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