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Composers born active died
1801, Nov 3 1807-1835 1835, Sep 23
an Italian opera composer. His most celebrated works are the operas La sonnambula and Norma. On account of such works as Norma and I puritani, Bellini is now recognised as one of the leading composers of the bel canto style of opera.
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Vincenzo Bellini 1801, Nov 3 1807
1835 1835, Sep 23
Joseph Quesnel 1746, Nov 15 1766 1809 1809, Jul 2/3 a French Canadian composer, poet, and playwright. Among his works were two operas, Colas et Co... John Antes 1740, Mar 24 1769 1809 1811, Dec 17 the first American Moravian Missionary to travel and work in Egypt, one of the earliest American-... Ekaterina Likoshin unknown 1800 1810 1810 a Russian pianist and composer who published short works for keyboard in St. Petersburg through p... Friedrich Heinrich Himmel 1765 1794 1813 1814 a German composer, was born at Treuenbrietzen in Brandenburg, Prussia, and originally studied the... Jean-Baptiste Davaux 1742, Jul 19 1760 1816 1822, Feb 2 a French violinist and composer. He started playing the violin and the mandolin. In 1767 Davaux w... Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach 1759, May 24 1780 1819 1845, Dec 25 the only grandson of Johann Sebastian Bach to gain fame as a composer. He was music director to ... William Herschel 1738, Nov 15 1774 1820 1822, Aug 25 a German-born British astronomer, composer, and brother of Caroline Herschel. His interest in ast... Ludwig van Beethoven 1770, Dec 1778 1826 1827, Mar 26 a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Roman... Franz Schubert 1797, Jan 31 1814 1828 1828, Nov 19 an Austrian composer. Schubert died before his 32nd birthday, but was extremely prolific during h... Wenzel Muller 1767, Sep 26 1786 1830 1835, Aug 3 an Austrian composer and conductor. He was a popular and prolific composer producing more than 25... Ludwig Abeille 1761, Feb 20 1782 1832 1838, Mar 2 a German pianist and composer. He wrote several folk songs, concerts, and two operas, Amor und Ps... Niccolo Paganini 1782 1800 1836 1840 an Italian violinist, violist, guitarist, and composer. He was the most celebrated violin virtuos... Thomas Attwood [1] 1765, Nov 23 1787 1838 1838, Mar 24 an English composer and organist. His compositions, which show the influence of his teacher Wolfg... Karol Kurpinski 1785, Mar 6 1797 1840 1857, Sep 18 a Polish composer, conductor and pedagogue. Kurpinski was one of the most revered composers befor... Erik Gustaf Geijer 1783, Jan 12 1803 1846 1847, Apr 23 a Swedish writer, historian, poet, philosopher, and composer. His writings served to promote Swed... Gaetano Donizetti 1797 1818 1846 1848 an Italian composer. Along with Gioachino Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini, Donizetti was a leading ... Isaac Nathan 1791 ca 1813 1847 1864, Jan 15 an Anglo-Australian composer, musicologist, journalist and self-publicist, who ended an eventful ... Felix Mendelssohn 1809, Feb 3 1818 1847 1847, Nov 4 a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. He was recognise... Frederic Chopin 1810, Mar 1 1817 1848 1849, Oct 17 a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic era, who wrote primarily for the solo pian... Louis Antoine Jullien 1812, Apr 23 1826 1852 1860, Mar 14 an eccentric French conductor and composer of light music. His fondness for the lighter forms of ... Robert Schumann 1810 1830 1854 1856 a German composer and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest comp... Giacomo Meyerbeer 1791, Sep 5 1811 1861 1864, May 2 a German opera composer of Jewish birth who has been described as perhaps the most successful sta... Gioachino Rossini 1792 1804 1864 1868 an Italian composer who wrote 39 operas as well as sacred music, chamber music, songs, and some i... August Wilhelm Bach 1796, Oct 4 1832 1869 1869, Apr 15 a German composer and organist. He is unrelated to the family of Johann Sebastian Bach. His compo... Saverio Mercadante 1795, Sep 1817 1870 1870, Dec 17 an Italian composer, particularly of operas. While Mercadante may not have retained the internati... Franz Liszt 1811, Oct 22 1820 1885 1886, Jul 31 a prolific 19th-century Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor, music teacher, arranger,... Giuseppe Verdi 1813, Oct 9/10 1834 1900 1901, Jan 27 a leading Italian composer of opera in the 19th c., noted for operas such as Rigoletto (1...
