Composers
Medieval 500–1400
Renaissance 1400–1600
Byrd, William
England 1543–1623
Des Prez, Josquin
France 1450–1521
La Rue, Pierre de
France 1452–1518
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da
Italy 1525–94
Tallis, Thomas
England 1505–85
Early baroque 1580–1650
Frescobaldi, Girolamo
Italy 1583–1643
Monteverdi, Girolamo
Italy 1567–1643
Schütz, Heinrich
Germany 1585–1672
Middle Baroque 1630–1700
Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz
Bohemia, Austria 1644–1704
Buxtehude, Dieterich
Denmark, Germany 1637–1707
Corelli, Arcangelo
Italy 1653–1713
Lully, Jean-Baptiste
France 1632–87
Purcell, Henry
England 1659–95
Rameau, Jean-Philippe
France 1659–95
Late Baroque 1680–1750
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Germany 1658–1750
Couperin, François
France 1668–1733
Handel, George Frideric
Germany, England 1685–1759
Locatelli, Pietro
Italy 1695–1764
Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista
Italy 1710–36
Tartini, Giuseppe
Italy 1692–1770
Telemann, Georg Philipp
Germany 1681–1767
Vivaldi, Antonio
Italy 1678–1741
Zelenka, Jan Dismas
Bohemia 1679–1745
Classical 1750–1820
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel
Germany 1714–88
Beethoven, Ludwig van
Germany 1770–1827
Boccherini, Luigi
Italy 1743–1805
Haydn, Joseph
Austria 1732–1809
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Austria 1756–91
Schubert, Franz
Austria 1797–1828
Spohr, Louis
Germany 1784–1859
Romantic 1800–1910
Albéniz, Isaac
Spain 1860–1909
Alkan, Valentin
France 1813–88
Bellini, Vincenzo
Italy 1801–35
Berlioz, Hector
France 1803–69
Berwald, Franz
Sweden 1796–1868
Bizet, Georges
France 1838–75
Borodin, Alexander
Russia 1833–87
Brahms, Johannes
Germany 1833–97
Bruch, Max
Germany 1838–1920
Bruckner, Anton
Austria 1824–96
Chopin, Frédéric
Poland 1810–49
Donizetti, Gaetano
Italy 1797–1848
Dvořák, Antonín
Bohemia 1841–1904
Franck, César
France, Belgium 1822–90
Glazunov, Alexander
Russia 1865–1936
Kalinnikov, Vasily
Russia 1866–1901
Liszt, Franz
Hungary 1811–86
Magnard, Albéric
France 1865–1914
Martucci, Giuseppe
Italy 1865–1909
Mendelssohn, Felix
Germany 1809–47
Meyerbeer, Giacomo
Germany 1791–1864
Mussorgsky, Modest
Russia 1839–81
Rachmaninov, Sergei
Russia 1873–1943
Raff, Joachim
Germany, Switzerland 1822–82
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai
Russia 1844–1908
Rossini, Gioachino
Italy 1792–1868
Rubinstein, Anton
Russia 1829–94
Schumann, Robert
Germany 1810–56
Taneyev, Sergei
Russia 1856–1915
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr
Russia 1840–93
Verdi, Giuseppe
Italy 1813–1901
Volkmann, Robert
Germany 1815–83
Wagner, Richard
Germany 1813–83
Weber, Carl Maria von
Germany 1786–1826
Wetz, Richard
Germany 1875–1935
Modernism 1890–1975
Atterberg, Kurt
Sweden 1887–1974
Barber, Samuel
USA 1910–81
Bartók, Béla
Hungary 1881–1945
Bax, Arnold
England 1883–1953
Beach, Amy
USA 1867–1944
Berg, Alban
Austria 1885–1935
Busoni, Ferruccio
Italy 1866–1924
Debussy, Claude
France 1862–1918
Elgar, Edward
England 1857–1934
Enescu, George
Romania 1881–1955
Fauré, Gabriel
France 1845–1924
Glière, Reinhold
Russia 1875–1956
Hanson, Howard
USA 1896–1981
Hartmann, Karl Amadeus
Germany 1905–63
Hindemith, Paul
Germany 1895–1963
Holst, Gustav
England 1874–1934
Honegger, Arthur
Switzerland 1892–1955
Ives, Charles
USA 1874–1954
Janáček, Leoš
Moravia 1854–1928
Khachaturian, Aram
Armenia 1903–78
Kodály, Zoltán
Hungary 1882–1967
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang
Austria, USA 1897–1957
Langgaard, Rued
Denmark 1893–1952
Leifs, Jón
Iceland 1899–1968
Mahler, Gustav
Bohemia, Austria 1860–1911
Martinů, Bohuslav
Czechia 1890–1959
Medtner, Nikolai
Russia 1880–1951
Milhaud, Darius
France 1892–1974
Myaskovsky, Nikolai
Russia 1881–1950
Nielsen, Carl
Denmark 1865–1931
Piston, Walter
USA 1894–1976
Poulenc, Francis
France 1899–1963
Prokofiev, Sergei
Russia 1891–1953
Puccini, Giacomo
Italy 1858–1924
Rangström, Ture
Sweden 1884–1947
Ravel, Maurice
France 1875–1937
Reger, Max
Germany 1873–1916
Roslavets, Nikolai
Russia 1881–1944
Saint-Saëns, Camille
France 1835–1921
Schmidt, Franz
Austria-Hungary 1874–1939
Schönberg, Arnold
Austria, USA 1874–1951
Scriabin, Alexander
Russia 1872–1915
Shostakovich, Dmitri
Russia 1906–75
Sibelius, Jean
Finland 1865–1957
Stenhammar, Wilhelm
Sweden 1871–1927
Strauss, Richard
Germany 1864–1949
Stravinsky, Igor
Russia, USA 1882–1971
Szymanowski, Karol
Poland 1882–1937
Tippett, Michael
England 1905–98
Varèse, Edgard
USA 1883–1965
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
England 1872–1958
Villa-Lobos, Heitor
Brazil 1887–1959
Walton, William
England 1902–83
Webern, Anton
Austria 1883–1945
Ysaÿe, Eugène
Belgium 1858–1931
Contemporary 1950–
Abrahamsen, Hans
Denmark 1952–
Adams, John
USA 1947–
Aho, Kalevi
Finland 1949–
Bacewicz, Grażyna
Poland 1909–69
Berio, Luciano
Italy 1925–2003
Bernstein, Leonard
USA 1918–90
Boulez, Pierre
France 1925–2016
Cage, John
USA 1912–92
Carter, Elliott
USA 1908–2012
Chin, Unsuk
South Korea 1961–
Clyne, Anna
England 1980–
Copland, Aaron
USA 1900–90
Crumb, George
USA 1929–
Diamond, David
USA 1915–2005
Dutilleux, Henri
France 1916–2013
Feldman, Morton
USA 1926–87
Ferneyhough, Brian
England 1943–
Ginastera, Alberto
Argentina 1916–83
Glass, Philip
USA 1937–
Górecki, Henryk
Poland 1933–2010
Gubaidulina, Sofia
Russia 1931–
Harris, Roy
USA 1898–1979
Higdon, Jennifer
USA 1962–
Holmboe, Vagn
Denmark 1909–96
Kokkonen, Joonas
Finland 1921–96
Ligeti, György Sándor
Austria, Hungary 1923–2006
Lutosławski, Witold
Poland 1913–94
Martynov, Vladimir
Russia 1946–
Messiaen, Olivier
France 1908–92
Nancarrow, Conlon
Mexico 1912–97
Narbutaitė, Onutė
Lithuania 1956–
Neuwirth, Olga
Austria 1968–
Nørgård, Per
Denmark 1932–
Panufnik, Andrzej
Poland 1914–91
Pärt, Arvo
Estonia 1935–
Penderecki, Krzysztof
Poland 1933–2020
Petrassi, Goffredo
Italy 1904–2003
Pettersson, Allan
Sweden 1911–80
Rautavaara, Einojuhani
Finland 1928–2016
Reich, Steve
USA 1936–
Riley, Terry
USA 1935–
Rochberg, George
USA 1918–2005
Rubbra, Edmund
England 1901–86
Saariaho, Kaija
Finland 1952–
Schnittke, Alfred
Russia 1934–98
Schuman, William
USA 1910–92
Silvestrov, Valentyn
Ukraine 1937–
Sorabji, Kaikhosru Shapurji
England 1892–1988
Stockhausen, Karlheinz
Germany 1928–2007
Thorvaldsdottir, Anna
Iceland 1977–
Tubin, Eduard
Estonia 1905–82
Ustvolskaya, Galina
Russia 1919–2006
Weinberg, Mieczysław
Poland 1919–96
Xenakis, Iannis
France, Greece 1922–2001