c1495-1545)
Nicolas Gombert (c1495-c1560)
David Peebles (fl. c1530-1579)
Pietro Paolo Borrono (fl. c1531-1549)
Johann Walter (1496-1570)
Francesco da Milano (1497-1543)
Luis de Narvaez (fl. c1540)
Arnold von Bruck (c.1500-1554)
Tomaso Cimello (c. 1500-after 1579)
Heliodoro de Paiva (c1500-1552)
Cristóbal de Morales (c1500-1553)
Luis de Milán (c1500-c1561)
Tielman Susato (c1500-c1562)
Bartolomé de Escobedo (c1500-1563)
Jacques Buus (c1500-1565)
Hilaire Penet (1501?-15??)
Francesco Corteccia (1502-1571)
Giovanni Paolo Paladini (fl. c1540-1560)
Marco da l'Aquila (fl. c1505-1555)
Jacques Arcadelt (1505?-1568) (also known as Jacob Arcadelt)
Cornelius Canis (c.1505-1561)
Christopher Tye (c1505-1572?)
Thomas Tallis (c1505-1585)
Johannes Lupi (c1506-1539)
Bálint Bakfark (1507-1576) (aka Valentin/Valentine/Valentinus Bakfark)
Paolo Aretino (1508-1584)
Giovanni Battista Conforti (fl. c1550)
Jacob Clemens non Papa (c1510-c1555) (Jacques Clément)
Guillaume Morlaye (c1510-c1558)
Claudio Veggio (c1510-15??)
Loys Bourgeois (c1510-1560) (also known as Louis Bourgeois)
Pierre de Manchicourt (c1510-1564)
Juan Bermudo (c1510-c1565)
Antonio de Cabezón (1510-1566)
Jean Maillard (c1510-c1570)
Diego Ortiz (c1510-c1570)
Claude Goudimel (c1510-1572)
Alonso Mudarra (c1510-1580)
Andrea Gabrieli (c.1510-1586)
Giuseppe Guami (1510-1586)
Dominique Phinot (c.1510-c.1556)
Vincenzo Ruffo (c.1510-1587)
Pierre Certon (d.1572)
Agostino Agostini (d.1569)
Ambrose Lupo (d.1591)
Giovanni Domenico da Nola (c.1515-1592)
John Sheppard (c1515-1559)
Cypriano de Rore (c1515-1565)
Tomás de Santa María (c1515-1570)
Adrian Le Roy (fl. c1550-1580)
Antonio Carreira (c1515-c1590)
Leonardo Meldart Fiamengo (fl. c1550-1600)
Fabrizio Dentice (fl. c1550-1600)
Gioseffo Zarlino (1517-1590)
John Black (c1520-1587)
Vincenzo Galilei (c1520-1591)
Didier Lupi Second (c.1520-after 1559)
Claude Gervaise (fl. 1540-1560)
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Late Renaissance composers (1550-1600)
Hubert Waelrant (c.1517-1595)
Giovanni Animuccia (c.1520-1571)
Vicente Lusitano (fl. 1550-1561)
Philippe de Monte (1521-1603)
Miguel de Fuenllana (fl. 1553-1578)
Girolamo Cavazzoni (c1525-after 1577)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c1525-1594)
Baldassare Donato (1525 to 1530-1603)
Hermann Finck (1527-1558)
Annibale Padovano (1527-1575)
John Angus (fl. c1562-1595)
Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)
William Mundy (c1528-before 1591)
Alberto da Ripa (1529-1551)
Costanzo Porta (c1529-1601)
Jacobus Vaet (c1529-1567
Rodrigo de Ceballos (c1530-1591)
Guillaume Boni (c1530-1594)
Elias Nikolaus Ammerbach (c1530-1597)
Fabrizzio Caroso (c1530-after 1600)
Guillaume Costeley (1530-1606)
Matheo Flecha (the younger) (in Catalan, Mateu Fletxa el Jove) (c.1530-1604)
Nicolas de La Grotte (1530-c.1600)
Claude Le Jeune (1530-1600)
Orlandus Lassus (c1531-1594) (also known as Orlando di Lasso)
Jacobus de Kerle (1531 or 1532-1591)
Hernando Franco (1532-1585)
Giammateo Asola (1532 or earlier-1609)
Claudio Merulo (1533-1604)
Lodovico Agostini (1534-1590)
Francesco Soto de Langa (1534-1619)
Antoine de Bertrand (c.1530/1540-1581)
Pietro Vinci (c1535-1584)
Filippo Azzaiolo (fl. 1557-1569)
Girolamo Conversi (fl. c1570-1590)
Annibale Stabile (c.1535-1595)
Giaches de Wert (1535-1596)
Johannes Matelart (before 1538-1607)
Robert Whyte (1538-1574)
Paschal de l'Estocart (?1539-after 1584)
Giovanni Leonardo Primavera (1540-1585)
Maddalena Casulana (c1540-c1590)
Vincenzo Bellavere (15??-1587)
Alessandro Striggio (c1540-1592)
Francisco de Peraza (fl. c1575-c1600)
Gioseffo Guami (c1540-1611)
Hernando de Cabezón (1541-1602)
Anthony Holborne (?-1602)
Andreas Pevernage (1542/1543-1591)
William Byrd (1543-1623)
Alfonso Ferrabosco (I) (1543-1588)
Giovanni Maria Nanino (Nanini) (1543 or 1544-1607)
Francesco Guami (c.1544-1602)
Girolamo Dalla Casa (d.1601)
Jacob Polonais (c1545 - 1605)
Luzzasco Luzzaschi (c1545-1607)
Giulio Caccini (c1545-1618)
Marc Antonio Ingegneri (c1547-1592)
Manuel Mendes (c1547-1605)
Francesco Soriano (c1548-1621)
Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Eustache Du Caurroy (1549-1609)
Giovanni de Macque (c.1549-1614)
Emilio de' Cavalieri (c1550-1602)
Jacques Champion (before 1555-1642)
Jacobus Gallus (Jacob Handl) (1550-1591)
Pomponio Nenna (c1550-1613)
Pedro de Cristo (c1550-1618)
Orazio Vecchi (1550-1605)
Girolamo Belli (1552-c.1620)
Leonhard Lechner (c1553-1606)
Luca Marenzio (c1553-1599)
Paolo Bellasio (1554-1594)
Girolamo Diruta (c1554-after 1610)
Alonso Lobo (c1555-1617)
John Mundy (c.1555-1630)
Nicholas Strogers (fl. c1590-1620)
Gabriele Villani (c1555-1625)
Manuel Rodrigues Coelho (c1555-c1635)
Richardo Rogniono (15?? - 1620)
Johannes Nucius (c.1556-1620)
Giovanni Croce (c1557-1609)
Alfonso Fontanelli (1557-1622)
Jacques Mauduit (1557-1627)
Thomas Morley (1557-1603)
Giovanni Gabrieli (1557-1612)
Giovanni Bassano (c1558-1617)
Giulio Belli (c1560-c1621)
Ruggiero Giovannelli (c1560-1625)
Antonio Il Verso (c1560-1621)
Giovanni Bernardino Nanino (1560-1623)
Peter Philips (1560-1628)
Hieronymus Praetorius (1560-1629)
William Brade (1560-1630)
Dario Castello (c1560-c1640)
Felice Anerio (c1560-1614)
Jacopo Peri (1561-1633)
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)
Hans Leo Hassler (1562-1612)
John Bull (1562-1628)
John Dowland (1563-1626)
Giles Farnaby (c1563-1640)
Cornelis Verdonck (1563-1625)
Kryštof Harant z Polžic a Bezdružic (1564-1621)
Giulio Cesare Martinengo (1564 or 1568-1613)
Sebastián Aguilera de Heredia (1565-1627)
Ascanio Mayone (1565-1627)
Duarte Lobo (c1565-1647)
Alessandro Piccinini (1566-1638)
Manuel Cardoso (1566-1650)
Carlo Gesualdo (1560-1613)
Thomas Campion (1567-1620)
Christoph Demantius (1567-1643)
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Adriano Banchieri (1568-1634)
Diomedes Cato (c1570-after 1615)
Giovanni Paolo Cima (1570-1622)
Joan Pau Pujol (1570-1626)
Alfonso Ferrabosco (II) (c1570-1628)
Michael Praetorius (c1571-1621)
Thomas Lupo (1571-1627)
Daniel Bacheler (1572-1618)
Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)
Claudio Pari (1574-after 1619)
John Wilbye (1574-1638)
William Simmes (c1575-c1625)
John Coprario (c1575-1626)
John Maynard (c1576 - before 1633)
Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623)
Melchior Franck (1579-1639)
Sigismondo d'India (c1582-1629)
Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
Antonio Cifra (1584-1629)
John Jenkins (1592-1678)
William Corkine (15?? - after 1617)
Richard Sumarte (15?? - after 1630)
(i'm really finicky with barouque, so i wont list anyone, it's a very personal taste and ALOT of it just background music for rich people)
Baroque era/Classical era transition composers (born before 1710)
Lodovico Giustini (1685 - 1743)
Jean-Baptiste Masse (c1700 - c1756)
Michel Blavet (1700 - 1768)
Johan Agrell (1701 - 1765)
Jean-Fery Rebel (the younger) (1701 - 1775)
Giovanni Battista Sammartini (c1701 - 1775)
Johann Ernst Eberlin (1702 - 1762)
Johann Gottlieb Graun (c1702-1771)
Carl Heinrich Graun (c1703-1759)
Giovanni Battista Pescetti (c1704 - c1766)
Baldassare Galuppi (1706 - 1785)
Georg Reutter (1708 - 1772)
Michel Corrette (1709 - 1795)
Christoph Schaffrath (1709 - 1763)
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710 - 1736)
Domenico Alberti (1710 - 1740)
Thomas Arne (1710 - 1778)
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710 – 1784)
William Boyce (1711 - 1779)
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Early Classical era composers (born 1710-1730)
John Stanley (1712 - 1786)
Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713 - 1780)
Per Brant (1714 - 1767)
Niccolò Jommelli (1714 - 1774)
Gottfried August Homilius (1714 - 1785)
Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714 - 1787)
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788)
Georg Christoph Wagenseil (1715 - 1777)
Hinrich Philip Johnsen (1716 - 1779)
Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz (1717 - 1757)
Leopold Mozart (1719 - 1787)
William Walond (1719 - 1768)
Johann Philipp Kirnberger (1721 - 1783)
Sebastián Ramón de Albero y Añaños (1722 - 1756)
Karl Friedrich Abel (1723 - 1787)
Armand-Louis Couperin (1727 - 1789)
Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729 - 1774)[1]
Giuseppe Sarti (1729 - 1802)[2]
Antonio Soler (1729 - 1783)
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Middle Classical era composers (born 1730-1750)
Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
François-Joseph Gossec (1734 - 1829)
Johann Gottfried Eckard (1735 - 1809)[3]
Johann Christian Bach (1735 - 1782)
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736 - 1809)
Michael Haydn (1737 - 1806)
Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739 - 1799)
Johann Baptist Vanhal (1739 - 1813)
André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry (1741 - 1813)
Andrea Luchesi (1741-1801)
Giovanni Paisiello (1741 - 1816)
Luigi Boccherini (1743 - 1805)
Franz Nikolaus Novotny (1743 - 1773)
Carl Stamitz (1745 - 1801)
Leopold Kozeluch (1747 - 1818)
Joseph Schuster (1748 - 1812)[4]
Domenico Cimarosa (1749 - 1801)
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Late Classical era composers (born 1750-1770)
Antonio Salieri (1750 - 1825)
Antonio Rosetti (c1750 - 1792)
Dmytro Bortniansky (1751 - 1825)
Muzio Clementi (1752 - 1832)
Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli (1752 - 1837)
Jean-Baptiste Breval (1753 - 1823)
Vincenzo Righini (1756 - 1812)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Joseph Martin Kraus (1756 - 1792)
Franziska Danzi Lebrun (1756-1791)
François Devienne (1759 - 1803)[5]
Franz Vinzenz Krommer (1759 - 1831)
Maria Theresa von Paradis (1759 - 1824)
Luigi Cherubini (1760 - 1842)
Johann Ladislaus Dussek (1760 - 1812),
Joseph de Momigny (1762 - 1842)
Franz Danzi (1763 - 1826)
Etienne Mehul (1763-1817)
Simon Mayr (1763 - 1845)
Franz Xaver Süssmayr (1766 - 1803)
Wenzel Muller (1767 - 1835)
Francesco Gnecco (1769 - 1810)
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Classical era/Romantic transition composers (born 1770-1800)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), German regarded by many as the first romantic composer and one of the most significant composers in history
Ferdinando Paer (1771 - 1839), Italian composer of opera.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778 - 1837), German composer, whose music bridged the Classical and Romantic periods
Fernando Sor (1778 - 1839), Spanish composer and guitarist
Anthony Philip Heinrich (1781 - 1861), American composer of Bohemian origin, wrote highly original program music; first significant American orchestral composer
John Field (1782 - 1837), Irish composer and pianist, notable for cultivating the nocturne
Niccolò Paganini (1782 - 1840), Italian violinist and composer
Daniel Auber (1782 - 1871), French opera composer, well known in his time, but rarely performed today
Louis Spohr (1784 - 1859), German composer
Pietro Raimondi (1786 - 1853), Italian composer of operas and sacred music, noted for innovative contrapuntal experiments
Carl Maria von Weber (1786 - 1826), German composer, a bridge between the Classical and Romantic styles
Nicolas Bochsa (1789 - 1856), French composer best known today for his studies and exercises for the harp. One of the most celebrated harpists of the XIXth century.
Carl Czerny (1791 - 1857), Austrian composer best known today for his studies and exercises for the piano
Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 - 1864), German composer, whose spectacular operas such as Les Huguenots were popular in his day, but are less often performed now
Gioacchino Rossini (1792 - 1868), Italian opera composer, best known for The Barber of Seville and overture to various other operas
Franz Berwald (1796 - 1868), Swedish composer, little known in his lifetime, but his four symphonies are better known today
Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), German composer of lieder
Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848), Italian opera composer, known for Lucia di Lammermoor and L'Elisir d'Amore among others
Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Austrian composer, regarded as the first significant lieder writer, also known for his chamber music, piano works and symphonies
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), German regarded by many as the first romantic composer and one of the most significant composers in history
Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778 - 1837), German composer, whose music bridged the Classical and Romantic periods.
Fernando Sor (1778 - 1839), Spanish composer and guitarist
Anthony Philip Heinrich (1781 - 1861), American composer of Bohemian origin, wrote highly original program music; first significant American orchestral composer
Daniel Auber (1782 - 1871), French opera composer, well known in his time, but rarely performed today
John Field (1782 - 1837), Irish composer and pianist, notable for cultivating the nocturne
Niccolò Paganini (1782 - 1840), Italian violinist and composer
Louis Spohr (1784 - 1859), German composer
Pietro Raimondi (1786 - 1853), Italian composer of operas and sacred music, noted for innovative contrapuntal experiments
Carl Maria von Weber (1786 - 1826), German composer, a bridge between the Classical and Romantic styles
Nicolas Bochsa (1789 - 1856), French composer best known today for his studies and exercises for the harp. One of the most celebrated harpists of the XIXth century.
Carl Czerny (1791 - 1857), Austrian composer best known today for his studies and exercises for the piano
Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 - 1864), German composer, whose spectacular operas such as Les Huguenots were popular in his day, but are less often performed now
Gioacchino Rossini (1792 - 1868), Italian opera composer, best known for The Barber of Seville and overtures to various other operas
Franz Berwald (1796 - 1868), Swedish composer, little known in his lifetime, but his four symphonies are better known today
Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), German composer of lieder
Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848), Italian opera composer, known for Lucia di Lammermoor and L'Elisir d'Amore among others
Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Austrian composer, regarded as the first significant lieder writer, also known for his chamber music, piano works and symphonies
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Early Romantic composers (born 1800-1820)
Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835), Italian opera composer, known for I Puritani, Norma and La Sonnambula among others
Josef Lanner (1801 – 1843) Austrian dance music composer
Adolphe-Charles Adam (1803 - 1856), French composer best known for his ballet score Giselle
Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869), French composer famous for his programmatic symphony, the Symphonie Fantastique
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857), Russian whose operas such as A Life for the Tsar are based on specifically Russian themes
Johann Strauss I (1804 - 1849), Austrian dance music composer
Fanny Mendelssohn (1805 - 1847), sister of Felix Mendelssohn who herself wrote piano music and songs
Juan Crisostomo de Arriaga (1806 - 1826), Spanish composer who moved to Paris, France
Michael William Balfe (1808 - 1870), Irish opera composer, best known for The Bohemian Girl (1844)
Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), German composer, known for his symphonies, violin concerto and the overture Fingal's Cave among other works
Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849), Polish composer-pianist, his output includes a number of Polish dances such as mazurkas
Robert Schumann (1810-1856), German composer, a significant lieder writer, also wrote many short piano pieces
Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886), Hungarian composer-pianist, wrote a number of tone poems and extended piano technique
Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813 - 1888), French composer and pianist
Stephen Heller (1813 - 1888), Hungarian composer and pianist
William Henry Fry (1813 - 1864), American composer; composed the first opera written and produced in the United States
Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901), one of the most popular Italian opera composers
Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883), German opera composer, regarded as one of the most significant composers of the 19th century
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1814-1865), German violinist and composer, considered by some the greatest violinist of his time after Paganini
Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817 - 1890), probably the most significant 19th century Danish composer
Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893), French composer, best known for his opera Faust
Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880), French operetta composer, known for The Tales of Hoffmann
Clara Schumann (1819-1896), wife of Robert, and pianist who also wrote piano music
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Middle Romantic composers (born 1820-1860)
Joseph Joachim Raff (1822 - 1882), Swiss-born composer, noted for his eleven symphonies, particular nos. 3 (Im Walde), 4 and 5 (Lenore)
César Franck (1822 - 1890), Belgian-born composer, noted for his Symphony, also a significant composer for the organ
Édouard Lalo (1823 - 1892), French composer remembered primarily for his Symphonie Espagnole for violin and orchestra and Cello Concerto
Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896), Austrian composer of nine large-scale symphonies (one incomplete and two more unacknowledged, the third dedicated to Richard Wagner who he admired)
Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884), Czech nationalist composer, perhaps best known for his cycle of symphonic poems, Ma Vlast
Johann Strauss, Jr. (1825-1899), Austrian composer, known as "The Waltz King", composer of "The Blue Danube"
Josef Strauss (1827 - 1870), Austrian dance music composer
Woldemar Bargiel (1828 - 1897), German composer and teacher
Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829 - 1869), American composer, incorporated Creole melodies into his work, a forerunner of ragtime
Anton Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), Russian composer-pianist
Karl Goldmark (1830 - 1915), Hungarian influenced by Wagner
Gustav Lange (1830 - 1889), German composer. Two of his best loved piano solos are Edelweiss (Op. 31) and Blumenlied (Op. 39), a.k.a, Flower Song.
Francis Edward Bache (1833 - 1858), English composer-pianist
Alexander Borodin (1833 - 1887), Russian chemist and nationalist composer, one of The Mighty Handful, wrote the opera Prince Igor
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), German composer seen as following in the footsteps of Beethoven. His first symphony was once called "Beethoven's tenth." Regarded as one of the greatest composers of the romantic era.
Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886), Italian composer
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921), French composer perhaps best known for The Carnival of the Animals
Henryk Wieniawski (1835 - 1880), Polish composer and violinist, most famous for his two concertos and character pieces of exceptional difficulty
Felix Draeseke (1835 - 1913), German composer of the 'New German' school who nevertheless composed in the classical forms: his greatest work is the Symphony No. 3 (Tragica); the Cello Sonata, Op. 51 is also worthy to be ranked with Brahms.
Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891), one of the first significant ballet composers since the baroque, known for his Coppelia and Sylvia
Emile Waldteufel (1837 - 1915) was a French composer of popular music as well as waltzes and polkas.
Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875), French composer famous for his opera Carmen
Max Bruch (1838 - 1920), German composer, today known mostly for his Violin Concerto No. 1, Scottish Fantasy and Kol Nidrei (for cello and orchestra)
Friedrich Gernsheim (1839 - 1916), German composer, conductor, pianist and teacher (Moscheles pupil and friend of Brahms)
Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881) Russian composer, known for his intensely nationalist, original works; famous for his opera Boris Godunov, and Pictures at an Exhibition.
John Knowles Paine (1839 - 1906) First native-born American composer to acquire fame for his large-scale orchestral music.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Russian composer known for his symphonies and other works
Antonín Dvo?ák (1841 - 1904), Nationalistic Czech composer, famous for his symphonies, especially the late ones.
Calixa Lavallée (1842 - 1891), Canadian composer best known for the national anthem, "O Canada". Wrote many Operettas and was a contemporary of Sir Arthur Sullivan.
Arrigo Boito (1842-1918), Italian composer and librettist, known as a composer exclusively for his opera Mefistofele
Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912), French composer best known for "Meditation" from his opera Thaïs
Arthur S. Sullivan (1842 - 1900), English operetta composer known for his collaborations with W. S. Gilbert
Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), Norwegian composer who wrote a famous Piano Concerto and several books of Lyric Pieces for the piano
Karl Michael Ziehrer (1843-1922), an Austrian composer and military bandmaster.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908), Russian composer, member of The Mighty Handful, wrote operas, the Capriccio espagnol and Scheherazade but probably best known for "The Flight of the Bumblebee"
Pablo Sarasate (1844-1908), Spanish virtuoso violinist and composer
Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), French composer, known for his chamber music and a requiem among other pieces
Charles-Marie Widor (1845 - 1937), French composer, noted for his works for the organ
Luigi Denza (1846 - 1922), Italian composer of Funiculì, Funiculà
Robert Fuchs (1847 - 1927), Austrian composer and teacher, taught Sibelius, Wolf, Mahler, Melartin, among others
Franz Xaver Scharwenka (1850 - 1924), Polish-German composer, pianist, and teacher
Aleksandr Taneyev (1850 - 1918), Russian nationalist composer
Francisco Tarrega (1852-1909), Spanish composer who wrote many works for guitar
George Whitefield Chadwick (1854 - 1931), little known today, but one of the first significant American composers
Ernest Chausson (1855 - 1899), French composer influenced by Franck and Wagner, seen as a bridge from them to Claude Debussy
Julius Röntgen (1855 - 1932), German-born, later Dutch composer of the school of Brahms: wrote over 600 works in all the classical forms
Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov (1855 - 1914), Russian nationalist composer
Giuseppe Martucci (1856 - 1909), Italian composer, conductor and pianist, teacher of Respighi, early advocate of Wagner in Italy who however composed almost entirely instrumental music
Sergei Taneyev (1856 - 1915), Russian composer, oriented towards classical forms and the central European tradition
Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934), English composer, famous for his Enigma Variations, symphonies and Pomp and Circumstance Marches, among other pieces
Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1858 - 1919), Italian opera composer, known almost exclusively for I Pagliacci
Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924), late romantic Italian opera composer (La Bohème, Tosca, Madame Butterfly)
Eugène Ysaÿe (1858 - 1931), Belgian virtuoso violinist and composer
Hans Rott (1858 - 1884), Viennese composer
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859 - 1935), Russian composer, noted for his orchestral suite Caucasian Sketches, which contains the much excerpted Procession of the Sardar
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Late Romantic composers (born 1860-1900)
Isaac Albéniz (1860 - 1909), first well-known Spanish composer since the Renaissance, composed nationalist piano works such as Iberia
Gustave Charpentier (1860 - 1956), French composer best known for his opera Louise
Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911), Austrian composer of innovative large-scale and sometimes programmatic symphonies
Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), Austrian song composer
Anton Arensky (1861 - 1906), Russian composer, and a teacher of Rachmaninoff among others. His first piano trio and Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky (arranged from the second of his string quartets) are most often played presently.
Edward German (1862 - 1936), English composer known for his comic opera and light music
Horatio Parker (1863 - 1919), American composer, highly regarded in the late 19th century
Hugh Blair (1864–1932), composer
Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949), German composer, also a noted conductor
Paul Dukas (1865 - 1935), French composer, almost exclusively known today for his piece of program music, The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Alexander Glazunov (1865 - 1936), Russian, influenced by Wagner and Liszt
Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957), Finnish nationalist composer
Ferruccio Busoni (1866 - 1924), Italian composer-pianist, known for his operas Doktor Faust and Turandot and his many transcriptions and arrangements of Johann Sebastian Bach
Amy Beach (1867 - 1944), American, the leading female composer of her time
Franz Lehár (1870 -1948) Hungarian, mainly known for his operettas.
Guillaume Lekeu (1870 - 1894), Belgian/Walloon, best known for his violin sonata (1892–3)
Amadeu Vives (1871-1932), Catalan composer
Paul Juon (1872 - 1940), Russian-born though much-travelled composer with a large output of chamber works and lieder especially
Alexander Scriabin (1872 - 1915), Russian,known for his harmonically adventurous piano sonatas and theatrical orchestral works
Max Reger (1873 - 1916), prolific German composer, known for his Variations on a Theme of Mozart
Franz Schmidt (1874-1939), Austrian composer, influenced by Mahler
Reinhold Gliere (1875 - 1956), Russian who wrote pieces in a romantic style well into the 20th century
Erkki Melartin (1875 - 1937), Finnish composer, pupil of Robert Fuchs, whose six symphonies show the influence of Mahler and Sibelius (and in the vocalise of the fourth, also of Nielsen)
Isidor Baji? (1878-1915),Serbian composer
Joseph Canteloube (1879 - 1957), French composer, best known for his Songs of the Auvergne
Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936), Italian composer, known for symphonic poems The Fountains of Rome and The Pines of Rome
Grigora? Dinicu (1889 - 1949), Romanian composer, best known for his violin showpieces
Claude Champagne (1891 - 1965), Canadian composer best known for his violin showpiece "Danse villageoise"
I wont even try to name everyone in the post modernism, experimental and the nine billion genres, just know the above and you'll be happy. arron copland should be a must have, penderecki is an aqcuired taste but brilliant and of course you know all th famous ones
koji kondo probably the best video game composer but lacks the 'hollywood epic' feel), nobou uematsu (a better composer, but lacks video game soul), yasunori mitsuda (epic, funny, brilliant, heartfelt he should be a film composer), zuntata (hate/love), tadashi kimijima (hate/love), club kukeiha, sada, maezawa, koichi sugiyama, jun ishikawa, ***Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka*** just 6 notes! shitamachi kajiya, mayu, (I think he's dead), grant kirkhope and graeme norgate obviously and a BUNCH of composers I just dont know but love their music, chibi-robo, battalion wars, wario games (twisted and microgames as well as the platformers) the sonic games, hell all of sega's stuff, beyond good and evil, the music engineers and composer for god of war, ico, shadow of the collosus and of course tetris which i think is litteraly 400 year old russian folk music.
I will not put him in the same catagory as above because that would be unfair to the other composers;Akira Yamaoka the sound effects and musical director, composer of billions of konami games but specifically silent hill's series -- the best video game soundtrack(s) in history with metroid series being very close 2nd including retro's offerings which would make Hip proud. If you have never heard the orchestral versions of the 8 and 16 bit music you have no idea what you're missing, alot of it is better than anything hollywood pumps out, alot of it sucks too :D
and i'd mention my favorite ocr arrangers and stage/musicals composers but fuck it i'm tired. I'll think of more later.