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Composers born active died
1770, Dec 1778-1826 1827, Mar 26
a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential of all composers. His best-known compositions include 9 symphonies, 5 concertos for piano, 1 violin concerto, 32 piano sonatas, and 16 string quartets. He also composed other chamber music, choral works (including the celebrated Missa solemnis), and songs.
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Ludwig van Beethoven 1770, Dec 1778
1826 1827, Mar 26
Antonin Kammel 1730, Apr 21 1750 1779 1784/5, Oct 5 a composer and violinist. Kammel was born at Belec, now in the Czech Republic. He was part of the... Marie Emmanuelle Bayon Louis 1746 1760 1779 1825, Mar 29 a French composer, pianist, and salonnière. Very little is known for certain about her life. The... Constantin Christian Dedekind 1628, Apr 2 1652 178 1715 a German poet, dramatist, librettist, composer and bass singer of the Baroque era. His 1657 songb... Vincenta Da Ponte unknown 1770 1780s 9 unknown an Italian composer, singer and instrumentalist. As a composer, Da Ponte is known only from an un... Vincenta Da Ponte unknown 1770 1780s 9 unknown an Italian composer, singer and instrumentalist. She was a member of the coro, or music school, o... James Nares 1715, Apr 19 1734 1781 1783, Feb 10 an English composer of mostly sacred vocal works, though he also composed for the harpsichord and... Johann Philipp Kirnberger 1721, Apr 24 1741 1783 1783, Jul 27 a musician, composer (primarily of fugues), and music theorist. Kirnberger played a significant r... Michel Yost 1754 1770 1786 1786, Jul 5 a famous French clarinetist and cofounder of the French clarinet school. He was a brilliant instr... Christian Gottlob Neefe 1748 1760 1789 1798 a German opera composer and conductor. He studied law at Leipzig University, but subsequently ret... Maddalena Laura Sirmen 1745, Dec 9 1766 1789 1818, May 18 an Italian composer, violinist, and later unsuccessful singer. In 1771, she debuted her "Concerto... Franz Christoph Neubauer 1760, May 1780 1789 1795, Oct 11 a German composer and violinist, Bohemian origin. Neubauer's life is preserved only in fragments,... Francis Hopkinson 1737, Sep 21 1761 1791 1791, May 9 designed the first official American flag. He was an author, a composer, and one of the signers o... Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756, Jan 27 1761 1791 1791, Dec 5 a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era, born in Salzburg. Mozart showed prodigi... Carl Michael Bellman 1740, Feb 4 1768 1791 1795, Feb 11 a Swedish songwriter, composer, musician, poet and entertainer. He is a central figure in the Swe... Carlo Zuccari 1704, Nov 10 1720 1792 1792, May 3 an Italian composer and violinist of the late Baroque and early classical; he worked mainly in Mi... Claude Balbastre 1724, Dec 8 1750 1792 1799, May 9 a French composer, organist, harpsichordist and fortepianist. He was one of the most famous music... Benjamin Cooke 1734, Nov 28 1743 1793 1793, Sep 14 an English composer, organist and teacher. He was the organist at Westminster Abbey, master of th... William Billings 1746, Oct 7 1770 1794 1800, Sep 26 regarded as the first American choral composer. He possibly received musical instruction from Jo... Polly Young 1749 1755 1795 1799 an English soprano, composer and keyboard player. Following her marriage, Young mostly appeared i... Justin Morgan 1747, Feb 28 1771 1798 1798, Mar 22 a U.S. horse breeder and composer. Morgan was a composer, best known for his hymns and fuguing tu... Mme Delaval unknown 1790 1799 1802 an English harpist, pianist and composer. She was born into the Delaval family of Seaton Delaval,... Yevstigney Fomin 1761, Aug 5 1785 1800 1800, Apr 16 a Russian opera composer of the 18th century. He composed about 30 operas. The most successful fo... Agata della Pieta unknown 1800 1800 unknown an Italian composer, singer, and teacher of music. Only two motet settings by della Pietà, a Nov... Katerina Maier unknown 1800 1800 unknown a Russian composer, the daughter of violinist and composer Luigi Schiatti, and played in the cou... Carlos Baguer 1768, Mar 1786 1801 1808, Feb 29 a Spanish classical era composer and organist. Perhaps Baguer's most important works are his nine... Joseph Haydn 1732, Mar 31 1739 1803 1809, May 31 a prominent and prolific Austrian composer of the Classical period. He was instrumental in the de... Andre Ernest Modeste Gretry 1741 1759 1803 1813 a composer from the Prince-Bishopric of Liège (present-day Belgium), who worked from 1767 onward... Johann Christoph Kellner 1736, Aug 15 1762 1803 1803 a German organist and composer, the son of Johann Peter Kellner. He wrote a treatise on music the... Joseph Abaco 1710, Mar 27 1729 1805 1805, Aug 31 an Italian violoncellist and composer. He wrote nearly 40 cello sonatas, the Capricci for Violonc... Madame Ravissa unknown 1778 1807 1807 an Italian singer and composer. She was from Turin, but apparently lived in Paris from 1778 until... Alexander Reinagle 1756 1786 1807 1809 an English-born American composer, organist, and theater musician. His earliest compositions, fro... 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... 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... Vincenzo Bellini 1801, Nov 3 1807 1835 1835, Sep 23 an Italian opera composer. His most celebrated works are the operas La sonnambula and Norma. On a... 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... 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... 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,...
