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This is a list of composers, mostly European, of the Classical music era, roughly from 1740 to 1820. Some of the most prominent composers of the Classical era include Wilhelm Friedmann Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Stamitz, Joseph Haydn, Johann Christian Bach, Luigi Boccherini, Ludwig van Beethoven, Antonio Salieri, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. // Early Medieval composers ( -1150) Adam de St. ...
// Transitional composers from the Medieval era (1400-1450) Composers of a transitional period between the late Medieval and early Renaissance eras. ...
Composers of the Baroque era, ordered by date of birth: // Early Baroque era composers (born 1550-1600) Composers of the Early Baroque era include the following figures listed by the probable or proven date of their birth: Giulio Caccini (c. ...
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Composers of 20th century classical music include: A Heikki Aaltoila (1905-1992) Kyle Abbot (1950-2004) Michael Abels (born 1962) Muhal Richard Abrams (born 1930) Juan Manuel Abras (born 1975) Jean Absil (1893-1974) John Coolidge Adams (born 1947) John Luther Adams (born 1953) Richard Addinsell (1904 - 1977) Thomas Ad...
Composers of 21st century classical music include: A Aa, Michel van der (born 1970) Aanesen, Arnt Haakon (born 1977) Abhay Rustum Sopori Ãechen Aaq-Swǽraq (born 1931) Marcello Abbado (born 1926) Keiko Abe (born 1937) Muhal Richard Abrams (born 1930) Juan Manuel Abras (born 1975) José Antonio Abreu (born...
The Classical period in Western music occurred from about 1730 through 1820, despite considerable overlap at both ends with preceding and following periods, as is true for all musical eras. ...
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (November 22, 1710 – July 1, 1784) was the eldest, and by common repute the most gifted son, of Johann Sebastian Bach; a famous organist, a famous improvisor, and a complete master of counterpoint. ...
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (Weimar, March 8, 1714 â December 14, 1788) was a German musician and composer, the second son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach. ...
Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz (Czech: Jan Václav Stamic) (baptized June 30, 1717 â March 27, 1757) was a composer and violinist. ...
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Johann Christian Bach, painted in London by Thomas Gainsborough, 1776 ( Museo Civico, Bologna) Johann Christian Bach (September 5, 1735 â January 1, 1782) was a composer of the Classical era. ...
Luigi Boccherini Luigi Rodolfo Boccherini (February 19, 1743 â May 28, 1805) was a classical era composer and cellist from Italy, mostly known for one particular minuet from his String Quintet in E, Op. ...
1820 portrait by Karl Stieler Ludwig van Beethoven (pronounced ) (baptized December 17, 1770[1] â March 26, 1827) was a German composer and pianist. ...
Antonio Salieri Antonio Salieri (August 18, 1750 â May 7, 1825), born in Legnago, Italy, was a composer and conductor, as well as one of the most important and famous musicians of his time. ...
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Baroque/Classical era transition composers (born before 1710) Lodovico Giustini (December 12, 1685 â February 7, 1743) was an Italian composer and keyboard player of the late Baroque and early Classical eras. ...
Jean Baptiste Masse (c. ...
Michel Blavet (March 13, 1700–October 28, 1768) was a French flute virtuoso. ...
Johan Agrell Johan Agrell (born: Löth, 1 February 1701; died: Nuremberg, 19 January 1765) was a late German baroque composer. ...
Events January 18 - Frederick I becomes King of Prussia. ...
1775 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Giovanni Battista Sammartini (ca. ...
Johann Ernst Eberlin, (March 27, 1702 – June 19, 1762). ...
Events March 8 - William III died; Princess Anne Stuart becomes Queen Anne of England, Scotland and Ireland. ...
1762 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
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Baldassare Galuppi (October 18, 1706 - January 3, 1785) was a Venetian composer noted for his operas, and particularly opera buffa. ...
Carl Georg Reutter (the Younger) was born as the son of Georg Reutter (the Elder) in Vienna on 8 April 1708. ...
Michel Corrette (1709 - 1795) French composer and author of method books. ...
// Events January 12 - Two-month freezing period begins in France - The coast of the Atlantic and Seine River freeze, crops fail and at least 24. ...
1795 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
Christoph Schaffrath was born in 1709 in Hohenstien, Germany. ...
// Events January 12 - Two-month freezing period begins in France - The coast of the Atlantic and Seine River freeze, crops fail and at least 24. ...
1763 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (January 4, 1710 - March 16, 1736) was an Italian composer, violinist and organist. ...
// Events April 10 - The worlds first copyright legislation became effective, Britains Statute of Anne Ongoing events Great Northern War (1700-1721) War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713) Births January 3 - Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. ...
Events January 26 - Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne. ...
Domenico Alberti (around 1710 - 1740) was an Italian singer, harpsichordist and composer whose works bridge the Baroque and Classical periods. ...
// Events April 10 - The worlds first copyright legislation became effective, Britains Statute of Anne Ongoing events Great Northern War (1700-1721) War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713) Births January 3 - Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. ...
Events May 31 - Friedrich II comes to power in Prussia upon the death of his father, Friedrich Wilhelm I. October 20 - Maria Theresia of Austria inherits the Habsburg hereditary dominions (Austria, Bohemia, Hungary and present-day Belgium). ...
Thomas Augustine Arne (1710-March 5, 1778) was an English composer, best known for the popular patriotic song, Rule Britannia, which is still frequently sung, notably at the Last Night of the Proms; and also his musical settings of songs from the plays of William Shakespeare. ...
// Events April 10 - The worlds first copyright legislation became effective, Britains Statute of Anne Ongoing events Great Northern War (1700-1721) War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713) Births January 3 - Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. ...
1778 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, in a portrait by Wilhelm Weitsch Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (November 22, 1710 â July 1, 1784) was the eldest, and by common repute the most gifted son, of Johann Sebastian Bach; a famous organist, a famous improvisor, and a complete master of counterpoint. ...
// Events April 10 - The worlds first copyright legislation became effective, Britains Statute of Anne Ongoing events Great Northern War (1700-1721) War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713) Births January 3 - Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. ...
1784 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
William Boyce (September 11, 1711 â February 7, 1779) is widely regarded as one of the most important English-born composers of the 18th century. ...
// Events February 24 - The London premiere of Rinaldo by George Friderich Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage. ...
1779 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
Early Classical era composers (born 1710-1730) Charles John Stanley (January 17, 1712 â May 19, 1786) was an English composer and organist. ...
// Events Treaty of Aargau signed between Catholic and Protestants. ...
1786 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
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// Events April 11 - War of the Spanish Succession: Treaty of Utrecht June 23 - French residents of Acadia given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia Canada first Orrery built by George Graham Ongoing events Great Northern War (1700-1721) War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713...
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Battle of Gangut, by Maurice Baquoi, 1724-27. ...
1767 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
Niccolò Jommelli Niccolò Jommelli (September 10, 1714 â August 25, 1774) was an Italian composer. ...
Battle of Gangut, by Maurice Baquoi, 1724-27. ...
Chesma Column in Tsarskoe Selo, commemorating the end of the Russo-Turkish War. ...
Gottfried August Homilius (February 2, 1714 â June 1 (June 2?), 1785) was a German composer, Cantor, and organist. ...
Battle of Gangut, by Maurice Baquoi, 1724-27. ...
1785 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
Gluck, detail of a portrait by Joseph Duplessis, dated 1775 (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna) Christoph Willibald (von) Gluck (July 2, 1714 â November 15, 1787) was a German composer. ...
Battle of Gangut, by Maurice Baquoi, 1724-27. ...
1787 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (Weimar, March 8, 1714 â December 14, 1788) was a German musician and composer, the second son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach. ...
Battle of Gangut, by Maurice Baquoi, 1724-27. ...
1788 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Georg Christoph Wagenseil (January 29, 1715 â March 1, 1777) was an Austrian composer. ...
// Events July 24 - Spanish treasure fleet of ten ships under admiral Ubilla leave Havana, Cuba for Spain. ...
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// Events August 5 - In the Battle of Peterwardein 40. ...
1779 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz (Czech: Jan Václav Stamic) (baptized June 30, 1717 â March 27, 1757) was a composer and violinist. ...
// Events January 4 â The Netherlands, Britain & France sign Triple Alliance February 26-March 6 What is now the northeastern United States was paralyzed by a series of blizzards that buried the region. ...
1757 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
Johann Georg Leopold Mozart Johann Georg Leopold Mozart (November 14, 1719 â May 28, 1787) was a composer, music teacher and violinist. ...
// Events January 23 - The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire April 25 - Daniel Defoe publishes Robinson Crusoe June 10 - Battle of Glen Shiel Prussia conducts Europes first systematic census Miners in Falun, Sweden find an apparently petrified body of Fet-Mats Israelsson in an unused...
1787 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
// Events January 23 - The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire April 25 - Daniel Defoe publishes Robinson Crusoe June 10 - Battle of Glen Shiel Prussia conducts Europes first systematic census Miners in Falun, Sweden find an apparently petrified body of Fet-Mats Israelsson in an unused...
1768 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
// Events Pope Innocent XIII becomes pope Johann Sebastian Bach composes the Brandenburg Concertos April 4 - Robert Walpole becomes the first prime minister of Britain September 10 - Treaty of Nystad is signed, bringing an end to the Great Northern War November 2 - Peter I is proclaimed Emperor of All the Russias...
1783 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
// Events Abraham De Moivre states De Moivres theorem connecting trigonometric functions and complex numbers Publication of the first book of Bachs Well-Tempered Clavier Fall of Persias Safavid dynasty during a bloody revolt of the Afghani people. ...
1756 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
// Events Abraham De Moivre states De Moivres theorem connecting trigonometric functions and complex numbers Publication of the first book of Bachs Well-Tempered Clavier Fall of Persias Safavid dynasty during a bloody revolt of the Afghani people. ...
1795 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
Karl Friedrich Abel (December 22, 1723 â June 20, 1787) was a German composer of the Classical era. ...
Events February 16 - Louis XV of France attains his majority Births February 24 - John Burgoyne, British general (d. ...
1787 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
Tommaso Traetta (1727 â April 6, 1779) was an Italian composer. ...
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Niccolo Piccinni (January 16, 1728 - May 7, 1800) was an Italian composer of classical music. ...
Events Astronomical aberration discovered by the astronomer James Bradley Swedish academy of sciences founded at Uppsala The founding of the University of Havana (Universidad de la Habana), Cubas most well-established university. ...
1800 (MDCCC) was an common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
Florian Leopold Gassmann (3 May 1729 â 20 January 1774) was an Bohemian opera composer. ...
Events July 30 - Baltimore, Maryland is founded. ...
Chesma Column in Tsarskoe Selo, commemorating the end of the Russo-Turkish War. ...
Giuseppe Sarti (December 28, 1729 - July 28, 1802), was an Italian composer. ...
Events July 30 - Baltimore, Maryland is founded. ...
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Antonio Francisco Javier José Soler Ramos (baptised December 3, 1729 - December 20, 1783) was a Spanish composer. ...
Events July 30 - Baltimore, Maryland is founded. ...
1783 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
Middle Classical era composers (born 1730-1750) Johann Christian Innocenz Bonaventura Cannabich (bapt. ...
Events 10 Downing Street becomes the official residence of the United Kingdoms Prime Minister when Robert Walpole moves in. ...
1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
It has been suggested that Papa Haydn be merged into this article or section. ...
Events February 23 - First performance of Handels Orlando, in London June 9 - James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of Georgia. ...
1809 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
François-Joseph Gossec (1734 â February 16, 1829) was a Belgian composer of operas, string quartets, symphonies, and choral works who worked in France. ...
Events January 8 - Premiere of George Frideric Handels opera Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. ...
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
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Events April 16 - The London premiere of Alcina by George Frideric Handel, his first the first Italian opera for the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden. ...
1809 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Johann Christian Bach, painted in London by Thomas Gainsborough, 1776 ( Museo Civico, Bologna) Johann Christian Bach (September 5, 1735 â January 1, 1782) was a composer of the Classical era. ...
Events April 16 - The London premiere of Alcina by George Frideric Handel, his first the first Italian opera for the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden. ...
1782 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (February 3, 1736 - March 7, 1809) was an Austrian musician who was born at Klosterneuburg, near Vienna. ...
Events January 26 - Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne. ...
1809 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Michael Haydn Johann Michael Haydn (September 14, 1737 â August 10, 1806) was an Austrian composer, the younger brother of Joseph Haydn. ...
Events 12 February â The San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is inaugurated. ...
1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
Josef MysliveÄek (March 9, 1737 - February 4, 1781) was a Czech composer. ...
Events 12 February â The San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is inaugurated. ...
1781 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
Sir Wilhelm Friedrich Herschel, FRS KH (November 15, 1738 â August 25, 1822) was a German-born British astronomer and composer who became famous for discovering the planet Uranus. ...
Events February 4 - Court Jew Joseph Suss Oppenheimer is executed in Württenberg April 15 - Premiere in London of Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel. ...
1822 (MDCCCXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Events February 4 - Court Jew Joseph Suss Oppenheimer is executed in Württenberg April 15 - Premiere in London of Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel. ...
1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (November 2, 1739 – October 24, 1799) was an Austrian composer and violinist. ...
// About the number 1739 1739 is the smallest integer that can be written as sum of three perfect cubes, in two ways. ...
1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Johann Baptist Vanhal (Jan KÅtitel VaÅhal) also spelled Wanhal or Wanhall (May 12, 1739 - August 20, 1813) was a composer. ...
// About the number 1739 1739 is the smallest integer that can be written as sum of three perfect cubes, in two ways. ...
1813 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
André Ernest Modeste Grétry (February 8, 1741 â September 24, 1813), a Belgian composer, who worked from 1767 onwards in France. ...
// Events April 10 - Austrian army attack troops of Frederick the Great at Mollwitz August 10 - Raja of Travancore defeats Dutch East India Company naval expedition at Battle of Colachel December 19 - Vitus Bering dies in his expedition east of Siberia December 25 - Anders Celsius develops his own thermometer scale Celsius...
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Andrea Luca Luchesi (May 23, 1741, Motta di Livenza - March 21, 1801, Bonn), was an Italian composer. ...
// Events April 10 - Austrian army attack troops of Frederick the Great at Mollwitz August 10 - Raja of Travancore defeats Dutch East India Company naval expedition at Battle of Colachel December 19 - Vitus Bering dies in his expedition east of Siberia December 25 - Anders Celsius develops his own thermometer scale Celsius...
The Union Jack, flag of the newly formed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ...
Paisiello at the clavichord, by Marie Louise Ãlisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, 1791. ...
// Events April 10 - Austrian army attack troops of Frederick the Great at Mollwitz August 10 - Raja of Travancore defeats Dutch East India Company naval expedition at Battle of Colachel December 19 - Vitus Bering dies in his expedition east of Siberia December 25 - Anders Celsius develops his own thermometer scale Celsius...
1816 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
// Events April 10 - Austrian army attack troops of Frederick the Great at Mollwitz August 10 - Raja of Travancore defeats Dutch East India Company naval expedition at Battle of Colachel December 19 - Vitus Bering dies in his expedition east of Siberia December 25 - Anders Celsius develops his own thermometer scale Celsius...
1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Luigi Boccherini Luigi Rodolfo Boccherini (February 19, 1743 â May 28, 1805) was a classical era composer and cellist from Italy, mostly known for one particular minuet from his String Quintet in E, Op. ...
// Events February 14 - Henry Pelham becomes British Prime Minister February 21 - - The premiere in London of George Frideric Handels oratorio, Samson. ...
1805 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
// Events February 14 - Henry Pelham becomes British Prime Minister February 21 - - The premiere in London of George Frideric Handels oratorio, Samson. ...
1773 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
Karel Stamic (May 7, 1745 - November 9, 1801), who took the German form of his name Karl Stamitz and is now better known as Carl, was a Bohemian composer. ...
// Events May 11 - War of Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy - At Fontenoy, French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army including the Black Watch June 4 â Frederick the Great destroys Austrian army at Hohenfriedberg August 19 - Beginning of the 45 Jacobite Rising at Glenfinnan September 12 - Francis I is elected...
The Union Jack, flag of the newly formed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ...
Leopold Kozeluch (born Jan AntonÃn Koželuh, alternatively also Leopold Koželuh, Leopold Kotzeluch) (June 26, 1747 â May 7, 1818) was a Czech composer and teacher of classical music. ...
// Events January 31 - The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Dock Hospital April 9 - The Scottish Jacobite Lord Lovat was beheaded by axe on Tower Hill, London, for high treason; he was the last man to be executed in this way in Britain May 14 - First battle of Cape...
1818 (MDCCCXVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ...
Events April 24 - A congress assembles at Aix-la-Chapelle with the intent to conclude the struggle known as the War of Austrian Succession - at October 18 - The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle is signed to end the war Adam Smith begins to deliver public lectures in Edinburgh Building of...
1812 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
Domenico Cimarosa (December 17, 1749-January 11, 1801), Italian opera composer, was born at Aversa, in the kingdom of Naples. ...
Events While in debtors prison, John Cleland writes Fanny Hill (Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure). ...
The Union Jack, flag of the newly formed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ...
Late Classical era composers (born 1750-1770) Antonio Salieri Antonio Salieri (August 18, 1750 â May 7, 1825), born in Legnago, Italy, was a composer and conductor, as well as one of the most important and famous musicians of his time. ...
Events March 2 - Small earthquake in London, England April 4 - Small earthquake in Warrington, England August 23 - Small earthquake in Spalding, England September 30 - Small earthquake in Northampton, England November 16 â Westminster Bridge officially opened Jonas Hanway is the first Englishman to use an umbrella James Gray reveals her sex...
1825 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
Antonio Rosetti (c1750–1792) was a classical era composer, writing around the same time as Haydn and Mozart. ...
Events March 2 - Small earthquake in London, England April 4 - Small earthquake in Warrington, England August 23 - Small earthquake in Spalding, England September 30 - Small earthquake in Northampton, England November 16 â Westminster Bridge officially opened Jonas Hanway is the first Englishman to use an umbrella James Gray reveals her sex...
1792 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Dmytro Stepanovych Bortniansky (Russian: , Ukrainian: also often spelled as Dmitry or Dmitri Bortnyansky, 1751â1825, was a Ukrainian composer. ...
Events Adam Smith is appointed professor of logic at the University of Glasgow March 25 - For the last time, New Years Day is legally on March 25 in England and Wales. ...
1825 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
Muzio Clementi (January 24, 1752 â March 10, 1832) was a classical composer, and acknowledged as the first to write specifically for the piano. ...
1752 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Leopold Kozeluch (born Jan AntonÃn Koželuh, alternatively also Leopold Koželuh, Leopold Kotzeluch) (June 26, 1747 â May 7, 1818) was a Czech composer and teacher of classical music. ...
1752 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
1818 (MDCCCXVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ...
Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli (1752-1837) was a composer, born in Naples, Italy on April 4, 1752. ...
1752 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
| Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837 - 1901) 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Jean-Baptiste Breval (November 6, 1753-March 18, 1823) was a French cellist and composer. ...
1753 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
1756 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
1812 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi (August 1, 1755 - March 28, 1818) was a violinist and composer. ...
1755 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
1818 (MDCCCXVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ...
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1756 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
1791 (MDCCXCI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 11-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Joseph Martin Kraus (June 20, 1756 - December 15, 1792), was a composer, sometimes referred to as the Swedish Mozart. Joseph Martin Kraus (1756-1792) // Life Childhood Kraus was born in the central German town of Miltenberg am Main, as a son of the civil clerk Joseph Bernhard Kraus and Anna...
1756 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
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1756 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
1791 (MDCCXCI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 11-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Pavel Vranický (Paul Wranitzky) was born in Neureisch (now Nová ÅÃÅ¡e) in Moravia on December 30, 1756 and died in Vienna on September 29, 1808. ...
1756 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
1808 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
Ignaz Pleyel (June 18, 1757âNovember 14, 1831) was an Austrian composer of the Classical music era. ...
1757 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
Leopold I 1831 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
François Devienne (1759 -1803) François Devienne (January 31, 1759 - September 5, 1803) was a French composer and professor for flute at the Paris Conservatory. ...
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1759 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
Leopold I 1831 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
Maria Theresia von Paradis (or Paradies) (1759 - 1824) She was the daughter of the Imperial Secretary of Commerce and Court Councilor (Joseph Anton von Paradis) to the Empress Maria Theresa, for whom she was named. ...
1759 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
Luigi Cherubini (September 14, 1760 â March 15, 1842) was an Italian composer. ...
1760 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
Johann Ladislaus Dussek (Jan Ladislav Dusík) was a Czech composer and pianist. ...
1762 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
Franz Ignaz Danzi (June 15, 1763 - April 13, 1826) was a German composer and conductor, the son of a noted Italian cellist. ...
1763 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
The oldest surviving photograph, Nicéphore Niépce, circa 1826 1826 (MDCCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Adalbert Gyrowetz (1763 - 1850), was an Austrian composer. ...
1763 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Etienne Henri (or Nicolas) Méhul (June 24, 1763 - October 18, 1817), was a French composer. ...
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1817 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
Johann Simon Mayr aka Giovanni Simone Mayr, Simone Mayr, also spelled Majer, Mayer, Maier. ...
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Franz Xaver Süssmayr (German: Franz Xaver SüÃmayr; b. ...
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This article is about an English composer of the late Georgian period. ...
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Classical era/Romantic transition composers (born 1770-1800) - Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), German, often listed as the first romantic composer and one of the most significant composers in history
- Ferdinando Paer (1771 - 1839), Italian composer of opera.
- Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778 - 1837), German composer, whose music bridged the Classical and Romantic periods
- Fernando Sor (1778 - 1839), Spanish composer and guitarist
- Anthony Philip Heinrich (1781 - 1861), American composer of Bohemian origin, wrote highly original program music; first significant American orchestral composer
- John Field (1782 - 1837), Irish composer and pianist, notable for cultivating the nocturne
- Niccolò Paganini (1782 - 1840), Italian violinist and composer
- Daniel Auber (1782 - 1871), French opera composer, well known in his time, but rarely performed today
- Louis Spohr (1784 - 1859), German composer
- Pietro Raimondi (1786 - 1853), Italian composer of operas and sacred music, noted for innovative contrapuntal experiments
- Carl Maria von Weber (1786 - 1826), German composer, a bridge between the Classical and Romantic styles
- Friedrich Kuhlau (1786 - 1832), German composer, the "Beethoven of Flute".
- Nicolas Bochsa (1789 - 1856), French composer best known today for his studies and exercises for the harp. One of the most celebrated harpists of the XIXth century.
- Carl Czerny (1791 - 1857), Austrian composer best known today for his studies and exercises for the piano
- Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 - 1864), German composer, whose spectacular operas such as Les Huguenots were popular in his day, but are less often performed now
- Gioacchino Rossini (1792 - 1868), Italian opera composer, best known for The Barber of Seville and overture to various other operas
- Franz Berwald (1796 - 1868), Swedish composer, little known in his lifetime, but his four symphonies are better known today
- Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), German composer of lieder
- Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848), Italian opera composer, known for Lucia di Lammermoor and L'Elisir d'Amore among others
- Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Austrian composer, regarded as the first significant lieder writer, also known for his chamber music, piano works and symphonies
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