This is a list of 【composers】, mostly European, of the Classical music era, roughly from 1740 to 1820.
Some of the most prominent composers of the Classical era include Wilhelm Friedmann Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Stamitz, Joseph Haydn, Johann Christian Bach, Luigi Boccherini, Antonio Salieri, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Contents 1 Baroque / Classical era transition composers (born before 1710) 2 Early Classical era composers (born 1710-1730) 3 Middle Classical era composers (born 1730-1750) 4 Late Classical era composers (born 1750-1770) 5 Classical era / Romantic transition composers (born 1770-1800)
[edit] Baroque / 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)
[edit] 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 (2 July 1714 - 15 Nov 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)[1] Giuseppe Sarti (1729 - 1802)[2] Antonio Soler (1729 - 1783)
[edit] 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)[3] 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)[4] Domenico Cimarosa (1749 - 1801)
[edit] 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)[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) Adalbert Gyrowetz (1763 - 1850) Étienne Méhul (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)
[edit] 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
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
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