Composers
Medieval, 500–1400
Renaissance, 1400–1600
Byrd, William
England1543–1623
Des Prez, Josquin
France1450–1521
La Rue, Pierre de
France1452–1518
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da
Italy1525–94
Tallis, Thomas
England1505–85
Early baroque, 1580–1650
Frescobaldi, Girolamo
Italy1583–1643
Monteverdi, Girolamo
Italy1567–1643
Schütz, Heinrich
Germany1585–1672
Middle Baroque, 1630–1700
Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz
Bohemia, Austria1644–1704
Buxtehude, Dieterich
Denmark, Germany1637–1707
Corelli, Arcangelo
Italy1653–1713
Lully, Jean-Baptiste
France1632–87
Purcell, Henry
England1659–95
Rameau, Jean-Philippe
France1659–95
Late Baroque, 1680–1750
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Germany1658–1750
Couperin, François
France1668–1733
Handel, George Frideric
Germany, England1685–1759
Locatelli, Pietro
Italy1695–1764
Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista
Italy1710–36
Tartini, Giuseppe
Italy1692–1770
Telemann, Georg Philipp
Germany1681–1767
Vivaldi, Antonio
Italy1678–1741
Zelenka, Jan Dismas
Bohemia1679–1745
Classical, 1750–1820
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel
Germany1714–88
Beethoven, Ludwig van
Germany1770–1827
Boccherini, Luigi
Italy1743–1805
Haydn, Joseph
Austria1732–1809
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Austria1756–91
Schubert, Franz
Austria1797–1828
Spohr, Louis
Germany1784–1859
Romantic, 1800–1910
Albéniz, Isaac
Spain1860–1909
Alkan, Valentin
France1813–88
Bellini, Vincenzo
Italy1801–35
Berlioz, Hector
France1803–69
Berwald, Franz
Sweden1796–1868
Bizet, Georges
France1838–75
Borodin, Alexander
Russia1833–87
Brahms, Johannes
Germany1833–97
Bruch, Max
Germany1838–1920
Bruckner, Anton
Austria1824–96
Chopin, Frédéric
Poland1810–49
Donizetti, Gaetano
Italy1797–1848
Dvořák, Antonín
Bohemia1841–1904
Franck, César
France, Belgium1822–90
Glazunov, Alexander
Russia1865–1936
Kalinnikov, Vasily
Russia1866–1901
Liszt, Franz
Hungary1811–86
Magnard, Albéric
France1865–1914
Martucci, Giuseppe
Italy1865–1909
Mendelssohn, Felix
Germany1809–47
Meyerbeer, Giacomo
Germany1791–1864
Mussorgsky, Modest
Russia1839–81
Rachmaninov, Sergei
Russia1873–1943
Raff, Joachim
Germany, Switzerland1822–82
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai
Russia1844–1908
Rossini, Gioachino
Italy1792–1868
Rubinstein, Anton
Russia1829–94
Schumann, Robert
Germany1810–56
Taneyev, Sergei
Russia1856–1915
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr
Russia1840–93
Verdi, Giuseppe
Italy1813–1901
Volkmann, Robert
Germany1815–83
Wagner, Richard
Germany1813–83
Weber, Carl Maria von
Germany1786–1826
Wetz, Richard
Germany1875–1935
Modernism, 1890–1975
Atterberg, Kurt
Sweden1887–1974
Barber, Samuel
USA1910–81
Bartók, Béla
Hungary1881–1945
Bax, Arnold
England1883–1953
Beach, Amy
USA1867–1944
Berg, Alban
Austria1885–1935
Busoni, Ferruccio
Italy1866–1924
Debussy, Claude
France1862–1918
Elgar, Edward
England1857–1934
Enescu, George
Romania1881–1955
Fauré, Gabriel
France1845–1924
Glière, Reinhold
Russia1875–1956
Hanson, Howard
USA1896–1981
Hartmann, Karl Amadeus
Germany1905–63
Hindemith, Paul
Germany1895–1963
Holst, Gustav
England1874–1934
Honegger, Arthur
Switzerland1892–1955
Ives, Charles
USA1874–1954
Janáček, Leoš
Moravia1854–1928
Khachaturian, Aram
Armenia1903–78
Kodály, Zoltán
Hungary1882–1967
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang
Austria, USA1897–1957
Langgaard, Rued
Denmark1893–1952
Leifs, Jón
Iceland1899–1968
Mahler, Gustav
Bohemia, Austria1860–1911
Martinů, Bohuslav
Czechia1890–1959
Medtner, Nikolai
Russia1880–1951
Milhaud, Darius
France1892–1974
Myaskovsky, Nikolai
Russia1881–1950
Nielsen, Carl
Denmark1865–1931
Piston, Walter
USA1894–1976
Poulenc, Francis
France1899–1963
Prokofiev, Sergei
Russia1891–1953
Puccini, Giacomo
Italy1858–1924
Rangström, Ture
Sweden1884–1947
Ravel, Maurice
France1875–1937
Reger, Max
Germany1873–1916
Roslavets, Nikolai
Russia1881–1944
Saint-Saëns, Camille
France1835–1921
Schmidt, Franz
Austria-Hungary1874–1939
Schönberg, Arnold
Austria, USA1874–1951
Scriabin, Alexander
Russia1872–1915
Shostakovich, Dmitri
Russia1906–75
Sibelius, Jean
Finland1865–1957
Stenhammar, Wilhelm
Sweden1871–1927
Strauss, Richard
Germany1864–1949
Stravinsky, Igor
Russia, USA1882–1971
Szymanowski, Karol
Poland1882–1937
Tippett, Michael
England1905–98
Varèse, Edgard
USA1883–1965
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
England1872–1958
Villa-Lobos, Heitor
Brazil1887–1959
Walton, William
England1902–83
Webern, Anton
Austria1883–1945
Ysaÿe, Eugène
Belgium1858–1931
Contemporary, 1950–
Abrahamsen, Hans
Denmark1952–
Adams, John
USA1947–
Aho, Kalevi
Finland1949–
Bacewicz, Grażyna
Poland1909–69
Berio, Luciano
Italy1925–2003
Bernstein, Leonard
USA1918–90
Boulez, Pierre
France1925–2016
Cage, John
USA1912–92
Carter, Elliott
USA1908–2012
Chin, Unsuk
South Korea1961–
Clyne, Anna
England1980–
Copland, Aaron
USA1900–90
Crumb, George
USA1929–
Diamond, David
USA1915–2005
Dutilleux, Henri
France1916–2013
Feldman, Morton
USA1926–87
Ferneyhough, Brian
England1943–
Ginastera, Alberto
Argentina1916–83
Glass, Philip
USA1937–
Gubaidulina, Sofia
Russia1931–
Górecki, Henryk
Poland1933–2010
Harris, Roy
USA1898–1979
Higdon, Jennifer
USA1962–
Holmboe, Vagn
Denmark1909–96
Kokkonen, Joonas
Finland1921–96
Ligeti, György Sándor
Austria, Hungary1923–2006
Lutosławski, Witold
Poland1913–94
Martynov, Vladimir
Russia1946–
Messiaen, Olivier
France1908–92
Nancarrow, Conlon
Mexico1912–97
Narbutaitė, Onutė
Lithuania1956–
Neuwirth, Olga
Austria1968–
Nørgård, Per
Denmark1932–
Panufnik, Andrzej
Poland1914–91
Penderecki, Krzysztof
Poland1933–2020
Petrassi, Goffredo
Italy1904–2003
Pettersson, Allan
Sweden1911–80
Pärt, Arvo
Estonia1935–
Rautavaara, Einojuhani
Finland1928–2016
Reich, Steve
USA1936–
Riley, Terry
USA1935–
Rochberg, George
USA1918–2005
Rubbra, Edmund
England1901–86
Saariaho, Kaija
Finland1952–
Schnittke, Alfred
Russia1934–98
Schuman, William
USA1910–92
Silvestrov, Valentyn
Ukraine1937–
Sorabji, Kaikhosru Shapurji
England1892–1988
Stockhausen, Karlheinz
Germany1928–2007
Thorvaldsdottir, Anna
Iceland1977–
Tubin, Eduard
Estonia1905–82
Ustvolskaya, Galina
Russia1919–2006
Weinberg, Mieczysław
Poland1919–96
Xenakis, Iannis
France, Greece1922–2001