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Revision as of 01:05, 1 July 2006 by Kitia (talk | contribs) (→Late Classical era composers (born 1750-1770))(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)This is a list of composers, mostly European, of the Classical music era, roughly from 1740 to 1820.
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)
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)
- Georg Benda (1722 - 1795)
- Karl Friedrich Abel (1723 - 1787)
- Tommaso Traetta (1727 - 1779)
- Armand-Louis Couperin (1727 - 1789)
- Niccolò Piccinni (1728 - 1800)
- Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729 - 1774)
- Giuseppe Sarti (1729 - 1802)
- Antonio Soler (1729 - 1783)
Middle Classical era composers (born 1730-1750)
- Christian Cannabich (1731 - 1798)
- Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
- François-Joseph Gossec (1734 - 1829)
- Johann Gottfried Eckard (1735 - 1809)
- Johann Christian Bach (1735 - 1782)
- Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736 - 1809)
- Michael Haydn (1737 - 1806)
- Josef Mysliveček (1737 - 1781)
- William Herschel (1738 - 1822)
- Leopold Hofmann (1738 - 1793)
- 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)
- Václav Pichl (1741 - 1804)
- Luigi Boccherini (1743 - 1805)
- Franz Nikolaus Novotny (1743 - 1773)
- Carl Stamitz (1745 - 1801)
- Leopold Kozeluch (1747 - 1818)
- Joseph Schuster (1748 - 1812)
- Domenico Cimarosa (1749 - 1801)
Late Classical era composers (born 1750-1770)
- Antonio Salieri (1750 - 1825)
- Antonio Rosetti (c1750 - 1792)
- Dmytro Bortniansky (1751 - 1825)
- Muzio Clementi (1752 - 1832)
- Leopold Kozeluch (1752 - 1818)
- Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli (1752 - 1837)
- Jean-Baptiste Breval (1753 - 1823)
- Vincenzo Righini (1756 - 1812)
- Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi (1755 - 1818)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
- Joseph Martin Kraus (1756 - 1792)
- Franziska Danzi Lebrun (1756 - 1791)
- Paul Wranitzky (1756 - 1808)
- Ignaz Pleyel (1757 - 1831)
- François Devienne (1759 - 1803)
- 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)
- Adalbert Gyrowetz (1763 - 1850)
- Etienne Mehul (1763-1817)
- Simon Mayr (1763 - 1845)
- Franz Xaver Süssmayr (1766 - 1803)
- Samuel Wesley (1766 - 1837)
- Wenzel Muller (1767 - 1835)
- Carlos Baguer (1768 - 1808)
- Francesco Gnecco (1769 - 1810)
Classical era/Romantic transition composers (born 1770-1800)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), German, often listed 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
- Friedrich Kuhlau (1786 - 1832), German composer, the "Beethoven of Flute".
- 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