The composers
Composer
Era
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
German Baroque music
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Empfindsamkeit, pre-Classicism
Béla Bartók
Béla Bartók
Modern schools, neoclassicism
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
Classical style
Luciano Berio
Luciano Berio
Serialism and post-Serialism
Hector Berlioz
Hector Berlioz
French Romanticism
Luigi Boccherini
Luigi Boccherini
Spanish Baroque Music
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms
Post- Romanticism
Benjamin Britten
Benjamin Britten
Modern schools, neoclassicism
Anton Bruckner
Anton Bruckner
Post- Romanticism
Dietrich Buxtehude
Dietrich Buxtehude
German Baroque music
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
17th-century France
Frederic Chopin
Frederic Chopin
French Romanticism
Arcangelo Corelli
Arcangelo Corelli
Settecento: Italian opera and madrigal
François Couperin
François Couperin
French late Baroque
Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy
Symbolism and Impressionism
Josquin Desprez
Josquin Desprez
Franco-Flemish polyphony
Antonín Dvořák
Antonín Dvořák
German Romanticism
Sir Edward Elgar
Sir Edward Elgar
National schools
Manuel de Falla
Manuel de Falla
National schools
Gabriel Fauré
Gabriel Fauré
Modern schools, neoclassicism
César Franck
César Franck
National schools
George Gershwin
George Gershwin
Non-classical (jazz, folk, etc)
Carlo Gesualdo
Carlo Gesualdo
Settecento: Italian opera and madrigal
Edward Grieg
Edward Grieg
National schools
George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel
English Baroque music
Joseph Haydn
Joseph Haydn
Classical style
Leoš Janácek
Leoš Janácek
National schools
Michel-Richard de Lalande
Michel-Richard de Lalande
French late Baroque
Roland de Lassus
Roland de Lassus
Franco-Flemish polyphony
György Ligeti
György Ligeti
Serialism and post-Serialism
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Jean-Baptiste Lully
17th-century France
Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler
Post- Romanticism
Marin Marais
Marin Marais
17th-century France
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
German Romanticism
Olivier Messiaen
Olivier Messiaen
Serialism and post-Serialism
Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Monteverdi
Settecento: Italian opera and madrigal
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Classical style
Arvo Pärt
Arvo Pärt
Works composed since 2001
Astor Piazzolla
Astor Piazzolla
Non-classical (jazz, folk, etc)
Francis Poulenc
Francis Poulenc
Modern schools, neoclassicism
Sergey Prokofiev
Sergey Prokofiev
Modern schools, neoclassicism
Henry Purcell
Henry Purcell
English Baroque music
Sergei Rachmaninov
Sergei Rachmaninov
Post- Romanticism
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Jean-Philippe Rameau
French late Baroque
Maurice Ravel
Maurice Ravel
Symbolism and Impressionism
Camille Saint-Saëns
Camille Saint-Saëns
French Romanticism
Erik Satie
Erik Satie
Modern schools, neoclassicism
Arnold Schoenberg
Arnold Schoenberg
Second Viennese School, atonalism
Franz Schubert
Franz Schubert
German Romanticism
Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann
German Romanticism
Heinrich Schütz
Heinrich Schütz
German Baroque music
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich
Modern schools, neoclassicism
Richard Strauss
Richard Strauss
Post- Romanticism
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Modern schools, neoclassicism
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
National schools
Georg Philipp Telemann
Georg Philipp Telemann
German Baroque music
Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Vivaldi
Italian late Baroque
Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner
Post- Romanticism
Carl Maria von Weber
Carl Maria von Weber
German Romanticism