List of Romantic composers

Lists of classical composers
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The Romantic era of Western Classical music spanned the 19th century to the early 20th century, encompassing a variety of musical styles and techniques. Part of the broader Romanticism movement of Europe, Ludwig van Beethoven, Gioachino Rossini and Franz Schubert are often seen as the dominant transitional figures composers from the preceding Classical era. Many composers began to channel nationalistic themes, such as Mikhail Glinka, The Five and Belyayev circle in Russia; Frédéric Chopin in Poland; Carl Maria von Weber and Heinrich Marschner in Germany; Edvard Grieg in Norway; Jean Sibelius in Finland; Giuseppe Verdi in Italy; Carl Nielsen in Denmark; Pablo de Sarasate in Spain; Ralph Vaughan Williams and Edward Elgar in England; Mykola Lysenko in Ukraine; and Bedřich Smetana and Antonín Dvořák in what is now the Czech Republic.

A European-wide debate took place, particularly in Germany, on what the ideal course of music was, following Beethoven's death. The New German School—primarily Franz Liszt and Richard Wagner—promoted progressive ideas, in opposition to more conservative composers such as Felix Mendelssohn and Robert Schumann.

Note that this list is purely chronological, and includes a substantial number of composers, especially those born after 1860, whose works cannot be conveniently classified as "Romantic", or those whose early compositions did begin in the Romantic style but later developed beyond it in the 20th century.

## Late Classical/Proto-Romantic (born 1770–1799)

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Ludwig van Beethoven | 1770 | 1827 | German | Ludwig van Beethovencomposer and pianist, regarded by many as the first Romantic-era composer, most famous for Symphony No. 5 and Für Elise among others
Ferdinando Carulli | 1770 | 1841 | Italian | Ferdinando Carullicomposer for the guitar, wrote concertos and chamber music
Édouard Du Puy | 1770 | 1822 | Swiss | Édouard Du Puycomposer, singer, director and violinist
Peter Hänsel | 1770 | 1831 | German-Austrian | Peter Hänselcomposer and violinist
James Hewitt | 1770 | 1827 | American | composer, conductor and music publisher
Anton Reicha | 1770 | 1836 | Czech-French | Anton Reichacomposer who experimented with irregular time signatures in his keyboard fugues, composed a large number of significant works for wind quintet
Christian Heinrich Rinck | 1770 | 1846 | German | Christian Heinrich Rinckcomposer and organist
Jan August Vitásek | 1770 | 1839 | Bohemian | composer
Friedrich Witt | 1770 | 1836 | German | composer and cellist
Johann Baptist Cramer | 1771 | 1858 | English | Johann Baptist Cramermusician of German origin
Ferdinando Paer | 1771 | 1839 | Italian | Ferdinando Paercomposer
Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia | 1772 | 1806 | German | Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia member of the Prussian royal family, soldier, and composer. At the time of his premature death in the Battle of Saalfeld, he left behind 13 published works, many of which are imbued with a greater expressive depth than the Classical style which was then still prevalent
Maria Frances Parke | 1772 | 1822 | English | composer, pianist and soprano
François-Louis Perne | 1772 | 1832 | French | composer and musicographer
Josef Triebensee | 1772 | 1846 | Bohemian | composer and oboist
Johann Wilhelm Wilms | 1772 | 1847 | Dutch-German | composer, best known for writing Wien Neêrlands Bloed, which served as the Dutch national anthem from 1815 to 1932
Sophie Bawr | 1773 | 1860 | French | composer, writer and playwright
Pietro Generali | 1773 | 1832 | Italian | composer of operas and vocal music
Wenzel Thomas Matiegka | 1773 | 1830 | Czech | composer
Bartolomeo Bortolazzi | 1773 | 1820 | Italian | mandolin and guitar virtuoso and composer
Pierre Rode | 1774 | 1830 | French | Pierre Rodecomposer and violinist
Gaspare Spontini | 1774 | 1851 | Italian | Gaspare Spontiniopera composer and conductor, famous for La vestale
Václav Tomášek | 1774 | 1850 | Czech | Václav Tomášekcomposer and music teacher
Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse | 1774 | 1842 | Danish | Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weysecomposer in the Danish Golden Age
Johann Anton André | 1775 | 1842 | German | Johann Anton Andrécomposer and music publisher
François-Adrien Boieldieu | 1775 | 1834 | French | François-Adrien Boieldieucomposer
João Domingos Bomtempo | 1775 | 1842 | Portuguese | João Domingos Bomtempocomposer, pianist and pedagogue
Bernhard Crusell | 1775 | 1838 | Finnish | Bernhard Crusellcomposer and clarinet player
Sophia Dussek | 1775 | 1831 | Scottish | composer of Italian descent, singer, pianist and harpist
François de Fossa | 1775 | 1849 | French | composer and guitarist
Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann | 1776 | 1822 | German | composer, author of fantasy and horror, jurist, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist
Joseph Küffner | 1776 | 1856 | German | composer and musician
Philipp Jakob Riotte | 1776 | 1856 | German | composer
Ignaz von Seyfried | 1776 | 1841 | Austrian | composer, musician and conductor
Ludwig Berger | 1777 | 1839 | German | composer, pianist and piano teacher
Pauline Duchambge | 1778 | 1858 | French | composer and pianist
Johann Nepomuk Hummel | 1778 | 1837 | Austrian | Johann Nepomuk Hummelcomposer and pianist, his music bridged the Classical era of music and Romantic era of music
Sigismund von Neukomm | 1778 | 1858 | Austrian | composer and pianist
Fernando Sor | 1778 | 1839 | Spanish | Fernando Sorcomposer for the classical guitar who is credited with elevating the guitar to the level of concert instrument
Rochus Dedler | 1779 | 1822 | German | composer
William Knyvett | 1779 | 1856 | British | composer and singer
Louise Reichardt | 1779 | 1826 | German | composer and songwriter
Luigi Antonio Calegari | 1780 | 1849 | Italian | opera composer
Conradin Kreutzer | 1780 | 1849 | German | composer and conductor
Louis François Dauprat | 1781 | 1868 | French | composer, horn player and music professor at the Conservatoire de Paris
Anton Diabelli | 1781 | 1858 | Austrian | Anton Diabellicomposer, music publisher and editor
Mauro Giuliani | 1781 | 1828 | Italian | Mauro Giulianicomposer and virtuoso guitarist
Anthony Heinrich | 1781 | 1861 | American | composer
Sophie Lebrun | 1781 | 1863 | German | composer and pianist
François-Joseph Naderman | 1781 | 1835 | French | François-Joseph Nadermancomposer, harpist and teacher
Daniel Auber | 1782 | 1871 | French | opera composer, noted for La muette de Portici
Carlo Coccia | 1782 | 1873 | Italian | opera composer
John Field | 1782 | 1837 | Irish | John Fieldcomposer and pianist, notable for cultivating the nocturne
Niccolò Paganini | 1782 | 1840 | Italian | Niccolò Paganinicomposer and virtuoso violinist, wrote the 24 Caprices for violin, five concerti for violin, string quartets and works for violin and guitar
Charlotta Seuerling | 1782 | 1828 | Swedish | composer, concert singer, harpsichordist and poet
Friedrich Dotzauer | 1783 | 1860 | German | composer and cellist
Teresa Belloc-Giorgi | 1784 | 1855 | Italian | composer and contralto
Martin-Joseph Mengal | 1784 | 1851 | Belgian | composer and instructor
Francesco Morlacchi | 1784 | 1841 | Italian | composer
George Onslow | 1784 | 1853 | Anglo-French | George Onslowcomposer
Ferdinand Ries | 1784 | 1838 | German | Ferdinand Riescomposer, friend and pupil of Ludwig van Beethoven
Louis Spohr | 1784 | 1859 | German | Louis Spohrcomposer, violinist and conductor, renowned for chamber music and compositions for violin and harp
Bettina von Arnim | 1785 | 1859 | German | composer, writer and novelist
Marie Bigot | 1785 | 1820 | French | composer and piano teacher
Alexandre Pierre François Boëly | 1785 | 1858 | French | composer, organist and pianist
Isabella Colbran | 1785 | 1845 | Spanish | composer and opera singer
Catherina Cibbini-Kozeluch | 1785 | 1858 | Austrian | composer of Bohemian ancestry and pianist
Friedrich Kalkbrenner | 1785 | 1849 | German | Friedrich Kalkbrennercomposer, pianist and piano teacher
Karol Kurpiński | 1785 | 1857 | Polish | composer, conductor and pedagogue
Henry Bishop | 1786 | 1855 | English | composer
Friedrich Kuhlau | 1786 | 1832 | German-Danish | Friedrich Kuhlaucomposer
Pietro Raimondi | 1786 | 1853 | Italian | composer
Friedrich Schneider | 1786 | 1853 | German | Friedrich Schneidercomposer, pianist, organist and conductor
Carl Maria von Weber | 1786 | 1826 | German | Carl Maria von Webercomposer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic, one of the first significant Romantic opera composers
Alexander Alyabyev | 1787 | 1851 | Russian | composer, conductor and pianist
Franz Xaver Gruber | 1787 | 1863 | Austrian | school teacher, church organist and composer, best known for his Christmas carol, Silent Night
Michele Carafa | 1787 | 1872 | Italian | opera composer
Johann Peter Pixis | 1788 | 1874 | German | composer and pianist
Simon Sechter | 1788 | 1867 | Austrian | prolific composer, renowned music theorist, teacher, organist and conductor
Elena Asachi | 1789 | 1877 | Romanian | composer of Austrian birth, pianist and singer
Nicolas-Charles Bochsa | 1789 | 1856 | French | composer and musician
Friedrich Ernst Fesca | 1789 | 1826 | German | Friedrich Ernst Fescacomposer of instrumental music and violinist
Maria Szymanowska | 1789 | 1831 | Polish | composer and virtuoso pianist
Harriet Browne | 1790 | 1858 | English | composer and writer
Isaac Nathan | 1790 | 1864 | English | composer, musicologist, journalist and self-publicist known as "the father of Australian music"
Carl Czerny | 1791 | 1857 | Austrian | Carl Czernycomposer, teacher and pianist
Ferdinand Hérold | 1791 | 1833 | French | Ferdinand Héroldoperatic composer
Giacomo Meyerbeer | 1791 | 1864 | German | Giacomo Meyerbeercomposer for grand opera (Il crociato in Egitto, Les Huguenots, L'Africaine)
Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart | 1791 | 1844 | Austrian | Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart composer, pianist, conductor, teacher and the youngest child of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Carlo Evasio Soliva | 1791 | 1853 | Swiss-Italian | composer
Jan Václav Voříšek | 1791 | 1825 | Czech | composer, pianist and organist
Francis Johnson | 1792 | 1844 | American | composer, bugler and violinist
Gioachino Rossini | 1792 | 1868 | Italian | Gioachino Rossiniprolific opera composer, best known for The Barber of Seville among other operas
Hedda Wrangel | 1792 | 1833 | Swedish | composer
Cipriani Potter | 1792 | 1871 | English | composer, teacher and pianist
Gertrude van den Bergh | 1793 | 1840 | Dutch | composer and pianist
Bernhard Klein | 1793 | 1832 | German | composer
Caroline Ridderstolpe | 1793 | 1878 | Swedish | composer and singer
Princess Amalie of Saxony | 1794 | 1870 | German | composer
Ignaz Moscheles | 1794 | 1870 | Czech | Ignaz Moschelescomposer and piano virtuoso, head of the Leipzig Conservatory after Felix Mendelssohn
Heinrich Marschner | 1795 | 1861 | German | Heinrich Marschnercomposer, considered to be the most important composer of German opera between Carl Maria von Weber and Richard Wagner
Saverio Mercadante | 1795 | 1870 | Italian | Saverio Mercadantecomposer
Nikolaos Mantzaros | 1795 | 1872 | Italian-Greek | composer
Helene Liebmann | 1795 | 1835 | German | composer and pianist
Franz Berwald | 1796 | 1868 | Swedish | composer, little known in his lifetime, but his works, including his four symphonies are better known today
Carl Loewe | 1796 | 1869 | German | Carl Loewecomposer, baritone singer and conductor
Mathilda d'Orozco | 1796 | 1863 | Swedish | composer, noble, salonist, poet, writer, singer, amateur actress and harpsichordist
Giovanni Pacini | 1796 | 1867 | Italian | composer
Emilie Zumsteeg | 1796 | 1857 | German | composer, pianist, songwriter and choir conductor
Luigi Castellacci | 1797 | 1845 | Italian | virtuoso on the mandolin and guitar, instrumental composer and author of popular French romances with guitar and piano accompaniments
Gaetano Donizetti | 1797 | 1848 | Italian | Gaetano Donizettiopera composer, known for Lucia di Lammermoor and L'elisir d'amore among others
Franz Schubert | 1797 | 1828 | Austrian | Franz Schubertcomposer, best known for his more than 600 lieder, chamber music, piano works and symphonies
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff | 1797 | 1848 | German | composer and writer
Peter IV of Portugal | 1798 | 1834 | Portuguese | Peter IV of Portugalking of Portugal and Emperor of Brazil who was also a composer
Antonio Rolla | 1798 | 1837 | Italian | composer and violin and viola virtuoso
Olivia Buckley | 1799 | 1847 | English | composer, harpist and organist
Marie von Stedingk | 1799 | 1868 | Swedish | composer and courtier
Fromental Halévy | 1799 | 1862 | French | Fromental Halévycomposer
Oscar I of Sweden | 1799 | 1859 | Swedish | Oscar I of Swedencomposer and king of Sweden and Norway
Alexey Verstovsky | 1799 | 1862 | Russian | Alexey Verstovsky composer, musical bureaucrat and rival of Mikhail Glinka

Repertoire key: B=In Classical Net's basic Timeline of Major Composers 1600–present[1]

## Early Romantic (born 1800–1819)

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Jan Kalivoda | 1801 | 1866 | Czech | Jan Kalivodacomposer, conductor and violinist
Vincenzo Bellini | 1801 | 1835 | Italian | Vincenzo Belliniopera composer, known for I Puritani, Norma and La sonnambula among others
Tomasz Padura | 1801 | 1871 | Ukrainian-Polish | Tomasz Padurapoet of the so-called Ukrainian school, musician-torbanist and composer-songwriter
Charles Auguste de Bériot | 1802 | 1870 | Belgian | Charles Auguste de Bériotcomposer and violinist
Jean-Baptiste Duvernoy | 1802 | 1880 | French | composer and pianist
Amédée Méreaux | 1802 | 1874 | French | Amédée Méreauxcomposer, his works are somewhat known for their immense difficulties
Bernhard Molique | 1802 | 1869 | German | composer and violinist
Cesare Pugni | 1802 | 1870 | Italian | Cesare Pugniprolific composer of ballet music
José Zapiola | 1802 | 1885 | Chilean | José Zapiolacomposer and politic
Eliza Flower | 1803 | 1846 | English | composer
Friedrich Theodor Fröhlich | 1803 | 1836 | Swiss | Friedrich Theodor Fröhlich composer, composed over 300 pieces for piano
Adolphe Adam | 1803 | 1856 | French | Adolphe Adamcomposer, best known for his ballet score, Giselle
Hector Berlioz | 1803 | 1869 | French | Hector Berliozcomposer, famous for his programmatic symphony, Symphonie Fantastique
Isidora Zegers | 1803 | 1869 | Spanish-Chilean | Isidora Zegerscomposer and pianist
Henri Herz | 1803 | 1888 | Austrian | composer and pianist
Franz Lachner | 1803 | 1890 | German | Franz Lachnercomposer and conductor, brother of Ignaz Lachner and Vinzenz Lachner
Louise Farrenc | 1804 | 1875 | French | composer of three symphonies and many chamber works including the earliest known sextet for piano and wind quintet (1852)
Mikhail Glinka | 1804 | 1857 | Russian | Mikhail Glinkanationalist composer whose works include the opera, A Life for the Tsar
Johann Strauss I | 1804 | 1849 | Austrian | Johann Strauss Idance music composer, famous for Radetzky March
Fanny Mendelssohn | 1805 | 1847 | German | composer and pianist, sister of Felix Mendelssohn, mainly known for her vocal compositions and chamber music
Leopold von Zenetti | 1805 | 1892 | Austrian | composer, mainly known for being one of Anton Bruckner's masters
Napoléon Coste | 1805 | 1883 | French | virtuoso guitarist, teacher and composer
Manuel Inocêncio Liberato dos Santos | 1805 | 1887 | Portuguese | Manuel Inocêncio Liberato dos Santoscomposer and pianist
Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga | 1806 | 1826 | Spanish | composer who died at nineteen and by which time he had already been nicknamed the "Spanish Mozart" for his Symphony in D and three string quartets
Johann Kaspar Mertz | 1806 | 1856 | Hungarian | composer, known for his guitar pieces
Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller | 1806 | 1874 | German | composer and pianist
Carlo Curti | 1807 | 1872 | Italian | cellist, performer and educator at Royal School of Music in Parma who composed cello and piano music
Ignaz Lachner | 1807 | 1895 | German | Ignaz Lachnerconductor, composer and organist, a prolific composer, notable for his chamber music such as his string quartets and trios
Elias Parish Alvars | 1808 | 1849 | English | Elias Parish Alvarsharpist and composer
Michael William Balfe | 1808 | 1870 | Irish | conductor and composer, remembered for his opera, The Bohemian Girl
Sebastián Iradier | 1809 | 1865 | Spanish | composer, best known for La Paloma
Felix Mendelssohn | 1809 | 1847 | German | Felix Mendelssohnconductor, music-director, composer and pianist, brother of Fanny Mendelssohn, best known for Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Otto Lindblad | 1809 | 1864 | Swedish | composer
Frédéric Chopin | 1810 | 1849 | Polish-French | Frédéric Chopincomposer and virtuoso pianist, his works includes nocturnes, ballade, scherzos, etudes and a number of Polish dances such as mazurkas, polonaises and waltzes.
Ferenc Erkel | 1810 | 1893 | Hungarian | composer of grand opera
Otto Nicolai | 1810 | 1849 | German | opera composer and conductor, best known for The Merry Wives of Windsor
Norbert Burgmüller | 1810 | 1836 | German | composer and brother of Friedrich Burgmüller, praised by Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann | 1810 | 1856 | German | Robert Schumanncomposer and pianist, husband of Clara Schumann, a significant lieder writer, a prolific composer, wrote many short piano pieces, four symphonies, concerti and chamber music
Ludwig Schuncke | 1810 | 1834 | German | composer and pianist
Ferdinand David | 1810 | 1873 | German | composer and violinist
Vinzenz Lachner | 1811 | 1893 | German | composer, brother of Franz Lachner and Ignaz Lachner
Franz Liszt | 1811 | 1886 | Hungarian | Franz Lisztcomposer and virtuoso pianist, one of the most influential and distinguished piano composers of the Romantic era and the rival of Robert Schumann and Clara Schumann, wrote a number of symphonic poems and extended piano technique, best known for his Hungarian Rhapsodies and other solo piano works
Ferdinand Hiller | 1811 | 1885 | German | composer, conductor, writer and music-director, close friend of Felix Mendelssohn. Robert Schumann dedicated his Piano Concerto to him in 1845.
Wilhelm Taubert | 1811 | 1891 | German | pianist, composer and conductor whose early works received praise from Felix Mendelssohn
Ambroise Thomas | 1811 | 1896 | French | Ambroise Thomascomposer, best known for his two operas, Mignon and Hamlet
Spyridon Xyndas | 1812 | 1896 | Greek | opera composer and guitarist
Sigismond Thalberg | 1812 | 1871 | Austrian | composer and one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era
Louis-Antoine Jullien | 1812 | 1860 | French | conductor and composer of light music, king of promenade concerts in England
Emilie Mayer | 1812 | 1883 | German | Emilie Mayercomposer of eight symphonies as well as overtures, lieder and numerous chamber works
Friedrich von Flotow | 1812 | 1883 | German | Friedrich von Flotowcomposer, chiefly remembered for his opera, Martha
Alexandre Dubuque | 1812 | 1898 | Russian-French | composer, known for teaching
Johann Rufinatscha | 1812 | 1893 | Austrian | composer
Alexander Dargomyzhsky | 1813 | 1869 | Russian | Alexander Dargomyzhskycomposer
Semen Hulak-Artemovsky | 1813 | 1873 | Ukrainian | Semen Hulak-Artemovskyopera composer, singer (baritone), actor and dramatist
George Alexander Macfarren | 1813 | 1887 | English | George Alexander Macfarrenmajor opera composer, best known for Robin Hood, She Stoops to Conquer and Helvellyn, also known as a teacher
Stephen Heller | 1813 | 1888 | Hungarian | composer, highly affected the late Romantic composers
Richard Wagner | 1813 | 1883 | German | Richard Wagnermajor opera composer, friend of Franz Liszt, best known for his cycle of four operas, Der Ring des Nibelungen
Ernst Haberbier | 1813 | 1869 | German | composer
Giuseppe Verdi | 1813 | 1901 | Italian | Giuseppe Verdimajor opera composer, best known for Nabucco, Rigoletto, La Traviata, Aida, Otello and Don Carlos
Charles-Valentin Alkan | 1813 | 1888 | French | composer and virtuoso pianist
Antonios Liveralis | 1814 | 1842 | Greek | opera composer and conductor
Giuseppe Lillo | 1814 | 1863 | Italian | composer, best known for his operas among which is worth noting Odda di Bernaver and Caterina Howard
Adolf von Henselt | 1814 | 1889 | German | composer and pianist
Josephine Lang | 1815 | 1880 | German | composer and pianist
Ferdinand Praeger | 1815 | 1891 | German | composer and pianist
Robert Volkmann | 1815 | 1883 | German | Robert Volkmanncomposer, companion of Johannes Brahms
Józef Władysław Krogulski | 1815 | 1842 | Polish | composer and pianist
William Sterndale Bennett | 1816 | 1875 | English | composer, conductor and editor
Charles Dancla | 1817 | 1907 | French | violinist, composer and teacher
Émile Prudent | 1817 | 1863 | French | pianist and composer
Károly Thern | 1817 | 1886 | Hungarian | composer, conductor and teacher
Niels Gade | 1817 | 1890 | Danish | composer, violinist and organist
Henry Litolff | 1818 | 1891 | British | pianist, composer and music publisher, best known for his five Concerto Symphoniques
Charles Gounod | 1818 | 1893 | French | Charles Gounodcomposer, best known for his two operas, Faust and Roméo et Juliette
Antonio Bazzini | 1818 | 1897 | Italian | violinist, composer and teacher, best known for The Dance of the Goblins
Alexander Dreyschock | 1818 | 1869 | Czech | pianist and composer
Jacques Offenbach | 1819 | 1880 | French | Jacques Offenbach opera and operetta composer, known for The Tales of Hoffmann and Orpheus in the Underworld
Franz von Suppé | 1819 | 1895 | Austrian | Franz von Suppécomposer and conductor, notable for his operetta, Light Cavalry
Stanisław Moniuszko | 1819 | 1872 | Polish | composer, best known as the Father of Polish National Opera
Clara Schumann | 1819 | 1896 | German | composer and pianist, wife of Robert Schumann, one of the leading pianists of the Romantic era
Vatroslav Lisinski | 1819 | 1854 | Croatian | composer, famous for his first Croatian opera, Love and Malice and his second Croatian opera, Porin

## Middle Romantic (born 1820–1839)

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Henri Vieuxtemps | 1820 | 1881 | Belgian | Henri Vieuxtempscomposer and violinist
Francisco de Sá Noronha | 1820 | 1881 | Portuguese | Francisco de Sá Noronhacomposer and violinist
Giovanni Bottesini | 1821 | 1889 | Italian | conductor, composer and double bass virtuoso
Josip Runjanin | 1821 | 1878 | Croatian | composer
Emilie Holmberg | 1821 | 1854 | Swedish | composer, concert pianist and organist
Joachim Raff | 1822 | 1882 | Swiss-born German | Joachim Raffcomposer, best known for eleven symphonies, most of them program music
César Franck | 1822 | 1890 | Belgian-born French | César Franckcomposer, noted for his Symphony in D minor, also a significant composer for the organ
James Lord Pierpont | 1822 | 1893 | American | composer, best known for Jingle Bells
Luigi Arditi | 1822 | 1903 | Italian | composer, violinist and conductor
Édouard Lalo | 1823 | 1892 | French | Édouard Lalocomposer, remembered for his Symphonie espagnole for violin and orchestra and his Cello Concerto
Theodor Kirchner | 1823 | 1903 | German | composer and pianist, he wrote over 1,000 piano pieces
Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev | 1823 | 1896 | Kazakhstani | composer
Anton Bruckner | 1824 | 1896 | Austrian | Anton Brucknercomposer of nine large-scale symphonies (one incomplete) and two more unacknowledged
Frederick Ellard | 1824 | 1874 | Australian | composer
Bedřich Smetana | 1824 | 1884 | Czech | Bedřich Smetananationalist composer, best known for his cycle of six symphonic poems, Má vlast and his opera, The Bartered Bride
Carl Reinecke | 1824 | 1910 | German | Carl Reineckecomposer, conductor and pianist, best known for his attachment to classical forms and conducted Gewandhausorchester for nearly 35 years
Jean-Baptiste Arban | 1825 | 1889 | French | composer and virtuoso cornetist, wrote the "Grande méthode complète pour cornet à pistons et de saxhorn" now referred to as the "Trumpeter's Bible"
Johann Strauss II | 1825 | 1899 | Austrian | Johann Strauss IIcomposer known as "The Waltz King", son of Austrian dance music composer Johann Strauss I and elder brother of Josef Strauss and Eduard Strauss, best known for Blue Danube Waltz and his opera, Die Fledermaus
Richard Hol | 1825 | 1904 | Dutch | organ composer
Stephen Foster | 1826 | 1864 | American | composer and songwriter known as "the father of American music", best known for "Oh! Susanna", "Camptown Races", "Old Folks at Home", "My Old Kentucky Home", "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair", "Old Black Joe" and "Beautiful Dreamer"
Ivar Hallström | 1826 | 1901 | Swedish | opera composer
Ludwig Minkus | 1826 | 1917 | Austrian | composer of ballet music
Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uppland | 1827 | 1852 | Swedish | composer and the second son of Oscar I of Sweden
Josef Strauss | 1827 | 1870 | Austrian | composer and younger brother of Johann Strauss II
Adolphe Blanc | 1828 | 1885 | French | composer of chamber music
Adrien Barthe | 1828 | 1898 | French | composer
Eduard Rohde | 1828 | 1883 | German | composer and organist
Johann Dubez | 1828 | 1891 | Austrian | composer and mandolinist
Jacques Blumenthal | 1829 | 1908 | German | composer
Patrick Gilmore | 1829 | 1892 | Irish-born American | composer and bandleader, best known for his song, When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Louis Moreau Gottschalk | 1829 | 1869 | American | composer, famous for performing his own romantic piano works
Anton Rubinstein | 1829 | 1894 | Russian | Anton Rubinsteinconductor, composer and pianist
Pavlos Carrer | 1829 | 1896 | Greek | composer, famous for composing the first Greek operas
Karl Goldmark | 1830 | 1915 | Hungarian | Karl Goldmarkcomposer
Hans von Bülow | 1830 | 1894 | German | Hans von Bülowconductor, composer and virtuoso pianist
Theodor Leschetizky | 1830 | 1915 | Polish | pianist, professor and composer
Ivan Larionov | 1830 | 1889 | Russian | composer, writer and folklorist
Kornelije Stanković | 1831 | 1865 | Serbian | composer
Jan Gerard Palm | 1831 | 1906 | Curaçaoan | composer, best known for his mazurkas, waltzes, danzas, tumbas, fantasies and serenades
Célestin Lavigueur | 1831 | 1885 | Canadian | opera composer
Hiromori Hayashi | 1831 | 1896 | Japanese | Hiromori Hayashicomposer, known for the Japanese national anthem, Kimigayo
Joseph Joachim | 1831 | 1907 | Hungarian | composer, violinist, conductor and teacher
Eduardo Mezzacapo | 1832 | 1898 | Italian | mandolin virtuoso, composer and teacher, known for Aubade for Mandolin, Violin and Guitar and Tarantella "Napoli"
August Söderman | 1832 | 1876 | Swedish | composer, best known for his lieder and choral works
Ivan Zajc | 1832 | 1914 | Croatian | composer, conductor, director and teacher, best known for his opera, Nikola Šubić Zrinski and his Croatian patriotic song, U boj, u boj
Francis Edward Bache | 1833 | 1858 | English | composer and organist
Alexander Borodin | 1833 | 1887 | Russian | chemist and nationalist composer, part of the Russian Five, wrote the opera, Prince Igor
Johannes Brahms | 1833 | 1897 | German | Johannes Brahmscomposer, one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period, best known for his four symphonies, Violin Concerto, two piano concertos, and A German Requiem
Amilcare Ponchielli | 1834 | 1886 | Italian | Amilcare Ponchielliopera composer, known for La Gioconda
Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska | 1834 | 1861 | Polish | composer
Julius Reubke | 1834 | 1858 | German | Julius Reubkepiano and organ composer, known for Sonata on the 94th Psalm
Peter Benoit | 1834 | 1901 | Belgian | composer
Giuseppe Branzoli | 1835 | 1909 | Italian | mandolinist, violinist, composer and music historian
Felix Draeseke | 1835 | 1913 | German | composer
Camille Saint-Saëns | 1835 | 1921 | French | Camille Saint-Saënsmusic critic, composer, pianist and an exceptional organist, best known for his biblical opera, Samson et Dalila
Henryk Wieniawski | 1835 | 1880 | Polish | Henryk Wieniawskicomposer and violinist, famous for two concertos and character pieces of exceptional difficulty
Eduard Strauss | 1835 | 1916 | Austrian | composer and younger brother of Johann Strauss II and Josef Strauss
César Cui | 1835 | 1918 | Russian | César Cuiarmy officer, music critic and composer of the Russian Five
Davorin Jenko | 1835 | 1914 | Slovenian-born Serbian | composer and conductor
Friedrich Baumfelder | 1836 | 1916 | German | piano, choral, and orchestra composer, in his day known for his 'Tirocinium musicae' and today known for his 'Melody in F major'
Léo Delibes | 1836 | 1891 | French | composer, one of the first significant ballet composers since the Baroque music, known for Coppélia, Sylvia, and Lakmé
Abdu al-Hamuli | 1836 | 1901 | Egyptian | Abdu al-Hamulicomposer and singer
Antônio Carlos Gomes | 1836 | 1896 | Brazilian | opera composer, praised by Franz Liszt and Giuseppe Verdi whose Il Guarany premiered at La Scala in 1870, a first opera ballo for the composer from the New World
Jesús de Monasterio | 1836 | 1903 | Spanish | Jesús de Monasteriocomposer, violinist, conductor and teacher
Bertha Tammelin | 1836 | 1915 | Swedish | composer, concert pianist and opera singer
Julius Weissenborn | 1837 | 1888 | German | bassoonist, composer and music teacher, famous for his Practical Bassoon School
Tigran Chukhajian | 1837 | 1898 | Turkish-Armenian | composer, conductor, public activist and the founder of the first opera institution in the Ottoman Empire
Émile Waldteufel | 1837 | 1915 | French | Émile Waldteufelcomposer of light music
Mily Balakirev | 1837 | 1910 | Russian | Mily Balakirevnationalist composer and the leader of the Russian Five
Gordon Saunders | 1837 | 1912 | English | composer of songs, church music and organ music, professor at the Trinity College of Music
Georges Bizet | 1838 | 1875 | French | Georges Bizetcomposer, best known for his final opera, Carmen
José Augusto Ferreira Veiga | 1838 | 1903 | Portuguese | José Augusto Ferreira Veigacomposer
Max Bruch | 1838 | 1920 | German | Max Bruchcomposer, known for his Violin Concerto No. 1, Scottish Fantasy and Kol Nidrei for cello and orchestra
Liliʻuokalani | 1838 | 1917 | Hawaiian | composer, known for her popular song, Aloha ʻOe
Henri Ghys | 1839 | 1908 | French | pianist, conductor and composer
Modest Mussorgsky | 1839 | 1881 | Russian | Modest Mussorgskynationalist composer and the member of the Russian Five, best known for his orchestral tone poem, Night on Bald Mountain and his piano suite, Pictures at an Exhibition
Eduard Nápravník | 1839 | 1916 | Czech | Eduard Nápravník conductor and composer
John Knowles Paine | 1839 | 1906 | American | first native-born American composer to acquire international fame for his large-scale orchestral music
Josef Rheinberger | 1839 | 1901 | German | composer and organist, born in Liechtenstein, primarily noted for his organ music including 20 sonatas

## Late Romantic (born 1840–1859)

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 1840 | 1893 | Russian | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovskycomposer, best known for his three ballets, The Nutcracker, Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty, the opera Eugene Onegin, Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy, 1812 Overture, Piano Concerto No. 1, Violin Concerto and his six symphonies
John Stainer | 1840 | 1901 | English | composer and organist
Louis-Albert Bourgault-Ducoudray | 1840 | 1910 | French | composer
Johan Svendsen | 1840 | 1911 | Norwegian | composer, conductor and violinist
Louis Brassin | 1840 | 1884 | Belgian | pianist, composer and music educator, best known for his piano transcription of the Magic Fire Music from Wagner's Die Walküre
Emmanuel Chabrier | 1841 | 1894 | French | Emmanuel Chabrier composer who influenced Maurice Ravel, Les Six, Jean Françaix and many other French composers, known for the opera, L'étoile and the rhapsody, España
Felip Pedrell | 1841 | 1922 | Spanish | composer of opera, zarzuela and church music who taught and influenced Isaac Albéniz, Enrique Granados and Manuel de Falla
Giovanni Sgambati | 1841 | 1914 | Italian | composer, conductor and pianist
Antonín Dvořák | 1841 | 1904 | Czech | Antonín Dvořákcomposer, best known for his New World Symphony
Giuseppe Silvestri | 1841 | 1921 | Italian | composer and mandolin virtuoso
Arrigo Boito | 1842 | 1918 | Italian | Arrigo Boitocomposer and librettist, known as a composer for his opera, Mefistofele
Josef Labor | 1842 | 1924 | Austrian | Josef Laborcomposer, pianist, organist and teacher
Mykola Lysenko | 1842 | 1912 | Ukrainian | Mykola Lysenkocomposer, pianist, conductor and ethnomusicologist
Johann Nepomuk Fuchs | 1842 | 1899 | Austrian | composer, conductor, teacher and editor
Jules Massenet | 1842 | 1912 | French | Jules Massenetcomposer, best known for his two operas, Manon and Werther and the Méditation for violin from the opera, Thaïs
Arthur Sullivan | 1842 | 1900 | English | Arthur Sullivancomposer, known for his operettas in collaboration with William Schwenck Gilbert
Calixa Lavallée | 1842 | 1891 | Canadian | composer, known for the Canadian national anthem, O Canada
Émile Bernard | 1843 | 1902 | French | composer and organist, known for his Divertissement For Doubled Wind Quintet
Edvard Grieg | 1843 | 1907 | Norwegian | Edvard Griegcomposer, best known for his 1875 incidental music, Peer Gynt and the Piano Concerto in A minor
David Popper | 1843 | 1913 | Czech | composer and virtuoso cellist, known for his 40 etudes, 4 concertos and Hungarian Rhapsody for cello and orchestra
Paul Taffanel | 1844 | 1908 | French | Paul Taffanel flautist, conductor and instructor, regarded as the founder of the French Flute School
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | 1844 | 1908 | Russian | Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakovcomposer and the member of the Russian Five, best known for Flight of the Bumblebee from The Tale of Tsar Saltan and his symphonic poem Scheherazade
Pietro Armanini | 1844 | 1895 | Italian | composer, virtuoso mandolinist and teacher, known for his performances and two dances, La cigale polka pour (The Grasshopper Polka) and L'éventail polka-mazurka (The Range Mazurka)
Pablo de Sarasate | 1844 | 1908 | Spanish | virtuoso violinist and composer, best known for Zigeunerweisen, Carmen Fantasy and his showpieces for the violin
Charles-Marie Widor | 1844 | 1937 | French | Charles-Marie Widor composer, known for his works for the organ
Friedrich Nietzsche | 1844 | 1900 | German | philologist, philosopher, cultural critic, poet and composer
Ion Ivanovici | 1845 | 1902 | Romanian | composer, known for his waltz, Waves of the Danube
Gabriel Fauré | 1845 | 1924 | French | Gabriel Faurécomposer, known for his chamber music and his Requiem among other pieces
Oscar Hammerstein I | 1846 | 1919 | German-born American | opera composer, businessman and impresario
Albert Mando | 1846 | 1912 | American | composer, conductor and music educator
Ignaz Brüll | 1846 | 1907 | Austrian | composer and pianist, famous for his opera, Das goldene Kreuz
Luigi Denza | 1846 | 1922 | Italian | opera composer, composed and played for mandolin and guitar
Ferdinando de Cristofaro | 1846 | 1890 | Italian | mandolin virtuoso, pianist, composer and music teacher
Zygmunt Noskowski | 1846 | 1909 | Polish | composer, conductor and teacher
Robert Fuchs | 1847 | 1927 | Austrian | composer and music teacher
Chiquinha Gonzaga | 1847 | 1935 | Brazilian | composer, pianist, and conductor
Augusta Holmès | 1847 | 1903 | French | composer of Irish descent
Philipp Scharwenka | 1847 | 1917 | German-Polish | composer and music teacher, brother of Xaver Scharwenka
Henri Duparc | 1848 | 1933 | French | composer, noted for seventeen melodies
Hubert Parry | 1848 | 1918 | English | Hubert Parrycomposer, wrote choral song, Jerusalem
Benjamin Godard | 1849 | 1895 | French | composer and violinist
Ernesto Köhler | 1849 | 1907 | Italian | flautist and composer, known by flautists for his instructional work, Progress in Flute Playing
Calogero Adolfo Bracco | 1850 | 1903 | Italian | mandolinist, violinist, composer and conductor, known for I mandolini a congresso
Zdeněk Fibich | 1850 | 1900 | Czech | Zdeněk Fibich composer, best known for his two operas, Šárka and The Bride of Messina
Xaver Scharwenka | 1850 | 1924 | German-Polish | composer, pianist and music teacher, brother of Philipp Scharwenka
Alexandre Luigini | 1850 | 1906 | French | composer and conductor
Alfredo Keil | 1850 | 1907 | Portuguese | Alfredo Keilcomposer, painter, poet, archaeologist and art collector, known for composing the national anthem of Portugal
Tomás Bretón | 1850 | 1923 | Spanish | Tomás Bretóncomposer and conductor
Max Josef Beer | 1851 | 1908 | Austrian | composer
Ruperto Chapí | 1851 | 1909 | Spanish | Ruperto Chapícomposer and co-founder of the Spanish Society of Authors and Publishers
Josif Marinković | 1851 | 1931 | Serbian | composer
Vincent d'Indy | 1851 | 1931 | French | Vincent d'Indycomposer, teacher of Erik Satie and Darius Milhaud among others
Francisco Tárrega | 1852 | 1909 | Spanish | composer and virtuoso classical guitarist, known as 'the Father of modern classical guitar playing'
Hans Huber | 1852 | 1921 | Swiss | composer
Charles Villiers Stanford | 1852 | 1924 | Irish | Charles Villiers Stanfordcomposer
Ciprian Porumbescu | 1853 | 1883 | Romanian | composer
Teresa Carreño | 1853 | 1917 | Venezuelan | composer and pianist
Arthur Foote | 1853 | 1937 | American | Arthur Footecomposer and the member of the Second New England School
Engelbert Humperdinck | 1854 | 1921 | German | opera composer, influenced by Richard Wagner, famous for Hänsel und Gretel
Leoš Janáček | 1854 | 1928 | Czech | composer, known for his operas Káťa Kabanová and Jenůfa and his orchestral pieces Sinfonietta and Taras Bulba
Alfredo Catalani | 1854 | 1893 | Italian | Alfredo Catalanicomposer, known for his two operas, Loreley and La Wally
Moritz Moszkowski | 1854 | 1925 | German | composer and pianist who wrote prolifically for the piano, also composed a piano concerto and a violin concerto
John Philip Sousa | 1854 | 1932 | American | John Philip Sousacomposer and conductor known as "The March King", best known for The Stars and Stripes Forever among other marches
Bernard Zweers | 1854 | 1924 | Dutch | Bernard Zweerscomposer
George Whitefield Chadwick | 1854 | 1931 | American | composer
Ernest Chausson | 1855 | 1899 | French | Ernest Chaussoncomposer, influenced by César Franck and Richard Wagner, seen as a bridge from them to Claude Debussy
Jean Pietrapertosa | 1855 | 1940 | Italian-French | composer and mandolin virtuoso
Julius Röntgen | 1855 | 1932 | German-Dutch | composer, influenced by Johannes Brahms, close friend to Edvard Grieg
Anatoly Lyadov | 1855 | 1914 | Russian | Anatoly Lyadovcomposer, teacher and conductor
Arnold Mendelssohn | 1855 | 1933 | German | composer and music teacher
Stevan Mokranjac | 1856 | 1914 | Serbian | composer
Jacob J. Sawyer | 1856 | 1885 | American | composer
Giuseppe Martucci | 1856 | 1909 | Italian | composer and music teacher
Frank White Meacham | 1856 | 1909 | American | composer and arranger of Tin Pan Alley, best known for his popular march, American Patrol
Sergei Taneyev | 1856 | 1915 | Russian | Sergei Taneyevcomposer, pianist and music teacher
José Tragó | 1856 | 1934 | Spanish | José Tragócomposer and pianist
Christian Sinding | 1856 | 1941 | Norwegian | Christian Sindingcomposer
Edward Elgar | 1857 | 1934 | English | Edward Elgarcomposer, wrote oratorios, chamber music, concertos and symphonies, best known for his Enigma Variations, Salut d'Amour, Cello Concerto and his Pomp and Circumstance Marches
Cécile Chaminade | 1857 | 1944 | French | composer and pianist
Ruggero Leoncavallo | 1857 | 1919 | Italian | Ruggero Leoncavalloopera composer, known almost exclusively for Pagliacci
Edwin Eugene Bagley | 1857 | 1922 | American | composer, most famous for composing the march, National Emblem
Mathilde Kralik | 1857 | 1944 | Austrian | Mathilde Kralikcomposer, pupil of Anton Bruckner
Giacomo Puccini | 1858 | 1924 | Italian | Giacomo Pucciniopera composer, known for La bohème, Tosca and Madama Butterfly
Jenő Hubay | 1858 | 1937 | Hungarian | violinist, composer and music teacher, also known by his German name Eugen Huber
Eugène Ysaÿe | 1858 | 1931 | Belgian | Eugène Ysaÿecomposer and virtuoso violinist, known for his solo sonatas for violin
Hans Rott | 1858 | 1884 | Austrian | Hans Rottcomposer and organist, favorite student of Anton Bruckner and praised by Gustav Mahler
Carlo Curti | 1859 | 1922 | Italian | Carlo Curti composer, conductor and instrumentalist on xylophone and mandolin, wrote mandolin method. Also, he conducted the first Mexican Typical Orchestra (Orquesta Típica Mexicana)
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov | 1859 | 1935 | Russian | Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanovcomposer, conductor and teacher
Victor Herbert | 1859 | 1924 | Irish-born American | Victor Herbertcomposer, cellist and conductor, best known for his 1903 operetta, Babes in Toyland
Sergei Lyapunov | 1859 | 1924 | Russian | Sergei Lyapunovcomposer and pianist
Per Lasson | 1859 | 1883 | Norwegian | Per Lassoncomposer, brother of Norwegian painter, Oda Krohg

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Isaac Albéniz | 1860 | 1909 | Spanish | Isaac Albénizcomposer and virtuoso pianist, known for nationalist piano works such as Iberia and a 'set of 12 piano pieces'
Valborg Aulin | 1860 | 1928 | Swedish | Valborg Aulinfemale pianist and composer
Gustave Charpentier | 1860 | 1956 | French | Gustave Charpentiercomposer, best known for his opera, Louise
Gustav Mahler | 1860 | 1911 | Austrian | Gustav Mahlercomposer, one of the most important late-Romantic/early-Modernist composers, his works include ten innovative large-scale and sometimes programmatic symphonies and many lieder
Edward MacDowell | 1860 | 1908 | American | Edward MacDowellcomposer, best known for his piano concertos and piano suites, his works include his most popular short piece, "To a Wild Rose"
Hugo Wolf | 1860 | 1903 | Austrian | Hugo Wolfcomposer of lieder, influenced by Richard Wagner
Ignacy Jan Paderewski | 1860 | 1941 | Polish | Ignacy Paderewskipianist and composer
Anton Arensky | 1861 | 1906 | Russian | Anton Arenskycomposer, pianist and music teacher
Spyridon Samaras | 1861 | 1917 | Greek | Spyridon Samarasopera composer, widely known for his composition of the "Olympic Hymn"
Wilhelm Berger | 1861 | 1911 | German | Wilhelm Bergercomposer, pianist and conductor
Georgy Catoire | 1861 | 1926 | Russian | composer
Václav Suk | 1861 | 1933 | Czech-born Russian | Václav Sukcomposer, violinist and conductor
Stéphan Elmas | 1862 | 1937 | Armenian | Stéphan Elmascomposer, pianist and teacher
Claude Debussy | 1862 | 1918 | French | Claude Debussycomposer, one of the most prominent figures working within the field of Impressionist music, best known for Clair de Lune from Suite bergamasque
Frederick Delius | 1862 | 1934 | English | Frederick Deliuscomposer, used chromaticism in many of his compositions
Edward German | 1862 | 1936 | English | Edward Germancomposer of Welsh descent, known for his three comic operas, Merrie England, A Princess of Kensington and Tom Jones
Alberto Williams | 1862 | 1952 | Argentine | Alberto Williamscomposer and conductor
Emil von Sauer | 1862 | 1942 | German | Emil von Sauercomposer, pianist, editor and teacher
Pietro Mascagni | 1863 | 1945 | Italian | Pietro Mascagniopera composer, known for Cavalleria Rusticana
Horatio Parker | 1863 | 1919 | American | Horatio Parkercomposer, organist and teacher
Gabriel Pierné | 1863 | 1937 | French |  Gabriel Piernécomposer, conductor and organist
Ricardo Castro | 1864 | 1907 | Mexican |  Ricardo Castrocomposer, works include piano music
Alexander Gretchaninov | 1864 | 1956 | Russian | Alexander Gretchaninovcomposer
Sakunosuke Koyama | 1864 | 1927 | Japanese | Sakunosuke Koyamacomposer and music teacher
Alberto Nepomuceno | 1864 | 1920 | Brazilian | Alberto Nepomucenocomposer
Clarence L. Partee | 1864 | 1915 | American | Clarence L. Parteecomposer for banjo, mandolin and guitar
Guy Ropartz | 1864 | 1955 | French | Guy Ropartzcomposer and conductor
Richard Strauss | 1864 | 1949 | German | Richard Strausscomposer, known for Also Sprach Zarathustra (based on the book, Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche), wrote many symphonic poems, operas and lieder
Paul Dukas | 1865 | 1935 | French | Paul Dukascomposer, known for his piece of program music, The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Eduardo di Capua | 1865 | 1917 | Italian | Eduardo di Capuacomposer, known for his song, "'O sole mio"
Herbert J. Ellis | 1865 | 1903 | English | Herbert Ellismusician (banjo, mandolin and guitar), wrote method books, more than 1000 compositions
Paul Gilson | 1865 | 1942 | Belgian | Paul Gilsonmusician and composer
Alexander Glazunov | 1865 | 1936 | Russian | Alexander Glazunovcomposer, influenced by Richard Wagner and Franz Liszt
Albéric Magnard | 1865 | 1914 | French | Albéric Magnardcomposer
Carl Nielsen | 1865 | 1931 | Danish | Carl Nielsencomposer, renowned for his six symphonies and concerti
Jean Sibelius | 1865 | 1957 | Finnish | Jean Sibeliuscomposer of seven symphonies and the Violin Concerto in D minor, known also for the symphonic poems include Finlandia, En saga, Lemminkäinen (which includes the Swan of Tuonela), The Oceanides, and Tapiola
Vasily Kalinnikov | 1866 | 1901 | Russian | Vasily Kalinnikovcomposer of two symphonies
Tor Aulin | 1866 | 1914 | Swedish | Tor Aulinviolinist, conductor and composer
Ferruccio Busoni | 1866 | 1924 | Italian | Ferruccio Busonicomposer and pianist, known for his opera, Turandot and his many transcriptions and arrangements of Johann Sebastian Bach
Francesco Cilea | 1866 | 1950 | Italian | Francesco Cileacomposer, particularly known for his two operas, L'arlesiana and Adriana Lecouvreur
Amanda Aldridge | 1866 | 1956 | British | Amanda Aldridgecomposer, opera singer and teacher
Vladimir Rebikov | 1866 | 1920 | Russian | Vladimir Rebikovcomposer and pianist
Erik Satie | 1866 | 1925 | French | Erik Satiecomposer and pianist, best known for Les Trois Gymnopédies
Georg Schumann | 1866 | 1952 | German | Georg Schumanncomposer, older brother of Camillo Schumann; no relation to Robert Schumann
Johann Strauss III | 1866 | 1939 | Austrian | Johann Strauss IIIcomposer, son of Eduard Strauss
Learmont Drysdale | 1866 | 1909 | Scottish | composer
Samuel Maykapar | 1867 | 1938 | Russian | Samuel Maykaparcomposer
Amy Beach | 1867 | 1944 | American | Amy Beachcomposer and pianist
Umberto Giordano | 1867 | 1948 | Italian | Umberto Giordano opera composer
Enrique Granados | 1867 | 1916 | Spanish | Enrique Granadoscomposer and pianist, known for his piano works and chamber music
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger | 1867 | 1942 | Swedish | Wilhelm Peterson-Bergercomposer, wrote symphonies, operas, vocal and piano music
Charles Koechlin | 1867 | 1950 | French | Charles Koechlincomposer, teacher and writer on music
Scott Joplin | c. 1867/1868 | 1917 | American | Scott Joplincomposer and pianist known as "The Ragtime King", best known for Maple Leaf Rag and The Entertainer among other ragtime compositions
Oskar Merikanto | 1868 | 1924 | Finnish | Oskar Merikanto musician and composer
Granville Bantock | 1868 | 1946 | British | composer
Hermann Bischoff | 1868 | 1936 | German | composer
Hamish MacCunn | 1868 | 1916 | Scottish | composer, conductor and teacher, most famous for The Land of the Mountain and the Flood
Vittorio Monti | 1868 | 1922 | Italian | composer, violinist and conductor, most famous for Csárdás
José Vianna da Motta | 1868 | 1948 | Portuguese | pianist, teacher and composer, most famous for Symphony 'À Pátria', Op. 13
Juventino Rosas | 1868 | 1894 | Mexican | Juventino Rosascomposer, known for his song, "Sobre las Olas"
Jan Brandts Buys | 1868 | 1933 | Dutch-Austrian | composer
Tokichi Setoguchi | 1868 | 1941 | Japanese | Tokichi Setoguchicomposer, music educator, conductor and clarinetist, famous for Warship March
Seth Weeks | 1868 | 1953 | American | Seth Weekscomposer, music educator, jazz bandleader and mandolinist
Siegfried Wagner | 1869 | 1930 | German | opera composer, conductor and the son of Richard Wagner
Demetrios Lialios | 1869 | 1940 | Greek | composer of chamber music
Julius Conus | 1869 | 1942 | Russian | composer and violinist
Albert Roussel | 1869 | 1937 | French | Albert Rousselcomposer
Armas Järnefelt | 1869 | 1958 | Finnish | composer and conductor
Harry Lawrence Freeman | 1869 | 1954 | American | opera composer, conductor, impresario and teacher, best known for his African-American opera, Voodoo
Alfred Hill | 1869 | 1960 | Australian-New Zealand | composer, conductor and teacher
John Nicholas Klohr | 1869 | 1956 | American | composer of band music, most famous for The Billboard March
Leopold Godowsky | 1870 | 1938 | Polish | composer, pianist and teacher
Zygmunt Stojowski | 1870 | 1946 | Polish | composer and pianist
Oscar Straus | 1870 | 1954 | Austrian | Oscar Strauscomposer, no relation to the musical Strauss family of Vienna (Johann Strauss I, Johann Strauss II, Josef Strauss, Eduard Strauss and Johann Strauss III)
Franz Lehár | 1870 | 1948 | Hungarian | composer, mainly known for his operettas
Florent Schmitt | 1870 | 1958 | French | composer
Luigi von Kunits | 1870 | 1931 | Serbian-born Austrian | composer and conductor, founder of the Pittsburg and Toronto symphony orchestras
Guillaume Lekeu | 1870 | 1894 | Belgian | composer, known for his violin sonata
Louis Vierne | 1870 | 1937 | French | Louis Vierne composer and organist, titular organist of Notre-Dame de Paris
Nobu Kōda | 1870 | 1946 | Japanese | Nobu Kōda composer, violinist and music teacher
Frederick Converse | 1871 | 1940 | American | composer
Alfredo D'Ambrosio | 1871 | 1914 | Italian | violinist and composer
Giacomo Balla | 1871 | 1958 | Italian | futurist composer and artist
Zacharia Paliashvili | 1871 | 1933 | Georgian | Zacharia Paliashvili composer, known for the eclectic fusion of Georgian folk songs and stories with 19th century Romantic classical themes. He was the founder of the Georgian Philharmonic Society and later, the head of the Tbilisi State Conservatoire
Henry Kimball Hadley | 1871 | 1937 | American | composer and conductor, known for the opera, Cleopatra's Night
Oreste Ravanello | 1871 | 1938 | Italian | composer, known for works for choir and for organ
Wilhelm Stenhammar | 1871 | 1927 | Swedish | Wilhelm Stenhammar composer, conductor and pianist
Alexander von Zemlinsky | 1871 | 1942 | Austrian | Alexander von Zemlinsky composer and music teacher, his students include Arnold Schoenberg and Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Stanislav Binički | 1872 | 1942 | Serbian | composer
Hugo Alfvén | 1872 | 1960 | Swedish | Hugo Alfvéncomposer, known for Swedish Rhapsody, works include choral music and five symphonies
Julius Fučík | 1872 | 1916 | Czech | Julius Fučíkcomposer and conductor of military bands, known for Entrance of the Gladiators
Rubin Goldmark | 1872 | 1936 | American | composer, pianist, educator and nephew of Karl Goldmark
Alexander Scriabin | 1872 | 1915 | Russian | Alexander Scriabincomposer and pianist, known for his harmonically adventurous piano sonatas and theatrically orchestral works, characteristic period compositions include his Op. 1 to Op. 30 works
Ralph Vaughan Williams | 1872 | 1958 | English | Ralph Vaughan Williamscomposer, his works include nine symphonies, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis and other orchestral poems
Salvator Léonardi | 1872 | 1938 | Italian | composer, performer and teacher, known for Souvenir de Catania, Souvenir de Napoli, Souvenir de Sicile and Angeli e Demoni
Camillo Schumann | 1872 | 1946 | German | composer, younger brother of Georg Schumann; no relation to Robert Schumann
William Henry Bell | 1873 | 1946 | English | composer, conductor and lecturer
Leo Fall | 1873 | 1925 | Austrian | composer of operettas
Pascual Marquina Narro | 1873 | 1948 | Spanish | prolific orchestral and operatic composer
Sergei Rachmaninoff | 1873 | 1943 | Russian | Sergei Rachmaninoffcomposer, conductor and virtuoso pianist, wrote three symphonies, four piano concertos, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and solo piano music
Max Reger | 1873 | 1916 | German | prolific composer, known for his Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart
Reynaldo Hahn | 1874 | 1947 | Venezuelan | composer, known for his strikingly beautiful and unabashedly tonal melodies
Gustav Holst | 1874 | 1934 | English | Gustav Holstcomposer, best known for his orchestral suite, The Planets
Charles Ives | 1874 | 1954 | American | composer, member of the American Five, best known for The Unanswered Question and his Concord Sonata
Arnold Schoenberg | 1874 | 1951 | Austrian-American | Arnold Schoenbergcomposer, whose early works (e.g. Verklärte Nacht) are influenced by Richard Wagner, but subsequently developed atonalism and serialism with such watershed works as Moses und Aron
Josef Suk | 1874 | 1935 | Czech | Josef Sukcomposer and violinist
Franz Schmidt | 1874 | 1939 | Austrian | composer, influenced by Anton Bruckner and Johannes Brahms
Eugénie-Victorine-Jeanne Alombert | 1874 | 1964 | French | composer and pianist
Reinhold Glière | 1875 | 1956 | Russian | Reinhold Glièrecomposer
Julián Carrillo | 1875 | 1965 | Mexican | composer, conductor, violinist and music theorist
Fritz Kreisler | 1875 | 1962 | Austrian | composer and virtuoso violinist, known for his sweet sound, composed short showpieces for the violin
Richard Wetz | 1875 | 1935 | German | composer, influenced by Anton Bruckner
Maurice Ravel | 1875 | 1937 | French | Maurice Ravelcomposer, best known for Boléro
Franco Alfano | 1875 | 1954 | Italian | composer and pianist
Albert Ketèlbey | 1875 | 1959 | English | composer, conductor and pianist
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor | 1875 | 1912 | English | composer, known for his trilogy of cantatas, The Song of Hiawatha
Alexander Koshetz | 1875 | 1944 | Ukrainian | Alexander Koshetzchoral conductor, arranger, composer, ethnographer, writer, musicologist and lecturer
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | 1875 | 1911 | Lithuanian | painter and composer
Henriette Renié | 1875 | 1956 | French | harpist and composer
Josef Hofmann | 1876 | 1957 | Polish-American | Josef Hofmann composer and pianist
Edgar Bara | 1876 | 1962 | French | mandolinist and composer, conducted mandolin orchestra
John Alden Carpenter | 1876 | 1951 | American | composer
Manuel de Falla | 1876 | 1946 | Spanish | Manuel de Fallacomposer, best known for The Three-Cornered Hat
Flor Alpaerts | 1876 | 1954 | Belgian | composer, notable students include the two composers, Denise Tolkowsky and Ernest Schuyten
Mieczysław Karłowicz | 1876 | 1909 | Polish | Mieczysław Karłowiczcomposer, his style is of late-Romantic and nationalist character
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti | 1876 | 1944 | Italian | Filippo Marinettifuturist composer, poet, and editor
Fermo Dante Marchetti | 1876 | 1940 | Italian | Fermo Marchetticomposer, best known for the song, "Fascination"
Ludolf Nielsen | 1876 | 1939 | Danish | Ludolf Nielsencomposer, violinist, conductor and pianist
Carl Ruggles | 1876 | 1971 | American | composer, painter and the member of the American Five, whose representative Romantic-period work is the lieder Ich fühle deinen Odem
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari | 1876 | 1948 | Italian | Ermanno Wolf-Ferraricomposer and music teacher, known for his comic operas
Nakao Tozan | 1876 | 1956 | Japanese | Nakao Tozanperformer and prolific composer, known for his works of the Tozan school
Petar Krstić | 1877 | 1957 | Serbian | composer and conductor
Antonio Russolo | 1877 | 1942 | Italian | futurist composer and brother of Luigi Russolo
Ernst von Dohnányi | 1877 | 1960 | Hungarian | Ernst von Dohnányiconductor, composer and pianist
Elisabeth Kuyper | 1877 | 1953 | Dutch | Elisabeth Kuypercomposer and conductor
Paul Ladmirault | 1877 | 1944 | French | Paul Ladmiraultcomposer
Mykola Leontovych | 1877 | 1921 | Ukrainian | Mykola Leontovychcomposer, choral conductor and teacher, known for his arrangement of the carol "Shchedryk", known in English as "Carol of the Bells" or as "Ring Christmas Bells"
Sergei Bortkiewicz | 1877 | 1952 | Russian | Sergei Bortkiewiczcomposer and pianist
Isidor Bajić | 1878 | 1915 | Serbian | Isidor Bajićcomposer, conductor, teacher and publisher
Gabriel Dupont | 1878 | 1914 | French | Gabriel Dupontcomposer, known for his operas and chamber music
Joseph Holbrooke | 1878 | 1958 | English | Joseph Holbrookecomposer, conductor and pianist
Franz Schreker | 1878 | 1934 | Austrian | Franz Schrekerconductor, composer and music teacher, primarily a composer of operas
Teiichi Okano | 1878 | 1941 | Japanese | Teiichi Okanocomposer
Conrado del Campo | 1878 | 1953 | Spanish | Conrado del Campocomposer, violinist and pedagogue
Frank Bridge | 1879 | 1941 | English | Frank Bridgecomposer, best known as the teacher of Benjamin Britten, characteristic period compositions include Suite for String Orchestra and his Capriccio Nos. 1 and 2
Viggo Brodersen | 1879 | 1965 | Danish | Viggo Brodersencomposer and pianist
Adolf Wiklund | 1879 | 1950 | Swedish | Adolf Wiklundcomposer, conductor and pianist
Joseph Canteloube | 1879 | 1957 | French | Joseph Canteloubecomposer, primarily known for Chants d'Auvergne
Hamilton Harty | 1879 | 1941 | Irish | Hamilton Hartycomposer and conductor, best known for An Irish Symphony
John Ireland | 1879 | 1962 | English | composer, whose Piano Concerto is representative
Carmela Mackenna | 1879 | 1962 | Chilean | Carmela Mackennacomposer and pianist
Alma Mahler | 1879 | 1964 | Austrian | Alma Mahlercomposer and wife of Gustav Mahler
Otto Olsson | 1879 | 1964 | Swedish | composer
Ottorino Respighi | 1879 | 1936 | Italian | composer, known for his three symphonic poems, Fountains of Rome, Pines of Rome, and Roman Festivals
Rudolf Sieczyński | 1879 | 1952 | Austrian | Rudolf Sieczyńskicomposer
Cyril Scott | 1879 | 1970 | English | composer, writer and poet
Rentarō Taki | 1879 | 1903 | Japanese | Rentarō Takicomposer and pianist
Nikolai Medtner | 1880 | 1951 | Russian | Nikolai Medtnercomposer and pianist
Clarence Cameron White | 1880 | 1960 | American | neoromantic composer and concert violinist
Emilios Riadis | 1880 | 1935 | Greek | composer, famous for his song cycles
Béla Bartók | 1881 | 1945 | Hungarian | Béla Bartókcomposer, pianist and ethnomusicologist
Kenneth J. Alford | 1881 | 1945 | English | composer of marches for band, most famous for Colonel Bogey March
Igor Stravinsky | 1882 | 1971 | Russian | Igor Stravinskycomposer, pianist and conductor, best known for his three ballets, The Firebird, Petrushka and The Rite of Spring and his characteristic Romantic-style compositions include Symphony in E-flat, Scherzo fantastique and Fireworks
Maximilian Steinberg | 1883 | 1946 | Russian | Maximilian Steinbergcomposer, whose musical language was influenced by Glazunov and Rimsky-Korsakov's late Romanticism before developing into socialist realism by the late 1920s, characteristic period compositions include his Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 and his Fantaisie dramatique
Arnold Bax | 1883 | 1953 | English | Arnold Baxcomposer, poet and author, best known for his orchestral music
Manolis Kalomiris | 1883 | 1962 | Greek | Manolis Kalomiriscomposer and founder of the Greek National School of Music
Enrique Soro | 1884 | 1954 | Chilean | Enrique Sorocomposer and pianist
Edwin York Bowen | 1884 | 1961 | English | York Bowencomposer and pianist
Charles Tomlinson Griffes | 1884 | 1920 | American | Charles Tomlinsoncomposer, known for his musical impressionism
Alfonso Leng | 1884 | 1974 | Chilean | Alfonso Lengcomposer and dentist
Marios Varvoglis | 1885 | 1967 | Greek | Marios Varvogliscomposer
Dimitrios Levidis | 1885 | 1951 | Greek | Dimitrios Levidiscomposer
Nagayo Motoori | 1885 | 1945 | Japanese | Nagayo Motooricomposer
Pedro Humberto Allende | 1885 | 1957 | Chilean | Pedro Humbertocomposer and pianist who serves as the first Chilean impressionist composer
Kōsaku Yamada | 1886 | 1965 | Japanese | Kōsaku Yamadacomposer and conductor
Kurt Atterberg | 1887 | 1974 | Swedish | Kurt Atterbergcomposer and conductor
Carlos Isamitt | 1887 | 1974 | Chilean | Carlos Isamittcomposer, painter and musicologist
Nadia Boulanger | 1887 | 1979 | French | Nadia Boulangercomposer, pianist and organist
Max Steiner | 1888 | 1971 | Austrian-born American | composer and conductor who emigrated to America and became one of Hollywood's greatest musical composers
Philip Greeley Clapp | 1888 | 1954 | American | educator, conductor, pianist and composer of classical music
María Rodrigo | 1888 | 1967 | Spanish | María Rodrigocomposer and pianist
Sverre Jordan | 1889 | 1972 | Norwegian | Sverre Jordancomposer and conductor
Morishige Takei | 1890 | 1949 | Japanese | Morishige Takeicomposer, guitarist and mandolinist
Luís de Freitas Branco | 1890 | 1955 | Portuguese | Luís de Freitas Brancocomposer and musicologist
Sergei Prokofiev | 1891 | 1953 | Russian | Sergei Prokofievcomposer, pianist and conductor, best known for his ballet, Romeo and Juliet, his characteristic Romantic works include his Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor and his 4 Etudes
Darius Milhaud | 1892 | 1974 | French | Darius Milhaudcomposer, conductor and teacher
Ferde Grofé | 1892 | 1972 | American | Ferde Grofécomposer, arranger, pianist and instrumentalist, best known for Grand Canyon Suite
Sayed Darwish | 1892 | 1923 | Egyptian | Sayed Darwishcomposer, arranger and singer
Lili Boulanger | 1893 | 1918 | French | Lili Boulangercomposer and the first female winner of the Prix de Rome prize
Rued Langgaard | 1893 | 1952 | Danish | Rued Langgaardcomposer and organist
Tamezō Narita | 1893 | 1945 | Japanese | Tamezō Naritacomposer
Michio Miyagi | 1894 | 1956 | Japanese | Michio Miyagicomposer and musician, famous for his koto playing
William Grant Still | 1895 | 1978 | American | William Grant Stillcomposer known as "The Dean of Afro-American Composers"
Carl Orff | 1895 | 1982 | German | Carl Orffcomposer and music educator, best known for his cantata, Carmina Burana
Eva Jessye | 1895 | 1992 | American | Eva Jessyecomposer, conductor and singer
Leo Ornstein | c. 1895 | 2002 | Ukrainian-American | Leo Ornsteincomposer and pianist, though had a reputation as an avant-garde composer during his youth, he has composed characteristic Romantic-period works including Scherzino in B Minor, the piano suite Seeing Russia with Teacher, and 9 Miniatures
Virgil Thomson | 1896 | 1989 | American | Virgil Thomsoncomposer and critic
António Fragoso | 1897 | 1918 | Portuguese | António Fragosocomposer and pianist
Henry Cowell | 1897 | 1965 | American | Henry Cowellcomposer, writer, pianist, publisher, teacher and the husband of Sidney Robertson Cowell
Erich Wolfgang Korngold | 1897 | 1957 | Moravian-born American | Erich Wolfgang Korngoldcomposer and conductor
George Gershwin | 1898 | 1937 | American | George Gershwincomposer and pianist known as "The New York Citizen", best known for Rhapsody in Blue and An American in Paris as well as his opera, Porgy and Bess
Mischa Levitzki | 1898 | 1941 | American | Mischa Levitzkicomposer and pianist of Romantic-style works

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## References

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Notes

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Sources

* Classical Net, Timeline of Major Composers 1600–Present (PDF), retrieved 6 May 2009 from Classical Net – Composers and Their Works – Timelines

## Further reading

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* Classical Composers Database: Composers timeline (1800–1900). Retrieved 5 July 2006
* Machlis, Joseph and Forney, Kristine. The Enjoyment of Music: Seventh Edition, W. W. Norton & Company, 1995, ISBN 0-393-96643-7
* Moss, Charles K. Claude Debussy and Impressionism at the Wayback Machine (archived 9 February 2008). Retrieved 17 January 2009
* Sadie, Julie Anne and Rhian Samuel. The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers, W. W. Norton & Company, 1995, ISBN 0-333-51598-6

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