Composers

238 composers indexed, ordered by period — who was writing, then what they wrote.

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Renaissance

Tallis1505–15851 date John Dowland1563–16261 date Gibbons1583–1625

Baroque

Johann Jacob Froberger1616–16671 date Louis Couperin1626–16611 date Jean-Henry d'Anglebert1629–16911 date Johann Pachelbel1653–17061 date Muffat1653–1704 Fischer1656–1746 Louis-Nicolas Clérambault1676–17491 date Vivaldi1678–17411 date Telemann1681–17671 date Rameau1683–17641 date Bach1685–175015 dates Handel1685–17591 date J. S. Bach (arr. Respighi)1685–17501 date J. S. Bach (arr. Stokowski)1685–17501 date Barsanti1690–17751 date Giuseppe Tartini1692–17701 date Leclair1697–1764 Blavet1700–17681 date Martini1706–17841 date

Classical

C. P. E. Bach1714–17882 dates Haydn1732–18093 dates Paisiello1740–18161 date Boccherini1743–18051 date Giordani1751–17981 date Mozart1756–179125 dates Beethoven1770–182730 dates Paganini1782–18402 dates Czerny1791–18572 dates Ignaz Moscheles1794–18701 date

Romantic

Carl Maria von Weber1786–1826 Pearsall1795–1856 Donizetti1797–18483 dates Schubert1797–182814 dates Bellini1801–18351 date Berlioz1803–18691 date Johann Strauss I1804–18491 date Mendelssohn1809–184712 dates Chopin1810–18497 dates Schumann1810–185611 dates Schumann (arr. Liszt)1810–18562 dates Liszt1811–188610 dates Verdi1813–19012 dates Wagner1813–18833 dates Gounod1818–18931 date Clara Schumann1819–1896 Jacques Offenbach1819–18801 date Franck1822–18901 date Bruckner1824–18962 dates Smetana1824–18841 date Johann Strauss II1825–18994 dates Minkus1826–19171 date Borodin1833–18871 date Brahms1833–189713 dates Saint-Saëns1835–19214 dates Léo Delibes1836–18911 date Bizet1838–18752 dates Bizet (arr. Borne & Meylan)1838–18751 date Davydov1838–18891 date Mussorgsky1839–1881 Tchaikovsky1840–189319 dates Dvořák1841–19045 dates Massenet1842–19122 dates David Popper1843–1913 Grieg1843–19072 dates Rimsky-Korsakov1844–19081 date Fauré1845–19246 dates Tosti1846–19161 date Tárrega1852–19093 dates Lyadov1855–19141 date Elgar1857–19342 dates Puccini1858–19245 dates Ysaÿe1858–19311 date Albéniz1860–19092 dates Mahler1860–19115 dates Mascagni1863–19451 date Richard Strauss1864–19494 dates Glazunov1865–19361 date Nielsen1865–19311 date Sibelius1865–19573 dates Francesco Cilea1866–19501 date Granados1867–19161 date Théo Charlier1868–1944 Franz Lehár1870–19481 date Louis Vierne1870–19371 date Scriabin1872–19151 date Rachmaninoff1873–19437 dates Josef Suk1874–19351 date Glière1875–19561 date Brediceanu1877–19681 date Enescu1881–1955 Joaquín Turina1882–19493 dates Grigoraș Dinicu1889–1949

Modern

Debussy1862–19184 dates Satie1866–19252 dates Holst1874–19342 dates Ives1874–1954 Kreisler1875–19621 date Ravel1875–19376 dates Falla1876–19461 date Respighi1879–19362 dates Robert Stolz1880–19751 date Bartók1881–19456 dates Miaskovsky1881–19501 date Kodály1882–19671 date Ponce1882–19482 dates Stravinsky1882–1971 Manén1883–19712 dates Villa-Lobos1887–19591 date Frank Martin1890–1974 Prokofiev1891–19537 dates Otakar Jeremiáš1892–1962 Lili Boulanger1893–1918 Castelnuovo-Tedesco1895–1968 Liu Tianhua1895–19321 date Orff1895–19821 date Korngold1897–19571 date Gershwin1898–1937 Poulenc1899–19632 dates Pierre-Octave Ferroud1900–19361 date Ren Guang1900–19411 date Joaquín Rodrigo1901–19991 date Rodrigo1901–1999 Walton1902–19831 date Ying Shangneng1902–19731 date Skalkottas1904–19491 date André Jolivet1905–19741 date Xian Xinghai1905–1945 Sha Hankun1906–19981 date Shostakovich1906–197512 dates Messiaen1908–19921 date Harald Genzmer1909–20071 date Ding Shande1911–19912 dates Ma Sicong1912–19871 date Huang Yijun1915–19951 date Huang Yijun (arr. Chen Xieyang)1915–1995 Sviridov1915–1998 Harry James1916–1983 Bernstein1918–19901 date Babadjanian1921–1983 Piazzolla1921–19923 dates

Contemporary

Otmar Mácha1922–2006 Xenakis1922–2001 Ligeti1923–20062 dates Kurtágb. 1926 Morricone1928–20201 date Zdeněk Lukáš1928–2007 George Crumb1929–20221 date Lv Qiming1930–20241 date Miroslav Raichl1930–1998 Mauricio Kagel1931–20081 date Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson1932–20041 date Shchedrinb. 19321 date Pavel Jurkovič1933–2015 Schnittke1934–19981 date Pärtb. 19352 dates Sun Yiqiangb. 19351 date Gao Weijieb. 19381 date Zhao Jipingb. 19451 date Banevichb. 1946 Philip Sparkeb. 1951 Philippe Manouryb. 19521 date Takashi Yoshimatsub. 19531 date Meng Weidongb. 19551 date Roland Dyens1955–20161 date Wang Jianminb. 19561 date Erkki-Sven Tüürb. 19591 date Emmanuel Séjournéb. 19611 date Mark O'Connorb. 19611 date José M. Sánchez-Verdúb. 19681 date Fazil Sayb. 19701 date Matthias Pintscherb. 19711 date Widmannb. 19731 date Zhao Linb. 19731 date Yao Chenb. 19761 date Muhlyb. 19811 date Steven Verhelstb. 19811 date Zhou Tianb. 19811 date Caroline Shawb. 19821 date Wang Chenweib. 19861 date Chen Si'ang1 date Li Bochan1 date Liu Tianqi1 date Wang Rui1 date Wang Yunfei1 date Wen Ziyang Yu Yitong1 date

Period unknown

A. Tsygankov (arr. A. Belyaev)1 date Abreu1 date Akhmet Zhubanov1 date Anastasia Voltchok1 date Chinese folk melody (arr. Piero Adragna)1 date Dong Hongde / Hu Tianquan1 date Elliot Leung2 dates Glinka (arr. Liszt)1 date He Xie1 date He Zhanhao/Chen Gang Hu Tingjiang1 date Huang Qinghe / Wang Yunzhi / Liu Yimin (arr. Luan Kai)1 date Jia Daqun1 date Li Cangxiao / Liu Yuhui1 date Li Hanying1 date Li Yuejin1 date Liu Changyuan1 date Liu Cong1 date Liu Rongfa1 date Liu Xing1 date Liu Yitao1 date Lu Yaobo1 date Martin Schmeding1 date Pan Junbao Paul Wiancko1 date Piero Adragna (arr.)1 date Raimundo Penaforte1 date Richard Galliano1 date Saskia Apon1 date Sicilian folk song (arr. Piero Adragna)1 date Strauss1 date Tan Mizi / Jin Shiying / Yu Xianming (arr. Huang Lifan)1 date Tang Bin1 date Tencent Music Tianqin Lab1 date Titlá1 date Traditional1 date Traditional (American)Traditional (Austria)1 date Traditional (Czech)Traditional Chinese3 dates Various2 dates Wang Ning1 date Wang Zujie / Zhang Zhuoya1 date Yao Ming1 date Zhang Zhuoya & Wang Zuojie1 date Zhao Dounan1 date Zheng Zhenyu1 date Zhou Yi1 date Zhu Yiqing1 date

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